Barbara at [email protected] writes: > Would anyone on the list know where I could purchase a copy of the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Co. Donegal, Vol 39? < Barbara, I have often encountered mention of the Ordnance Survey Memoirs in correspondence, and have always assumed that the "memoirs" is actually a reference to the Ordnance Survey Letters produced by John O'Donovan et al during their Survey work. Your vol. 39 causes me some concern, however. The general compilation of the OS letters was done by Rev. Michael O'Flanagan in Bray, Co. Wicklow, in 1928. Only 42 volumes were produced, and not all counties are represented. My listing for the books show vols. 38 and 39 cover Westmeath, whereas Donegal is complete in volume 7. I cannot give you specific information about the Donegal book, as I have not yet requested it through Interlibrary loan. But I have received several other county books, and except for one, they were all from the original Bray publications.....via Multigraph [I remember it well <gr>], single side of paper printing, with accompanying sketches and maps as line-drawings. All of these 42 volumes (covering 29 counties - Antrim, Tyrone and Cork were not published....at least, at that time) should be available through Interlibrary loan, although I've been waiting a few months for a couple of them. It would certainly help if you could request them through a library (or library system) which is a member of OCLC. As you have discovered, they are not "readily available". But they are wonderful reading. As a friend said, "They're a hoot !!!!". Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts

At 02:36 29/05/2004, you wrote: >Barbara at [email protected] writes: > > > Would anyone on the list know where I could purchase a copy of the > Ordnance >Survey Memoirs for Co. Donegal, Vol 39? < > >Barbara, > >I have often encountered mention of the Ordnance Survey Memoirs in >correspondence, and have always assumed that the "memoirs" is actually a >reference to >the Ordnance Survey Letters produced by John O'Donovan et al during their >Survey >work. The memoirs were actually written to accompany the maps, but only Ulster (or part of it?) was covered. Volume 38 covers North East Donegal, volume 39 covering the rest, as far as I recall. You can get Volume 38 from Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0853895643/qid%3D1085845126/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-2775362-4784158 unfortunately Volume 39 is unavailable: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0853896607/qid=1085845404/sr=1-17/ref=sr_1_17/102-2775362-4784158?v=glance&s=books Have a look at the first review of volume 38, and it will tell you more than I can. Michael