I received the following notice of reproduction on CD of some old Irish publications that may be of use in your genealogy research. I have no association with this project - just pass it on for your information. John Polk Havre de Grace, MD ================================================================= > [Original Message] > From: Archive CD Books Ireland <newsletter@archivecdbooks.ie> > To: <jfpolk@earthlink.net> > Date: 5/27/2005 9:20:21 AM > Subject: May Releases > > Issue 1, 27 May 2005 > > Dear Project Members and Friends, > > Welcome to the Archive CD Books Ireland newsletter. We are > delighted to announce the second release of CD-ROMs, > bringing a number of extremely rare publications to note, > and making them available at an affordable price. All of > the items have come from the library at Trinity College > Dublin, and include rare commercial directories such as > Matier's 1835 Directory of Belfast, Harvey's 1866 Directory > of Waterford, and Pigot's Dublin & Hibernian Provincial > Directory of 1824. The last item covers the entire country, > and customers have the option of buying the complete > publication, or (for a fraction of the cost) just the > section for the Province they are interested in. We are > also pleased to bring you the second volume (1837) of much > underused Catholic Directory, Almanack & Registry. Our hope > is to bring out the entire series over the coming months. > We have also focused on the west of Ireland with this > release, bringing you a complete digitised copy of James > Hardiman's celebrated History of Galway published in 1820. > This book is now so rare that the facsimile reprint from > the 1970s is selling for more than 700 EURO! Now you can > own your own copy for just 29.90 EURO. Finally we are > particularly pleased to announce the publication of Taylor > & Skinner's road maps of Ireland, originally published in > 1783. This extraordinary book contains 289 detailed maps of > the Irish countryside, and though often listed as an > important historical and genealogical source is largely > unavailable in most libraries. Full details about all these > titles appear at the end of this message and online at: > http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/New_Releases.html > > Those of you who are members can get your discount on all > these titles by logging onto our web site following the > instructions we sent you by e-mail. If you are not members > we urge you to join the Archive CD Books Ireland Project. > For a small initial payment you can get discounts on ALL > our titles, and any ones we release in the future too. Your > membership will help us grow the project, and make the > wealth of Ireland's rare (and often forgotten) published > heritage available to all. We also plan to publish special > editions, just for members, in thanks for their support. > > But enough of the sales pitch! Here are May's Archive CD > Books Ireland titles: > > > Pigot and Co's City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial > Directory� (1824) > Ref: IET0005 ISBN: 1-84630-027-4 > Price: EURO 49.51 (ex VAT) > Description: This is one of earliest full commercial > directories of Ireland, and includes over 220 urban centres > throughout the island. Organised by Province, and then > town, it lists all the principal office holders, gentry, > professionals, tradesmen, hotels, schools, public > institutions, churches, and even pubs for each town in > Ireland. There is a description of each Province and town > as well. This was Pigot's much-expanded second edition (the > previous version dated 1820) and is now extremely rare. The > book is organised into four sections, by province, with > additional details for Dublin: (Leinster & Dublin, > Connaught, Munster, Ulster. You can either buy the full > publication (price above) you can buy just the Province > section you are interested in for EURO 16.45 (ex VAT) each. > > > Thomas S. Harvey, The Waterford almanac and directory for > 1866 (1865) > Ref. IET0017 ISBN: 1-84630-023-1 > Price: EURO 16.45 (ex VAT) > Description: This was the first directory of the city of > Waterford published by Thomas Harvey. It includes a > detailed alphabetical directory of inhabitants within the > city, as well as a full trades directory. The almanac > provides a lot of additional local information, including a > Calendar of important local events for 1866, lists of > officers of the state and the corporation of Waterford, > local Members of Parliament, and details of all the fairs > and markets held in the county and the adjacent counties of > Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wexford. At the start of the book > is a map of Waterford city, and at the end are many > advertisements for local merchants and tradesmen, making > this an essential resource for the study of Waterford and > its inhabitants in the mid-nineteenth century. > > > William T. Matier, Matier's Belfast directory for 1835-6, > containing a general alphabetical list of the principal > inhabitants of Belfast and Ballymacarrett... (1835) > Ref. IET0018 ISBN: 1-84630-025-8 > Price: EURO 16.45 (ex VAT) > Description: This book is the first Directory of Belfast > published by William Matier, at a time when Belfast city > was growing very quickly as a consequence of > industrialisation. This directory covers the city of > Belfast and Ballymacarrett. It gives a full trades > directory, and alphabetical lists of all professions, > noblemen, gentry, merchants, traders residing in the city > and its neighbourhood. This is followed by a full and > detailed breakdown of all the public institutions in the > city, including their principal staff members, and a full > list of all churches. The book also contains many > advertisements by traders and merchants. > > > A Complete Catholic Directory, Almanack and Registry, Vol. > 2, 1837 > Ref. IET0019 ISBN: 1-84630-022-3 > Price: EURO 16.45 (ex VAT) > Description: This is the second volume of this series, > which continued annual publication for much of the > nineteenth century. This volume contains a complete > registry of all Church officials, and the hierarchy > throughout the world. However for Irish research, arguably > the most important section is the Ecclesiastical Register > of Ireland. This is a diocese-by-diocese tour of the > country, detailing what parishes were operational, and who > were the priests and curates for each parish. This is > especially important for genealogical researchers trying to > determine what parish registers may survive. The volume > also contains an account of the state of Catholicism in > Ireland, with annals for 1836, which is an important > official overview at a time of great change. The book also > contains a general calendar or Almanack giving details of > the official religious observance for the year. > > > James Hardiman, The History of the Town and County of the > town of Galway from the earliest period to the present > time, embellished with several engravings to which is > added, a copious appendix, containing the principal > charters and other original documents (1820) > Ref. IET0043 ISBN: 1-84630-026-6 > Price: EURO 24.71 (ex VAT) > Description: This book is considered to be the definitive > history of Galway. James Hardiman, an active member of the > Royal Irish Academy and sub-commissioner of Public Records > at Dublin Castle published it in 1820. As a result the book > contains much information now lost as a consequence of the > 1922 fire at the Public Record Office. The book is > organised into four sections, with additional appendices > and other information at the end. These are: > - History of Galway from earliest times to the present in 7 > chapters. This is the main bulk of the book and includes > copious transcripts of original sources. > - The Corporation of Galway. This section includes lists of > all city officials and MPs from earliest times and copies > of the charters, etc. > - Ecclesiastical History of Galway. > �- Galway in 1820. Details of all official, public and > private institutions, governance, education, economic > information, etc. > The book also contains many fine illustrations of the city, > as well as maps, including a large-scale map of the city in > 1651. > > > Taylor and Skinner's maps of the roads of Ireland surveyed > in 1777 and corrected down to 1783 (1783) > Ref. IET0027 ISBN: 1-84630-024-X > Price: EURO 24.71 (ex VAT) > Description: This remarkable and exceptionally rare > publication was the second and corrected edition of the > first road map of Ireland. Originally published in 1778, > the authors felt it necessary to reissue the title quickly > to correct deficiencies. The maps were commissioned by the > House of Commons in Ireland, and contain 289 pages of maps. > The index for these detailed maps shows distances in > English and Irish miles. The maps themselves show copious > topographical details, like forests, hills, farm land, > mills, houses, churches, etc. The large houses also give > the owners names. There is a personal name index at the > back detailing every name recorded on the maps. This > edition also contains a new large-scale 'accurate' map of > Ireland. Taylor and Skinner's road maps of Ireland (and > their books for Scotland, England and the USA) were a > phenomenal achievement for their day, and remain an > essential research tool for the late eighteenth century. > > So come to our web site at: http://www.archivecdbooks.ie > and order today. > > We also want your feedback on what we are doing. Are there > titles you want published? Do you have a book which should > be? What do you think of the Project? or any other > questions and comments you might have. 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