A
Topographical Dictionary Of Ireland - 2 volume set by Samuel
Lewis
This esteemed work contains every fact of importance tending to illustrate the
local history of Ireland. Arranged alphabetically by place (village, parish,
town, etc.), it provides a faithful description of all Irish localities as they
existed at the time of publication (1837), showing, for example, exactly where a
particular civil parish was located in relation to the nearest town or towns,
the barony, county, and province in which it was situated, its principal
landowners, the diocese in which it was situated, and--of great importance--the
Roman Catholic district in which the parish was located and the names of
corresponding Catholic parishes. In addition, Lewis's gazetteer is augmented
with engravings of the arms and seals of the various towns and boroughs in
Ireland, an appendix showing the boundaries of the cities and boroughs, and a
list of nearly 10,000 subscribers to the original publication, in effect a list
of the Irish gentry of 1837.