Directories and Almanacs

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Almanacs and street directories are an invaluable resource for researchers of 18th and 19th century Dublin. They contain information on civic administration, streets, businesses, and people who lived in Dublin. The earliest directory in Dublin City Libraries' collection is from 1636.

You can access Dublin City Libraries' collection of directories and almanacs in the Reading Room of the Dublin City Library & Archive.

Dublin Directories

An almost complete set of Dublin directories from 1751 to the present is held in hardcopy in the Dublin City Library & Archive:

  • Wilson's Dublin Directories, 1751-1753; 1761-1837
  • Pettigrew & Oulton's Dublin Directories, 1834-1847
  • Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directories, 1844 - present

We also have a number of directories on microfilm including:

  1. The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's), 1729 - 1743
  2. The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and Dublin Directory (Wilson's), 1751
  3. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1802 - 1804
  4. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1804 - 1805
  5. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1808 - 1809
  6. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1822 - 1823
  7. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1830 - 1831
  8. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and The Post Office Annual Directory, 1832
  9. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1834
  10. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew & Oulton), 1834
  11. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1835
  12. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew & Oulton) 1835
  13. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1836
  14. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew & Oulton) 1836
    Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1837
  15. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew & Oulton), 1837
  16. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and The Post Office Annual Directory, 1838
  17. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1838
  18. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and The Post Office Annual Directory, 1839
  19. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1839
    Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and The Post Office Annual Directory, 1840
  20. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1840
  21. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and The Post Office Annual Directory, 1842
  22. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1842
  23. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1843
  24. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1844
  25. Treble Almanack containing The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack (Watson's) and The English Registry and The Post Office Annual Directory, 1844
  26. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1844
  27. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1845
  28. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1846
  29. Dublin Almanack and General Register of Ireland (Pettigrew and Oulton), 1847

Irish Directories

Some Irish Directories are held in the Dublin City Library & Archive.

Pigot's Directory 1820, 1821, 1822 and 1824 are the earliest directories in the collection to cover all of Ireland.

They are followed by Slater's Directory of Ireland, published in the years 1846, 1856, 1870, 1881 and 1894. The 1894 edition has a very useful general directory of private residents of Ireland. These are held on microfiche.

Directories, which cover individual counties, other than Dublin, include:

  • Bassett's Directories of Wexford 1885, Down 1886 and Tipperary 1889
  • Gillespie's Directory of Co. Monaghan 1892
  • Griffith's Directory of Wexford 1874
  • Egan's History, Guide & Directory of Waterford 1892
  • Lowe's Directory of County Fermanagh 1880
  • Francis Guy’s Directory of Munster 1886

Belfast and Ulster Directories are available for 1924, 1930, 1934 and 1940. Belfast and Northern Ireland Directories are held for the years 1941, 1951 – 1962, 1964, 1966 – 1972, 1979, 1914 and 1996. These include street listings for Belfast.

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