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Compiled by Judith P. Reid



1.	Asplin, P.W.A., 1939-. 
	Medieval Ireland, c. 1170-1495 : a bibliography of secondary
	works, by P.W.A. Asplin. -- Dublin : Royal Irish Academy, 1971.
	-- xv, 139 p. -- (A New history of Ireland. Ancillary
	publications, no. 1)                                
							Z2041.A85 

2.	Blessing, Patrick J. 
	The Irish in America : a guide to the literature and the
	manuscript collections / Patrick J. Blessing. -- Washington :
	Catholic University of America Press, c1992. -- xi, 347 p.        
							Z1361.I7 B54 1992 

3.	De Breffny, Brian. 
	Bibliography of Irish family history and genealogy / compiled and
	edited by Brian de Breffny. -- Cork : Golden Eagle Books, 1974,
	c1973. -- 167 p.                                      
							Z5313.I7 D4

4.	Eager, Alan R. 
	A guide to Irish bibliographical material : a bibliography of
	Irish bibliographies and sources of information / Alan R. Eager.
	-- 2nd rev. and enl. ed. -- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,
	1980. -- xv, 502 p.                              
							Z2031.E16 1980 

5.	Evans, Edward, d. 1901. 
	Historical and bibliographical account of almanacks, directories,
	etc., etc., published in Ireland from the sixteenth century:
	their rise, progress, and decay, with jottings of their compilers
	and printers. A book for the antiquary as well as the general
	reader / by Edward Evans. -- Dublin : Office of "The Irish
	builder," 1897. -- viii, 149, [1] p.                
							Z2039.A6 E8
							
	Facsimile edition, with an introduction by Thomas Wall
	published in Blackrock by Carraig Books in 1976.

6.	Hayes, Richard J., 1902-. 
	Sources for the history of Irish civilisation : articles in Irish
	periodicals / edited by Richard J. Hayes. -- Boston : G.K. Hall,
	1970. -- 9 v.                                         
							Z2034.H35 

	Contents: v. 1-5. Persons -- v. 6-8. Subjects. -- v. 9.
	Places-Dates. 

7.	Lester, DeeGee. 
	Irish research : a guide to collections in North America,
	Ireland, and Great Britain / compiled by DeeGee Lester. -- New
	York : Greenwood Press, 1987. -- xvi, 348 p. -- (Bibliographies
	and indexes in world history, 0742-6852 ; no. 9) 
							Z2031.L47 1987 

	Companion to Immigrants from Great Britain and Ireland /
	Jack W. Weaver and DeeGee Lester. 

8.	MacLysaght, Edward. 
	Bibliography of Irish family history / Edward MacLysaght. -- 2nd
	ed. -- Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland : Irish Academic Press,
	1982. -- 71 p.                                
							Z5313.I7 M32 1982 

9.	Martin, G. H. (Geoffrey Haward), 1928- 
	A bibliography of British and Irish municipal history [by] G.H.
	Martin and Sylvia McIntyre. -- Leicester : Leicester University
	Press ; distributed by Humanities Press, New York, 1972-. -- 
	v. <1>.                                              
							Z2023.M26 

	Contents: v. 1. General works --

10.	National Library of Ireland. 
	Manuscript sources for the history of Irish civilisation / edited
	by Richard J. Hayes. -- Boston : G.K. Hall, 1965. -- 11 v. 
							Z2041.D85 

11.	----- ----- First supplement, 1965-1975 / compiled in the
	National Library of Ireland. -- Boston : G.K. Hall, 1979. -- 
	v. <1-3>                              
							Z2041.D85 Suppl. <fol.>
	
	Incomplete Contents: v. 1. Persons -- v. 2. Subjects. Places
	-- v. 3. Dates. Lists of manuscripts --

12.	Subject guide to books / general editor, Lionel R. McColvin ;
	associate editors, K.R. McColvin [and] E.W. Padwick. -- London :
	J. Clarke, [<1959-> -- v. <1-3>]                  
							Z1035.L68
	
	Contents: v. 1. History, travel & description -- v. 2.
	Biography, family history, heraldry, genealogy, etc. -- v. 3.
	Language and literature --
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