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Sources for Research in Irish Genealogy :
Names: Geographical

Compiled by Judith P. Reid



 
1.	Ainm : bulletin of the Ulster Place-Name Society. -- Vol. 1
	(1986)-    . -- Belfast : The Society, 1986-           
							DA979 .A37

	Ainm, devoted to the study of Irish names, is written chiefly
	in English, partly in Irish. 

2.	General alphabetical index to the townlands and towns, parishes,
	and baronies of Ireland : based on the census of Ireland for the
	year 1851. -- Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1984. -- 968 p. 
							DA979.G46 1984 

	Originally published in Dublin and printed by A. Thom for
	H.M.S.O. in 1861. 

3.	Goblet, Yann Morvran. 
	A topographical index of the parishes and townlands of Ireland in
	Sir William Petty's mss. barony maps (c. 1655-9) (Biblioth,que
	nationale de Paris, fonds anglais, nos. 1 & 2) and Hiberviae
	delineatio (c. 1672). -- Dublin : Pub. by the Stationery office,
	1932. -- xx, 379, [1] p.                              
							DA979.G63 

4.	Joyce, P[atrick] W[eston], 1827-. 
	The origin and history of Irish names of places. -- 4th ed. --
	Dublin : McGlashan & Gill, 1875. -- 2 v.               
							DA920.J89 

	Reprinted in Wakefield by E.P. Publishing in 1972 (DA979.J7
	1972). 

5.	Room, Adrian. 
	A dictionary of Irish place-names / Adrian Room. -- Belfast :
	Appletree Press, 1986. -- 136 p.                  
							DA979.R67 1986 
	
	Bibliography: p. 135-136. 
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