by Joseph Byrne
Johnston-Liik, Edith, History of the Irish parliament 1692–1800: commons, constituencies and statutes (4 vols., Belfast, 2002).
Lalor, Brian (ed.), The encyclopaedia of Ireland (Dublin, 2003).
McDowell, R. B., The Irish administration, 1801–1914 (London, 1964).
Maltby, A. and J., Ireland in the nineteenth century: a breviate of official publications (Oxford, 1979).
Nolan, William, Tracing the past: sources for local studies in the Republic of Ireland (Dublin, 1982).
Nolan, William and Simms, Anngret (eds), Irish towns: a guide to sources (Dublin, 1998).
O’Dowd, M. and Edwards, R. D., Sources for early modern Irish history, 1534–1641 (Cambridge, 1988).
Ó Súilleabháin, Seán, A handbook of Irish folklore (Dublin, 1942, Detroit, 1970).
O’Neill, Thomas P., Sources of Irish local history (Dublin, 1958).
O’Toole, James, Newsplan: report of the newsplan project in Ireland (Dublin, 1992).
Parkes, Susan M., Irish education in the British parliamentary papers in the nineteenth century and after, 1801–1920 (Cork, 1978.)
Prochaska, Alice, Irish history from 1700: a guide to sources in the public record office (London, 1985).
Prunty, Jacinta, Maps and mapmaking in local history (Dublin, 2004).
Refaussé, Raymond, Church of Ireland records (Dublin, 2000).
Ryan, J. G., Irish church records: their history, availability and use in family and local history research (Dublin, 1992).
— Irish records: sources for family and local history (Dublin, 1988).
Wylie, J. C. W., Irish land law (2nd. ed., Oxford, 1986).
See also A new history of Ireland (Oxford, 1976–) a vast ten-volume project on Irish history (of which nine volumes have been published) together with some ancillary works.
Web Source for Local Historians
ARCHON (Historical Manuscripts Commission Archives Register) www.hmc.gov.uk/
A2A (Access to archives) www.a2a.org.uk/
Bodleian Library, Oxford www.bodley.ac.uk/
British Museum www.british-museum.ac.uk
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints www.familysearch.org/
Cork Archives Institute www.corkcorp.ie/faciliies/facilities_archives.html
Dublin City Archives www.iol.ie/resource/dublincitylibrary/archives.htm
Garda Archives www.esatclear.ie/~garda/
Genealogical Office www.nli.ie/
General Register Office (Belfast) www.groni.gov.uk
General Register Office (Dublin) www.groireland.ie/
Irish Archirectural Archive www.iarc.ie/
Irish Folklore, Dept. of (UCD) www.ucd.ie/archives
Kildare Archaeological Society http://kildare.ie/archaeology/
King’s Inns, Society of www.kingsinn.ie/html/home.html
Law Society of Ireland, The www.lawsociety.ie/
Linen Hall Library www.linenhall.com/
Marsh’s Library www.marshlibrary.ie/
Military Archives www.military.ie/military_archives
National Archives www.nationalarchives.ie/
National Gallery of Ireland www.nationalgallery.ie/
National Library of Ireland www.nli.ie/
National Print Museum http://ireland.iol.ie/~npmuseum/
NUI Cork www.booleweb.ucc.ie/
NUI Galway www.nuigalway.ie/
NUI Maynooth (links) www.may.ie/local history
Ordnance Survey www.osi.ie/
Public Record Office (N.Ire) http://proni.nics.gov.uk/
Public Record Office (Kew) www.pro.gov.uk
Queen’s University www.qub.ie
Registry of Deeds www.landregistry.ie
Representative Church Body Library www.citc.ie/library.htm
Royal Irish Academy www.ria.ie/
Trinity College, Dublin www.tcd.ie/Library
UCD Archives www.ucd.ie/archives
Valuation Office www.valoff.ie/