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Records in this collection
- Alumni Dublinenses 1924
- Ashe's Limerick and Clare Directory 1891-92
- Betham Genealogical Abstracts
- Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1899
- Deserted Children, Dublin
- Dublin Registers & Records
- George Bassett, County Down Guide and Directory (1886)
- George Bassett, Kilkenny City and County Guide and Directory (1884)
- George Bassett, Limerick City and County and Principal Towns in the Counties of Clare, Tipperary, and Kerry (1881)
- George Bassett, Louth County Guide and Directory (1886)
- George Bassett, The Book of Antrim (1888)
- George Bassett, The Book of County Armagh (1888)
- George Bassett, Wexford County Guide and Directory (1885)
- Guy's Directory of Munster 1893
- Guy's Limerick Directory, 1912
- Harvey's Waterford Almanac and Directory for 1866
- Henderson's Belfast Directory 1850
- Henry & Coughlan's General Directory of Cork and Munster for 1867
- Ireland 1820 Wilson’s Directory
- Ireland 1931 Trade Directory
- Ireland Surnames & Family Histories
- Ireland, Directories 1636 - 1799 Browse
- Ireland, Histories & Reference Guides
- James Alexander Henderson, The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory for 1856
- John Watson Stewart, The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almamack for the Year 1814
- Kilkenny Registers & Records
- Leet's Directory (2nd ed., 1814)
- Macloskie Directory of Fermanagh 1848
- Matier's Belfast Directory for 1835-6
- Pettigrew & Oulton, Dublin Almanac & General Register of Ireland (1845)
- Pettigrew and Oulton, The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland, 1835
- Pigot & Co., City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory (1824)
- Registers of Queen's Colleges Ireland 1849-1858
- Shearman's Directory of Waterford, Kilkenny & the southeast 1839
- Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland (1846)
- Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland (1870)
- Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland 1881
- Slater's Royal National Directory of Ireland (1894)
- Sligo Independent Newspaper Almanac Guide, 1889
- Tempest's Jubilee Annual 1909
- The King's County Directory, 1890
- The Post Office Annual Directory and Calendar, 1843
- The Post Office Dublin Directory and Calendar, 1858
- The Sligo Chronicle Almanac and Directory for 1878
- Thom’s Irish Almanac 1880
- Thom's Directories
- Thom's Irish Who's Who 1923
- Treble Almanacs (1783,1812,1818,1824)
- Wicklow Registers & Records
Alexander Thom & Co. are best known for their “Dublin City & County Directories”, which incidentally was a vital tool for James Joyce in his writing of Ulyssees. They made a brief venture into biographical notices with their 1923 “Irish Who’s Who”, which is now available fully indexed and digitised in the Irish directories category of our Irish family history records.
The directory contains 2500 names over 280 pages detailing those who, in the publisher’s words were:
“ conspicuous in the Nation’s History, and includes leaders of thought and action in all fields of enlightenment and civilization”.
According to Thom & Co. the publication would appeal most to:
“the Statesman, the Man of Letters, the Clergyman, the Artist, the Journalist, the Lawyer, the Scientist, and last but in many respects first, the Man of Commerce”.
Typical Entry
A typical entry in Thom’s Who’s Who best shows the level of detail included. The entry for Thomas Patrick Gill, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland includes the following points along with numerous other accreditations:
- Commissioner for Intermediate Education, Senator of the National University of Ireland, 1910-14
- Born Ballygraigue, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, 25th October 1858
- the son of Robert Gill, a civil engineer
- Educated Trinity College, Dublin
- Editor of the Catholic World Magazine of New York
- Associate editor of the North American Review
- Member of Parliament for South Louth 1885-92
Context
1923 was only two years after the creation of the Irish Free State and barely a year after the cessation of Civil War in Ireland. Consequently, this publication contains listing for many of those who were essential in the formation of the Irish Free State, including:
- Michael Collins
- Eamonn De Valera
- William Cosgrave
Those included from the literary world include:
- Sir Francis Robert Millington Synge
- William Butler Yeats
James Joyce however was not deemed sufficiently successful at the time to warrant inclusion.
Whether using this document for genealogical purposes or for pursuing your interest in Irish history or biography this publication is sure to prove extremely interesting.