Cartography of Dublin

{{Short description|Historical maps of Dublin, Ireland}}

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The Cartography of Dublin is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the city of Dublin in Ireland. The following is a list of notable historical maps of Dublin City and County Dublin.

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! Year

! Name

! Cartographer/Publisher

! Notes

! Image

1610

| Dubline

| John Speed

| Size 21 cm x 18 cm. See John Speed's Map of Dublin (1610)

| Image:Dublin_in_1610_-_reprint_of_1896.jpg

1673

| The city and suburbs of Dublin, from Kilmainham to Rings-End wherein the rivers, streets, lanes, alleys, churches, gates & c. are exactly described

| Bernard de Gomme

| Scale 1760 yards to 1 English mile.

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1685

| An exact survey of the city of Dublin, and part of the harbour; anno 1685

| Thomas Phillips

| Scale 604 feet to an inch

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  • [http://www.historyireland.com/volumes/volume15/issue1/features/?id=113915 Historyireland.com article]
1708

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|Henry Pratt

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1714

| Dublin

| Herman Moll

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  • [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dublincitypubliclibraries/2504518965/ Flickr image]
1728

| A map of the city and suburbs of Dublin

| Charles Brooking

|See Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728)

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  • [http://www.dublin1850.com/brooking_skyline1.jpg Dublin1850.com website]
1756

| Exact survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin

| John Rocque

| Produced on 4 sheets, each 705x495 mm. Scale 1:2400. Revised edition in 1773.

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  • [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5967586q/f1.item.zoom BNF Image]
1757

| A Survey of the city harbour and environs of Dublin

| John Rocque

| Size: 972 x 1390 W: 1008 x 1396.

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  • [http://www.mapforum.com/05/rocqlis2.htm Mapforum.com article]
1760

| An actual survey of the county of Dublin

| John Rocque

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1764

| Plan De La Ville De Dublin

| Jacques-Nicholas Bellin

| Published by Le Petit Atlas Maritime.

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  • [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5967584w.r=.langEN BnF image]
1767

| Exact survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin

| Published by Peter Wilson

| Size 34 cm x 23 cm. Scale of British feet 3 cm to 1000 feet. Published by Peter Wilson of Dame Street.

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1780

| Pool and Cash's Dublin

| Robert Pool and John Cash

| Panorama view of Dublin.

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1782

|John Robertson's plan of the city of Dublin

|John Robertson

|From the Universal Scots Almanack

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  • [https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/ids:9780538 Harvard Library detailed view]
1783

| Plan of Dublin from Watson's Almanack 1783

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| (Later known as the Treble Alamanack)

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/Dublin1783.php Google Map interface]
1797

| Plan of Greater Dublin including Circular Roads

| Engraved by Samuel John Neele. Published by: William Faden.

| Plan of the city of Dublin as surveyed for the use of the Divisional Justices to which have been added plans of the canal. Engraved by S. J. Neele, 52, Strand. Published by: W. Faden, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross, 2 January 1797. Sold by: W. Allen & J. Archer, Dublin.

| Image:1797-map-of-Dublin.jpg

1798

| Modern Plan of the City and Environs of Dublin

| William M Wilson

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  • [http://www.dublin1798.com/ Dublin1798.com website]
1799

| Browrigg's Map 5th Division of Dublin

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1811

| Thomas Campbell's map of the City of Dublin

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1812

| WDD New and Improved Plan of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

| William Corbet of SDUK

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  • [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dublincitypubliclibraries/2504517271/in/set-72157605139028574 Flickr photo]
1816

| Taylor's Environs of Dublin

| John Taylor

| Scale 2 inches to 1 mile. Kieran Swords says Taylor had a "cavalier attitude to territorial boundaries in County Dublin where he ignored civil parishes and where his barony boundaries are very sketchy".{{cite journal |last1=Swords |first1=Kieran |title=Ballyroan Townland, Delineation and Decline: Part 2 |jstor=30101159 |journal=Dublin Historical Record |date=1997 |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=55–70: 56 |issn=0012-6861}}

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1818

| Plan of Dublin

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/DublinCityPlan1818.php Google Map interface]
1821

| Maps of the county of Dublin

| William Duncan

| 8 sheets. Duncan was commissioned by the Dublin Grand Jury to produce a set of maps of Dublin for administrative and planning uses.

| [http://sdublincoco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e0c5595b033341dea7661e248d2e9ee9// Southern 4 sheets {{bracket|layer "Duncan (1821)"}}]

1835

| Leigh's new pocket road-book of Ireland

| Published by Leigh & Son

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| Image:Leigh's new pocket road-book of Ireland, containing an account of all the direct and cross roads; together with a description of every remarkable place (1835) (14577040138).jpg

1836

| Dublin Street Directory Map with engravings of the principal buildings in Dublin

| Published by Baldwin & Cradock of SDUK

| Published under the superintendence of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Colour map.

| Image:1836_SDUK_map-of-Dublin.jpg

  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/DublinCity1836.php Google Map interface]
1837

| Dublin Environs

| Drawn by B. R. Davies. Published by SDUK

| Published under the superintendence of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

| Image:1837_SDUK_map-of-Dublin-environs.jpg

  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/CoDublin1837.php Google Map interface]
1840

| Pettigrew and Oulton's Dublin Directory

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/Dublin1840.php Google Map interface]
1843

| Ordnance Survey 6-inch First Edition

| Ordnance Survey

| Scale 6 inches to 1 mile.

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120829114800/http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,715212,734275,4,7 OSI Mapviewer] zoomable
1848

| Dublin. The General Post Office Directory

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/ThomsDublin1848.php Google Map interface]
1848

| Environs of Dublin

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| S. Orr and Co, Amen Corner, London

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/1848DublinEnvirons.php Google Map interface]
1851

| General Map of the Environs of Dublin and parts of Wicklow

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/CoDublin1851.php Google Map interface]
1852

| Dublin Street Directory Map showing the boundaries of several wards

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| Size: 40.5 cm x 28 cm. Scale: 4 and one-eighth inches to one statute mile. General Post Office Directory. Colour map

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  • [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dublincitypubliclibraries/2504518161/in/set-72157605139028574 Flickr photo]
1863

| Dublin showing the Boundaries of several Wards. Engraved for the General Post Office.

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| Published by Alex Thom, 87 Abbey St

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/Dublin1863.php Google Map interface]
1865

| Dublin Parish Maps

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1872

| Dublin by Harper's Handbook

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/DublinCity1872.php Google Map interface]
1880

| Ordnance Survey Map of the City and its Environs

| Ordnance Survey

| Constructed for Thom's Almanac and Official Directory. Printed and published by Alexander Thom, 87 & 88 Abbey Street, Dublin. Under direction of Lt Colonel Martin. Scale 6 inches to 1 mile.

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/dublinenvirons_c1880_N.php Google Map interface – North county Dublin]
  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/southcountydublin_c1880.php Google Map interface – South county Dublin]
1885

| Plan of Dublin

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/Dublin1885.php Google Map interface]
1885

| Environs of Dublin

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| By Edward Weller F.R.G.S.

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/dublinwicklow1885.php Google Map interface]
1888

| German map of Dublin

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|Image:Karte_Dublin_MKL1888.png

1893

|Insurance Plan of the City of Dublin

|Charles E. Goad

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1895

| Bacon's Large Scale Plan of Dublin for Cyclists and Tourists

| Published by G.W. Bacon and Co., London

| Size 82 cm x 70 cm. Scale 6" : 1 mile. Publish by company of George Washington Bacon (1830–1922).

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  • [http://mapco.net/britisle.htm Mapco.net website]
1906–9

| Ordnance Survey 25-inch Second Edition

| Ordnance Survey

| Scale 1:2500 (c.25 inches to 1 mile).

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  • [https://webapps.geohive.ie/mapviewer/index.html GeoHive map viewer] zoomable
1912

| Dublin City

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| Published by A&C Black, London

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/dublin1912.php Google Map interface]
1913

| Plan of Dublin

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  • [http://www.swilson.info/maps/dublincity_1913.php Google Map interface]

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