Books of County Louth Interest
A selection of books, booklets, journals, articles, etc., relating to (or which reference) County Louth local history, lore, or genealogy and people. There are, of course, many other books available:
The Entrance Hall and L.&N.W. Hotel, Greenore, in the early 1900s. Ships of the London & North Western Railway Company sailed regularly between Greenore and Holyhead, a journey of four hours.
[From the L.&N.W. publication, Ireland for the Holidays, Newtown-Le-Willows 1911]
Click here for information on two important books on the history of early 20th century Louth
"The Unreturned Army" & "World War One & Nationalist Politics in County Louth, 1914-1920"
by Donal Hall
Anon., St. Peter's Church Drogheda 1881/1981, Drogheda 1981
Archaeology Ireland, The Medieval Town Walls of Drogheda, Heritage Guide No. 23 (8 pages - magazine insert), Bray 2003
Barrie, D.S.M., The Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway, Surrey 1957
Bassett, George Henry, Louth County Guide and Directory, Dublin 1886 (Reprinted by CLAHS 1998)
BHP, Drogheda a Walk in the Past, Drogheda nd [1999?] [Photographs]
Boyle, Sean, Looking Forward, Looking Back: Stories, Memories and Musings of Castlebellingham/ Kilsaran/ Stabannon, Dundalk 2004
Bradley, John, Topography and Medieval Layout [of Drogheda], ODS 1998
Brett, William, Reminiscences of Louth, Dundalk 1857 (Reprinted 1913)
Buckley, V.M., Archaeological Inventory of County Louth, Dublin 1986
Buckley, Victor M. & David Sweetman, Archaeological Survey of County Louth: Suirbhe Seandalaiochta Chontae Lú, OPW Dublin 1991
Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland, London 1912. [Best Edition]
Burke, Sir Bernard et al., A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, and Knightage, London [Various Editions since 1826 - 107th edition recently published]
Burke, Sir Bernard et al., Irish Family Records, UK 1976 [Reprinted 2007]
Burrow, Ed. J. & Co. Ltd., Ardee (Ath-Fhirdiadh) Co. Louth The Official Guide, London n/d [1930s?]
Carr, Patrick, Saint Peter's Church [Drogheda]: A Quasi-History, ODS Drogheda 2001
Casey, Sean, Dundalk in Old Photographs, Dublin 2002
Céitinn, Séamas, Craobh Den Chonradh Dún Dealgan 1899-1976, Dún Dealgan 1980
Colgan, Brendan, Vere Foster, English Gentleman, Irish Champion 1819-1900, Belfast 2001
Colmcille, Father, The Story of Mellifont, Dublin 1958
Conlon, Larry, The Heritage of Collon 1764-1984, Ireland 1984
Conlon, Patrick, The Franciscans in Drogheda, Drogheda 1987
Corcoran, Moira and Peter Durnin, The Drogheda Banners, ODS Drogheda 2001
Crawford, Michael G., Legendary Stories of the Carlingford Lough District, 1913 (various reprints)
CSUM, Omeath - A look at the past, Vol I & II, Dundalk 2005/2007
Cullen, John B., The Boyne Valley, Its Antiquities and Ecclesiastical Remains, Dublin 1923 (pamphlet)
Cunningham, Noreen & Pat McGinn, The Gap in the North, Dublin 2001
D'Alton, John, The History of Drogheda with its environs, (2 vols.) Dublin 1844 (Reprinted by BHP 1997)
D'Alton, John & J.R. O'Flanagan, The History of Dundalk, Dundalk 1864
Day, Angélique & Patrick McWilliams, Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Vol 40, Antrim 1998
Dooley, Terence, The Murders at Wildgoose Lodge: Agrarian Crime and Punishment in pre-Famine Ireland, Four Courts Press, Ireland, 2007
Ua Dubhthaigh, Padraic, The Book of Dundalk, Sligo 1946
Falley, Margaret D., Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research, Virginia 1962 (reprinted GPC 1981)
Faul, Denis (Rev.), Blessed Oliver Plunkett and the Parish of Louth, Dundalk 1962 (Pamphlet)
Filgate, Eddie, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Parish of Louth Centenary Celebrations 1892-1992, Dundalk 1992
Fleming, Rev. W.E.C., Armagh Clergy 1800 - 2000, Dundalk 2001
Gallier, James, Autobiography of James Gallier, Architect, Paris 1864, Reprinted New York 1973. (Gallier - Gallaher - born Ravensdale 1798, emigrated to New Orleans)
Garner, William, Drogheda Architectural Heritage, Ireland 1986
Garry, James, Streets and Lanes of Drogheda, ODS 2000 (Second Edition)
Garry, James, Clogherhead Through the Ages, Ireland 2000
Gavin, Joseph & Stephen O'Donnell, Military Barracks Dundalk A Brief History, Ireland 1999
Gavin, Joseph & Harold O'Sullivan, Dundalk A Military History, Ireland 1987
Gerrard, Richard, The Annals of St, Mary's Boys School, Drogheda 1865-2000, Drogheda 2000
Gerrard, Richard, The Story of Newtownstalaban, ODS, Drogheda 2003
Gogarty, T., Council Book for the Corporation of Drogheda Vol. 1, 1649 to 1734, Drogheda 1915 (Reprinted by CLAHS 1988)
Greene, Ted, Drogheda, Its Place in Ireland's History, Ireland 2006
Grenham, John, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, Dublin 1992 (2nd Edition 1999)
Gurrin, Brian, Pre-Census Sources for Irish Demography, Dublin 2002
Hall, Barbara, A Desperate Set of Villains (The Convicts of the Marquis Cornwallis, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1796), Australia 2000, [many County Louth prisoners]
Hall, Barbara, A Nimble Fingered Tribe (The Convicts of the Sugar Cane, Ireland to Botany Bay, 1793), Australia 2002, [A small number of Louth prisoners]
Hall, Brendan, Officers and Recruits of the Louth Rifles 1854 - 1876, Dun Laoghaire 1999 (Reprinted 2001)
Hall, Brendan & Donal Hall, The Louth Rifles 1877 - 1908, Dublin 2000
Hall, Donal, The Unreturned Army: County Louth Dead in the Great War 1914-1918, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, 2005
Hall, Donal, World War 1 and Nationalist Politics in County Louth, 1914-1920, Four Courts Press, Dublin 2005
Handran, George B., Townlands in Poor Law Unions, USA 1997
Helferty, Seamus & Raymond Refausse [Editors], Directory of Irish Archives (Fourth Edition), Dublin 2003
Herlihy, Jim, The Royal Irish Constabulary: A Short History and Genealogical Guide, Dublin, 1997
Herlihy, Jim, The Royal Irish Constabulary: a Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men, 1816-1922, Dublin, 1999 [For RIC Ancestors]
History Ireland, Dundalk: Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 16 by Harold O'Sullivan (8 pages - magazine promotional insert), Bray 2007 [see Harold O'Sullivan below]
Hogg, William E., The Millers & the Mills of Ireland of about 1850, Dublin 1997
Hughes, Anne, The History of Drogheda Up to Date, Drogheda 1893 (Reprinted by the ODS 2003)
IRSP, Irish Railways in Pictures, No. 1 - The Great Northern, London 1976
Kavanagh, Paul (Editor), Dundalk Official Guide, Dundalk 1984
King, Philip, Monasterboice Heritage - A Centenary Celebration, Boylan Print, Ireland, 1994
L'Estrange, G., Notes and Jottings concerning the Parish of Charlestown Union, Ireland 1912
Leslie, Rev James B., History of Kilsaran, Dundalk 1908 (Reprinted Dundalk 1986)
Leslie, James B., Armagh Clergy and Parishes, Dundalk 1911
Leslie, James B., Supplement to 'Armagh Clergy & Parishes', Dundalk 1948
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
LGB, Return of Owners of Land of One Acre and Upwards, Dublin 1876 (Reprinted by GPC 1998)
Lynch, Patrick, Collon, a Photographic History, CD-ROM, Collon 2005. See http://collonhistorycdroms.com/
Macalister, R.A.S., Guide to Monasterboice, Dundalk 1962
Macalister, R.A.S., Monasterboice, Dundalk 1946
Martin, John, Memories of Kilkerley, Dundalk 2006
McAleenan, Catriona & Josie Crilly, In the Shadow of Slieve Gullion, nd
McCullen, John [Editor], Bill Crimmin's Drogheda, Drogheda 2004 [photographs]
McDermott, Mamie Hughes, "A Small Place But Mine Own", Dundalk 2006
McHugh, Ned, Drogheda Before The Famine - Urban Poverty in the Shadow of Privilege 1826 - 45, IAP Dublin 1998
Mac Iomhair, Reverend Diarmuid, Fochart, Dundalk n/d [pamphlet circa 1968]
Mac Iomhair, Reverend Diarmuid, Kildemock and its Jumping Church, Dundalk n/d [pamphlet circa 1968]
MacIvor, Rev. Dermot, Ardee Castle, CLAHS, Dundalk, nd [Pamphlet]
McGowan, Kenneth, The Boyne Valley, Dublin n/d [booklet, circa 1970]
McGowan, Kenneth, Monasterboice, Dublin 1977 [booklet]
McNeill, Mary, Vere Foster 1819-1900, An Irish Benefactor, GB 1971
McNeill, Charles & A.J. Otway-Ruthven, Dowdall Deeds, IMC Dublin 1960
McQuillan, Jack, The Railway Town, The Story of the Great Northern Railway and Dundalk, Dundalk 1993
McQuillan, Jack, Voices of Dundalk, Dundalk 2004
Millen, Stanley, Jews, Germans & Other Refugees in Dundalk, Dundalk 2005
Mitchell, Brian, A Guide to Irish Parish Registers, GPC 1988
Murphy, Michael J., At Slieve Gullion's Foot, Dundalk 1940
Murphy, Peter J., Together in Exile, (Published by the Author), Saint John, N.B., Canada, 1990
Murphy, Jim, The History of Dundalk F.C. - The First One Hundred Years, Dundalk 2003 [History of Dundalk Football Club]
Murphy, T., Dundealgan: Its Churches, Shrines and Religious Orders, Dundalk 1909 (Pamphlet)
Murray, Raymond, The Burning of Wildgoose Lodge: Ribbonism in Louth - Murder and the Gallows, CSAM, Monaghan 2005
Murtagh, Fr. Michael, St. Patrick's Dundalk An Anniversary Account, Dundalk 1997
Murtagh, Michael c.c. [compiled by], Kildemock and Its Jumping Church, 2004 [Booklet]
Nelson, Rev. Simon, History of the Parish of Creggan in the Counties Armagh and Louth 1611 - 1840 (written c1845), PRONI 1979 (typescript)
O'Brien Briggs, Kathleen, Clogherhead Port Oriel - A Brief History - 1886-2006, Dundalk 2007
O'Byrne, Eileen & Anne Chamney, Editors, The Convert Rolls, Dublin 2005
ODDTP, Dundalk A Tradition in Industry, Dundalk 1986
O'Dwyer, Barry W., The Conspiracy of Mellifont 1216-1231, Dublin 1970 [Pamphlet]
O'Hart, John, The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry When Cromwell Came to Ireland, Dublin 1884
O'Hart, John, Irish Pedigrees, Dublin 1875
O'Neill, C.P., History of Dromiskin, Dundalk 1984
O'Neill, Padraig, History of Knockbridge, Ireland 1994
O'Neill, Padraig, Knockbridge Miscellany, Knockbridge 1998
O'Neill, Padraig [Editor], Journal of Henry McClintock, CLAHS, Dundalk 2001
O'Sullivan, Harold, Irish Historical Towns Atlas No. 16: DUNDALK, Royal Irish Academy 2006 [history and historical maps]
Oram, Hugh, Old Dundalk and Blackrock, UK 2006 [Photographs]
Oram, Hugh, Old Omeath, Carlingford and Greenore, UK 2008 [Photographs]
Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Liostaí Logainmneachta Lú (Louth Placenames), Dublin 1991
Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Discovery Series Maps 36 & 43 (1:50 000 Maps of Co. Louth)
Patterson, E.M., The Great Northern Railway of Ireland, Surrey 1962
Pender, Seamus, A Census of Ireland circa 1659, Dublin 1939 [Reprinted Baltimore 1997]
Phillimore, W.P.W. & Gertrude Thrift [Editors], Indexes to Irish Wills, London 1909 - 20 (reprinted five volumes in one by GPC 1970)
Redmond, Brigid, The Story of Louth, Dublin, nd
Reilly, James R., Richard Griffith and His Valuation of Ireland, Baltimore 2000
Reynolds, Liam, The Medieval Parishes of Clogherhead and Walshestown (1300-1857), Clogherhead Historical Society, 2003
Robinson, Aidan P., Ancient Drogheda, Drogheda 1994
Roe, Helen, Monasterboice and Its Monuments, CLAHS 1981
Rombach, John K., Guide to Drogheda, Drogheda 1907
Ryan, James G., Irish Records, Sources for Family and Local History, USA 1997
Share, Bernard [Editor], Crossing the Boyne: the Great Viaduct 1855-2005, Dublin 2005
Sharkey, Noel, The Parish of Haggardstown and Blackrock A History, Dundalk 2003
Smith, Brendan, The Register of Nicholas Fleming Archbishop of Armagh 1404-1416, IMC Dublin 2003
Smith, Brendan, The Register of Milo Sweteman Archbishop of Armagh 1361-1380, Dublin 1996
Sughi, M.A. [editor], Registrum Octaviani Alias Liber Niger, The Register of Octavian de Palatio, Archbishop of Armagh 1478 - 1513, (2 Volumes), IMC Dublin 1999
Taaffe, Dennis, Impartial History of Ireland, (4 volumes), Dublin, 1809, 1810, 1811 [Dennis Taaffe was from Clogherhead],
Taggart, Sister M. Anastasia & Sister Isabelle Smyth, The Medical Missionaries of Mary in Drogheda 1939-1999, ODS Drogheda 1999
Taylor, James W., The 1st Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War, Dublin, 2002 [Popular regiment with many Co. Louth associations]
Taylor, James W., The 2nd Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War, Dublin, 2005
Tempest, H.G., Guide to Dundalk & County Louth, Dundalk 1916 (Reprinted 1983)
Tempest, H.G., Notes on The Parish of St. Nicholas Dundalk, Dundalk 1955 (Reprinted 1989)
Tempest McCrea, C., Dundalk Grammar School: The First 250 Years, 1739 - 1989, Dundalk 1989
Various, Official Guide Louth and Meath: Lughbhadh agus An Mhidhe, Dublin, n/d
Various, Dealga's Legacy Dundalk's Heritage, Dundalk 1989
Various, Drogheda and 1798, ODS 1999
Various, Down the Quay: A History of Dundalk Harbour, n.d.
Various, Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth, Its Ruins and Associations. A Guide and Popular History, Dublin 1897
Various, St. Vincent's School, Dundalk 1853-2003, Dundalk 2003
Various, Dún Dealgan National School 1891 - 1991, Dundalk 1991 [The Presbyterian School, Dundalk]
Various, Centenary Souvenir, Saint Joseph's, Dundalk, 1876-1976, Dundalk 1976
Vicars, Sir Arthur, Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536 - 1810, Dublin 1897, (Republished by GPC 1967)
Whitmarsh, Victor, Memories of Dundalk, Published by the Author, 1977 [Photographs]
Whitmarsh, Victor, Dundalk in the Emergency, Published by the Author, 1980 [Photographs]
Whitmarsh, Victor, Some Dundalk Days, Published by the Author, 1983 [Photographs]
Whitmarsh, Victor, Old Dundalk, Published by the Author, 1988 [Photographs]
Wilson, Maureen & Noel Ross & Patrick F. Power, Dundalk Images and Impressions, Dundalk 1989 [Photographs]
Woulfe, Rev. Patrick, Irish Names and Surnames, Dublin 1923, (Republished by GPC 1967)
Wright, Thomas, Louthiana, London 1748 (Reprinted, Dundalk 2000)
The 2001 edition of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal has an Index of books reviewed in the Journal 1904 - 2000. This is an excellent source for County Louth reading material. The Index is also available on the Society's Web Site at http://www.clahs.com/ (Click the "Journal" Link)
Journal of the Old Drogheda Society
For details of the journal articles from 1976 (first year of publication) click here. The Society has a Web Site at http://www.millmount.net
Journal contents may also be found at http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/Journals/Drogheda.html
Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society
Details of the journal articles from 1904 (first year of publication) to 2002 are available at the following Web Site: http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/Journals/Louth.html
The Society email address is: clahj@eircom.net
The Society Web Page address is: http://www.clahs.com/.
The Society's Web Site also has a comprehensive Index 1904 -2001 under the headings of Author, Books Reviewed & Subject
For details of Journal articles 1998 - 2007 click here
For Index of Illustrations 1904-2001 click here
Tempest's Annual (Dundalk)
Details of articles from 1898 to 1976 can be found here
Journal of the Termonfeckin Historical Society
Details of journal articles 2001-2007 click here
Email: dquaile@esatclear.ie
Omeath - a Look at the Past
An Cumann S
táir Uí Mhéith - The Omeath Historical Society.Details of journal articles 2005-2007 click here
Seanchas Ard Mhacha
Details of articles from 1990 (the journal was first published in 1954) are available at the following Web Site: http://www.xs4all.nl/~tbreen/Journals/Armagh.html
County Louth Memorial Inscriptions
For a full list of source material found in journals, booklets and books relating to County Louth memorial inscriptions click here.
Key:
BHP: Buvinda Historical Publications, PO Box 2000, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
CLAHS: County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, 5 Oliver Plunkett Park, Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
CSAM: Cumann Seanchas Ard Mhacha - The Armagh Diocesan Historical Society
CSUM: An Cumann Stáir Uí Mhéith - The Omeath Historical Society
GPC: The Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
IAP: Irish Academic Press
IMC: Irish Manuscripts Commission
IRSP: Irish Railway Record Society London Area
JCLAHS: Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society
JDLGS: Journal of the Dun Laoghaire Genealogical Society [now JGSI]
JGSI: Journal of the Genealogical Society of Ireland
LGB: Local Government Board, Ireland
ODDTP: Ógra Dún Dealgan Teamwork Project
ODS: Old Drogheda Society, Millmount, Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
OPW: Office of Public Works
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30 August 2008