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.
Year Name Cartographer/Publisher Notes Image 1610 Dubline John Speed Size 21 cm x 18 cm. See John Speed's Map of Dublin (1610) 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. 1685 An exact survey of the city of Dublin, and part of the harbour; anno 1685 Thomas Phillips Scale 604 feet to an inchHistoryireland.com article1708Henry Pratt 1714 Dublin Herman MollFlickr image 1728 A map of the city and suburbs of Dublin Charles BrookingSee Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728)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.BNF Image 1757 A Survey of the city harbour and environs of Dublin John Rocque Size: 972 x 1390 W: 1008 x 1396.Mapforum.com article 1760 An actual survey of the county of Dublin John Rocque 1764 Plan De La Ville De Dublin Jacques-Nicholas Bellin Published by Le Petit Atlas Maritime.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. 1780 Pool and Cash's Dublin Robert Pool and John Cash Panorama view of Dublin.1782John Robertson's plan of the city of DublinJohn RobertsonFrom the Universal Scots AlmanackHarvard Library detailed view 1783 Plan of Dublin from Watson's Almanack 1783 (Later known as the Treble Alamanack)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. 1798 Modern Plan of the City and Environs of Dublin William M WilsonDublin1798.com website 1799 Browrigg's Map 5th Division of Dublin 1811 Thomas Campbell's map of the City of Dublin 1812 WDD New and Improved Plan of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge William Corbet of SDUKFlickr 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". 1818 Plan of DublinGoogle 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. Southern 4 sheets 1835 Leigh's new pocket road-book of Ireland Published by Leigh & Son 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. 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. Google Map interface 1840 Pettigrew and Oulton's Dublin DirectoryGoogle Map interface 1843 Ordnance Survey 6-inch First Edition Ordnance Survey Scale 6 inches to 1 mile. OSI Mapviewer zoomable 1848 Dublin. The General Post Office DirectoryGoogle Map interface 1848 Environs of Dublin S. Orr and Co, Amen Corner, LondonGoogle Map interface 1851 General Map of the Environs of Dublin and parts of WicklowGoogle Map interface 1852 Dublin Street Directory Map showing the boundaries of several wards Size: 40.5 cm x 28 cm. Scale: 4 and one-eighth inches to one statute mile. General Post Office Directory. Colour mapFlickr photo 1863 Dublin showing the Boundaries of several Wards. Engraved for the General Post Office. Published by Alex Thom, 87 Abbey StGoogle Map interface 1865 Dublin Parish Maps 1872 Dublin by Harper's HandbookGoogle 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.Google Map interface – North county Dublin Google Map interface – South county Dublin 1885 Plan of DublinGoogle Map interface 1885 Environs of Dublin By Edward Weller F.R.G.S.Google Map interface 1890 German map of Dublin1893Insurance Plan of the City of DublinCharles E. Goad 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).Mapco.net website 1906–9 Ordnance Survey 25-inch Second Edition Ordnance Survey Scale 1:2500 (c.25 inches to 1 mile). GeoHive map viewer zoomable 1912 Dublin City Published by A&C Black, LondonGoogle Map interface 1913 Plan of DublinGoogle Map interface
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http://www.logainm.ie/eolas/Data/IHTA/dublin-2.pdf http://libguides.ucd.ie/mapshistDublin http://gis.sdublincoco.ie/historical_mapping/map_descriptions.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120203092223/http://gis.sdublincoco.ie/historical_mapping/ – South Dunblin CoCo area – online maps for Roque (1760), Taylor (1816), Duncan (1821), First Edition OS Maps (1843), Third Edition OS Maps (1911–12), Fourth Edition OS Maps (1935–38), GSGS 3906 (1940) and GSGS 4136 (1942). Maps of Dublin accompanying Thom's Official Directory, printed by the Ordnance Survey for the Dublin publisher Alexander Thom from the six-inch map sheets 18 and 22, and dating from the late 19th century. A UCD Digital Library Collection.