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For further information, please visit www.ihta.ie IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS DUBLIN, part II, IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS No. 19 1610 to 1756 CONTENTS Page Preface and introduction Cover General abbreviations Cover The topographical development of Dublin Part II, 1610 to 1756 1610 to 1756 1 DUBLIN Topographical information 9 1 Name 2 Legal status 3 Parliamentary status 4 Proprietorial status 5 Municipal boundary 6 Administrative location 7 Administrative divisions 8 Population 9 Housing 10 Streets 11 Religion 12 Defence 13 Administration 14 Primary production 15 Manufacturing 16 Trades and services 17 Transport 18 Utilities 19 Health 20 Education Atlas 21 Entertainment, memorials and societies 22 Residence Appendices A Denton, 1687–8 36 B Manufactories, 1738, 1753–5 37 C Reference to map 13 Maps 13, 14 D Reference to map 14 (reverse) Bibliography 38 Towns Note on Map 2 40 Acknowledgements 40 Illustrations Text figures Academy 1 Aungier estate 2 Liffey quays and bridges 3 Jervis and Moore estates 4 Trades, 1738 5 Churches, 1756 Historic Maps and views of Dublin Irish (loose sheets) Map 1 Ordnance Survey, 1860, 1:50,000 2 Reconstruction, 1846–7, 1:2500 3 Ordnance Survey, c. 2007, 1:5000 4 Dublin, 1610 to 1756 5 Speed, 1610 Irish 6 De Gomme, 1673 7 Dublin Castle, 1673 Plate 1 Dublin Castle, 1753 Map 8 Greene, 1680 Royal 9 Greene, 1680 Plate 2 Dineley, 1681 By COLM LENNON Map 10 Phillips, 1685 Plate 3 Place, 1698 4 Place, 1698 EDITORS 5 Bate, c. 1699 Anngret Simms Map 11 Greene, 1721 12 Brooking, 1728 H.B. Clarke 13 Ramsey, 1731 Raymond Gillespie 14 Lower Abbey Street, 1747 Jacinta Prunty 15 Parliament Street, 1751–3 Plate 6 Tudor, 1753 7 Sackville Street, c. 1750 CONSULTANT EDITOR 8 College Green, 1753 J.H. Andrews 9 Trinity College, 1753 10 Custom House Quay, 1753 Map 16 Rocque, 1756 CARTOGRAPHIC EDITOR 17 Growth, 1610–1756 Sarah Gearty Plate 11 Dublin from the air, 2004 Royal Irish Academy Legend sheet 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Royal Irish Academy Thanks are due to the institutions 2008 Angela Murphy mentioned in the captions to the maps and in association with plates for permission to reproduce material Maps prepared in association with in their custody. Ordnance Survey Ireland and Cover illustration: A perspective view of Land and Property Services Northern Ireland Dublin City Council Sackville Street, after Joseph Tudor, c. 1750. IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS DUBLIN, part II, IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS No. 19 1610 to 1756 CONTENTS Page Preface and introduction Cover General abbreviations Cover The topographical development of Dublin Part II, 1610 to 1756 1610 to 1756 1 DUBLIN Topographical information 9 1 Name 2 Legal status 3 Parliamentary status 4 Proprietorial status 5 Municipal boundary 6 Administrative location 7 Administrative divisions 8 Population 9 Housing 10 Streets 11 Religion 12 Defence 13 Administration 14 Primary production 15 Manufacturing 16 Trades and services 17 Transport 18 Utilities 19 Health 20 Education 21 Entertainment, memorials and societies 22 Residence Appendices A Denton, 1687–8 36 B Manufactories, 1738, 1753–5 37 C Reference to map 13 Maps 13, 14 D Reference to map 14 Atlas(reverse) Bibliography 38 Towns Note on Map 2 40 AcknowledgementsAcademy 40 Historic Illustrations Irish Text Irishfigures 1 AungierRoyal estate 2 Liffey quays and bridges 3 Jervis and Moore estates 4 Trades, 1738 5 Churches, 1756 Maps and views of Dublin (loose sheets) Map 1 Ordnance Survey, 1860, 1:50,000 2 Reconstruction, 1846–7, 1:2500 3 Ordnance Survey, c. 2007, 1:5000 4 Dublin, 1610 to 1756 5 Speed, 1610 6 De Gomme, 1673 7 Dublin Castle, 1673 Plate 1 Dublin Castle, 1753 Map 8 Greene, 1680 9 Greene, 1680 Plate 2 Dineley, 1681 By COLM LENNON Map 10 Phillips, 1685 Plate 3 Place, 1698 4 Place, 1698 EDITORS 5 Bate, c. 1699 Anngret Simms Map 11 Greene, 1721 12 Brooking, 1728 H.B. Clarke 13 Ramsey, 1731 Raymond Gillespie 14 Lower Abbey Street, 1747 Jacinta Prunty 15 Parliament Street, 1751–3 Plate 6 Tudor, 1753 7 Sackville Street, c. 1750 CONSULTANT EDITOR 8 College Green, 1753 J.H. Andrews 9 Trinity College, 1753 10 Custom House Quay, 1753 Map 16 Rocque, 1756 CARTOGRAPHIC EDITOR 17 Growth, 1610–1756 Sarah Gearty Plate 11 Dublin from the air, 2004 Royal Irish Academy Legend sheet 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Royal Irish Academy Thanks are due to the institutions 2008 Angela Murphy mentioned in the captions to the maps and in association with plates for permission to reproduce material Maps prepared in association with in their custody. Ordnance Survey Ireland and Cover illustration: A perspective view of Land and Property Services Northern Ireland Dublin City Council Sackville Street, after Joseph Tudor, c. 1750. PREFACE GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS

Urban history as it is practised today is much more than the local study have been followed more or less strictly by most of the many countries and AFM Annála ríoghachta Éireann: Annals of the Kenney Kenney, J.F. The sources for the early history of a particular town. As part of social and economic history it needs a com- regions where historic towns atlases have been produced since. Among these kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from of Ireland: an introduction and guide, i, parative approach. The topographical aspects of towns, the layout of streets, countries Ireland with its Irish Historic Towns Atlas has produced a model in the earliest period to the year 1616. Ed. John Ecclesiastical. New York, 1929. O’Donovan. 7 vols. Dublin, 1851. Leask Leask, H.G. Irish churches and monastic Armagh • rivers and canals, the site of public buildings and defence works and the this respect. Archdall Archdall, Mervyn. Monasticon Hibernicum. buildings. 3 vols. Dundalk, 1955–60. general setting of the town in its geographical environment, are particularly Dublin, 1786. Lewis Lewis, Samuel. A topographical dictionary of well suited to such a comparative approach. The International Commission AU 1, 2 (1) Annála Uladh, Annals of Ulster … : Ireland. 2 vols with atlas. London, 1837. for the History of Towns, therefore, having recommended since its foundation Ghent, 1995 Adriaan Verhulst† a chronicle of Irish affairs, 431 to 1541. LGB Local Government Board, Ireland, annual in 1955 the publication of historic towns atlases in its member countries, set President of the International Ed. W.M. Hennessy and Bartholomew reports. MacCarthy. 4 vols. 2nd edn. Dublin, 1998; Liber mun. pub. Hib. Liber munerum publicorum Hiberniae … . out in 1968 a number of guidelines concerning the scale and contents of the Commission for the History of (2) The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131), pt 1, Ed. Rowley Lascelles. 2 vols. London, 1852. principal maps to be included in these atlases. The Commission’s guidelines Towns Text and translation. Ed. Seán Mac Airt and Mac Niocaill Mac Niocaill, Gearóid. Na buirgéisí, xii–xv Gearóid Mac Niocaill. Dublin, 1983. aois. 2 vols. Dublin, 1964. BL British Library, London. Mun. boundary repts Municipal corporation boundaries (Ireland) Bodl. Bodleian Library, Oxford. reports and plans. HC 1837 (301), xxix. Boundary com. rept Municipal boundaries commission (Ireland), Mun. corp. Ire. rept Municipal corporations (Ireland), appendices pt III, Report and evidence. HC 1881 to the first report of the commissioners. HC Volume I [C.3098], 1. 1835, xxvii, xxviii; 1836, xxiv. No. 1 KILDARE Introduction Cal. Carew MSS Calendar of the Carew manuscripts preserved NAI National Archives of Ireland, Dublin. by J.H. Andrews in the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth, Formerly Public Record Office of Ireland. No. 2 CARRICKFERGUS 1515–74 [etc.]. 6 vols. London, 1867–73. NHI A new history of Ireland. Ed. T.W. Moody, by Philip Robinson No. 3 BANDON It was in a spirit of co-operation after the second world war that in 1955 at the same time or soon afterwards by the General Valuation Office. Use Cal. doc. Ire. Calendar of documents relating to Ireland, F.X. Martin, F.J. Byrne, and others. Oxford, 1171–1251 [etc.]. 5 vols. London, 1875–86. by Patrick O’Flanagan the International Commission for the History of Towns recommended is also made of surviving contemporary estate maps and, where necessary, 1976–2005. No. 4 KELLS the publication of a series of European national historic towns atlases of the earliest (1833–46) published Ordnance Survey maps at six inches to Cal. justic. rolls Ire. Calendar of the justiciary rolls or proceedings NLI National Library of Ireland, Dublin. by Anngret Simms to encourage a better understanding of common European roots and to one mile (1:10,560). The reconstructions include buildings, streets, roads, in the court of the justiciar of Ireland, 1295– Ormond deeds Calendar of Ormond deeds, 1172–1350 with Katharine Simms 1303 [etc.]. 3 vols. Dublin, 1905–56. No. 5 MULLINGAR facilitate comparative urban studies. Since then fascicles for 449 towns and paths, yards, gardens, orchards, parks, fields and surface watercourses. [etc.]. Ed. Edmund Curtis. 6 vols. IMC, Cal. papal letters Calendar of entries in the papal registers Dublin, 1932–43. by J.H. Andrews cities in seventeen European countries have been published, more or less on Contemporary names are used wherever possible. The base map on which relating to Great Britain and Ireland: papal OSM Ordnance Survey memoirs, RIA. with K.M. Davies the lines recommended by the Commission. This volume is part of Ireland’s these data are assembled is the most accurate available nineteenth-century letters, 1198–1304 [etc.]. London and Dublin, No. 6 ATHLONE Otway-Ruthven Otway-Ruthven, A.J. A history of medieval by Harman Murtagh contribution to the scheme. town plan, which in most cases is the one published by the Ordnance 1893–. Ireland. 2nd edn. London, 1980. ISBN 1-874045-34-8 At an interdisciplinary symposium on ‘Irish towns and medieval Survey on a scale of either 1:1056 or 1:500 at some time during the period Cal. pat. rolls Ire. Calendar of the patent and close rolls of Parl. boundary repts Parliamentary representation: boundary chancery in Ireland. 3 vols. Dublin, 1861–3. Europe’, organised in 1978 by the Board of Medieval Studies in University 1855–95. reports, Ireland. HC 1831–2 (519), xliii. Volume II Cal. S.P. Ire. Calendar of the state papers relating to Parl. gaz. The parliamentary gazetteer of Ireland. 3 No. 7 MAYNOOTH College, Dublin, the idea of an Irish historic towns atlas was first publicly A second map shows the town in its mid-nineteenth-century setting at Ireland, 1509–73 [etc.]. 24 vols. London, vols. London, 1846. by Arnold Horner discussed following a lecture by Heinz Stoob from Münster on the German 1:50,000. This has been prepared from the first (1855–95) edition of the one 1860–1910. Pigot Pigot’s national commercial directory of No. 8 DOWNPATRICK by R.H. Buchanan towns atlas project. In June 1981 the Council of the Royal Irish Academy inch to one mile (1:63,360) Ordnance Survey map of Ireland. The third map Casserley Casserley, H.C. Outline of Irish railway Ireland. Dublin, 1824. history. Newton Abbot, 1974. and Anthony Wilson agreed to publish the Irish Historic Towns Atlas and the government of common to all fascicles is a modern Ordnance Survey town plan at 1:5000. Primary education returns Royal commission of inquiry, primary No. 9 BRAY Census, 1659 A census of Ireland circa 1659. Ed. Séamus the Republic of Ireland subsequently provided funds for the employment A selection of facsimile maps is included, some with their accompanying education (Ireland), vi, Educational census. by K.M. Davies Pender. IMC, Dublin, 1939; reprinted 2002. No. 10 KILKENNY of a cartographic editor. The joint editors of the first four fascicles were reference tables. Where possible there are also growth maps and large- Returns showing the number of children Census, 1821 [etc.] Printed census reports (for full references actually present in each primary school on by John Bradley J.H. Andrews (Department of Geography, Trinity College, Dublin) and scale single period maps reconstructing significant phases of development see W.E. Vaughan and A.J. Fitzpatrick, Irish 25th June 1868 … . HC 1870 [C.6.v], xxviii, No. 13 FETHARD Atlas Anngret Simms (Department of Geography, University College, Dublin). before the end of the nineteenth century. Other graphic material includes the historical statistics 1821–1971 (Dublin, pt V. by Tadhg O’Keeffe 1978), pp 355–61). No. 14 TRIM H.B. Clarke (Department of Medieval History, University College, Dublin) town’s armorial bearings, if any, a modern air photograph and facsimiles PRI rept D.K. 1 [etc.] First [etc.] report of the deputy keeper of the by Mark Hennessy Census returns, 1901 [etc.] Unpublished census returns, NAI. public records in Ireland. Dublin, 1869–. was appointed as an additional joint editor in 1990; Raymond Gillespie of early views. The text accompanying the maps comprises an introductory Clarke and Simms Clarke, H.B. and Simms, Anngret (eds). The ISBN 1-904890-10-5 Towns (Department of Modern History, National University of Ireland Maynooth) essay, topographical information on the town as a whole and its component PRONI Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, comparative history of urban origins in non- Belfast. Nos 1–10, 13, 14 also available as separate in 1994; and Jacinta Prunty (Department of Modern History, National parts, selected documentary and literary extracts where appropriate, and a Roman Europe. 2 pts. Oxford, 1985. Publ. instr. rept 1 First report of the commissioners on public fascicles. Academy University of Ireland Maynooth) in 2008. John Andrews retired as editor bibliography. C. of I. Church of Ireland. instruction, Ireland. HC 1835 [45, 46], Commons’ jn. Ire. Journals of the house of commons of the No. 11 HistoricDUBLIN, part I, to 1610 and became consultant editor in 1992. K.M. Davies acted as cartographic The maps and topographical information are derived directly from xxxiii. by H.B.Irish Clarke kingdom of Ireland. Printed in four series (for Publ. instr. rept 2 Second report of the commissioners on public editor and project co-ordinator from September 1981 to January 1999. On primary sources and to that extent are less likely to become out of date. full lists see H.D. Gribbon, ‘Journals of the ISBN 1-874045-89-5 her retirement Sarah Gearty was appointed to the position. Angela Murphy But readers may also expect to be given an interpretation of the sources, instruction, Ireland. HC 1835 [47], xxxiv. Irish Irish house of commons’, An Leabharlann: R.C. Roman Catholic. No. 12Royal BELFAST, part I, to 1840 became editorial assistant to the project in June 2001. and this is the role of the introductory essay. Each town is described in the Irish Library, 2nd ser., ii (1985), pp RCB Representative Church Body Library, by Raymond Gillespie and The editorial board has been complemented by an editorial committee relation to its physical site and setting, and its development is reviewed in 52–5). Dublin. Stephen A. Royle in which the editors have been joined over a period of time by Terry Barry chronological sequence from the beginnings of urban life to the end of the CS The civil survey, A.D. 1654–56. Ed. R.C. RD Registry of Deeds, Dublin, memorials of ISBN 0-9543855-0-0 Simington. 10 vols. IMC, Dublin, 1931–61. deeds. (Department of Medieval History, Trinity College, Dublin), John Bradley nineteenth century, with a brief indication of its twentieth-century history. Dunlop Dunlop, Robert (ed.). Ireland under the No. 15 DERRY~LONDONDERRY RIA/RIA Proc. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin (Proceedings (Department of History, National University of Ireland Maynooth), M.J.D. In the case of large cities, this is done over a series of linked parts. The Commonwealth. 2 vols. Manchester, 1913. by Avril Thomas of ). Dublin, 1836–. Brand (former Director, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland), Mary Clark essay is intended to deal primarily with the form and layout of the town Education repts Reports from the commissioners of the board ISBN 1-904890-13-X Richardson and Sayles Richardson, H.G. and Sayles, G.O. The Irish of education in Ireland. HC 1813 (47), v. (City Archivist, Dublin City Library and Archive), M.E. Daly (College of as expressed in the accompanying maps. Individual buildings may receive parliament in the middle ages. Philadelphia, No. 16 DUNDALK Extents Ir. mon. possessions Extents of Irish monastic possessions, 1540– Arts and Celtic Studies, University College, Dublin), Richard Haworth attention as topographical entities, but the atlas does not usurp the functions 1952. by Harold O’Sullivan 41, from manuscripts in the Public Record (formerly of the Department of Geography, Trinity College, Dublin), of an archaeological or architectural survey. In the same spirit, political and RSAI Jn. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of ISBN 1-904890-19-9 Office, London. Ed. N.B. White. IMC, Dublin, Ireland. Dublin, 1850–. A.A. Horner (School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, socio-economic factors are introduced in so far as they seem relevant to an 1943. No. 17 BELFAST, part II, 1840 to 1900 Rymer Rymer, Thomas (ed.). Feodera, conventiones, University College, Dublin), Richard Kirwan (former Director, Ordnance understanding of the townscape and not as ends in themselves. Fairs and markets rept Report of the commissioners appointed to by Stephen A. Royle litterae, et cujuscunque generis acta publica inquire into the state of the fairs and markets ISBN 978-1-904890-26-3 Survey Ireland), Philip Robinson (formerly of the Ulster Folk and Transport The bibliography lists important items devoted to a single town or city for … . Ed. Adam Clarke and Frederick in Ireland. HC 1852–3 [1674], xli. Museum), Geraldine Ruane (Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey Ireland), the period, especially those of topographical relevance, and is not necessarily Holbrooke. 4 vols. London, 1816–69. No. 18 ARMAGH Fiants ‘Calendar of fiants of Henry VIII … Katharine Simms (Department of Medieval History, Trinity College, Dublin), confined to works cited in the footnotes. Other sources mentioned in the Slater Slater’s national commercial directory of by Catherine McCullough Elizabeth’. In PRI repts D.K. 7–22. Dublin, Ireland. Manchester, 1846, etc. and W.H. Crawford Matthew Stout (Department of History, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra), footnotes are not separately tabulated, except where their titles have been 1875–90. Reprinted as The Irish fiants of the SP State Papers, TNA: PRO. ISBN 1-904890-18-8 M.C. Walsh (former Director, Ordnance Survey Ireland) and Kevin Whelan abbreviated in a way that requires explanation. Abbreviations of more Tudor sovereigns … . 4 vols. Dublin, 1994. Stat. Ire. The statutes at large passed in the parliaments (University of Notre Dame). The atlas is indebted to Ordnance Survey general application are listed inside the back cover of each fascicle. Grid Gwynn and Hadcock Gwynn, Aubrey and Hadcock, R.N. Medieval No. 19 DUBLIN, part II, 1610 to 1756 held in Ireland … . 22 vols. Dublin, 1786– Ireland and Land and Property Services (formerly Ordnance Survey of references follow the Irish National Grid as shown on current Ordnance religious houses: Ireland. London, 1970. by Colm Lennon Hayes-McCoy Hayes-McCoy, G.A. (ed.). Ulster and other 1801. Northern Ireland) for practical support from their respective institutions. Survey maps, and throughout the atlas placenames are spelt as in the maps of Taylor and Skinner Taylor, George and Skinner, Andrew. Maps British Library Cataloguing in Irish maps, c. 1600. IMC, Dublin, 1964. Publication Data Valuable assistance has also been received from the staff of the Royal Irish Ordnance Survey Ireland or Land and Property Services Northern Ireland. HC House of commons sessional paper. of the roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777. London and Dublin, 1778. Catalogue record available from the British Library Academy. The editorial board is grateful to the Heritage Council, the Marc Finally the atlas expresses the belief that large-scale plans constitute the Hearth money returns ‘A return of the amount of hearth-money paid ISBN 978-1-904890-44-7 Fitch Fund (Oxford) and the Luther I. Replogle Foundation (Washington best kind of source material for a comparative analysis of the topography of by the several cities, towns and boroughs, TCD Trinity College, Dublin. returning members to parliament’. In Thom Thom’s Irish almanac and official directory. D.C.) for on-going support in the preparation of the atlas. European towns, whether as a starting point for retrospective topographical Dublin, 1844, etc. The atlas has been planned as a series of fascicles, one or more for each research or as a basis for studying the changes associated with modern urban Commons’ jn. Ire., 4th ser., xix (1800), pt II, app., p. dccclxi. Thomas Thomas, Avril. The walled towns of Ireland. Cartography of Maps 1, 3 town or city in a selection representing various size-categories, various expansion. As such, it is proving useful not only to students and teachers HMSO Her (His) Majesty’s Stationery Office, 2 vols. Dublin, 1992. © Ordnance Survey Ireland/Government of TNA: PRO The National Archives: Public Record Office, Ireland Copyright Permit No. MP007108. regions of the country from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern of history, geography, archaeology and architecture, but also to planners, London. Cartography of Map 2 by Land and Property Ireland, and various periods of origin, growth and change, with some bias in conservationists and local government officers, and thus directly or indirectly IAA Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin. Kew. Services Northern Ireland. to all residents and visitors in the towns or cities concerned. IHS Irish Historical Studies. Dublin, 1938–. UAHS Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. Figs 1–5, map 17 drawn by Sarah Gearty. favour of the medieval period but not excluding the estate towns, industrial UJA Ulster Journal of Archaeology. Belfast towns and resort towns characteristic of more modern times. Large cities IHTA Irish historic towns atlas. Ed. J.H. Andrews, Anngret Simms, H.B. Clarke, Raymond 1853–. are divided chronologically according to available cartographic sources. Gillespie and Jacinta Prunty. Dublin, 1986-. Urb. Arch. Survey Urban Archaeology Survey, Office of Public The principal map in each fascicle is a large-scale (1:2500) representation September 2008 Anngret Simms IMC Irish Manuscripts Commission. Works, Dublin. The Royal Irish Academy is grateful to Dublin of the town as it is believed to have stood at a period as close as possible H.B. Clarke Ir. Builder The Irish Builder and Engineer. Dublin, Val. Records relating to valuation. City Council for a grant towards research Watson Watson, John, and others. The gentleman and and production. Thanks are also due to the to 1840. The reconstruction is based on the manuscript town plans made Raymond Gillespie 1867–. Formerly The Dublin Builder. Dublin, Heritage Council for its support under the 2008 citizen’s almanack. Dublin, 1729–1844. by the Ordnance Survey in 1832–42 and on the manuscript maps compiled Jacinta Prunty 1859–66. Publications Grant Scheme. Printed by Dublin University Press. Map 2 printed by Scotprint. © Royal Irish Academy 2008 PREFACE GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS

Urban history as it is practised today is much more than the local study have been followed more or less strictly by most of the many countries and AFM Annála ríoghachta Éireann: Annals of the Kenney Kenney, J.F. The sources for the early history of a particular town. As part of social and economic history it needs a com- regions where historic towns atlases have been produced since. Among these kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from of Ireland: an introduction and guide, i, parative approach. The topographical aspects of towns, the layout of streets, countries Ireland with its Irish Historic Towns Atlas has produced a model in the earliest period to the year 1616. Ed. John Ecclesiastical. New York, 1929. O’Donovan. 7 vols. Dublin, 1851. Leask Leask, H.G. Irish churches and monastic Armagh • rivers and canals, the site of public buildings and defence works and the this respect. Archdall Archdall, Mervyn. Monasticon Hibernicum. buildings. 3 vols. Dundalk, 1955–60. general setting of the town in its geographical environment, are particularly Dublin, 1786. Lewis Lewis, Samuel. A topographical dictionary of well suited to such a comparative approach. The International Commission AU 1, 2 (1) Annála Uladh, Annals of Ulster … : Ireland. 2 vols with atlas. London, 1837. for the History of Towns, therefore, having recommended since its foundation Ghent, 1995 Adriaan Verhulst† a chronicle of Irish affairs, 431 to 1541. LGB Local Government Board, Ireland, annual in 1955 the publication of historic towns atlases in its member countries, set President of the International Ed. W.M. Hennessy and Bartholomew reports. MacCarthy. 4 vols. 2nd edn. Dublin, 1998; Liber mun. pub. Hib. Liber munerum publicorum Hiberniae … . out in 1968 a number of guidelines concerning the scale and contents of the Commission for the History of (2) The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131), pt 1, Ed. Rowley Lascelles. 2 vols. London, 1852. principal maps to be included in these atlases. The Commission’s guidelines Towns Text and translation. Ed. Seán Mac Airt and Mac Niocaill Mac Niocaill, Gearóid. Na buirgéisí, xii–xv Gearóid Mac Niocaill. Dublin, 1983. aois. 2 vols. Dublin, 1964. BL British Library, London. Mun. boundary repts Municipal corporation boundaries (Ireland) Bodl. Bodleian Library, Oxford. reports and plans. HC 1837 (301), xxix. Boundary com. rept Municipal boundaries commission (Ireland), Mun. corp. Ire. rept Municipal corporations (Ireland), appendices pt III, Report and evidence. HC 1881 to the first report of the commissioners. HC Volume I [C.3098], 1. 1835, xxvii, xxviii; 1836, xxiv. No. 1 KILDARE Introduction Cal. Carew MSS Calendar of the Carew manuscripts preserved NAI National Archives of Ireland, Dublin. by J.H. Andrews in the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth, Formerly Public Record Office of Ireland. No. 2 CARRICKFERGUS 1515–74 [etc.]. 6 vols. London, 1867–73. NHI A new history of Ireland. Ed. T.W. Moody, by Philip Robinson No. 3 BANDON It was in a spirit of co-operation after the second world war that in 1955 at the same time or soon afterwards by the General Valuation Office. Use Cal. doc. Ire. Calendar of documents relating to Ireland, F.X. Martin, F.J. Byrne, and others. Oxford, 1171–1251 [etc.]. 5 vols. London, 1875–86. by Patrick O’Flanagan the International Commission for the History of Towns recommended is also made of surviving contemporary estate maps and, where necessary, 1976–2005. No. 4 KELLS the publication of a series of European national historic towns atlases of the earliest (1833–46) published Ordnance Survey maps at six inches to Cal. justic. rolls Ire. Calendar of the justiciary rolls or proceedings NLI National Library of Ireland, Dublin. by Anngret Simms to encourage a better understanding of common European roots and to one mile (1:10,560). The reconstructions include buildings, streets, roads, in the court of the justiciar of Ireland, 1295– Ormond deeds Calendar of Ormond deeds, 1172–1350 with Katharine Simms 1303 [etc.]. 3 vols. Dublin, 1905–56. No. 5 MULLINGAR facilitate comparative urban studies. Since then fascicles for 449 towns and paths, yards, gardens, orchards, parks, fields and surface watercourses. [etc.]. Ed. Edmund Curtis. 6 vols. IMC, Cal. papal letters Calendar of entries in the papal registers Dublin, 1932–43. by J.H. Andrews cities in seventeen European countries have been published, more or less on Contemporary names are used wherever possible. The base map on which relating to Great Britain and Ireland: papal OSM Ordnance Survey memoirs, RIA. with K.M. Davies the lines recommended by the Commission. This volume is part of Ireland’s these data are assembled is the most accurate available nineteenth-century letters, 1198–1304 [etc.]. London and Dublin, No. 6 ATHLONE Otway-Ruthven Otway-Ruthven, A.J. A history of medieval by Harman Murtagh contribution to the scheme. town plan, which in most cases is the one published by the Ordnance 1893–. Ireland. 2nd edn. London, 1980. ISBN 1-874045-34-8 At an interdisciplinary symposium on ‘Irish towns and medieval Survey on a scale of either 1:1056 or 1:500 at some time during the period Cal. pat. rolls Ire. Calendar of the patent and close rolls of Parl. boundary repts Parliamentary representation: boundary chancery in Ireland. 3 vols. Dublin, 1861–3. Europe’, organised in 1978 by the Board of Medieval Studies in University 1855–95. reports, Ireland. HC 1831–2 (519), xliii. Volume II Atlas Cal. S.P. Ire. Calendar of the state papers relating to Parl. gaz. The parliamentary gazetteer of Ireland. 3 No. 7 MAYNOOTH College, Dublin, the idea of an Irish historic towns atlas was first publicly A second map shows the town in its mid-nineteenth-century setting at Ireland, 1509–73 [etc.]. 24 vols. London, vols. London, 1846. by Arnold Horner discussed following a lecture by Heinz Stoob from Münster on the German 1:50,000. This has been prepared from the first (1855–95) edition of the one 1860–1910. Pigot Pigot’s national commercial directory of No. 8 DOWNPATRICK by R.H. Buchanan towns atlas project. In June 1981 the Council of the Royal Irish Academy inch to one mile (1:63,360) Ordnance Survey map of Ireland. The third map Casserley Casserley, H.C. Outline of Irish railway Ireland. Dublin, 1824. history. Newton Abbot, 1974. and Anthony Wilson agreed to publish the Irish Historic Towns Atlas and the government of common to all fascicles is a modern Ordnance Survey town plan at 1:5000. Primary education returns Royal commission of inquiry, primary No. 9 BRAY Census, 1659 A census of Ireland circa 1659. Ed. Séamus the Republic of Ireland subsequently provided funds for the employment A selection of facsimile maps is included, some with their accompanying education (Ireland), vi, Educational census. by K.M. Davies Pender. IMC, Dublin, 1939; reprinted 2002. No. 10 KILKENNY of a cartographic editor. The joint editors of the first four fascicles were reference tables. Where possible there are also growth maps and large- Returns showing the number of children Census, 1821 [etc.] Printed census reports (for full references actually present in each primary school on by John Bradley J.H. Andrews (Department of Geography, Trinity College, Dublin) and scale single period maps reconstructing significant phases of development see W.E. Vaughan and A.J. Fitzpatrick, Irish 25th June 1868 … . HC 1870 [C.6.v], xxviii, No. 13 FETHARD Anngret Simms (Department of Geography, University College, Dublin). before the end of the nineteenth century. Other graphic material includes the historical statistics 1821–1971 (Dublin, pt V. by Tadhg O’Keeffe 1978), pp 355–61). No. 14 TRIM H.B. Clarke (Department of Medieval History, University College, Dublin) town’s armorial bearings, if any, a modern air photograph and facsimiles PRI rept D.K. 1 [etc.] First [etc.] report of the deputy keeper of the by Mark Hennessy Census returns, 1901 [etc.] Unpublished census returns, NAI. public records in Ireland. Dublin, 1869–. was appointed as an additional joint editor in 1990; Raymond Gillespie Townsof early views. The text accompanying the maps comprises an introductory ISBN 1-904890-10-5 Clarke and Simms Clarke, H.B. and Simms, Anngret (eds). The (Department of Modern History, National University of Ireland Maynooth) essay, topographical information on the town as a whole and its component PRONI Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, comparative history of urban origins in non- Belfast. Nos 1–10, 13, 14 also available as separate in 1994; and Jacinta Prunty (Department of Modern History, National parts, selected documentary and literary extracts where appropriate, and a Roman Europe. 2 pts. Oxford, 1985. Publ. instr. rept 1 First report of the commissioners on public fascicles. University of Ireland Maynooth) in 2008. John Andrews retired as editor bibliography. C. of I. Church of Ireland. instruction, Ireland. HC 1835 [45, 46], Commons’ jn. Ire. Journals of the house of commons of the No. 11 DUBLIN, part I, to 1610 and became consultant editor in 1992. K.M. Davies acted as cartographic The maps and topographical information are derived directly from xxxiii. by H.B. Clarke kingdom of Ireland. Printed in four series (for Publ. instr. rept 2 Second report of the commissioners on public editor and project co-ordinator from September 1981 to January 1999. On primary sources and to that extent are less likely to become out of date. full lists see H.D. Gribbon, ‘Journals of the ISBN 1-874045-89-5 her retirement Sarah Gearty was appointed to the position. Angela Murphy AcademyBut readers may also expect to be given an interpretation of the sources, instruction, Ireland. HC 1835 [47], xxxiv. Irish house of commons’, An Leabharlann: R.C. Roman Catholic. No. 12 BELFAST, part I, to 1840 became editorial assistant to the project in June 2001. and this is the role of the introductory essay. Each town is described in the Irish Library, 2nd ser., ii (1985), pp RCB Representative Church Body Library, by Raymond Gillespie and The editorial board has been complemented by an editorial committee relation to its physical site and setting, and its development is reviewed in 52–5). Dublin. Stephen A. Royle in which the editors have been joined over a period of time by Terry Barry chronological sequence from the beginnings of urban life to the end of the CS The civil survey, A.D. 1654–56. Ed. R.C. RD Registry of Deeds, Dublin, memorials of ISBN 0-9543855-0-0 Simington. 10 vols. IMC, Dublin, 1931–61. deeds. (Department of Medieval History, Trinity College, Dublin), John Bradley nineteenth century, with a brief indication of its twentieth-century history. Dunlop Dunlop, Robert (ed.). Ireland under the No. 15 DERRY~LONDONDERRY (Department of History, National UniversityHistoric of Ireland Maynooth), M.J.D. In the case of large cities, this is done over a series of linked parts. The RIA/RIA Proc. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin (Proceedings by Avril Thomas Commonwealth. 2 vols. Manchester, 1913. of ). Dublin, 1836–. Brand (former Director, Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland), Mary Clark essay is intended to deal primarily with the form and layout of the town Education repts Reports from the commissioners of the board ISBN 1-904890-13-X Irish Richardson and Sayles Richardson, H.G. and Sayles, G.O. The Irish of education in Ireland. HC 1813 (47), v. (City Archivist, Dublin City Library and Archive), M.E. Daly (College of as expressed in the accompanying maps. Individual buildings may receive parliament in the middle ages. Philadelphia, No. 16 DUNDALK Extents Ir. mon. possessions Extents of Irish monastic possessions, 1540– Arts and Celtic Studies, University College, Dublin), Richard Haworth attention as topographical entities, but the atlas does not usurp the functions 1952. by Harold O’Sullivan 41, from manuscripts in the Public Record (formerly of the Department of Geography, Trinity College, Dublin), of an archaeological or architectural survey. In the same spirit, political and RSAI Jn. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of ISBN 1-904890-19-9 Office, London. Ed. N.B. White. IMC, Dublin, Ireland. Dublin, 1850–. A.A. Horner (School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, socio-economic factors are introduced in so far as they seem relevant to an 1943. No. 17 BELFAST, part II, 1840 to 1900 Rymer Rymer, Thomas (ed.). Feodera, conventiones, University College, Dublin),Irish Richard Kirwan (former Director, Ordnance understanding of the townscape and not as ends in themselves. Fairs and markets rept Report of the commissioners appointed to by Stephen A. Royle litterae, et cujuscunque generis acta publica inquire into the state of the fairs and markets ISBN 978-1-904890-26-3 Survey Ireland), Philip Robinson (formerly of the Ulster Folk and Transport The bibliography lists important items devoted to a single town or city for … . Ed. Adam Clarke and Frederick in Ireland. HC 1852–3 [1674], xli. Museum), Geraldine Ruane (Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey Ireland), the period, especially those of topographical relevance, and is not necessarily Holbrooke. 4 vols. London, 1816–69. No. 18 ARMAGH Fiants ‘Calendar of fiants of Henry VIII … Katharine Simms (Department of Medieval History, Trinity College, Dublin), confined to works cited in the footnotes. Other sources mentioned in the Slater Slater’s national commercial directory of by Catherine McCullough Elizabeth’. In PRI repts D.K. 7–22. Dublin, Royal footnotes are not separately tabulated, except where their titles have been Ireland. Manchester, 1846, etc. and W.H. Crawford Matthew Stout (Department of History, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra), 1875–90. Reprinted as The Irish fiants of the SP State Papers, TNA: PRO. ISBN 1-904890-18-8 M.C. Walsh (former Director, Ordnance Survey Ireland) and Kevin Whelan abbreviated in a way that requires explanation. Abbreviations of more Tudor sovereigns … . 4 vols. Dublin, 1994. Stat. Ire. The statutes at large passed in the parliaments (University of Notre Dame). The atlas is indebted to Ordnance Survey general application are listed inside the back cover of each fascicle. Grid Gwynn and Hadcock Gwynn, Aubrey and Hadcock, R.N. Medieval No. 19 DUBLIN, part II, 1610 to 1756 held in Ireland … . 22 vols. Dublin, 1786– Ireland and Land and Property Services (formerly Ordnance Survey of references follow the Irish National Grid as shown on current Ordnance religious houses: Ireland. London, 1970. by Colm Lennon Hayes-McCoy Hayes-McCoy, G.A. (ed.). Ulster and other 1801. Northern Ireland) for practical support from their respective institutions. Survey maps, and throughout the atlas placenames are spelt as in the maps of Taylor and Skinner Taylor, George and Skinner, Andrew. Maps British Library Cataloguing in Irish maps, c. 1600. IMC, Dublin, 1964. Publication Data Valuable assistance has also been received from the staff of the Royal Irish Ordnance Survey Ireland or Land and Property Services Northern Ireland. HC House of commons sessional paper. of the roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777. London and Dublin, 1778. Catalogue record available from the British Library Academy. The editorial board is grateful to the Heritage Council, the Marc Finally the atlas expresses the belief that large-scale plans constitute the Hearth money returns ‘A return of the amount of hearth-money paid ISBN 978-1-904890-44-7 Fitch Fund (Oxford) and the Luther I. Replogle Foundation (Washington best kind of source material for a comparative analysis of the topography of by the several cities, towns and boroughs, TCD Trinity College, Dublin. returning members to parliament’. In Thom Thom’s Irish almanac and official directory. D.C.) for on-going support in the preparation of the atlas. European towns, whether as a starting point for retrospective topographical Dublin, 1844, etc. The atlas has been planned as a series of fascicles, one or more for each research or as a basis for studying the changes associated with modern urban Commons’ jn. Ire., 4th ser., xix (1800), pt II, app., p. dccclxi. Thomas Thomas, Avril. The walled towns of Ireland. Cartography of Maps 1, 3 town or city in a selection representing various size-categories, various expansion. As such, it is proving useful not only to students and teachers HMSO Her (His) Majesty’s Stationery Office, 2 vols. Dublin, 1992. © Ordnance Survey Ireland/Government of TNA: PRO The National Archives: Public Record Office, Ireland Copyright Permit No. MP007108. regions of the country from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern of history, geography, archaeology and architecture, but also to planners, London. Cartography of Map 2 by Land and Property Ireland, and various periods of origin, growth and change, with some bias in conservationists and local government officers, and thus directly or indirectly IAA Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin. Kew. Services Northern Ireland. to all residents and visitors in the towns or cities concerned. IHS Irish Historical Studies. Dublin, 1938–. UAHS Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. Figs 1–5, map 17 drawn by Sarah Gearty. favour of the medieval period but not excluding the estate towns, industrial UJA Ulster Journal of Archaeology. Belfast towns and resort towns characteristic of more modern times. Large cities IHTA Irish historic towns atlas. Ed. J.H. Andrews, Anngret Simms, H.B. Clarke, Raymond 1853–. are divided chronologically according to available cartographic sources. Gillespie and Jacinta Prunty. Dublin, 1986-. Urb. Arch. Survey Urban Archaeology Survey, Office of Public The principal map in each fascicle is a large-scale (1:2500) representation September 2008 Anngret Simms IMC Irish Manuscripts Commission. Works, Dublin. The Royal Irish Academy is grateful to Dublin of the town as it is believed to have stood at a period as close as possible H.B. Clarke Ir. Builder The Irish Builder and Engineer. Dublin, Val. Records relating to valuation. City Council for a grant towards research Watson Watson, John, and others. The gentleman and and production. Thanks are also due to the to 1840. The reconstruction is based on the manuscript town plans made Raymond Gillespie 1867–. Formerly The Dublin Builder. Dublin, Heritage Council for its support under the 2008 citizen’s almanack. Dublin, 1729–1844. by the Ordnance Survey in 1832–42 and on the manuscript maps compiled Jacinta Prunty 1859–66. Publications Grant Scheme. Printed by Dublin University Press. Map 2 printed by Scotprint. © Royal Irish Academy 2008 IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS DUBLIN, part II, IRISH HISTORIC TOWNS ATLAS No. 19 1610 to 1756 CONTENTS Page Preface and introduction Cover General abbreviations Cover The topographical development of Dublin Part II, 1610 to 1756 1610 to 1756 1 DUBLIN Topographical information 9 1 Name 2 Legal status 3 Parliamentary status 4 Proprietorial status 5 Municipal boundary 6 Administrative location 7 Administrative divisions 8 Population 9 Housing 10 Streets 11 Religion 12 Defence 13 Administration 14 Primary production 15 Manufacturing 16 Trades and services 17 Transport 18 Utilities 19 Health Atlas 20 Education 21 Entertainment, memorials and societies 22 Residence Appendices A Denton, 1687–8 36 B Manufactories, 1738, 1753–5 37 C Reference to map 13 Maps 13, 14 D Reference to map 14 (reverse) Bibliography 38 Towns Note on Map 2 40 Acknowledgements 40 Illustrations Text figures Academy 1 Aungier estate 2 Liffey quays and bridges 3 Jervis and Moore estates 4 Trades, 1738 5 Churches, 1756 Maps and views of Dublin Historic (loose sheets) Map 1 Ordnance Survey, 1860, 1:50,000 Irish 2 Reconstruction, 1846–7, 1:2500 3 Ordnance Survey, c. 2007, 1:5000 4 Dublin, 1610 to 1756 5 Speed, 1610 6 De Gomme, 1673 7 Dublin Castle, 1673 Irish Plate 1 Dublin Castle, 1753 Map 8 Greene, 1680 9 Greene, 1680 By COLM LENNON Plate 2 Dineley, 1681 Royal Map 10 Phillips, 1685 Plate 3 Place, 1698 4 Place, 1698 EDITORS 5 Bate, c. 1699 Anngret Simms Map 11 Greene, 1721 12 Brooking, 1728 H.B. Clarke 13 Ramsey, 1731 Raymond Gillespie 14 Lower Abbey Street, 1747 Jacinta Prunty 15 Parliament Street, 1751–3 Plate 6 Tudor, 1753 7 Sackville Street, c. 1750 CONSULTANT EDITOR 8 College Green, 1753 J.H. Andrews 9 Trinity College, 1753 10 Custom House Quay, 1753 Map 16 Rocque, 1756 CARTOGRAPHIC EDITOR 17 Growth, 1610–1756 Sarah Gearty Plate 11 Dublin from the air, 2004 Royal Irish Academy Legend sheet 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Royal Irish Academy Thanks are due to the institutions 2008 Angela Murphy mentioned in the captions to the maps and in association with plates for permission to reproduce material Maps prepared in association with in their custody. Ordnance Survey Ireland and Cover illustration: A perspective view of Land and Property Services Northern Ireland Dublin City Council Sackville Street, after Joseph Tudor, c. 1750.