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Sources Used in the Digital Atlas of Dungarvan Sources Digital Atlas of Dungarvan Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30 Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán Sources The Digital Atlas of Dungarvan is based on content from the printed Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30, Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán by John Martin. Select material was extracted, edited and integrated with Ordnance Survey Ireland’s National Townland and Historical Map Viewer, to produce the Digital Atlas. The printed atlas of Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán contains two distinct parts – maps and illustrations on loose sheets, and an accompanying text section. A selection of this material has been incorporated into the Digital Atlas in a way that offers the user alternative ways of accessing and interacting with the content. This section explains the sources used for the Digital Atlas with the aim of encouraging further research on the town of Dungarvan. Maps The printed atlas contains twenty-two pages of large-format, loose-sheet maps, illustrations and photographs. The following have been used in the Digital Atlas: • Key map, 1841–51 (IHTA, Map 2). Original scale 1:2500, compiled from various sources, principally the Ordnance Survey 1:1056 manuscript town plan (1841), which covers the town of Dungarvan west of the Colligan River on one sheet. As there is no contemporary large-scale Ordnance Survey town plan for the Abbeyside, the urban area east of the river has been derived from the 1:1056 manuscript valuation map that was in use from 1851. The 1:10,560 Ordnance Survey map of Co. Waterford, first edition, sheet 31 (surveyed in 1841) has been used for detail on the outskirts of the town. The historic maps were georectified against the Ordnance Survey’s WMS Map Genie Basemap LS ITM (national large-scale vector data created in 2015) and digitised using ESRI’s ArcMap GIS software. This ‘reconstruction’ was created by the Irish Historic Towns Atlas and is considered the core map (Map 2) as it allows detailed comparison with other towns and cities produced in the Irish and European towns atlas scheme. The legend for the map can be accessed here. • Historic town plan, Ordnance Survey, 1841. Original scale 1:1056 (five foot to the mile), 1 sheet, manuscript, National Archives of Ireland, OS 140. 1 Sources Digital Atlas of Dungarvan Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30 Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán • Historic town plan, Valuation, c. 1851. Original scale 1:1056 (five foot to the mile), 3 sheets, manuscript, joined and edited. National Archives of Ireland, OL 12/29/18, 19. The Ordnance Survey Ireland historical map layers included in the Digital Atlas are: • Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 1841. Original scale 1:10,560 (six inches to the mile), Co. Waterford, sheet 31, surveyed in 1841. • Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, 1904–5. Original scale 1:2500 (25 inches to the mile), Co. Waterford, sheets xxxi.9, 10, 13, 14, surveyed in 1904–5. Text The topographical information section of the printed atlas includes details of over 1,300 urban sites. These are categorised in twenty-two thematic sections. Over 640 sites have been inputted and edited for the Digital Atlas for seven of those themes, listed to include their section number from the printed atlas: 10 Streets, 11 Religion, 12 Defence, 13 Administration, 14 Primary production, 15 Manufacturing, 16 Trades and Services. Information on individual sites is available via pop-up boxes. References are supplied in abbreviated form in brackets after critical dates mentioned. The selected bibliography (important items devoted to Dungarvan) and general abbreviations (a more general listing for the study of Irish towns) provide a full list of the abbreviations and associated sources used during research for the Atlas. Many of these are available locally in the Waterford County Museum and Waterford City and Council Archive, Dungarvan. 2 Sources Digital Atlas of Dungarvan Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30 Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS Account bk Carbery/Walsh account book, 1839–1948. WCM, 2002/128/17. Account of poor rates Account of sum advanced on loan on security of poor rates in Ireland, for building of workhouses, HC 1847 [157], lv. Anal. Hib. Analecta Hibernica (Dublin, 1930–). Arch. Survey Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service. Available at www.archaeology.ie, last accessed 22 Feb. 2019. Barrack plans Dungarvan Military Barrack: ground- and upper-floor plans, scale 10 feet to one inch, 1774. NAI, OPW/5HC/4/152 3/3). Barracks map ‘Dungarvan Barracks, Co. Waterford’. Surveyed, 1870; printed at the topographical department of the War Office, 1871; corrected 1883. TNA: PRO, WO78/4742 (36). (Map 18). Barrow Barrow, John, A tour round Ireland through the sea-coast counties in the autumn, 1835 (London, 1836). Barry, J. Barry, John, ‘The duke of Devonshire’s Irish estates, 1794–97: reports by Henry Bowman, agent, with a brief description of the Lismore Castle MSS in the National Library’ in Anal. Hib., xxii (1960), pp 269–328. Barry, W.W. Barry, W.W., A walking tour round Ireland in 1865 (London, 1867). Bill-head Thomas Power and Co. bill-head, 17.11.1926. WCM. Boate estate map ‘A map of tenements and town plots situate in that part of Dungarvan called the Abbey Side in the barony of Decies and Co. of Waterford, the estate of George Boate’, 1832, scale of 8 perches to an inch. NLI, 21 F 47 (24). (Map 12). 3 Sources Digital Atlas of Dungarvan Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30 Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán Breathnach Breathnach, Proinnsias, ‘The evolution of the spatial structure of the Irish dairy processing industry’ in Irish Geography, xxii:2 (2000), pp 166–84. Brenan 1, 2 Brenan, Edward, (1) ‘Dungarvan from the south’; (2) ‘Dungarvan from the north’, 1867, painted by W. Lyndon from original sketches by Edward Brenan. WCM. (Plate 3). Butler Butler, Thomas, Journey of an abbey, 1292–1972: history of the Augustinians in Ireland (Dublin, 1973). Byrne Byrne, J.J., ‘Index map of part of the Devonshire estate situate in the town of Dungarvan, County Waterford’, 1861. WCM. Cal. Ir. Council bk ‘Calendar of the Irish Council book, 1 March 1581 to 1 July 1588’, ed. David Quinn in Anal. Hib., xxiv (1967), pp 91–180. CE The Cork Examiner (Cork, 1841–1996). CHASJ Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. (Cork, 1st ser., 1892–4; 2nd ser., 1895–). Chearnley Chearnley, Anthony, ‘N.E. prospect of the town of Dungarvan’, 1746, in Smith, between p. 88 and p. 89. (Plate 2). CHI Cambridge History of Ireland, ed. Thomas Bartlett, James Kelly, Jane Ohlmeyer and Brendan Smith (4 vols, Cambridge, 2018). Clarke and Gearty Clarke, H.B. and Sarah Gearty (eds), More maps and texts: sources and the Irish Historic Towns Atlas (Dublin, 2018). Clarke and Johnson Clarke, H.B. and Ruth Johnson (eds), The Vikings in Ireland and beyond: before and after the battle of Clontarf (Dublin, 2015). Coleman Coleman, James, ‘Dungarvan’ in JWSEIAS, xi (1908), pp 79–90. Coote Coote, Charles, Irish Road Map, ‘Division from Waterford to Cork’, 1815. NLI, 15 A 5 (35). (Map 10). 4 Sources Digital Atlas of Dungarvan Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30 Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán CP Chatsworth Papers: selected viceregal and Irish estate correspondence, 1683–1812, from among the Devonshire and Burlington papers at Chatsworth House (T.3158), ed. A.P.W. Malcomson (Belfast, 1982). CSO/RP Chief Secretery’s Office registered papers. NAI, CSO/RP. Curtis Curtis, Edmund, ‘Sheriffs’ accounts of the honor of Dungarvan, of Tweshard in Ulster, and of Co. Waterford, 1261–63’ in PRIA, xxxix C (1924), pp 1–17. Curwen Curwen, J.C., Observations on the state of Waterford (2 vols, London, 1818). Dáil deb. Dáil Éireann debates, 1919–. Available at oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie (last accessed 18 Dec. 2019). DCCE Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire, England. Decies Decies: Journal of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society (Waterford, 1976–). DEM Dublin Evening Mail (Dublin, 1823–). DEP Dublin Evening Post (Dublin, 1756–1875). Depositions Depositions etc. relating to the years 1641–3, TCD, MS 830. Available online at 1641.tcd.ie, last accessed 20 Feb. 2019. Dix Dix, E.R.McC., ‘Printing in Dungarvan in the nineteenth century’ in Irish Book Lover, xiv (1924), p. 67. DJ Dungarvan Journal and General Advertiser; an illustrated monthly magazine of literature and local events (Dungarvan, 1882–3). DLSD Dungarvan Leader and Southern Democrat (Dungarvan, 1938–). DP Devonshire estate papers, Ireland. DCCE, L/1/3, L/1/5, L5 (formerly L/9/1), 5C, 5G, 5H L/5/27, L/9/17 and L/10/59. Drainage maps Dungarvan main drainage maps, 1889–1912. Michael Beary, town surveyor. WCA/Dvan/M/1–31. (Map 19). 5 Sources Digital Atlas of Dungarvan Irish Historic Towns Atlas, no. 30 Dungarvan/Dún Garbhán DS Down Survey. DTCM Minutes and records of Dungarvan Town Commissioners, 1855–98. Waterford County Library, Dungarvan. See also Fraher, 1991. DVB Dungarvan valuation books, 1869–98. Waterford City and County Archives, Dungarvan. Egan Egan, P.M., History, guide and directory for the county and city of Waterford (Kilkenny, 1894). Empey Empey, C.A., ‘Co. Waterford, 1200–1300’ in Nolan and Power, pp 131–46. Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Thomas (ed.), ‘Waterford during the civil war (1641–53): traits and stories from the TCD depositions’ in JWSEIAS, xiii (1910), pp 71–96. Flanagan Flanagan, Marie Therese, Irish society, Anglo-Norman settlers, Angevin kingship: interactions in Ireland in the twelfth century (Oxford, 1989). Fleming Fleming, David, ‘Military barracks in an age of revolt and war’ in Clarke and Gearty, pp 266–80. Fraher, 1991 Fraher, William (ed.), A calendar of the minutes and records of Dungarvan Town Commissioners and Urban District Council, 1855–1950 (Dungarvan, 1991). Fraher, 1994 Fraher, William, ‘MacGrath’s Castle, Abbeyside, Dungarvan’ in Decies, xlix (1994), pp 38–44.
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