Ireland, General Map of Ireland (Quarter-Inch), 1855

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Ireland, General Map of Ireland (Quarter-Inch), 1855 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2024.
Original data: General Map of Ireland (quarter-inch). Gillingham, Kent, England: Cassini Publishing Ltd.

About Ireland, General Map of Ireland (Quarter-Inch), 1855

General collection information

This collection contains images of a topographic map of Ireland from 1855. The original map was created by the Irish Railway Commission to assess lines of communication in order to plan efficient railway lines. The map is based on an a publication by Hodges and Smith, Dublin and Longman & Co., London in 1838 but this version was revised in 1855.

Using this collection

Images in the collection may contain the following information:

  • Name of county
  • Name of town
  • Name of parish
  • Map scale
  • Map images
  • Survey date
  • Publication date
  • Revision date
  • Railway lines
  • Topographic information

    • Bibliography

    ArcGIS Story Maps. "Mapping Irish Surnames." Last Modified 8 March, 2022. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a3b90776f4cd4052bf19e097da898f36.

    David Rumsey Map Collection. "Composite: Sheets 1-6. A General Map of Ireland." Last Modified April 1, 2022. https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~323528~90092728:Composite--Sheets-1-6--A-General-Ma.

    Ordnance Survey Ireland. "The Creation of OSi Historic Mapping." Last Modified 8 February, 2019. https://osi.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=1d1c28801e5542f88960fda8e9f6d686.

    UCD Digital Library. "Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) 19th Century Historical Maps." Last Modified 26 January, 2015. https://digital.ucd.ie/view/ucdlib:40377.