Local Maps
What was there at different times?
Your county in maps dating back to 1682 -South Dublin Libraries offers for the first time access to digitised heritage maps of the South Dublin County area. Your area in time and on map from way back when!
Paper Maps
A wide selection of maps of the South Dublin County area is held at the County Library, Tallaght. For full detail, please consult the Map Catalogue. Among the maps held are the following:
- The Barony of Newcastle and Uppercross in the county of Dublin by Thos Taylor [1660]
- The county of Dublin from: Petty, William. Hiberniae Delineatio [1660]
- An Actual Survey of the County of Dublin (Rocque) (1760)
- Taylor's Map of the Environs of Dublin (1816)
- Duncan's Maps of the County of Dublin (1821)
- Ordnance Survey Parish of Tallaght Co. Dublin 1870, 1:2500
- Griffith's Valuation maps (1852) based on the 1st ed. 6" Ordnance Survey maps
- South Dublin County Development Plan 1998 Maps
Maps are arranged in the map drawers in the Local Studies area in the following order:
- Drawer 1 Pre-Ordnance Survey Maps 1599 - 1798
- Drawer 2 Pre-Ordnance Survey Maps post 1798
- Drawer 3 Ordnance Survey Index Sheets, 1:1056 maps, 1:2500 maps
- Drawer 4 Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 (6 inch) maps
- Drawer 5 Ordnance Survey Discovery Series Maps
- Drawer 6 Ordnance Survey 1:63,360, 1:126 720' maps, Street Guides
- Drawer 7 Other maps
Online Map Resources
Griffith’s Valuation maps
(1852) based on the 1st ed. 6" Ordnance Survey maps are available online at www.askaboutireland.ie
Ordnance Survey Ireland Historical Maps Library Viewer
Historical Ordnance Survey maps are now available for online viewing in public libraries only. The images are high-quality and may be printed. The maps may be searched by county, townland or locality. The available maps series are:
- 6 inch Colour (1834 - 1842)
- 6 inch Black and White (1834 - 1842)
- 25 inch Black and White (1834 - 1842)
OSI online Historic Mapping
OSI historic maps are available for viewing on the internet and include 3 series of aerial photography
