| Directory | Details | Where? | Comment | Towns covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Directory of the Kingdom of Ireland | Richard Lucas 1788 | National Library of Ireland NL Pos. 3729 |
Short alphabetical lists of traders for the provinces of Munster and Leinster only. Published in The Irish Genealogist, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968. Online for Cos Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois (Queen's) and Limerick, Clare. | Towns |
| Commercial Directory of Ireland | J. Pigot 1820 | National Library of Ireland |
Organized alphabetically by town and, within each town, alphabetically by trade, with the names of nobility and gentry resident in or near each town. For Dublin the list of nobility and gentry is alphabetical. | Towns |
| City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory | J. Pigot and Co. 1824 | National Library of Ireland Online |
Organized alphabetically by province/town, and then by trade, with names of nobility and gentry resident in or near each town. An overall composite index to nobility & gentry, and separate lists of Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Limerick merchants. | Towns |
| New Commercial Directory for the cities of Waterford and Kilkenny, Towns of Clonmel, Carrick-on-Suir, New Ross and Carlow | T. Shearman 1839 | For each town: an alphabetical list of nobility, gentry and clergy, an alphabteical list of traders, and a list by trades. FindMyPast | Towns | |
| National Commercial Directory of Ireland | Slater 1846 | National Library of Ireland Online |
Alphabetical by province & town, then by trade, with names of schoolteachers, major farmers & nobility/gentry in or near the town. Lists Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Limerick merchants. Dublin only - attornies, doctors, dentists. | Towns |
| Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland | Slater 1856 | National Library of Ireland |
Follows Slater's 1846; alphabetically by province & town, then by trade, with names of schoolteachers, major farmers & nobility/gentry in or near the town. Lists Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Limerick merchants. Dublin only - attornies, doctors, dentists. | Towns |
| Directory of the City and County of Limerick, and of the Principal Towns in the Cos. of Tipperary and Clare | George Henry Bassett 1866 | Alphabetical lists for trades and gentry; house-to-house street listing for Limerick city only. Online: FIndMyPast | Towns | |
| Directory of Ireland | Slater 1870 | National Library of Ireland |
Follows Slater's 1856; alphabetically by province & town, then by trade, with names of schoolteachers, major farmers & nobility/gentry in or near the town. Lists Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Limerick merchants. Dublin only - attornies, doctors, dentists. | Towns |
| Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland | Slater 1881 | National Library of Ireland |
Follows Slater's 1870; alphabetically by province & town, then by trade, with names of schoolteachers, major farmers & nobility/gentry in or near the town. Lists Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Limerick merchants. Dublin only - attornies, doctors, dentists. | Towns |
| Postal Directory of Munster | Francis Guy 1886 | National Library of Ireland NL Ir 91414 g 8 |
This also has listings for the smaller villages close to the main towns | Towns |
| The Book of Tipperary | George Henry Bassett 1889 | Directory of the entire county showing traders, farmers, residents etc. | Towns |
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