| Directory | Details | Where? | Comment | Towns covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The general directory of Newry, Armagh, and the towns of Dungannon, Portadown, Tandragee, Lurgan, Waringstown, Banbridge, Warrenpoint, Rosstrevor, Kilkeel, Rathfriland, 1820 | Thomas Bradshaw 1819 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Lists traders, but not local gentry | 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 |
| Directory of Armagh, Newry, Londonderry, Drogheda, Dundalk, Monaghan, Omagh, Strabane, Dungannon, Lisburn, Lurgan Portadown and neightbouring towns | William Lennox 1840 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Alphabetical lists of nobility, gentry, public officials, merchants and traders. | Towns |
| Belfast Directory | Mathew Martin 1841 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Subsequent edition: 1842 For Belfast alphabetical lists of gentry, merchants and traders in Belfast; lists also by trade; house to house lists of the major streets;; nobility and gentry in Cos Antrim and Down. Other towns have alphabetical lists only | Towns |
| Belfast Directory | Mathew Martin 1842 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
For Belfast alphabetical lists of gentry, merchants and traders in Belfast; lists also by trade; house to house lists of the major streets;; nobility and gentry in Cos Antrim and Down. Other towns have alphabetical lists only | Towns |
| Henderson's New Belfast Directory and Northern Repository | James Alexander Henderson 1843-4 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Containing information relative to the counties Armagh, Antrim and Down, with lists of the inhabitants of the chief towns. Also an Alphabetical list of the inhabitants of Belfast [...] | 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 |
| Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory | James Alexander Henderson 1852 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
House to house street lists; trades and professions; and "principal inhabitants" | 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 |
| Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory | James Alexander Henderson 1858 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Other editions: 1854, 1863 (online), 1865 (online), 1866 (online), 1868, 1870 (online) House to house street lists; trades and professions; and "principal inhabitants" | Towns |
| Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory | James Alexander Henderson 1861 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Subsequent editions: 1863 (online), 1865 (online), House to house street lists; trades and professions; and "principal inhabitants" | Towns |
| Business Directory of Belfast | R. Wynne 1865 | For Belfast, theres are alphabetical lists of merchants, traders and manufacturers, also arranged by trades, with good coverage of the suburbs. Only the trade lists for other towns | 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 |
| Omagh Almanac | 1882 | Subsequent editions, 1885, 1888. Lists: National schools, with teachers and managers; clergy; doctors; country gentry. Omagh town listed by street and alphabetically; Dungannon street directory; Fintona, Cookstown and Strabane have traders lists | Towns | |
| Derry Almanac and Directory | 1887 | Annually from 1891. Steet and traders lists for Derry city; other towns traders lists only | Towns | |
| The Book of Armagh | George Henry Bassett 1888 | Local history and contemporary listings; street directory of Armagh FindMyPast | Towns | |
| Omagh Almanac | 1891 | Omagh town is listed by street and alphabetically; Aughnacloy and Drumquin have alphabetical lists; Augher has a street list only; others have traders lists | Towns |
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