Read Ireland Book Review
Issue 284
CD-ROMs
A Stroll Through Dublin by Max Matthews
CDROM; 20.00 Euro / 24.00 USD / 15.00 UK
This publications brings the streets, buildings and people of Dublin City alive! The CD contains high quality photographs of over 2,000 buildings throughout the city, as well as 450 biographies of famous Dubliners, histories of over 300 streets, and general histories of the city, historic maps, and much more.
Scenic Ireland: A Visual Tour of the Emerald Isle
CDROM; 25.00 Euro / 30.00 UK / 20.00 UK [Add To Basket]
Ireland is renowned for its spectacular and diverse landscapes from the wide and rugged West Coast that has been hammered by the roaring Atlantic Ocean and powerful winds, to the serene midlands bejewelled by beautiful lakes, meandering rivers, exquisite mountain ranges and tranquil valleys. This CDROM is an guide to discover the delights of this spectacular Isle through 360 imaging and slide shows, including narration and original musical accompaniment.
Grenham’s Irish Surnames
CDROM; 40.00 Euro / 47.00 USD / 32.00 UK
Ireland was one of the first European countries to have adopted hereditary surnames. Nine centuries of change, along with our history of immigration, colonization and linguistic upheaval have produced an extraordinary legacy: Gaels, Vikings, Normans, Scots, Welsh, English, French Huguenots, German Palatines – all have added to the rich mix of what it means to be Irish! This CDROM provides an unparalleled resource for anyone interested in his or her Irish surname. It contains details of 26,756 Irish surnames and 104,058 surname variants, 8,207 surname dictionary entries; the distribution of 2,296 surnames in 1890 as recorded in birth records; details of the distribution of 377,902 households throughout Ireland 1847-64; Coats of arms for 130 of the most common Irish surnames; an extensive bibliography of Irish family history; Ireland-wide parish maps; and details of the records of 3,782 churches and congregations throughout Ireland, comprising 8.376 sets of records.
Memorials of the Dead: Counties Galway and Mayo edited by Ian Cantwell
CDROM; 30.00 Euro / 35.00 USD / 25.00 UK [Add To Basket]
Gravestone inscriptions and church memorials are an important source for genealogical research and local studies. This is especially the case when paper records have not survived the ravages of time, as is the case for many parish registers from the west of Ireland. On this CDROM the editor provides comprehensive coverage for the western half of counties Galway and Mayo. It includes full transcripts of the surviving memorials found in the 128 graveyards in that part of Ireland. They include: over 3,000 memorials up to 1901, over 8,000 names, detailed maps and indexes of names, addresses and occupations.
Counties in Time
CDROM; 25.00 Euro / 30.00 USD / 20.00 UK
This CDROM contains documents and commentaries from the National Archives of Ireland
The 1831 Tithe Defaulters compiled and edited by Stephen McCormac
CDROM; 40.00 Euro / 47.00 USD / 33.00 UK [Add To Basket]
The records compiled on this CDROM are the most important evidence we have of the people involved in the infamous Tithe War 1831-38. All occupants of land were required to pay an annual tithe (or religious tax) of 10% of the agricultural produce generated by that holding. This money was demanded from all landholders, irrespective of their religion, and was paid directly to the official state church, the Anglican (Episcopalian) Church of Ireland. However, in 1831, many people refused to pay this tithe, and so started the Tithe War, which was fiercest in the southeast. The names that appear on this CDROM are of those people recorded by the Church of Ireland clergy who refused to pay their tithe. The CDROM contains all personal details from the original files, as well as copious information about the parishes that the people resided in. This CDROM contains 30,000 names, with addresses and occupations; complete records for 232 parishes; and a full text of the Affidavits.
The 1848 Petitions: The William Smith O’Brien Petition compiled and edited by Ruth Lawler
CDROM; 46.00 Euro / 54.00 USD / 35.00 UK [Add To Basket]
This petition, signed by over 80,000 people from every part of Ireland and from Liverpool, Manchester and other parts of England, between 1848 and 1849, is a unique historical and genealogical source from the period of the Famine. Following the failure of the 1848 rising, O’Brien was sentenced to death, and this petition was collected to gain clemency for the rebel leader. As a consequence his sentence was commuted and O’Brien was transported to Australia for life. This CDROM contains over 80,000 names, address and occupations; over 10,000 names from England and over 70,000 names from Ireland.
The 1851 Dublin City Census: Charts Index Heads of Households compiled and edited by Sean Magee
CDROM; 50.00 Euro / 60.00 USD / 40.00 UK [Add To Basket]
The destruction of the 19th century Irish Census returns is probably the greatest loss that genealogy in Ireland has suffered. Prior to the destruction of the 1851 census, Dr. D.A. Chart of the Public Record Office compiled a comprehensive list of the names and addresses of heads of households for Dublin City. This unique genealogical source has now been edited and converted to database format. It contains over 60,000 names and address and some occupations in the city of Dublin. It also contains scanned images of the original 1847 Ordnance Survey Town Plans of Dublin City. These 33 maps contain remarkable details of all the streets and houses within the city at this time.
System Requirements for all CDROMS: Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP of higher. Minimum IBM compatible Pentium 166 Mhz with 32 MB RAM. Web browser: Internet Explorer or Netscape version 4.x or higher.
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