Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Vol 40 (Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland 1830-1840)

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the Ordnance Survey maps, but were not published at the time. In these new editions they act as a 19th century Domesday book and are essential to the understanding of the cultural heritage of their communities. They document the landscape and situation, buildings and antiquities, land-holdings and population, and employment and livelihood of the parishes. This volume contains the Memoirs for the five counties in and along the southern reaches of the Province of Ulster, a large area stretching from Sligo and Leitrim in the west and as far as Louth in the east.