Ireland, The Post Office Dublin Annual Directory and Calendar - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The Post Office Annual Directory was first published in 1832 by Alexander Thom, who also published Thom's Irish Almanac beginning in 1844. In the 1850s the name of the Post Office directory was changed to The Post Office Dublin Directory and Calendar.

The directory contains a list of the nobility, gentry, merchants, traders; barristers, attorneys, solicitors; physicians, surgeons, apothecaries; ministers. It also includes postal regulations, rates, names of towns with post offices, and schedules for mail and stage coaches, and canal boats. It also includes a list of banks, stock exchanges, pawnbrokers, union workhouses, charities, churches, and hospitals.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
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 * Person's name
 * Occupation
 * Residence

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 * Approximate date of the event

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in Ireland.
 * Ireland Guided Research
 * Ireland Record Finder
 * Ireland Research Tips and Strategies

FamilySearch Catalog

 * The Post Office annual directory, 1832-1834, 1838, 1843, 1844
 * The 1843 edition is bound with The Gentleman's and citizen's almanack. The Post Office directory begins on image 241.
 * The Post Office Dublin directory and calendar, 1856, 1861, 1877, 1889, 1897, 1904, 1908, 1918, 1925, 1931

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * The Post Office Dublin directory and calendar - 1906
 * The Post Office Dublin directory and calendar, 1918, Vol. 1
 * The Post Office Dublin directory and calendar, 1918, Vol. 2
 * The Post Office Dublin directory and calendar, 1918, Vol. 3

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