Dublin, Ireland : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Dublin. You may be able to find further references to Dublin in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Dublin metropolis of Ireland Bartholomew
DUBLIN the metropolis of Ireland, and a city and county of itself Lewis:Ireland

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Dublin.

Place Type of entry Source
GOLDENBRIDGE a village Lewis:Ireland
ISLAND BRIDGE a village Lewis:Ireland
KILMAINHAM a suburban village Lewis:Ireland
RANELAGH a village Lewis:Ireland
SANDFORD a village Lewis:Ireland

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Dublin within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Arthur Young Section 18: Corn Trade of Ireland, Bounty on Inland Carriage 29
Arthur Young Sections 13-16: Tythes, Church Lands; Absentees; Population; Public Works 26
Arthur Young 19th to 30th June 1776: Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Westmeath 20
Arthur Young 11th to 19th October 1776: Tipperary and Waterford 10
Arthur Young 11th to 20th July 1776: Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin 9
Arthur Young 21st to 31st July 1776: Down, Armagh and Antrim 9
Arthur Young 1777 Tour: September 6
John Wesley 1760-2: Letter to an Editor; Impositions and Declarations; Speaking Statue; Pentecost 5
Charles Wesley Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales 4
John Wesley 1746-8: Severe Weather; Ireland; Wesley's Protest against Lawlessness 4
John Wesley 1749-50: Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned in Effigy 4
Arthur Young Section 17: Manners and Customs 4
Arthur Young Section 24: State of Ireland, brought down to the End of the Year 1779 4
Arthur Young Appendix, Itinerary 4
John Wesley 1754-6: Retirement in Paddington; Wesley Slandered; Premonitions 3
John Wesley 1771-3: Windsor Park; Wesley as Art Critic; Glasgow and Perth; Preaches to 30,000 People 3
John Wesley 1785-90: Collects Money for the Poor; Visits House of Lords; Reasons for his Long Life 3
Arthur Young 1st to 10th September 1776: Galway, Clare, Limerick and Cork 3
Arthur Young Sections 7-9: Of Religion; Price of Provisions; Roads, Cars 3
Charles Wesley May 3 - Dec. 28, 1747: Wales and Ireland 2
Charles Wesley Jan: 15 - Apr. 29, 1748: Ireland, Wales and meeting future wife 2
Arthur Young Title and Preface 2
Arthur Young 1st to 10th August 1776: Antrim, Londonderry and Donegal 2
Arthur Young 11th to 20th August 1776: Donegal, Fermanagh and Cavan 2
Arthur Young 21st to 31st August 1776: Roscommon, Sligo and Mayo 2
Arthur Young 1st to 10th October 1776: Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary 2
Arthur Young 1777 Tour: October 2
Arthur Young Sections 10-12: Timber, Planting; Manures, Waste Lands; Cattle, Wool, Winter Food 2
Arthur Young Sections 20-21: Revenue, Taxes; Commerce, Fisheries, Embargoes 2
Arthur Young Sections 22-23: Government, Union; General State of Ireland 2
Charles Wesley May 1 - Aug. 31, 1748: London, Wales and Ireland 1
John Wesley 1751-3: Wesley's Marriage; Cornwall Smugglers; Illness and Recovery 1
John Wesley 1765-8: Justice for Methodists; Methodist Character; Instructions to Parents 1
John Wesley 1769-70: Opens a New Church; Comments on Rousseau; Geology; Swedenborg 1
John Wesley 1777-80: On the Isle of Man; City Road Chapel; Wesley Visits Lord George Gordon 1
Arthur Young 1st to 10th July 1776: Westmeath, Carlow, King's and Queen's Counties 1
Arthur Young 11th to 20th September 1776: Cork 1
Arthur Young 1778 Tour 1
Arthur Young Sections 1-4: Extent of Ireland; Soil, Climate; Rental; Products 1
Arthur Young Sections 5-6: Of the Tenantry of Ireland; Of the Labouring Poor 1
Arthur Young Section 19: Manufactures 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Leinster 3 1
Ballybough 0 1
Phibsborough 0 2
Ringsend 0 2
Ranelagh 0 2
Dolphins Barn 0 1
Grangegorman 0 1
St Bartholomews 0 1
Rathmines 0 2
Clonturk 0 2
Balls Bridge 0 2
Baggotrath 0 1
Donnybrook 0 2
Irishtown 0 1
Glasnevin 0 2
Greenhills 0 1
Harolds Cross 0 2
Islandbridge 0 2
Marino 0 1
Drumcondra 0 1

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Dublin. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CHRIST CHURCH Arthur Young A Tour in Ireland, made in the years 1776, 1777, and 1778 (London: T. Cadell, 1780).
DUBLIN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London: S. LEWIS & Co., 1837).
ST PATRICKS Arthur Young A Tour in Ireland, made in the years 1776, 1777, and 1778 (London: T. Cadell, 1780).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.