Ireland, Dublin, The Post Office Annual Directory and Calendar, 1858

The Post Office Dublin Directory and Calendar For 1858 lists government, military, religious, educational, medical, legal, nobility, gentry, merchants, traders, and police establishments. A listing of gentry and peerage of Ireland is also included. An alphabetical list of streets and lanes includes names of residents and businesses at each address. The Post Office section of the directory lists towns, postage rates, and details of mail and stage coaches from Dublin. This collection was provided in coordination with FindMyPast. More information on this collection can be found here: https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/the-post-office-dublin-directory-and-calendar-for-1858-1858

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Ireland, The Post Office Dublin Annual Directory and Calendar

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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.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

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Collection Content

Sample Images

List of Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, and Traders, 1843

Collection Details

Record Type: Directory

64,369 Personas

64,369 Images

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"Ireland, Dublin, The Post Office Annual Directory and Calendar, 1858." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 22 February 2025. Find My Past, n.d.