Do you have ancestors who lived in the province of Munster, Ireland in 1893? Discover the names, occupations, and addresses of your ancestors who lived and worked in the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford in Guy’s Directory of Munster 1893.
Do you have ancestors who lived in the province of Munster, Ireland in 1893? Discover the names, occupations, and addresses of your ancestors who lived and worked in the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford in Guy’s Directory of Munster 1893.
This edition of Francis Guy’s postal directory of the province of Munster is a very detailed and fulsome list of inhabitants of the province. As one of the only detailed directories for Munster during this time period, it is a significant resource for researching your Irish ancestors.
There are over 110,000 names in this record set and each includes both a transcript and an image. While the amount of available information varies, most transcripts include the following:
First name(s)
Last name
Year
Street/town
County
Images often include additional information, such as your ancestor’s occupation and address.
Munster encompasses six counties: Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford. The breakdown of names per county is shown below:
Clare: 8,500 names
Cork city and county: 47,000 names
Kerry: 10,500 names
Limerick city and county: 17,000 names
Tipperary: 17,500 names
Waterford city and county: 9,500 names
The book is divided into sections for each of the six counties in the province. Each section provides a history and topography of the area and lists the county’s administrative officers, judges, police, lawyers, and court officials. Also included are lists of doctors, teachers and schools, staff working in the county and city establishments, the poor law unions, and the various churches and religious bodies of the area. Additionally, a full postal and trade directory is provided for each village or town in the county. The three provincial cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford also include the same degree of detailed information.
These records were sourced from Eneclann.