Longfield Map Collection by John Longfield, John Brownrigg, Thomas Murray et al, Land Surveyors,

ca 1770-1840.

The maps represent all counties in Ireland with the exception of Kerry. Dublin City and County represent more than 44 per cent of all maps. Kildare, Meath and Roscommon are very well represented. There are comparatively few maps of the west and north of Ireland.

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Main Creator: Longfield, John, ca. 1775-1833, surveyor
Contributors: Longfield, William, fl. 1825-ca. 1870, surveyor
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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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Notes:The company was based at Grafton Street, Dublin, until 1825, when they moved to 19 Harcourt Street, Dublin.

Arranged by County and Barony. The catalogue gives the full title of the maps in addition to dates and the name of the surveyor where available.

Maps were sometimes drawn on the reverse of earlier printed maps and as a consequence it is unreliable to use the paper's watermark to estimate the date of the map.

John Longfield was trained by Peter Bernard Scalé (1739-1826) who had in turn been trained by John Rocque (ca 1704-1762). Rocque had established the French School in Ireland.

Physical description: 1,671 maps

Finding Aids: Finding aid available: NLI Manuscripts Collection List No. 158

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Arrangement:Originally bound into 28 large volumes, some now disbound.
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