| Directory | Details | Where? | Comment | Towns covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Directory of Ireland | J. Pigot 1820 | National Library of Ireland |
Organized alphabetically by town and, within each town, alphabetically by trade, with the names of nobility and gentry resident in or near each town. For Dublin the list of nobility and gentry is alphabetical. | Towns |
| Belfast Directory | Mathew Martin 1841 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Subsequent edition: 1842 For Belfast alphabetical lists of gentry, merchants and traders in Belfast; lists also by trade; house to house lists of the major streets;; nobility and gentry in Cos Antrim and Down. Other towns have alphabetical lists only | Towns |
| Henderson's New Belfast Directory and Northern Repository | James Alexander Henderson 1843-4 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Containing information relative to the counties Armagh, Antrim and Down, with lists of the inhabitants of the chief towns. Also an Alphabetical list of the inhabitants of Belfast [...] | Towns |
| National Commercial Directory of Ireland | Slater 1846 | National Library of Ireland Online |
Alphabetical by province & town, then by trade, with names of schoolteachers, major farmers & nobility/gentry in or near the town. Lists Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Limerick merchants. Dublin only - attornies, doctors, dentists. | Towns |
| Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory | James Alexander Henderson 1852 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
House to house street lists; trades and professions; and "principal inhabitants" | Towns |
| Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland | Slater 1856 | National Library of Ireland |
Follows Slater's 1846; alphabetically by province & town, then by trade, with names of schoolteachers, major farmers & nobility/gentry in or near the town. Lists Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Limerick merchants. Dublin only - attornies, doctors, dentists. | Towns |
| Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory | James Alexander Henderson 1858 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Other editions: 1854, 1863 (online), 1865 (online), 1866 (online), 1868, 1870 (online) House to house street lists; trades and professions; and "principal inhabitants" | Towns |
| Business Directory of Belfast | R. Wynne 1865 | For Belfast, theres are alphabetical lists of merchants, traders and manufacturers, also arranged by trades, with good coverage of the suburbs. Only the trade lists for other towns | Towns | |
| Directory of Ireland | Slater 1870 | National Library of Ireland |
Follows Slater's 1856; alphabetically by province & town, then by trade, with names of schoolteachers, major farmers & nobility/gentry in or near the town. Lists Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Limerick merchants. Dublin only - attornies, doctors, dentists. | Towns |
| Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory | James Alexander Henderson 1877 | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Online |
Subsequent editions: 1880, 1884, 1887, 1890, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900 (all online). House to house street lists; trades and professions; and "principal inhabitants" | Towns |
| Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland | Slater 1881 | National Library of Ireland |
Follows Slater's 1870; alphabetically by province & town, then by trade, with names of schoolteachers, major farmers & nobility/gentry in or near the town. Lists Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Limerick merchants. Dublin only - attornies, doctors, dentists. | Towns |
| County Armagh Directory and Almanac | S. Farrell 1883 | Street directories for Armagh and Newry; other towns have alphabetical lists only; Also a lsit of judicial rents in Co. Armagh, 1882, showing tenant and landlord | Towns | |
| Derry Almanac and Directory | 1887 | Annually from 1891. Steet and traders lists for Derry city; other towns traders lists only | Towns | |
| The Book of Antrim | George Henry Bassett 1888 | Local history and contemporary information FindMyPast, Ancestry.com | Towns | |
| The Book of Armagh | George Henry Bassett 1888 | Local history and contemporary listings; street directory of Armagh FindMyPast | Towns |
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