Local History Books, Papers & Reports

This section contains a collection of historical newspapers, books, and journals with a focus on Waterford’s rich heritage and past events. Explore digitised records and publications that offer insights into the county’s history.

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Title	Author	Year	Size	Type
A Compilation of Waterford Parish notes	Waterford County Council	2005	6.1 Mb
A History of Irish Music	W.H.G. Flood	1927	20.1 Mb
A Letter from an English officer in His Majesty's Army in Ireland	Unknown	1690	76.3 Kb
A life of the Honourable Robert Boyle	Thomas Farrington	1917	524.9 Kb
A Pious Garland being the December Letter and Christmas Carols of Fr. Luke Wadding, Bishop of Ferns, 1683-1688	Luke Wadding	1960	940.6 Kb
A scheme for building a bridge over the River Suir	T. Covey	1770	225.6 Kb
A Short History of County Waterford	P. Power	1933	272.6 Kb
Aighneas an Pheacaig leis an m-Bas (Eachtra an Bhais)	P. Denn	1899	578.3 Kb
An Examination of the Causes and Condition of Death in County Waterford	C. Murphy	1997	784.5 Kb
An outline of the rise and progress of the Bonmahon industrial schools	D. Doudney	1854	694.5 Kb
Anthologia Hibernica	Unknown	1793	6.4 Mb
Ardmore, Its Founder and Early Christian Memorials	Patrick Power	1931	776.3 Kb
Black's Picturesque Tourist of Ireland	Charles Black	1877	44.1 Mb
Calendar of Dungarvan Town Commissioners' Minutes	Dungarvan Town Council	1951	5.2 Mb
Dirty Lane 1851-1951 (Census Extract)	Unknown	n/a	694.5 Kb
Dungarvan An Architectural Inventory	William Fraher	1983	2.6 Mb
Early Tudor Composers	W.H.G. Flood	1925	4.3 Mb
Echoes from the Decies (A Waterford scrapbook)	Thomas Tobin	1953	9.6 Mb
Encyclopedia Britannica - Waterford entry (1911)	Unknown	1911	2.9 Mb
Extracts from the letters of Elizabeth, Lucy and Judith Ussher, late of the city of Waterford	Elizabeth Ussher	1815	2.3 Mb
Extracts relating to County Waterford taken from The History of the Huguenot Settlers in Ireland	Thomas Gimlettee	1961	4.4 Mb
Father Luke Wadding: Irishman and Franciscan, A Tercentenary Tribute	Lucius McLean	1956	665.0 Kb
Fifty Golden Years History of the Gaelic League in Waterford	Matthew Butler	1944	992.5 Kb
Final Report of Woodstown Working Group on Preservation	DM Brady	2008	1.5 Mb
Friend And Foe U-Boat Activity in Waterford Harbour in 1917	Unknown	1917	31.6 Mb
Historic Waterford - The Coast	Unknown	2024	2.8 Mb
I.T.A. Topographical and General Survey - Stradbally	Unknown	1943	1.1 Mb
I.T.A. Topographical and General Survey - Tallow	Unknown	1943	1.0 Mb
Illustrated History of Dungarvan	Edmund Keohan	1924	8.8 Mb
Ireland, its Scenery, Character, etc. (Vol. 1)	SC Hall	1841	15.2 Mb
Ireland, its Scenery, Character, etc. (Vol. 2)	SC Hall	1842	34.9 Mb
Ireland, its scenery, character, etc. (Vol. 3)	Hall, SC	1843	17.1 Mb
Irish Ethno-Botany and the Evolution of Medicine in Ireland	Michael F Moloney	1919	1.5 Mb
John Redmond's Last Years	SL Gwynn	1919	2.5 Mb
John Roberts Architect 1712-1796	William Fraher	1983	5.3 Mb
Lismore-Ballyduff, extracts from a report printed in the Cork Examiner	Unknown	1847	889.2 Kb
Medieval Dungarvan - Above & Below Ground	Dave Pollock	Unknown	1.1 Mb
Memories of One Hundred Years of Rowing by Cappoquin Oarsmen	Thomas Tobin	1962	279.3 Kb
Memories of Villierstown	C.S.J.	1872	1.7 Mb
Munster	Gwynn, SL	1912	2.6 Mb
Ormonde and the Irish Catholics	W.H.G. Flood	1912	264.5 Kb
Pococke's Tour in Ireland in 1752	R. Pococke	1891	435.0 Kb
Printing in the City of Waterford in the Seventeenth Century	ER McClintock	1916	376.7 Kb
Reilig Bhaile Haicéid	M. O Cathbhuadhaigh	2006	1.3 Mb
Schools of the seventh Century. The school of Lismore, St. Carthach	J. Healy	1893	1.5 Mb
Songs of a Secretary	E. Downey	1920	346.7 Kb
Statement of Mr. Nicholas Whittle, Tramore, being a personal account of the period 1916-1921 and the Tramore ambush	Nicholas Whittle	Unknown	273.4 Kb
The Ancient and Present State of the City & County of Waterford	Smith, C	1746	20.1 Mb
The Birds of Ireland	RJ Ussher	1900	1.8 Mb
The Conquests of Charlemagne	Douglas Hyde	1917	5.0 Mb
The Cruise of the Erin’s Hope or Gunrunning in 67	MJ O’Mullane	1916	1.3 Mb
The Expulsion of the Déisi	K. Meyer	1901	651.9 Kb
The History of Mount Melleray Abbey	SJ Moloney	1952	4.1 Mb
The History, Topography & Antiquities of the County and City of Waterford	Ryland, R	1824	10.2 Mb
The Illustrated Guide to the Blackwater and Ardmore	Field, WG	1898	1.7 Mb
The Irish Book Lover	John S Crone	1911	12.8 Mb
The Irish Parliament 1775	W. Hunt	1907	2.4 Mb
The Lismore Papers Vol III	Richard Boyle	1886	3.7 Mb
The Lismore Papers Vol IV	Richard Boyle	1886	3.5 Mb
The Lismore Papers Vol V	Richard Boyle	1886	4.2 Mb
The Loss of the Horse Transport, Captain Gibbs, in the Bay of Tramore	JJ McGregor	1816	1.6 Mb
The Old Dark Blue, Cappoquin Rowing Club, 1862-2002	B. Kelly	2002	321.7 Kb
The Ouzel Galley	GA Little	1953	4.2 Mb
The Place Names of Decies (2nd edition)	Power, P	1952	1.6 Mb
The Schools of the Seventh Century: The School of Lismore	J. Healy	1893	1.5 Mb
The Vikings	A. Mawer	1913	2.7 Mb
Tramore: A Glimpse of Other Days	A. Taylor	1987	7.1 Mb
Travels through Waterford	JC Curwen	1813	1.4 Mb
Two centuries of Catholic Bishops of Waterford and Lismore (1629-1829)	O'Flynn, JJ	1917	3.2 Mb
Walking the Holy Ground in Ardmore and Lismore	D. O'Connor	2002	630.9 Kb
Waterford and Lismore, A Compendious History	P. Power	1937	9.6 Mb
Waterford Celebrities	Michael Cavanagh	1902	2.8 Mb
Waterford County Council Parish Notes	Waterford County Council	2005	6.1 Mb
Waterford County; its Lapsed & Possible Industries	John F Boyle	1906	290.9 Kb
Waterford during the Civil War of 1641-1653	Thomas Fitzpatrick	1912	5.6 Mb
Waterford entry from Encyclopedia Britannica	Unknown	1911	2.9 Mb
Waterford Remembers	Nioclás De Fuiteóil	1946	7 Mb
Waterford Streets, Past and Present	Dowling, D	1998	41.0 Mb
Waterford's Bridges	Waterford County Council	Unknown	259.3 Kb
William Vincent Wallace, A Memoir	W.H.G. Flood	1912	826.1 Kb