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WHAT ONLINE RECORDS HELP TO IDENTIFY IRISH PLACE NAMES?
Database transcripts of the 1851 Townlands Index are available at:
• www.irishtimes.com/ancestor
• www.thecore.com/seanruad
• www.irish-place-names.com

Other useful sites include:
• www.logainm.ie, primarily concerned with the original Irish versions of placenames, but also including many historical maps
• maps.osi.ie, the website of Ordnance Survey Ireland, which includes fully searchable free copies of the six-inch and 25-inch to the mile 19th century surveys of Ireland.