Miscellaneous Research

Hiring Fairs in Derry, Tyrone & Donegal

Hiring Fairs in Derry, Tyrone & Donegal

The North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS) has well over a hundred books on a miscellany of topics that provide useful background for a family history.  An understanding of matters such as the origin of Irish surnames, information regarding wills, old medical terms, the history of the Plantation, hiring fairs, the Penal Laws, workhouses, hedge schools or descriptions of major events such as the Big Wind of 1839 or the Great Frost of 1740-41 can all help you gain a better understanding of your ancestors’ lives and provide good background information to make your family history come to life.  These books are for consultation in the Library and not for borrowing.

The books are shelved at IR 750 in the Randal Gill Library.

  • IR 750–001 — Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland — Matheson, R (GRO)
  • IR 750–002 — Bibliography of Irish Family History and Genealogy — de Breffny, Brian
  • IR 750–003 — Guide to Irish Surnames (1964 Ed.) — MacLysaght, Edward
  • IR 750–004 — Aspects of Irish Genealogy — 1st Gen. Congress
  • IR 750–005 — Arctic Ireland – the Great Frost of 1740-41 — Dickson, David
  • IR 750–006 — The Big Wind of 1839 — Carr, Peter
  • IR 750–007 — Belfast, “Post 381” memoirs of an Air raid warden — Doherty, James
  • IR 750–008 — Last will and Testament”  – general info re wills — Thomas, Frank
  • IR 750–009 — Belfast, “Linenhall Library – a history” — Killen, John
  • IR 750–010 — Ulster-Scots language – “The Hamely Tongue” — Fenton, James
  • IR 750–011 — Scotch-Irish History,  Essays in — Green, E.R.R
  • IR 750–012 — Belfast history sketches – “As I roved out” — O’Byrne. Cathal
  • IR 750–013 — Oxford Names Companion — Hanks, P., Hodges, F., Mills, A.D., & Room, A.
  • IR 750–014 — Parish Chest, the — Tate, W E
  • IR 750–015 — Tracing the Past, Sources for Local Studies in the R.O.I. — Nolan, William
  • IR 750–016 — Workhouse & Orphanage Experiences, Silent Tears — Shansky, Jean M.
  • IR 750–017 — Ullans – Journal of Ulster Scots Society — Ulster Scots Society
  • IR 750–018 — Allied Irish Bank today & tomorrow – “Root and Branch”  — Allied Irish Bank
  • IR 750–019 — Survivors – re the victims of N.I. Troubles — McCreary, Alf
  • IR 750–020 — The Story of Ireland — Inglis, Brian
  • IR 750–021 — Closer to Shakespeare — Honneyman, David
  • IR 750–022 — The Crown Harp — Robertson, Nora
  • IR 750–023 — Short History of Ireland — Beckett, J C
  • IR 750–024 — History of Ireland – Volume 1 — Mitchell, John
  • IR 750–025 — Ulster’s shared heritage — Hall, Michael
  • IR 750–026 — Ireland 1846 – 1847 – “Paddy’s Lament” — Gallagher, Thomas
  • IR 750–027 — Ulster Conflict – “The Narrow Ground” — Stewart, A T Q
  • IR 750–028 — Modern Ireland, The Making of — Beckett, J C
  • IR 750–029 — Ulster – 1950 guide book — N.I. Tourist Board
  • IR 750–030 — A short history of Ireland — Hutchison, W R
  • IR 750–031 — The Irish Answer — Flax Trust
  • IR 750–032 — Book of Epitaphs — Howe, W H
  • IR 750–033 — A Country schoolroom – “James Joyce is late” — Claypole, Jack
  • IR 750–034 — Some Irish Naturalists — Lloyd Praeger, R
  • IR 750–035 — Historic Ireland, intelligent travellers guide — Crowl, Philip R
  • IR 750–036 — Introducing Ireland — Eaton, George
  • IR 750–037 — Corrymeela, Hill of Harmony — McCreary, Alf
  • IR 750–038 — History of Ireland  — Herring, I J
  • IR 750–039 — Irish Heritage – Land, people and work — Evans, E E
  • IR 750–040 — The Ulster Crisis 1912 – 1914 — Stewart, A T Q
  • IR 750–041 — Ulster — Sunday Times
  • IR 750–042 — Plantation to Partition — Blacks Press (photocopies)
  • IR 750–043 — Ulster Annual 1971 — H.M.S.O.
  • IR 750–044 — Ulster verse – “A titter of wit” — Davies, Rosaleen
  • IR 750–045 — Ulster verse – “Work Lines 1930 – 76” — local poets
  • IR 750–046 — Ulster verse – “Idle Hours 1930’s” — local poets
  • IR 750–047 — Ulster verse – “the shakin’s of the bag — local poets
  • IR 750–048 — Ulster verse – “Under the moon, over the stars” — local poets
  • IR 750–049 — Ulster speech – “What a thing to say” — Pepper, John
  • IR 750–050 — James Orr, Bard of Ballycarry, Co Antrim — Crawford, Wm
  • IR 750–051 — Monaghan County Surnames — Holland, Pat
  • IR 750–052 — Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names — Oxford Press
  • IR 750–053 — First Names First — Dunkling, Leslie
  • IR 750–054 — Ulster Surnames, Book of — Bell, Robert
  • IR 750–055 — Ancient Monuments of N.I., State Care (1947) — H.M.S.O.
  • IR 750–056 — Ancient Monuments of N.I., Not in State Care (1963) — H.M.S.O.
  • IR 750–057 — Ulster, the Hidden History — Hall, Michael
  • IR 750–058 — Irish Life in the 17th Century — MacLysaght, Edward
  • IR 750–059 — Sources for Irish Genealogy in the Soc. Of Genealogists — Soc. Of Genealogists
  • IR 750–060 — Aspects of Irish Genealogy 3 — 3rd Gen. Congress
  • IR 750–061 — Family Names and Family History — Hey, David
  • IR 750–062 — Scotch Irish – Search in N Britain, N Ireland and N America  
  • IR 750–063 — Surnames & Genealogy – a New Approach — Redmonds, George
  • IR 750–064 — Linen Hall Review Vol. 4 No. 4 1987 — Linen Hall Library
  • IR 750–065 — Ulster Tatler, Articles from previous issues, c1994 — Ulster Journals
  • IR 750–066 — Ireland of the Welcomes, Vol. 47 No. 1, Commemorating 1798 — Irish Tourist Board
  • IR 750–067 — Index of Indexers — Jones, Brian
  • IR 750–068 — Surnames of Derry — Mitchell, Brian
  • IR 750–069 — The Last Countess, Estate Agent’s Letters, Co. Armagh — Barden, Sean
  • IR 750–070 — Banbridge, A History of Charity — Kearns, Peter J.
  • IR 750–071 — Ulster Libraries, Archives, Museums & Ancestral Heritage Centres — O’Neill, Robert K.
  • IR 750–072 — Romance of Names — Weekley, Ernest
  • IR 750–073 — Journal of Scotch-Irish Studies Vol. 1 No. 1 Spring 2000 — Centre for Scotch-Irish Studies
  • IR 750–074 — Essays Presented to Liam Mac Alasdair, FGSI — Ed. Stanley, Rory  J.
  • IR 750–075 — Surnames — Weekley, Ernest
  • IR 750–076 — Irish Clans, The Little Book — Grenham, John
  • IR 750–077 — History of Ulster, A Shorter Illustrated — Bardon, Jonathan
  • IR 750–078 — A History of Ulster — Bardon, Jonathan
  • IR 750–079 — A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes — Bardon, Jonathan
  • IR 750–080 — Catch Yerself On! — Pepper, John
  • IR 750–081 — Ulster Haunbook — Pepper, John
  • IR 750–082 — Atlantic Crossroads, Historical connections between Scotland, Ulster & N. America — Various Authors
  • IR 750–083 — Introduction to Ulster Architecture — Dixon, Hugh
  • IR 750–084 — Treasures from the National Library of Ireland — Kissane, Noel (Ed)
  • IR 750–085 — Fermanagh Books, Writers & Newspapers of the 19th century — Mac Annaidh, Seamas
  • IR 750–086 — Causes of Death & Old Medical Terms  
  • IR 750–087 — Regional Accents of English – Belfast — Milroy, James
  • IR 750–088 — Ulster Dialects — Ulster Folk Museum
  • IR 750–089 — Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland (1983) — HMSO
  • IR 750–090 — Ulster Surnames, Book of, (2003 edition) — Bell, Robert
  • IR 750–091 — Surnames, Penguin Dictionary — Cottle, Basil
  • IR 750–092 — Two Centuries of Life in Co. Down, 1600-1800 — Stevenson, John
  • IR 750–093 — Ulster, A Brief Historical Survey — Bardon, Jonathan
  • IR 750–094 — Ulster, the County Books — Shearman, Hugh
  • IR 750–095 — Poor Law in Ireland 1838-1948 — Crossman, Virginia
  • IR 750–096 — Irish Hedge School and Its Books, The, 1695-1831 — McManus, Antonia
  • IR 750–097 — Irish Proverbs and Sayings, Gems of Irish Wisdom — O’Farrell, Padraic
  • IR 750–098 — An Exact Diary of the Late Expedition of His Illustrious Highness The Prince of Orange etc.   
  • IR 750–099 — On the Townland Distribution of Ireland, a paper (1861) by William Reeves (reprint 1992)  
  • IR 750–100 — Sources for the Study of Local History in Northern Ireland, Catalogue for an exhibition 1968 — PRONI
  • IR 750–101 — The Land of Ulster, Report of the  Land Utilisation Survey, Belfast Region — Hill, Douglas A.
  • IR 750–102 — The Penal Laws, 1691-1760 — Wall, Maureen
  • IR 750–103 — The 1798 Rebellion as Recorded in the Diaries of Gracehill  Moravian Church — Moravian History Magazine
  • IR 750–104 — Hell or Connaught, The Cromwellian Colonisation of Ireland 1652-1660 — Ellis, Peter Berresford
  • IR 750–105 — The Narrow Ground, The Roots of Conflict in Ireland — Stewart, A T Q
  • IR 750–106 — Other Days Around Me (Co. Antrim, Doagh area) — McDowell, Florence Mary
  • IR 750–107 — I Mind the Time, Reminiscences of Early Days by members of Ballywatt Presbyterian Church, Co. Antrim   
  • IR 750–108 — An Uncommon Bookman, Essays in Memory of J.R.R. Adams — Gray, John & McCann, Wesley (editors)
  • IR 750–109 — Talk of the Town 2, The Folly Up, Another Derry Phrase Book — McConnell, Seamus
  • IR 750–110 — Londonderry, Curryfree Glen True Blues Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1060, 1910-2010, 100th Anniversary Booklet — Campbell, Colin
  • IR 750–111 — Hiring Fairs in Derry, Tyrone & Donegal — Sweeney, George
  • IR 750–112 — Hiring Fairs- Buying & Selling — Bartlett, R., Parkhill, S., & White, S.
  • IR 750–113 — Markets & Fairs — Bartlett, R., Parkhill, S., & White, S.
  • IR 750–114 — Ulster Ghosts — Glenravel Publications
  • IR 750–115 — Belfast Ghost Guide — Glenravel Local History Project
  • IR 750–116 — The Wreck of the General Grant & The Newcastle Fishing Disaster of 1843 — Mourne Observer Press
  • IR 750–117 — Victorian Workhouse — May, Trevor
  • IR 750–118 — Down Survey 2000, The Yearbook of Down County Museum — Turner, Brian S. (editor)
  • IR 750–119 — Seeing Through Counties, Geography and Identity in Ireland — O’Connor, Patrick J.
  • IR 750–120 — Fairs and Markets of Ireland — O’Connor, Patrick J.
  • IR 750–121 — The Ulster Port Books 1612-15 — Hunter, R.J. (Editor)
  • IR 750–122 — Strabane Barony during the Ulster Plantation 1607 – 1641 — Hunter, R.J. (Editor)
  • IR 750–123 — The Ulster Plantation  in the Counties of Armagh and Cavan 1608 – 1641 — Hunter, R.J.
  • IR 750–124 — Ulster Transformed , Essays on Plantation and Print Culture c. 1590 – 1641 — Hunter, R.J.
  • IR 750–125 — Who Fears to Speak of ’98 — Collins, Peter
  • IR 750–126 — Monday, January 1, 1900 — Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
  • IR 750–127 — The Ulster Covenant, An Illustrated History of the 1912 Home Rule Crisis — Lucy, Gordon
  • IR 750–128 — Rebellion, History of the ’98 — RTE
  • IR 750–129 — Priests and People in Ireland (1903) — McCarthy, Michael J.F.
  • IR 750–130 — Five Years in Ireland 1895-1900 — McCarthy, Michael J.F.
  • IR 750–131 — Irish Education Inquiry, Second Report of the Commissioners, County Fermanagh section, 1826  — House of Commons
  • IR 750–132 — 1798 Dublin Trials  
  • IR 750–133 — Derry-Londonderry: Gateway to a New World, The story of emigration from the Foyle by sail & steam — Mitchell, Brian
  • IR 750–134 — A New Lease on Life, Landlords, Tenants and Immigrants in Ireland & Canada — Wilson, Catharine Anne
  • IR 750–135 — A Time of Our Lives, How We Grew up from the 1940s – 1960s — Rice, Gerald
  • IR 750–136 — Blue Remembered Hills, Growing Up in the 30s and 40s — Lisburn Probus Club (Donated by Canon Bell)
  • IR 750–137 — A  Night To Remember (Titanic) — Lord, Walter
  • IR 750–138 — Workhouses of the North West — Ed. Johnston, Jack
  • IR 750–139 — Ulster Scots of the North West, the story of 17thC Scots settlers in Derry-Londonderry, Stabane & Omagh
  • IR 750–140 — Today & Yesterday in Northern Ireland, BBC Radio Programme for Children, Teacher’s Notes, covering 1962-74, Modern Irish History, People & Events 1971 — B.B.C. (Donated by Syl Maguire)
  • IR 750–141 — Derry-Londonderry, The Ulster Covenant and the 1916 Proclamation — Jeffries, Dr Henry A.
  • IR 750–142 — Scots in Ulster, Their Denization & Naturalisation 1605-1634 — Stewart, Rev.David D.D. (Cregagh) (Editor)
  • IR 750–143 — Ulster Farmers’ Union, Dufferin Branch Financial Report 1951; Mid-Ards Branch Annual Report 1950, 55-56, 56-57 & 58-59
  • IR 750–144 — Canals of the North of Ireland — McCutcheon, W. A.