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Mapping Ireland in London

Click the icon in the top right corner of the map below or this link to open a full page view of the map. This is the best way to view the map on a smartphone.

Clicking the side panel in the top left corner of the map opens up a list of all the featured locations, grouped by 17th, 18th, and 19th century. You can toggle each century listing on/off in the side panel.

Each century is colour-coded in the side-panel and on the map:
- 17th Century: burgundy
- 18th Century: green
- 19th Century: black

Scroll down the page for links to historical maps of London and to see the blog posts grouped by London Borough. Only Westminster, Tower Hamlets and Hackney so far but other Boroughs will follow.

I'd love to hear any suggestions you have for expanding this map of London's historical connections with Ireland.

You can submit these via the Contact page.

Historical Maps of London

17th Century
- A Large and Accurate Map of the City of London (1677) by John Ogilby.

18th Century
- An exact survey of the city's of London Westminster ye Borough of Southwark (1746) by John Rocque.

19th Century
- London 1:5,280 Large Scale Town Plan - 42 sheets (1848-51) by the Ordnance Survey.

To find out more about London maps, go to the 'Explore London History' page.

Blog Posts by Borough

Westminster

17th Century:
- From the ‘Second Pale’ of Kilkenny to St. James's Square SW1: Duke & Duchess of Ormond(e) Part 1
- The making of Ireland's power couple in London: Duke & Duchess of Ormond(e) Part 2

18th Century:
- A Woman of Colour at the Haymarket Theatre: Rachael Baptist?

19th Century:
- [Work-in-progress post] The Land War & The Irish Distressed Ladies Fund: Audley Street, W1

Tower Hamlets

18th Century:
- [Work-in-progress post] Religion and riots in Irish Whitechapel, Virginia Street E1

19th Century:
- [Work-in-progress post] Life in Irish Whitechapel: Rosemary Lane E1 through Henry Mayhew's pen
- [Work-in-progress post] Death in Irish Whitechapel: Cholera in Blue Anchor Yard E1, 1848

Hackney

17th Century:
- Charles Fleetwood: A Cromwellian Lord Deputy of Ireland in Stoke Newington

18th Century:
- [Work-in-progress post] "An impulsive Irish spirit" in Stoke Newington N16, Ireland and France: Mary Wollstonecraft

19th Century
- [Work-in-progress post] Irish Home Rule in Hackney: 5 July 1886, London Fields E8

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