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| Tuesday - Saturday (incl.) | 10am - 1pm and 2pm - 5pm |
The reference library is located on the upper floor of the main Louth County Library building, and houses our local history and genealogy sections, as well as an extensive collection of Irish history titles. We also have a photocopying service, study facilities, and Internet access points for public use.
Local History Sources
- Wide selection of local history books, covering Co. Louth's towns of Dundalk, Drogheda and Ardee, as well as the rural villages and other areas of the county.
- Tempest Annuals - local directories for Dundalk and surrounding areas, covering the period 1863-1976. Containing local events, advertisements for local businesses; and street directories showing local residents and business people from 1920 onwards.
- Louth Archaelogical and Historical Journals, from 1904 to present.
- Photographic histories of Dundalk town, covering the early 1900's. Also the Lawrence Collection of photographs of Dundalk in the late 1800's.
- Maps of Co. Louth: Down Survey Maps 1657; Tayler and Skinner maps 1777; ordnance survey maps 1835; Town maps of Dundalk for 1867-69 and 1880's, also sites and monuments record maps for 1994.
- Local Newspapers - hardcopy and microfilm editions of the Dundalk Democrat 1849.
- present; and hardcopy of The Argus 1974 - present.
- Local History Files - containing newspaper articles, and local history projects on a wide variety of topics.
- Folklore, microfilm copies of Schools Manuscripts Collection, 1937-38. These are copies of articles written by schoolchildren covering topics of local interest.