- Home
- Articles
- World Records
- Full list of the Irish family history records
- Newspapers, Directories & Social History
- Ireland 1820 Wilson’s Directory
Newspapers, Directories & Social History
- Alumni Dublinenses 1924
- Ashe's Limerick and Clare Directory 1891-92
- Betham Genealogical Abstracts
- Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1899
- Deserted Children, Dublin
- Dublin Registers & Records
- George Bassett, County Down Guide and Directory (1886)
- George Bassett, Kilkenny City and County Guide and Directory (1884)
- George Bassett, Limerick City and County and Principal Towns in the Counties of Clare, Tipperary, and Kerry (1881)
- George Bassett, Louth County Guide and Directory (1886)
- George Bassett, The Book of Antrim (1888)
- George Bassett, The Book of County Armagh (1888)
- George Bassett, Wexford County Guide and Directory (1885)
- Guy's Directory of Munster 1893
- Guy's Limerick Directory, 1912
- Harvey's Waterford Almanac and Directory for 1866
- Henderson's Belfast Directory 1850
- Henry & Coughlan's General Directory of Cork and Munster for 1867
- Ireland 1820 Wilson’s Directory
- Ireland 1931 Trade Directory
- Ireland Surnames & Family Histories
- Ireland, Directories 1636 - 1799 Browse
- Ireland, Histories & Reference Guides
- James Alexander Henderson, The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory for 1856
- John Watson Stewart, The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almamack for the Year 1814
- Kilkenny Registers & Records
- Leet's Directory (2nd ed., 1814)
- Macloskie Directory of Fermanagh 1848
- Matier's Belfast Directory for 1835-6
- Pettigrew & Oulton, Dublin Almanac & General Register of Ireland (1845)
- Pettigrew and Oulton, The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland, 1835
- Pigot & Co., City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory (1824)
- Registers of Queen's Colleges Ireland 1849-1858
- Shearman's Directory of Waterford, Kilkenny & the southeast 1839
- Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland (1846)
- Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland (1870)
- Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland 1881
- Slater's Royal National Directory of Ireland (1894)
- Sligo Independent Newspaper Almanac Guide, 1889
- Tempest's Jubilee Annual 1909
- The King's County Directory, 1890
- The Post Office Annual Directory and Calendar, 1843
- The Post Office Dublin Directory and Calendar, 1858
- The Sligo Chronicle Almanac and Directory for 1878
- Thom’s Irish Almanac 1880
- Thom's Directories
- Thom's Irish Who's Who 1923
- Treble Almanacs (1783,1812,1818,1824)
- Wicklow Registers & Records
Ireland 1820 Wilson’s Directory
Discover your Dublin ancestors that are listed in the 1820 Wilson’s directory. Find out their occupation and address. Explore the County for the names of prominent people, tradesmen, people who held office, clergy and local businesses.
Each record comprises a transcript of the original directory. Each record will include a combination of the following information about your ancestor:
- First name(s)
- Last name
- Year
- Occupation
- Address
- County
- Source website link
The first true trade directories for Ireland were those published by Peter Wilson for Dublin, starting in 1751 and continuing until 1837, with a break 1754-1759.
At the beginning, the information supplied in the directories consisted of alphabetical lists of merchants and traders, supplying name, address and occupation. In early years these were not comprehensive lists however, they grew steadily over the decades.