Bibliography
Primary Sources
Dublin City Archives, Pearse Street, Dublin
Records of Rathmines and Rathgar Township Commissioners: Volumes 1 & 2
Erasmus Smith Schools’ Archive Rathgar Dublin 6
Archives of High School
Belgrave Square Residents’ Association
Minutes of meetings October 1973 – march 1977
Deeds of nos 28, 30, 31, 42, 44, 45 and 57 Belgrave Square Rathmines Dublin 6
Griffith’s Valuation
records relating to Rathmines east in the Parish of St Peter’s in the Barony of Uppercross
Registry of Deeds
various deeds relating to the Belgrave Square area 1830 – 1870
Erasmus Smith Schools Archive
Correspondence and deeds relating to the purchase of Belgrave Square
Other Printed Works
Thom’s directory (Dublin 1840 – 1930)
Pettigrew and Oulton, Almanack Registry and Directory (Dublin, 1846)
Ordnance suvey maps 1837, 1866 and 1911 Map library Trinity College Dublin
John Taylor’s map of the environs of the city of Dublin 1816 Map library Trinity College Dublin
William Ferguson’s Survey of part of the estate of the Earl of Meath in the south suburbs of the city of Dublin 1836 Rates Department Dublin City Council
Rates Map c.1938 Rates Department Dublin City Council
Drawing by J.Holmes Architect - Belgrave Square also ground to be let in the neighbourhood in the Erasmus Smith Archive, Rathgar.
Contemporary Periodicals and newspapers
Freeman’s Journal 1847-1921
Irish Times 1847-1980
Rathmines news and Dublin Lantern 1895-1907
Rathmines reporter vols 1 & 2 1975 & 1976 published by the Students of Journalism at the College of Commerce, Rathmines
Rathmines news and Dublin City lantern 1896
Newsletter of Belgrave Residents’ Association various dates
Secondary sources
Craig, Maurice Dublin 1660 – 1860 the Shaping of a City (Dublin 1952 reprinted 2006)
Daly, Mary E., Mona Hearn & Peter Pearson, Dublin’s Victorian Houses (Dublin, 1998)
Kelly, Deirdre Four Roads to Dublin (Dublin, 1995)
Lewis, Samuel A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (London 1837)
O Brolchain, Heather All in the Blood - a memoir of the Plunkett family (Dublin 2006)
O Maitiu, Seamus Dublin’s Suburban Towns 1834 – 1930 (Dublin 2003)
Pettigrew & Oulton Almanack (London 1842)
Sweeney, Clair L. The Rivers of Dublin (Dublin 1991)
Thom’s Directory (Dublin 1847 – 1880)
Oral sources
Eibhlin Glenn and Enna Lane, residents of Belgrave Square, various dates Feb and March 2008
Dr Roy Johnston, founder of Belgrave Square Residents’ Association, Jan 16th 2009
Mr Kenneth Ferguson 57, Belgrave Square April 3rd 2009