READING MATERIAL & URLs
Thanks also to the Authors/Authoresses of the following Books, Journals and Papers
"Oceans of Consolation" – David Fitzpatrick
"Gunyah Grit and Gantry" – Alexander James Burke
"A Journey in Time" – Denis Godfrey Snr
"They Came Direct" “Erin-go-Bragh” – Eileen B Johnson
"To those who … have written the Story in … acres of Grassland and Orchard … "
(unpublished) – John F Stevens and Alex Harrison
The Queensland Immigration Society, A Notable Experiment in Irish Settlement - Rev. TP Boland
http://www.queenslandhistory.org.au/ListingRich.rtf
Roman Catholic Parish Maps http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/counties/rcmaps/offalyrc.htm
The localities with underlying detail http://www.local.ie/general/map/offaly.shtml
The Townland Database – a full description of the Townlands and their acreages/Civil Parish/Barony/PLU (Poor Law Union)/County/Province http://www.seanruad.com/cgi-bin/iresrch
“Introducing Offaly” http://www.seanruad.com/cgi-bin/iresrch
From Kings County to “Quinnsland” – Jennifer Harrison
http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/community/offalygeogpub.htm
William O’Connor Morris – His view of the Digby Estate at Geashill
http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/ offaly/people/morris_william.htm
Patrick Dunne (1814-1883)
http://www.irishmidlandsancestry.com/content/ offaly/people/dunne_patrick.htm
Reports on Historical Manuscripts – The Wingfield Digby papers, Geashill Estate
http://www.offalyhistory.com/content/reading_resources/ offaly_gen/offaly_general.htm
Dean Digby and Geashill in 1798
http://www.offalyhistory.com/content/reading_resources/ books_articles/dean_digby.htm
Log of Logs Captains – Index – Commodore Ian Nicholson (RAN)
http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/mariner9.htm
The Voyage of the Erin-go-Bragh – James Francis Hogan
Material made available at the Queensland State Archives and from the Offaly Historical Society
Queensland Government Gazette Extraordinary Monday 4th August 1862 Vol III No 73
etc etc
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