Local Libraries

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Just wondering do local libraries tend to have books such as Burke's Landed Gentry or the Complete Peerage of the House of Commons, of Johnston-Liik's History of the Irish Parliament.

I have the numbers of my local library, but obviously can't contact them until Monday (or Tuesday), so I was wondering if anyone here could tell me if it's the sort of thing that they'd have, or would I be better of travelling to a university library or the NLI where they'd definitely have it?

Thanks.

brianthebard

If you have a username/id number and pin you might be able to search the libraries catalogue online? I thought that the material county research libraries held was generally related to local interest?

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brianthebard wrote: »

If you have a username/id number and pin you might be able to search the libraries catalogue online? I thought that the material county research libraries held was generally related to local interest?

Unfortunately what I need isn't available online, so I have to physically go to a library (not that that's a bad thing, but I'm at home at the moment and really could have done without the trip to uni., hence my query re local libraries).

Denerick

Some of the better libraries will have them (Such as the main county library) but by and large, no. You'll have to go to your uni library. You should be able to search the county libraries database, I'm sure reference works are included as well.

Baron de Robeck

Trinity College Library definitely have the full set of Burkes Peerage and Landed Gentry. Finding it in smaller libraries would probably be a bigger challenge.

pinkypinky

Are you looking for an old one or current? You can buy an online subscription for the last Burkes (2003) at exacteditions. I use it for my college course work (genealogy).

MarchDub

I can't resist adding this to the discussion:

Oscar Wilde once said that the two greatest works that the English had produced in fiction were Burke's Peerage and the Bradshaw train timetable.



Worth considering...

Ponster

Denerick wrote: »

Some of the better libraries will have them (Such as the main county library) but by and large, no.

True. Clonmel library has both Burke's Landed Gentry and the Complete Peerage of the House of Commons

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MarchDub wrote: »

I can't resist adding this to the discussion:

Oscar Wilde once said that the two greatest works that the English had produced in fiction were Burke's Peerage and the Bradshaw train timetable.



Worth considering...

I'd actually agree with him, but when looking for a rough background on families, Burke is fine.

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Thanks for the input, guys.

I'm actually just going to head up to college tomorrow and use the library there as it has everything I'll need - Burke, Complete Peerage, Johnston-Liik, etc.