Mecredy's Guide to the City (1905)

A guide to Dublin and its surroundings published in 1905 by R.J. Mecredy, the Dublin cycling journalist and publisher best known for his road maps and touring guides. The guide is arranged as a series of day excursions for the visitor, each beginning from a central point in the city and giving the history and architecture of the places passed along the way, together with practical details such as train and tram fares of the time.

The days reproduced here cover Trinity College, College Green, O'Connell Bridge and Sackville Street, Glasnevin, the Botanic Gardens and the Phoenix Park; Kingstown, Dalkey and Killiney Hill; Dublin Castle, Christ Church and St Patrick's Cathedrals, St Stephen's Green and the Museum and National Library; Guinness's Brewery, the Royal Hospital and Kilmainham; the Custom House and the quays; and Howth and Malahide. The text is illustrated with photographs and gives a detailed picture of the city in the Edwardian period.

Many of the names in the guide have since changed: Sackville Street was renamed O'Connell Street in 1924, and Kingstown became Dún Laoghaire in 1920. The General Post Office and the Custom House, both on the guide's routes, were gutted in 1916 and 1921 respectively and later rebuilt, so the guide records them as they stood before those events.