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Irish Naturalists’ Journal 1939
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Many parts are still available as original stapled parts with covers. Some are only available unbound or as photocopies. We do not supply missing parts. All of these are available online here.
All recent issues have full availability, for earlier issues, see available parts listed below.
Volume | Bound | Unbound | Photocopy | Missing |
1 | 1,2,7-14 | Index,3 | 4-6 | |
2 | Index,2-6,8,10-12 | 1,7,9 | ||
3 | 3-6,8-12 | Index | 1,2,7 | |
4 | Index,2-12 | 1 | ||
5 | Index,3,4,6-9,11,12 | 1,2,5,10 | ||
6 | 1-5,7-11 | Index,6,12 | ||
7 | Index,6-12 | 1-3 | 4,5 | |
8 | Index,2,3,11 | 5,9,10,12 | 1,4,6-8 | |
9 | 4,6,9-11 | 1,3,8 | Index,2,5,7,12 | |
10 | Index,6-8,10-12 | 1,2,4,5,9 | 3 | |
11 | Index,1,3-12 | 2 | ||
12 | 2,3,5-8,10-12 | 4 | Index,1,6,9 | |
13 | Index,2-9,11-12 | 6 | 1,10 | |
14 | Index,2-5,7,8,12 | 10,11 | 1,6,9 | |
15 | Index,3,7,8,10-12 | 2,5,6,9 | 1 | |
16 | Index,1,2,4,5,7,8,10-12 | 3,6 | 9 | |
17 | Index,1-12 | |||
18 | 1-4,7-12 | Index,5,6 | ||
19 | 1-12 | Index | ||
20 | Index,2-12 | 1 | ||
21 | Index,1-12 | |||
22 | 1-11 | Index,12 |
Year | Occasional Publication | Availability |
1964 | Index to volumes 1-12 (non-interleaved edition) | Available |
1964 | Index to volumes 1-12 (interleaved edition with blanks for notes) | Available |
1972 | J.K. Charlesworth Recent progress in Irish geology 1925-1958 | Available |
1972 | J.K. Charlesworth Recent progress in Irish geology 1959-1971 | Available |
1985 | B.P. Beirne Irish Entomology: the first hundred years | Available |
1986 | J. Harron Flora of Lough Neagh | Available |
1994 | P. O’Sullivan Bats in Ireland | Out of print |
1996 | P.J. van Helsdingen A county distribution of Irish spiders, incorporating a revised catalogue of the species | Available |
1997 | R. Anderson, R. Nash and J.P. O’Connor Irish Coleoptera: a revised and annotated list | Available |
2000 | P. Allen, I. Forsyth, P. Hale and S. Rogers Bats in Northern Ireland | Available |
2008 | J.L. Davenport, D.P. Sleeman and P.C.Woodman (eds) Mind the gap: postglacial colonization of Ireland | Available |
2009 | G.L. King and S.D. Berrow Marine turtles in Irish waters | Available |
2012 | F. Butler and C. Kelleher (eds) All-Ireland Mammal Symposium 2009 | Available |
2013 | K. McAney, C. O’Mahony, C. Kelleher, A. Taylor and S. Biggane. The Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Ireland: surveys by The Vincent Wildlife Trust. | Available |
2014 | Sleeman, D.P., Carlsson, J. and Carlsson, J.E.L. (eds) Mind the Gap II: new insights into the Irish postglacial. | Available |