Ireland

History Sources (selected by Newton Key

Behind the Mask: the IRA and the Sinn Fein
(PBS Frontline special site with chronology, poems/songs, and other materials)
British Isles
(related, wider list of annotated links, History Favorites, Eastern Illinois)
CAIN, Conflict Archive on the INternet
(massive collection on the Northern Ireland Conflict, 1968 to the present)
CELT, Corpus of Electronic Texts
(electronic documents of Irish history and culture, esp. 13th to 18th centuries, see extensive List of Published Texts)
Digital Library of The Center for the Preservation of Irish-American Publications
(includes Reading Rooms - digitized texts - for: Irish History, Irish Nationalism, Irish Diaspora, and Digital Image Bank, arranged by subject)
Documents of Irish Foreign Policy
(searchable materials, large number of excerpts 1919-1932 freely available)
History Ireland Magazine
(subscription only)
Irish Famine
- An Gorta Mór: Great Irish Famine
  (recommended site)
- The Irish Famine: 1845-9 and Lord Lucan and the Irish potato famine
  (historical narrative and detail; both part of Victorian Web)
- Irish Potato Famine
  (basic narrative, The History Place)
- Views of the Famine
  (images from Illustrated London News, Cork Examiner, Pictorial Times, Punch)
Irish History Online
(bibliography of Irish history, created by Writings on Irish History online in association with the Royal Historical
Society)
Irish Resources in the Humanities
(well-annotated links, with search engine, includes history, University College Dublin, Maryland Institute for
Technology in the Humanities, University of Maryland Libraries)
Irish Archaeological and Historical Journals
(annotated descriptions and links)
Irish Manuscripts Commission
(guides and publications; relatedly, see the following)
- Act of Union Virtual Library
  (collection of pamphlets, newspapers, parliamentary papers and manuscript material contemporary with
  the 1800 Act of Union between Ireland and Britain)
Irish Migration Histories Timeline
(19th to 21st century migrations and contribution to British culture and life, includes culture and festivals)
Irish Penal Laws
(full text and summary of laws for suppression of popery in Ireland, mainly 1691-1755)
Island Ireland
(well-organized and annotated links to Irish arts, culture, history, environment, offshoot of commercial site)
National Archives of Ireland
(official site, research database, and texts and commentaries on 1798 Rebellion, 1921 Treaty, etc.)
National Library of Ireland
(collections, databases, news, and Digital Resources, which includes Online Exhibitions)
- The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats
- The 1916 Rising: Personalities and Perspectives
National Museum of Ireland
(collections relating to material heritage, culture, and natural history)
National Print Museum
(exhibits on printing craft in Ireland)
Newspapers
- Irish Newspaper Archives
- Irish Central (Nuzhound)
  (independent "news sifting" service on the Northern Ireland situation)
- National Library Sources Database
  (Newspaper Database of newspaper titles held in the National Library of Ireland)
- Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland
  (NPGFI is mainly concerned with promoting contacts with researchers in the field & conferences)
Parliament of Ireland/Houses of the Oireachtais
(Official report of parliamentary debates, 1919-2001, with search engine)
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Syllabi
- History of Ireland and the Irish, 1600 to the Present
WWW-VL: History of Ireland
(maps, documents, curriculum, etc.)

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last updated on June 20, 2014