Two articles from Saturday’s Irish Times caught my eye. Firstly, on page 2 of the main paper, Mary Leland described plans for the handing over of the family archive of the Blarney Castle estate in Cork to the Cork City and County Archive Centre, ‘The collection is described by archivist Brian McGee as the [...]
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Up Cork Archives & IMMA
Posted in Archives Ireland, National Archives, archives, tagged archives, Cork, merger, National Archives, National Library of Ireland on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Merger of National Archives of Ireland: Update
Posted in Archives Ireland, Buildings, tagged Buildings, Ireland, National Archives, National Archives of Ireland on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Wednesday, 21 October 2009, the issue of the merger of the National Archives and the Irish Manuscripts Commission into the National Library was briefly discussed in the Dail. John O’ Mahony , Mary Upton and Olivia Mitchell asked questions of Martin Mansergh, relating to the merger on issues such as time-frames, staffing, costs, locations [...]
National Library of Ireland – Sources & Mergers
Posted in Archives Ireland, National Archives, tagged National Archives of Ireland, National Library of Ireland, Sources on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The National Library of Ireland has launched a new database, SOURCES, which they say ‘will revolutionise the finding of source material for Irish research… contains over 180,000 catalogue records for Irish manuscripts, and for articles in Irish periodicals.’ Revolutionise is a strong word to use however it is interesting to see the use of [...]
Pue’s Occurrences & Web Watching For Archivists
Posted in Archives Ireland, Web 2.0, archives, blog, tagged 'history blog', archives, archives 2.0, history, Web 2.0 on October 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Two blogs caught my attention over the last week. A researcher pointed me in the direction of Pue’s Occurrences and I have been mighty impressed by the range and quality of the output therein. The self-styled ‘Irish History blog’ has just celebrated its 100th post and I especially like the custom header.
The second blog [...]
