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 »
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 [...]
Ireland 1911 Census – Bualadh Bos
Posted in National Archives, tagged Census 1911, Ireland, National Archives, National Archives of Ireland on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The digitisation by the National Archives of Ireland to the 1911 census for all 32 counties of Ireland, is complete and searchable online. This invaluable resource is fully indexed by name, with free access to the digitised images of the original manuscript household forms. Media coverage to this has been lacking and inaccurate. Eunan [...]
O Minister, Minister! wherefore art thou Minister?
Posted in National Archives, archives, tagged National Archives on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure to be present for the launch of the Journal of the Irish Society for Archives, ‘Irish Archives’, at Dublin City Library and Archive. The journals focus is on Irish medical history and the resources available for research into Irish medical history. The genesis for the journal was [...]
National Archives
Posted in National Archives, tagged Buildings, Ireland, National Archives on May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I looked at some other countries National Archives buildings (although the images above only represent the façades) to contrast them with the National Archives of Ireland (could I find an image of the National Archives of Ireland, not a chance). I think the importance and sense of place that archives hold within their society is [...]
