The Annaghmakerrig Papers at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre: a history of people and place
The Annaghmakerrig Papers are comprised of material associated with Annaghmakerrig House, near Newbliss in County Monaghan. Annaghmakerrig House is now the location of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, a residential workplace…
Exploring the IAR – A Teacher’s Perspective
As teachers, we must walk a fine line between making history interesting and relatable while also preparing students for examinations. I believe that incorporating more primary sources is the key…
New Look Irish Archives Resource
Irish Archives Resource has a new look with lots more ways to find collections and to explore the amazing collections in Archives Services in Ireland, north and south. Explore All…
Derry Girls: A History of Shirt-Making in Derry
The Work of Women in Ireland’s Textile Industry From the ‘Houses of Industry’ after 1752 to the Irish design workshops of the twentieth century, the Irish Archives Resource presents a…
EXPLORE YOUR ARCHIVE ON IRISH ARCHIVES RESOURCE
This week is #ExploreYourArchive/CuardaighDoChartlann week and I thought it would be fun to do some exploring of the collections on Irish Archives Resource using some of the daily hashtags from…
Beyond the Brewery: Archival Collections Featuring the Guinness Family
The Irish Archives Resource (IAR) illustrates how the Guinness family were closely connected to people’s lives throughout Ireland. Apart from the extensive records of the ‘Company’ and the ‘Brewery’ in…
Delving into Exhibition Development
As part of my final dissertation for the Archives and Records Management program at University College Dublin, I embarked on development of an exhibition for the Irish Jesuit Archives (IJA)….
Clonmel Minute Book and Establishing a Colonial Ascendancy in 17th Century Ireland
Background Sources The sources to be analysed in this resource are two extracts from a 17th-century minute book from Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. The original minute book is held at Tipperary…
Explore Your Archive!
The annual Archives and Records Association’s campaign ‘Explore Your Archive’ launch week will run from 17th – 25th November with a launch on Thursday 15th November in the National Library…
Welcome to the IAR blog!
This is the first posting of the Irish Archive Resource’s blog – thank you for joining us! If you don’t know about the IAR already then let me explain. We…
Banished Beyond the Seas: National Archives of Ireland Records of Convict Transportation to Australia 1788-1868 – a lecture by Joan Kavanagh
On the 31st January, 2019, historian Joan Kavanagh gave a fascinating talk on the archival sources held in the National Archives, Ireland relating to convict transportation from Ireland to Australia. …
Let’s hear your voice! Heritage 2030
You may be aware that the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht have recently launched a public consultation on the new heritage plan for Ireland – Heritage 2030. The…
Deep Mapping the Archival Record – The St. George, Headford, Survey& Maps of Estate, 1775
In 2018 Galway County Council Archives invited 6 artists into the archive to engage with, interrogate and re-imagine chosen items from its collections in order to create new artworks that…
Rescued from Destruction – The Shanbally Castle Papers in The Timothy Looney Collection at UL
In March 1960, the Irish Land Commission completed the destruction, by controlled explosion, of Shanbally Castle, in Clogheen, South Western Tipperary – the largest of renowned architect John Nash’s Irish…
Letter from William (Liam) T. Cosgrave, Minister for Local Government, to J. H. O’Sullivan
County Secretary’s Office, Waterford County Council, Dungarvan dated 21 August 1920 Reference Code: IE/WCA/WCC/GNA/131Repository: Waterford City and County Archive Context Created in 1872 under the Local Government Board (Ireland) Act,…
Increasing Engagement with Archive Hashtag Campaigns
2020 was the year that life moved online. Archive buildings were closed for months and archivists had to adapt to working from home. However, archives could still reach their users…
Christ the King – The Story of a Sculpture
The Christ the King statue stands in an elevated position in Moran Park, opposite dlr LexIcon, the main public library and cultural centre of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County. The statue was…
The Parsonstown (Birr) Union Collection – A Unique Look into Local Past
The Parsonstown (Birr) Union collection covers a large range of records from various different institutions, documenting various different local government and institutional functions. The collection has been sub-divided online into…
‘The Treaty 1921 – Records from the Archives’ Regional Tour
A major exhibition, ‘The Treaty 1921 – Records from the Archives’, completed a successful tour of Wicklow, Tipperary, Donegal, Wexford, Limerick, and Cork between April and July 2022. This followed…
Explore Your Archive 2019
The annual Archives and Records Association campaign Explore Your Archive will run from 23rd November – 1st December, with a launch on Thursday 21st November in the Irish Architectural Archive,…
Exhibition – Charles Stanley Cuthbert, Diary of a WW1 Soldier
The wartime diary of Charles Stanley Cuthbert (1895-1988) was donated to dlr LexIcon Local Studies in 2015. The diary records Charles’ experience of World War One, beginning when he signed…
The legacy of neglect – how history pays the price for not taking care of the past
Whether speaking as an archive user or as member of the archive profession I won’t need to tell you that archives can often be seen as the poor relation in…
A Common Thread: Textiles and the Irish Archives Resource
The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century took place first in the textile industry. Ireland was not a heavily industrialised economy. Nevertheless, textiles are a common thread that runs through…
Street Photography in the RTÉ Photographic Archive: a case study
I love street photography. It is immediate and energetic and often possesses a resonance lacking in more composed or artful shots. While much of RTÉ Photographic Archive’s holdings are studio-based…