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#EYATradition: The Kilkenny Design Workshop
The Irish Archives Resource is delighted to announce that this year we will be participating in the Archives and Records Association’s #ExploreYourArchive Week! Each day, for the next nine days,…
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Collections relating to Heritage Week events 2025 to explore on IAR website
Heritage Week 2025 is taking right now from the 16th to the 24th August. The theme for National Heritage Week 2025 is ‘Exploring Our Foundations’. This theme invites people to…
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Incorporating Sources into a Lesson – Clifden Poor Law Union Collection
When teaching a lesson in history, it can often be useful to base your lesson around a particular set of sources. The benefits of this are that students can make…
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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…
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#EYAScience Joan Byrne
Dr. Joan Byrne In the last century, there has been an increased social and governmental push to increase the amount of people working in STEM, and to specifically increase the…
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#EYASmall: The Smallest Treasures in the Irish Archives Resource
Shifting focus from yesterday’s post which delved into the largest collections and contributors in the Irish Archives Resource, day four of ARA’s #ExploreYourArchive week has inspired us to uncover some…
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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…
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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…
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3. Lesson Development: Using archival sources to explore elections and representation in Ireland, 1826–1919
Admin and Set-Up Purpose Establish focus, set learning intentions and expectations, and ensure classroom and students are prepared. Assessment Teacher observation of preparation and awareness of any amendments to class…
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#EYAYourArchive
Today marks the ninth and final day of ARA’s #ExploreYourArchive focus week, and what a week it’s been! To close it out, we’re returning to the IAR with a post…
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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…
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The Making of Christmas Memories: The RTÉ Guide Collection
The beginning of Christmas is marked in many different ways from one home to the next, influenced by several religious, regional and cultural factors. For some, it is the lighting…
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2. Lesson Plan: Using archival sources to explore elections and representation in Ireland, 1826–1919
Topic The Parliamentary Tradition in Irish Politics Lesson Focus Contested Elections and the Struggle of Representation in Ireland 1826-1919 Duration 1 hour Target Group Junior Cycle History 2nd-3rd Year Lesson…
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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…
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#EYAChallenge: Finding Archives Collections
One of the great challenges in Archives, particularly in Ireland where we have lost many archive collections, is to find archives or to try and piece together information from archives…
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#EYABig: The Irish Archives Resource’s Biggest Contributors
For today’s Explore Your Archive theme, we will be looking at all things BIG in the Irish Archives Resource! When we refer to archives as being “big,” we often mean…
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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. …
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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…
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#EYAArt: The Elizabeth Friedlander Collection and Ancillary
After taking a brief interval to delve into what makes the Irish Archives Resource unique, it is time to turn our attention back to the collections contributed to the IAR,…
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4. Sources and Appendices: Using archival sources to explore elections and representation in Ireland, 1826–1919
Appendix 1: Source Carousel Worksheet Option Appendix 2: Source Detective Worksheet Appendix 3: Reflection Timeline Year/Period Key Event or Reform Problems or Issues at this Time Changes/Reforms Introduced Your Reflection:…
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Connecting Leaving Certificate and A-Level History: Exploring Education and Society Under the Union Through Primary Sources
Lesson Plan Week 1 When navigating the archives to implement into a lesson plan, teachers and student teachers need to understand the source’s relevancy and how it will help their…
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Week 3: The National School System and the Treatment of Teachers within Ireland and the Union
This week, within our unit/scheme of work, we are looking into the conditions of teachers under the union in the 19th century. We will also examine the lives of teachers…
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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…
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#EYAUnique: What Makes the Irish Archives Resource Unique
From politics and culture to craftsmen and adventurers, ARA’s #ExploreYourArchive week has inspired us to explore wide range of fantastic collections so far. However, for today’s post, we are going…
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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,…
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Week 2: The National School System and Educational Shifts within Ireland and the Union
Focus topic: Educational advancements in Ireland (Post-Act of Union) Topics to continue to focus on this week: Lesson Plan: Learning Intentions Success Criteria Learning Outcomes Analyse and compare primary resources…
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All Aboard! The County Donegal Archives Collection on Railways
The Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan T.D. recently announced additional funding for the protection of heritage and a programme to ensure that local authorities…
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#EYAHobbies: The Airfield Archive
With the new year fast approaching, many of us will have already started to ponder over the new hobbies we plan to take up come January. Ideas begin to spring…
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The Mother of Modernism: Evie Hone
Churches cut imposing figures in the architectural landscape of Ireland; walls of stone and arching roofs presenting a traditional image of piety and religion. From the high roof peaks down…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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1. Explanatory Post: Using archival sources to explore elections and representation in Ireland, 1826–1919
This lesson plan was developed to support Irish secondary school history teachers teaching the Junior Cycle topic ‘The Parliamentary Tradition in Irish Politic“. It provides a ready-to-use resource that allows…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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#EYAExpedition: The Major RHW Hingston Collection
We’re back for our second expedition through the Irish Archives Resource with a tour of the collection of one of Ireland’s most prominent explorers, Major Richard William George Hingston. Recently contributed…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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)….
