The Virtual Library is a unique collection of pamphlets, newspapers, parliamentary papers & manuscript material contemporary with the 1800 Act of Union between Ireland and Britain. The searchable bibliography results display individual images that can be browsed by turning the pages of each virtual book or document. A free text search is provided for the pamphlets and parliamentary papers.
Listing 37 project(s) whose Temporal Term is (or has relevance to) Modern (19th c. to 20th c.)
Ainm.ie Irish-language biography project
An Irish-language biography project developed by Fiontar, DCU, with Cló Iar-Chonnachta, and Diarmuid Breathnach and Máire Ní Mhurchú, original authors. The Dept. of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs is funding the initial strand to digitize and publish online nine volumes of Irish biographies (1986-2007). A valuable original study comprising biographies of Irish men and women, 1560-2006.
Amharc Éireann News Reel Project
This project - a collaboration between An Foras Feasa, the Irish Film Archive, Gael Linn’s Amharc Éireann collection and Boston College – builds a wiki-based collaborative learning environment around the Amharc Éireann collection (1955-1964). The Amharc Éireann news reels provide a vivid window into the development of modern Ireland.
Art College Student Registers
The Art College Student Registers comprise 150 ledgers spanning the period 1877-1986. Each page of the ledgers has been digitally scanned and the individual names of students, and the academic year of enrollment have been indexed and are available as a searchable database. Approximately 20,000 named individuals have been recorded, providing a unique record of Irish artists and designers.
Conflict Archive on the INternet
The CAIN Web site provides information and source material on 'the Troubles' and politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present. There is also information on Northern Ireland society.
Corpus of Electronic Texts
CELT brings the wealth of Irish literary and historical culture to the Internet. By May 2012, it has a searchable online textbase of 15 million words, in Irish, English, Latin and other languages, encoded in TEI-conformant XML, in over 1250 contemporary and historical documents from many areas, including literature and the other arts.
Digital Literary Atlas of Ireland, 1922-1949
The digital atlas project provides literary, historical and cartographic perspectives on Ireland from 1922 to 1949 framed by the works of fourteen Irish writers. This project is based in the Long Room Hub of Trinity College, and drawing upon Trinity Library collections, is hosted in a geographical information system.
Digital Resources & Imaging Services
Digital Resources & Imaging Services is a new department dedicated to the creation of digital content from the Trinity College Library Dublin's extensive collections of Early Printed Books and Manuscripts. The DRIS department is currently engaged in the development of a digital library collections online repository to provide open access to these valuable cultural and academic resources.
Directory of Sources for the History of Women in Ireland
The Directory of Sources for the History of Women in Ireland contains
information on collections relating to the history of women in Ireland
from the earliest times to the present, gathered from public and private
repositories in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland.
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Online
Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) is a project of the Royal Irish Academy, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Archives of Ireland and was established in 1997. The project publishes essential source material for anyone interested in the development of Irish foreign policy since 1919. Documents are now freely available and searchable online.
Doegen Records Web Project
This project will publish the Doegen sound archive of native Irish speakers from the early 20th century on the web. The archive consists of over 200 records made during the period 1928-31 and includes speakers from each of the four provinces. Items recorded include stories, songs and prayers.
Earley and Company Archives
This is the archive of one of the largest and most prestigious ecclesiastical decorators in Ireland and the UK which operated out of Dublin offices from 1852-1974. The collection of designs and supporting documentation was donated by the Earley family to the National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL) at NCAD between 2002 and 2005. A project to index and digitise the drawings was completed in 2004.
Hiberno-English Archive
This site provides an introduction to the history and grammar of Hiberno-English. It also provides a small number of Hiberno-English related links, and relevant details of Hiberno-English related events, such as public lectures, radio broadcasts and so forth.
HNAG Database of Irish Historical Statistics
An on-line database of Irish historical statistics.
Irish confraternities, 1775-1965
This project examines the significant contribution of parish confraternities and associations to the social, cultural and religious identity and history of modern Ireland. In undertaking a study of modern associationalism at parish level down to the 1960s, the dynamic relationship between innovation and tradition will be explored in its many manifestations.
Digital Humanities Observatory - A project of the Royal Irish Academy
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