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Ireland

Archives, Libraries, and Museums Associations, Organizations, and Institutes Background Biographical Resources Books and Journal Articles Discussion Lists Internet Guides

Journals Maps Newspapers Pictorial Resources Primary Sources Statistical Resources

Ireland:

Archives, Libraries, and Museums

For additional resources, see European History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums

• General Education Online: Colleges and Universities: Ireland

• Libraries on the Web: Ireland (Libweb, Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE)

• Museums Around the World: Museums (Jonathan Bowen)

• National Archives of Ireland

• National Library of Ireland

• National Museum of Ireland

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Ireland:

Associations, Organizations, and Institutes

For additional resources, see European History: Associations, Organizations, and Institutes.

• Economic and Social History Society of Ireland

• Eighteenth-century Ireland Society

• Royal Irish Academy

• Society for the Study of Nineteenth-century Ireland

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Ireland:

Background

Sometimes you may need some information to get more familiar with your topic. Below are some materials that can provide background on Irish history. The resources listed at European History: Background might be useful, too. If you need help finding information, please ask at the Hunt Library reference desk.

• Brady, Ciaran, ed. Encyclopedia of Ireland: An A-Z Guide to its People, Places, History, and Culture. New York: Oxford University Press, c2000.
  HUNT REF-1 DA906 .E53 2000

• Donnelly, James S., ed. Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture. 2 vols. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.(Carnegie Mellon users only)

• Encyclopaedia of Ireland. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968.
  HUNT REF-1 DA979 .E5

• Flags of Ireland (Vincent Morley)

• Green, Miranda J. Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1992.
  HUNT REF-1 BL900 .G73 1992

• Haigh, Christopher. The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
  HUNT REF-1 DA34 .C28 1985

• Hickey, D. J. A Dictionary of Irish History Since 1800. Totowa, N. J.: Barnes and Noble Books, 1981.
  HUNT REF-1 DA949.7 .H53 1980

• In Search of Ancient Ireland (PBS)

• McCormack, W. J., ed. The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 1999.
  HUNT REF-1 DA925 .B47 1999

• Thomas, Colin and Avril Thomas. Historical Dictionary of Ireland. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1997.
  HUNT STACKS-2 DA910 .T39 1997

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Ireland:

Biographical Resources

See also European History: Biographical Resources

• Boylan, Henry. A Dictionary of Irish Biography. Niwot, Colo.: Roberts Rinehart, c1998.
  HUNT REF-1 CT862 .B69 1998

• James, Francis G. Lords of the Ascendancy: the Irish House of Lords and its Members, 1600-1800. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Academic Press, c1995.
  HUNT STACKS-2 305.5223 J27L [currently in basement until LC number assigned]

• McRedmond, Louis. Modern Irish Lives: Dictionary of 20th-century Irish Biography. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
  HUNT REF-1 CT862 .M63 1996

• O'Farrell, Padraic. Who's Who in the Irish War of Independence and Civil War, 1916-1923. Dublin: Lilliput Press, 1997.
  HUNT STACKS-2 DA965 .A1 O42 1997

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Ireland:

Discussion Lists

• H-Albion
  British and Irish History.

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Ireland:

Internet Guides

See also European History: Internet Guides

• Irish History on the Web (Jacqueline Dana)

• Island Ireland (Deb Keener)

• WWW-VL History Central Catalogue:
  • History of Ireland

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Ireland:

Maps

See also European History: Maps.

• Compton, Paul Alwyn. Northern Ireland: A Census Atlas. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1978.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-2 G1829 .21.E2 C6 1978

• Edwards, Ruth Dudley. An Atlas of Irish History. New York: Routledge, 2005.
  HUNT REF-1 G1831 .S1 E3X 2005
• Edwards, Ruth Dudley. An Atlas of Irish History. London: Methuen, 1973.
  HUNT REF-1 G1831 .S1 E3 1973

• Ireland's History in Maps (Dennis Walsh)

• Maps of Ireland (The Ireland Story)

• Public Archives Canada. Irish Ordnance Survey Maps. Ottawa: Public Archives Canada, [199-?].
  HUNT MFICHE-3 912.415 I68 and guide

• Richards Map Company, Springfield, Mass. Memorial Atlas of Ireland, Showing Provinces, Counties, Baronies, Parishes, etc. In Thirty-three Double Page Maps. Compiled and Drawn from the Reliable Official Data and the Latest Information. Indexed. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Company, 1901.
  HUNT DESK-4-NOQ 912.415 R51M

• Royal Irish Academy. Atlas of Ireland. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1979.
  HUNT REF-1/ATLAS G1830 .I7 1979

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Ireland:

Newspapers

See also European History: Newspapers.

• The Belfast News-letter
  Print: Jan. 3, 1832-Dec. 27, 1833
  HUNT MFILM-3

• The Clonmel Advertiser
  Print: .22, 1833.
  HUNT MFILM-3

• The Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet
  Print: Jan.3, 1833 - Dec.31, 1835.
  HUNT MFILM-3

• The Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser
  Print: Jan. 1832 - Dec. 1833
  HUNT MFILM-3f

• Lexis Nexis Academic (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  Search and display full text or abstracts of European newspapers ca. 1990-present. Once connected, select News, then World News category, then European News Sources. Full text Irish newspaper included are:The Irish Times (1992-present); and the Irish Independent (1997-present).

• The Western Herald, or Kerry Advertiser
  Print: v.42, 1833.
  HUNT MFILM-3

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Ireland:

Pictorial Resources

See also European History: Pictorial Resources.

• Postcards from Ireland circa AD 1910 (Margaret and Jonathan Skean)

• National Photographic Archive (National Library of Ireland)
  Catalogues, exhibitions, etc.

• Views of the Famine (Steve Taylor, Vassar College)
  Engravings, cartoons, and articles from the Illustrated London News, Cork Examiner, Pictorial Times, Punch, plus links to other sites.

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Ireland:

Primary Sources

See also European History: Primary Sources.

• CELT: Corpus of Electronic Text (University College, Cork)

• Fenian Brotherhood Collection (The American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives)

• Great Britain. Commissioners of Inquiry into the Law and Practice in Respect to the Occupation of Land in Ireland. Report from her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of the Law and Practice in Respect to the Occupation of Land in Ireland. Dublin: 1845.
  HUNT MFC M-22 MFICHE-3

• History of Ireland: Primary Documents (Richard Hacken, EuroDocs, Brigham Young University)

• Irish History Documents (Jacqueline Dana, Irish History on the Web)

• Irish Pamphlets c. 1700-1850. New York: distributed in North America by Norman Ross Inc., 1988.
  HUNT MFICHE-3 941.5 I682
  Microreproduction of pamphlets in the collection of The Catholic University of America Libraries, Washington, D.C. Includes guide.

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Ireland:

Statistical Resources

See also European History: Statistical Resources.

• Central Statistics Office Ireland

• Ireland. Census Office. Census of Ireland: 1813-1911. Dublin [etc.]: Printed by A. Thom [etc.] for H. M. Stationery Office, 1813-1913.
  HUNT MFICHE-3 MFC M-19

• Ireland. Central Statistics Office Census of Population of Ireland, 1971. Dublin, Stationery Office, 1972-
  Print: v. 5-6
  HUNT OVRSZQ-2 HA1141.5 1971 .C45 1972

• Ireland. Central Statistics Office. Census of Population of Ireland, 1981. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982-<1986 >.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-2 HA1141.5 1971 .C45 1981

• Kirwan, Frank and J.W. McGilvray. Irish Economic Statistics. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1983.
  HUNT STACKS-2 HC260.5 .K57 1983

• Vaughan, W. E. and A. J. Fitzpatrick, eds. Irish Historical Statistics: Population, 1821-1971. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1978.
  HUNT STACKS-2 HA1146 .I74

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