Irish and Irish Immigration Studies

     Many Irish libraries now offer online catalogs and searchable archives, some including complete documents, to     
     help facilitate reasearch in Irish history, culture, and literature. Many of the links provided below are internally
     linked as well, allowing the user to navigate across libraries and archives with relative ease. Additional links and
     link descriptions will be updated as more materials become available online.

    Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 

    PRONI's stated aims are to identify, preserve and make available Northern Ireland's unique archival heritage and
    community memory. Materials include historical documents, geneaological records, and materials pertinent to
    Northern Ireland and the UK.

     National Library of Ireland  

     The National Library of Ireland’s holdings represent the most comprehensive collection of Irish documentary
     material in the world.The website has recently been improved for better user interface and includes descriptions of
     print, manuscript, and digital collections as well as a detailed, searchable catalog.

     National Archives-Ireland 

     The official archive of papers relating to the operation, evolution and origins of the modern Irish state and its
     government, including abstracts and transcripts of documents dating back to the 13th century whose originals
     were destroyed in 1922 during the Irish Civil War.

     Royal Irish Academy 

    
     The Royal Irish Academy in Dublin  possesses the largest corpus of Irish language manuscripts in the world. The 
     searchable online catalog features early books, pamphlets, and manuscript materials, as well as Irish publications
     and scholarly materials not readily available elsewhere.

     Queen's University Belfast-Special Collections
    

     The Special Collections Library at Queen's University Belfast focuses on incanubula, manuscripts, and materials
     from the 16th through the 19th centuries, but also includes modern materials relating to Ulster as well.

 

     Linen Hall Library, Belfast 

    
     Linden Hall Library is the oldest library in Belfast and the last subscribing library in Ireland. The library prides itself
     on its Irish and Local Studies collections, including extensive holdings of early books relating to or printed in
     Belfast and Ulster. The 250,000 item Northern irish Political Collection is the definitive archive for materials related
     to "the Troubles."

     Robinson Library, Armagh

     Founded in 1771 by Archbishop Richard Robinson, the Armagh Public Library is a reference-only library which has
     expanded from the nucleus of Archbishop Robinson's own library of 17th and 18th century books on theology,
     philosophy, classic and modern literature, voyages and travels, history, medicine and law. In addition to printed
     works, the library has extensive manuscript holdings, including holographic materials by Swift, the English
     compilation of the Annals of Clonmacnoise by Connell McGeoghegan, 1627 and the Armagh Corporation Books,
     1731 to 1840. Other materials cataloged by the library include artifacts of Irish life and culture, including the Silver
     Maces presented to Armagh when it became a city for the first time in 1656 and the only foreign flag ever
     captured on the island of Ireland. Searchable online catalog is not yet comprehensive, but is easy to use and
     reflects the focus of the library.

     Eighteenth-Century Ireland (journal and society)
    
     Portal to the Eighteenth Century Ireland Society, including information about their journal, affiliations, and
     events.

     Eigse: Journal of Irish (language) Studies

     The journal focuses on Irish language and cultural studies, with particular emphasis on philology,
     palaeography, metrics and grammar. While the journal itself is not searchable online, the site does provide an
     index of recent work published in the journal and ordering information for specific volumes or articles.

     Royal Historical Society Bibliography 

 
     Complete bibliography of historical sources and scholarship concerning Irish history from the Roman period
     to the present day. Includes more than 450,000 entries that are cross-indexed with other bibliographies and
     archives. Excellent resource for finding sources and tracing discussions in the field.

     Irish Migration Studies in Latin America 

  
     Journal focusing on the migration of Irish  immigrants to Latin America. Individual issues and articles are
     available through the site in PDF format and the site itself is easy to navigate.
 

     Irish Local History Journals 
   
     Index of archaeological and historical journals focused on Ireland in general and many dedicated to local
     history and archaeology. Many of the annotations include links to individual journal's websites, indexes of past
     content, and concordances to help with research.