Reader Services Division

Reader Services Division provides a public service to readers and users, both locally and externally. Staff of this Division administer the public Reading Room and the website of the National Archives; ensure the provision of documents and microform to readers; answer reader enquiries by letter, email, fax or telephone; reproduce documents according to public demand; accommodate visits and lectures; administer the Genealogy Service; produce publicity materials and provide online exhibitions and Documents of the Month feature drawn from the collections of the National Archives.

For further information regarding services provided by the Reader Services Division, please click on the following links below:

• Rules for Readers
• Readers’ tickets – download application form
• Order records in advance of your visit
• Obtain copies of records - wills and census return copy forms

For queries regarding the work of this Division, please contact mail@nationalarchives.ie.