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1901 and 1911 census returns online

The census returns for 1901 and 1911 for all thirty-two counties can be consulted at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie

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Census updates

Information on the census project

 

Military Archives news

'Bureau of Military History 1913-1921 Index to Contributors' online

 

IAR Portal online

The IAR is a website portal enabling users to search across publicly accessible archival collections in Ireland, based on descriptions created in accordance with the Irish Guidelines for Archival Description (IGAD) and the ISAD(G) standard.

The portal project initially covers four archival repositories in counties Cork and Waterford: Cork City & County Archive, University College Cork Library Archives, Waterford City Archives and Waterford County Archive Service, with the intention of inviting other repositories to contribute content to the portal.

 

Parish records online

Church records notice - Dublin and Kerry

Church of Ireland records notice - Dublin City, Kerry and Carlow

 

 

Hayes's Manuscript Sources online

Hayes's Manuscript Sources

 

Department of Foreign Affairs records

Notice regarding DFA records stored offsite

 

Online features

Online exhibitions and features from 2003-2009

 

Document of the Month

January Document of the Month (Telegram from King Baudoin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium congratulating President Eamon de Valera and his wife Sinéad on the occasion of their 60th/diamond wedding anniversary, 1970)

February Document of the Month (Irish Times article outlining US President Roosevelt's initiative to discuss informally with neutral states in Europe the subject of the economic system and armaments reduction with a view to "the eventual restoration of world peace", 1940)

March Document of the Month (Garda Síochána report regarding the painting of slogans and the posting of "seditious" posters on the streets of Kilkenny City, 1935)

April Document of the Month (Sample menu provided by JE Mills Ltd Caterers to JA Belton of the Department of External Affairs, for a dinner to be hosted in honour of the new American Ambassador to Ireland, David Grey, 1940)

May Document of the Month (Extracts from the Irish Press and Irish Times newspapers reporting the visit of Taoiseach Eamon de Valera to the German Legation in Dublin to condole with Minister Eduard Hempel on the death of Hitler, 1945)

June Document of the Month (Memorial of James Deacy, steward on a line of road at Knockroosky, county Mayo, in which he alleges that he was paid a lesser wage than two other stewards, relatives of the works superintendent, 1846)

July Document of the Month (Letter to the Chief Secretary's Office regarding local disturbances involving Orange Lodge members and their opponents, 1821)

August Document of the Month (Birthday card sent to President Seán T O'Kelly on his 76th birthday, 1958)

September Document of the Month (Decoded telegram from the Irish Legation in Berlin to the Department of Foreign Affairs in which the ships and aircraft of neutral countries are advised to avoid Polish waters and airspace as an attack is imminent, 1939)

Documents of the Month for the years 2003-2006

Documents of the Month for the years 2007-2009