National Archives of Ireland

Conservation scholarships

Elizabeth — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:11:37 +0000

The National Archives is currently offering 2 scholarships to graduates in paper or archives conservation who graduated in 2010, 2011 or 2012 – conservation scholarship details.

May Document of the Month

Elizabeth — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:59:08 +0000

Certified copy of the will of Beatles member John Lennon.

Conservation of ED/4 salary books

Elizabeth — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:25:42 +0000

The Conservation Unit describes their recent treatment of badly damaged ED/4 salary books which contain details of teachers’ salaries from 1918-1934.

Will calendars (1922-1982) online

Elizabeth — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:43:39 +0000

The National Archives has digitised the calendars of grants of probate of wills and letters of administration for the years 1922–1982. Please consult the Will calendar introduction for further details on this project, together with the Will calendar search guide.

Conservation of part of the 1911 census

Elizabeth — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:31:08 +0000

The Conservation Unit describes their work in conserving a small but very damaged part of the 1911 census.

Temporary closure of archives

Elizabeth — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:20:31 +0000

Refurbishment works are currently being carried out in parts of the National Archives’ offsite storage in the Four Courts and as a result, all archives must be removed from the affected areas and will be unavailable to the public for the duration of the works (February-June). We apologise for any inconvenience the temporary closure of archives causes readers.

Please consult the Index to archives closed and the Works information documents for further details.

Women’s history and transportation resources

Elizabeth — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:39:32 +0000

The Directory of Sources for Women’s History in Ireland and the Women in 20th-Century Ireland – 1922-1966 databases together with the Ireland-Australia transportation database are currently available to search on our site as .csv files and .pdf files respectively, pending the completion of a more accessible solution which will be in the near future. We regret the temporary inconvenience caused.

CSORP website online

nationalarchives — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:02:49 +0000

The catalogue of the Chief Secretary’s Office Registered Papers for the years 1818-1822 is available to consult online.