The Poor Law was extended to Ireland by an Act of 1838, based on the English Poor Law Act of 1834 and operated until 1923. The country was divided into poor law unions, each of whi
Clare County Archives and Library Service
Album of correspondence, press-cuttings, autographs, warrants, postcards, invitations, and receipts, collected by Henry Morris. Contains materials relating to Morris’s various i
Dublin City University
On 10 March 2023, Archiving Reproductive Health held a Public Collection Day. At this event, members of the public were invited to digitise a cross-section of personal memorabilia
Digital Repository of Ireland
The Barrett Collection relates to Joseph Barrett (1888-1971) and later his son Josh Barrett (d.2008), proprietors of Barrett Brothers, Auctioneers and Valuers, 57 Moore Street, Kil
Clare County Archives and Library Service
This research was funded by a Royal Irish Academy Kevin B. Nowlan research grant in 2021. The project digitised student records and ordination class portraits for St. Kieran's Coll
Royal Irish Academy
Dublin City Council Manuscript Minutes The elected Dublin City Council (DCC) was established under the Municipal Corporation Reform (Ireland) Act 1840. Following local elec
Dublin City Library and Archive
Oscar Wilde was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and critic. He is regarded as one of the great playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays, one
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
John Millington Synge, playwright, poet, prose writer and collector of folklore, was born on 16 April 1871 in Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin. He studied Irish and Hebrew in Trinity Colleg
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
The Papers of Michael Davitt is a collection of photographs, notebooks and diaries, personal papers, autobiographical writings, letters and pamphlets created by, for, or about, the
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
The J.D. White collection comprises more than 900 popular slip ballads printed in Dublin, Cork and Johnstown, mainly in the 1850s and 1860s, that refer to contemporary events inclu
Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
The Archive The Balfour Album of photographs was originally created in 1893-1895 by the Belfast photographer, Robert John Welch. It was a gift to the former Chief Secretary for
Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh