History

1913 Catholic Encyclopedia: Ireland Article about the geography, history, early Christian period, society and religion. View 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia: Ireland profile URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08098b.htm

A History of Ireland in Song A history of Ireland as seen through the songs of the people. View A History of Ireland in Song profile URL: http://www.linuxlots.com/~dunne/ireland/

Aspects of Irish History A brief one page summary of the history of Ireland until the 21th century. View Aspects of Irish History profile URL: http://www.geocities.com/elenacharalambous2001/AspectsofIrishhistory.html

Camloch 1981 Committee Information on the committee, organising a series of events commemorating the 1981 Hunger Strikes. View Camloch 1981 Committee profile URL: http://www.raymondmccreesh.8k.com

Catholic Church Local History and Genealogy Directory and guide for genealogical and historical research. Lots of good links. View Catholic Church Local History and Genealogy profile URL: http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Ireland.htm

Chronological list of dates of Irish History Useful resource for quick and easy reference. View Chronological list of dates of Irish History profile URL: http://metalab.unc.edu/gaelic/Eire/7.8.2.html

Chronology of Ireland Information on people and events connected to Ireland from earliest times to the present. View Chronology of Ireland profile URL: http://www.chirl.com

Clan Cian Thuaidh Lartharach Information on an organization recognized by the government of Ireland, which is dedicated to the preservation of the Carroll and Irish history. View Clan Cian Thuaidh Lartharach profile URL: http://members.tripod.com/clancian/index.htm

Coastguards of Yesteryear Information on people who worked as coastguards in Ireland. View Coastguards of Yesteryear profile URL: http://www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org/

Collins, Michael A biography of the Irish revolutionary, killed in 1922 by republican dissidents, together with a list of books and films, and speculation about the probable assassin. View Collins, Michael profile URL: http://www.iol.ie/~obrienc

Corpus of Electronic Texts History and information about project. Searchable database. Includes chronologies and bibliographies on Celtic scholars. View Corpus of Electronic Texts profile URL: http://www.ucc.ie/celt

Desmond's Concise History of Ireland A brief history of Ireland, from 6000 B.C. to the present day. View Desmond's Concise History of Ireland profile URL: http://members.tripod.com/~JerryDesmond/index-2.html

Early-Medieval Ireland Moderated discussion group for the history and archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland, c.400-1200AD. View Early-Medieval Ireland profile URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Early-Medieval-Ireland

English Perceptions of the Irish Published by the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. View English Perceptions of the Irish profile URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/journals/EH/EH38/Lengel.html

Garda Síochána Historical Society Irish police history. View Garda Síochána Historical Society profile URL: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7900/index.html

Garda Siochana Historical Society A detailed examination of Irish police history. View Garda Siochana Historical Society profile URL: http://www.geocities.com/irishpolice/index.html

Gareth Jones Irish Articles Articles about Ireland during the period 1933-1934. View Gareth Jones Irish Articles profile URL: http://colley.co.uk/garethjones/irish_articles/irish_articles.htm

Heritage Council News, a bulletin board, information on publications and events plus contact information. View Heritage Council profile URL: http://www.heritagecouncil.ie

Heritage of Ireland Interactive maps and information on parks, monuments, gardens, inland waterways, and national cultural institutions. Take a virtual tour. Send a postcard. View Heritage of Ireland profile URL: http://www.heritageireland.ie/

Heritage Towns Information on the many heritage towns, includes a section on celtic spirituality. View Heritage Towns profile URL: http://www.heritagetowns.com

History Ireland Illustrated Irish history magazine suitable for the scholar and the general reader. Feature articles from all periods of history, books reviews, news, events. Secure online ordering of subscriptions. View History Ireland profile URL: http://www.historyireland.com

Ierne - Irish History - Stair Éireannach Articles about Ireland's old Celtic and Gaelic past. View Ierne - Irish History - Stair Éireannach profile URL: http://www.geocities.com/iernenet/

In Search of Ancient Ireland About the Rte documentary on the heroes, saints and warlords of Ancient Ireland. View In Search of Ancient Ireland profile URL: http://www.rte.ie/tv/ancientireland/

Ireland History in Maps A large collection of maps and detailed information. View Ireland History in Maps profile URL: http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/kilkenny/2/iremaps.htm

Ireland in pictures An etext of an 1898 book containing 400 landscape pictures and commentary. View Ireland in pictures profile URL: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/abl/etext/irish/pictures/irelandpictures303.html

Ireland in pictures An etext of an 1898 book containing 400 landscape pictures. View Ireland in pictures profile URL: http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/abl/etext/irish/pictures203/irelandpictures303.html

Ireland in the New Century A text from UCC's CELT project: Sir Horace Plunkett's Ireland in the New Century (1904). View Ireland in the New Century profile URL: http://www.ucc.ie/celt/plunkett.html

Ireland Old News A collection of social, political, maritime, and criminal news stories transcribed from Irish newspapers of the 18th to early 20th century. View Ireland Old News profile URL: http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/index.html

Ireland's Royal History A brief history of royalty in Ireland plus some good links. View Ireland's Royal History profile URL: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7545/Ireland.html

Irish Coins Information about Irish coins (and banknotes) for numismatists, collectors, archaeologists and others who have an interest in the currency in use in Ireland from earliest times to the present day. View Irish Coins profile URL: http://www.irishcoinage.com/

Irish Committee of Historical Sciences Site for the national committee of academic historians in Ireland. View Irish Committee of Historical Sciences profile URL: http://www.historians.ie

Irish FAQ: History A FAQ maintained by volunteers, answering a few basic questions. View Irish FAQ: History profile URL: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cultures/irish-faq/part05/

Irish Historical and Religious Statistics Includes statistics on violence, economics, and demographics. View Irish Historical and Religious Statistics profile URL: http://members.tripod.com/~gdavis2/

Irish History - Academic Info An annotated directory of some of the best internet resources on the history of Ireland. View Irish History - Academic Info profile URL: http://www.academicinfo.net/histirish.html

Irish Hunger Martyrs Examines claims that during the famine of 1845-1852 Irish Catholics were forced to choose between conversion to the Protestant faith or starvation. Also follows efforts to have the Vatican beatify those who died. Contains supporting documentation, comment View Irish Hunger Martyrs profile URL: http://www.irishhungermartyrs.org/

Irish Manuscripts Commission Publisher of sources for Irish history. View Irish Manuscripts Commission profile URL: http://www.irmss.ie

Irish Medals Reference site detailing medal from 1916 Easter Rising, 1917-1921, Irish War of Independence and Emergency Period 1939-1946. View Irish Medals profile URL: http://www.geocities.com/irishmedals

Irish Tourist Board Magazine A bi-monthly publication portraying Ireland's history,culture and lifestyle. View Irish Tourist Board Magazine profile URL: http://www.irelandofthewelcomes.com/

John Keegan Casey Information on John Keegan Casey poet and songwriter. Author of The Rising of the Moon. View John Keegan Casey profile URL: http://homepage.eircom.net/~johnkeegancasey/

Late Gaelic Ireland Moderated discussion group for the history and archaeology of Late Medieval to Earlier Modern Ireland, c.1000-1700AD and related topics. View Late Gaelic Ireland profile URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Late-Gaelic-Ireland

Murtagh McAstocker A historically accurate account of the murder of a young Irish republican in Belfast 1921. View Murtagh McAstocker profile URL: http://www.murtagh-mcastocker.com

National Graves Association Information on association formed to restore, where necessary, and maintain fittingly the graves and memorials. View National Graves Association profile URL: http://www.nga.ie

National School Records With lists of holdings by county. View National School Records profile URL: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/natschs.html

Pictorial History A short slideshow of some images from Irish history. View Pictorial History profile URL: http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~cbladey/studsho.html

PoliceHistory.com Irish Police History View PoliceHistory.com profile URL: http://www.policehistory.com

Postcards Circa AD 1910. includes text and graphical index. View Postcards profile URL: http://incolor.inetnebr.com/jskean/cards.shtml

Reilly's Auto An insight into the minds of a group of Republican prisoners on the Curragh in 1922 with verbatim extracts from Reilly's "auto", or autograph book. View Reilly's Auto profile URL: http://www.bigwood.com/auto

Skerries Historical Society Details of events and publications, photographs, a list of papers in the archive and summaries. View Skerries Historical Society profile URL: http://homepage.eircom.net/~shs

Step Back in Time in Donegal Read about a year-long project to farm the land using only old-time farming methods. View Step Back in Time in Donegal profile URL: http://homepage.tinet.ie/~videotek/stepback.htm

Suite101.com Essays on various historical and cultural topics. View Suite101.com profile URL: http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/irelands_mythical_history

The Ireland Story From prehistoric times to the present day. Supported with lots of maps and special detailed sections on the Famine, Omagh bomb, The Troubles and others. View The Ireland Story profile URL: http://www.irelandstory.com

The Irish Brigade Association Comprehensive information and history including details on how to become a member. View The Irish Brigade Association profile URL: http://www.thewildgeese.com/iba/

The Irish Kennedys Reviews of a book written about the history of the Irish Kennedys. View The Irish Kennedys profile URL: http://www.onthenet.com.au/~laurieag/Reviews.html

The National Archives of Ireland Comprehensive information including research and genealogical material. Online databases, including convict transportation records. View The National Archives of Ireland profile URL: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/

The Wild Geese Today Information on the formation and history of the Wild Geese. Features articles, including one on the Irish Brigade; and a weekly look at history. View The Wild Geese Today profile URL: http://www.thewildgeese.com/

Transportation Records A searchable database from the National Archives of Ireland. View Transportation Records profile URL: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/search01.html

World War I Ireland and World War I. View World War I profile URL: http://www.brothersk.com/war/index.html

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