Information On Archives In Ireland For Teachers, Students, Researchers and Genealogists.
Welcome To Learnaboutarchives.ie
This website is hosted by the Archives & Records Association, Ireland in order to provide a practical and interesting online information service for the general public (but more especially educators and their students) on archival material and archive services in Ireland.Using this website you can learn about the enormously diverse and exciting historical resources available in archive services around the country, where to find them and how to use them. Many of the archive services have provided digitised examples of some of the most significant and popular collections which they hold.
- Beginning Your Research
- Visiting An Archives Service
- Explanation Of Primary and Secondary Sources
- What Are Archives And Archive Services?
If you are a student or teacher you can find digitised documents on specific periods in history by clicking on 'Sample Documents'. These are gathered from archive services around the country and can be printed out for use in the classroom or for your own study purposes.
LearnAboutArchives.ie is supported by the Heritage Council of Ireland. The Heritage Council promotes interest, education, knowledge and pride in the national heritage.
Latest News
| (27 August 2010) |
| A valuable and vulnerable resource: medical records and the historian'. |
| To celebrate Archive Awareness Campaign, 2010, Archives & Records Association, Ireland are delighted to announce a public talk by Dr. Catherine Cox, BA MA PhD which will take place on Wednesday, 15 September at 6.00pm at the Maxwell theatre, in the Hamilton Conference Centre, Trinity College. All are welcome to attend, no booking required. |
| (18 August 2010) |
| Archive Awareness 2010 |
| Everyone has a history, and we've got a bit of yours: Tá stair ag cách agus tá chuid díotsa againne. Anne Enright to launch Archive Awareness Campaign 2010, 6pm on Wednesday 25 August 2010 at the National Archives, Bishop Street. |
| (17 August 2010) |
| Archive Awareness Events 2010 |
| Archive Awareness Events 2010. Click here to see descriptions and here to see images of events. |
| (30 June 2010) |
| ARA Newsletter Summer 2010 |
| Articles on the North Strand Bombing, Gaiety School of Acting Archives, Representative Church Body, Ancestral Interiors at the IAA, Unitarianism in Ireland, Historical Journeys: Travelling through Time, Donegal County Archives, 02 Ability Award for Dublin Public Libraries and Archives and the Reformatory, Industrial and Training Schools Archive at PRONI. Click here for pdf of Newsletter. |
| (25 June 2010) |
| New round up |
| Irish genealogy details go online (16 June 2010) Ancestral Interiors, an exhibition of photographs now on in the Irish Architectural Archive gallery (19 June 2010) |