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- Westmeath County Archives Service
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- An Irish Repository – Jackie Clarke Collection
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- Limerick City Archives
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- National Archives of Ireland
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- Guinness Archive, Diageo Ireland
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Reading Room, Kildare Collections and Research Services
As well as containing an extensive collection of secondary source material the Local Studies Department includes many original sources such as Griffith's Valuation, the Ordnance Survey Maps of the county, the Tithe Applotment Books, photographs from the Lawrence Collection, Rentals from the Marquis of Drogheda and Verschoyle Estates, a valuable collection of Quaker Manuscripts etc. It has newspapers dating from 1763 on microfilm and the 1901 and 1911 Census.
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‘The Last Absolution of the Munsters’
Fr. Francis Gleeson, on horseback, was a chaplain to the 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers during the First World War. This is the image captured prior to the Battle of the Rue de Bois and is entitled ‘The Last Absolution of the Munsters’ and was depicted by Matania. The surviving papers of Fr. Gleeson, including his diaries and Brigade Roll books are housed in the Archives.
Courtesy of the Dublin Diocesan Museum
Wexford County Archive & Records Centre
Wexford County Archive Service is a repository for the archives of Wexford County Council and a rich resource for the study of the origins and development of local government in Co. Wexford. It also holds records of predecessor bodies of the present local authority system, including the Grand Juries, the Poor Law Unions, the Rural District Councils and Wexford Board of Health & Public Assistance. In addition, the Archive contains a wealth of collections of private origin.
Courtesy of Wexford County Archive & Records Centre
UCD Special Library Collections
Special Collections contains unique book, archival and manuscript collections. UCD students and staff, and external users, can consult the collections in the Special Collections reading room. Special Collections is located on Level 1 of the James Joyce Library. The collection contains books, pamphlets and journals on a variety of subjects spanning the 15th to the 21st century. The main printed collections consist of material from the Catholic University of Ireland and the Royal College of Science for Ireland . Some collections have been bequeathed or purchased. These collections are named according to their provenance. There is also rich variety of archival collections held in UCD Library Special Collections, spanning four centuries of Irish history and culture, and encompassing such diverse subjects as literature, Gaelic language and folklore, music, genealogy and political history. UCD Special Collections holds a collection of modern literary papers in the area of modern Anglo-Irish and English literature, including poetry, drama, short stories, and novels. The creative processes which all works of literature undergo during their composition find expression in the numerous drafts, notebooks, diaries, and correspondence contained within the archive. In addition there are a significant number of manuscript collections, which offer invaluable resources in the fields of Irish culture and language studies.
Courtesy of UCD Special Library Collections
Cork Local Studies Department
Cork Local Studies Department includes a diverse range of material relating to all aspects of Cork City And County including geography, history, antiquities, folklore, archaeology and culture.
Courtesy of Cork Local Studies Department
Louth County Archive
Louth County Archives is the official repository for local government and private archives that document the social, economic, and historical development of County Louth. Local government collections include engineering, financial & administration records, minute books of meetings, planning application files, public health records, and rate books. Other collections include 19thC Grand Jury; Board of Guardians (workhouse); Dundalk Harbour Commissioners; Louth Agricultural Committee; and a small quantity of estate, family, and legal papers, committees, national schools, and businesses.
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Minutes of the Board of Guardians
Minutes of the Board of Guardians at the Clare County Archives, Clare County Archives, Áras Contae an Chláir, New Road, Ennis, Co. Clare
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