Thread: Ireland's archival collections now available to search online

From the website of Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations (CIGO):

"Irish Archives Resource Irish Archives Resource - Database Search Page is a new website which will, for the first time in Ireland, enable catalogs of Ireland's archival collections to be searched online. The website includes records of current and defunct government and local government agencies, individuals, landed estates, clubs, societies, trade unions, religious organizations, cultural and political organizations etc.

The website was funded by the Heritage Council. Speaking about the project, Heritage Council Chief Executive Michael Starrett said, “the IAR website marks a major step forward in making our archival legacy both more visible and accessible. The Heritage Council is delighted to have partnered with the ARA Ireland, the representative body for professional Archivists, in achieving this long held goal.”

The collections now available online consist of both original and unique records and documents in a variety of forms including textual, visual, cartographic, aural, and electronic. The collections include records of Cork City and County Archives , Donegal County Archives , Fingal County Archives , Galway County Council Archives , Guinness Archives , Irish Film Archive , Louth County Archives Service , NUI Galway John Hardiman Library Archives , Public Record Office of Northern Ireland , Royal College of Physicians of Ireland , University College Cork Boole Library Archives , and Waterford County Archives Service . "