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A directory of information sources relating to the history of women in Ireland contains information and descriptions of over 14,000 collections and sources in 262 repositories in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. The search engine indexes records from over 14,000 collections in 262 repositories in Ireland and the North of Ireland. The directory is the result of a survey undertaken by the Women's History Project.

This online exhibition is a web version of a special exhibition of images at the NLI Among the items in this online exhibition are rare manuscripts such as the fourteenth-century Book of Magauran; a 1588 deed signed by Sir Walter Raleigh; a lottery ticket from 1795, and a letter from Éamonn Ceannt to his wife Aine O'Brennan, written just a few hours before his execution in 1916.

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy is a project of the Royal Irish Academy, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Archives of Ireland. The project publishes essential source material concerning the development of Irish foreign policy since 1919. This online archive contains material from five volumes, covering the development and execution of Irish foreign policy from 1919 to 1939.

A new online journal covering a range of subjects treated in a way that is both knowledgeable and accessible. Although the DRB is Irish in its core perspective, an interest in the literature, history and culture of Europe and the wider world also characterises its pages.

The Dungarvan Museum has mounted a site rich in information about the town and its environs. The website includes an impressive collection of photographs, articles, and historical documents, all freely available for download. The site also includes virtual exhibitions, and tours of the Dungavan area.

Featuring over 80 manuscripts from Oxford's libraries. Quite a number are of interest to Irish scholars, including verses and tales in Irish, transcribed in 1799-1819 (MS. Ir. e. 4); 18th century Irish history and genealogy (MS. Ir. e. 6); a 15th-century miscellany of prose and verse texts in Irish and Latin (MS. Laud Misc. 610); and poems in Irish ascribed to or about St. Columba (Colum Cille), first half of the 16th century (MS. Laud Misc. 615).

Eighteenth Century Irish Studies, founded in 1986, supports the study of all aspects of life in Ireland in the period 1690-1800. The website gives details of ECIS conferences, as well as abstracts of each volume of its annual journal.

The EPPI Project is dedicated to enhancing access to and use of British Parliamentary Papers relating to Ireland from 1801 to 1922. The project involves the electronic cataloguing and full-text digitisation of some 13,700 documents (containing around 365,000 pages) from Southampton University's unique Ford Collection of Official Publications. These Parliamentary 'Blue Books' contain substantial amounts of information on Ireland and its relations with Britain: from extensive social inquiries and census enumerations, through reports on economic, educational and scientific subjects, cultural and linguistic institutions and political and military developments, to transcripts of semi-literate emigrant letters.

A new scholarly journal of AEDEI, the Spanish Association for Irish Studies. Its inaugural issue was published in March 2005. The journal features articles by established and by emerging academic figures working in many countries.

A site dedicated to documenting the Fenians in the U.S. and Ireland. The Fenians were established in 1858 for the purpose of overthrowing British rule in Ireland and establishing an Irish Republic. This online archive consists of a finding aid documenting the manuscript collection at the American Catholic History Research Center and University Archives (ACUA) at Catholic University, and includes a rich variety of documents, such as letters to and from John O'Mahony, James Stephens, John Mitchel, O'Donovan Rossa, and other Fenian leaders, speeches; pamphlets; newspapers; chromolithographs; cartes de visit photographs; tickets; and legal records. Roster books, ledgers, and subscription lists to the United Irishmen. The bulk of the collection is concentrated in the 1860s through 1880s, but it also includes assorted newspapers and pamphlets from the 1850s to the early 1900s that address a wide range of topics in Irish history and nationalism. The site is easy to navigate, and all documents are available as page scans which are easy to read and download.

Founded in 1970, Four Courts Press is one of the leading academic publishers in Ireland. It publishes in the area of Theology, Celtic and Medieval Studies and Ecclesiastical History, Modern History, Art, Literature and Law. The Press publishes some 70 titles a year with over 500 titles in print.

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland has digitized c.5,500 sheets from pre-1840 Freeholders' Registers and Poll Books. The site is fully searchable, and the index is linked to images.

Quinnipiac University Library has created full text digital editions of a number of books about the Irish famine. Some of the texts are from the time of the famine, others were published later in the century, up to the turn of the 20th century. Titles include 'Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent' by S. M. Hussey, and 'A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, on The Future Prospects of Ireland.' Also included in the collection is a digitized collection of 'Ireland in Pictures' by John F. Finerty. Published in 1898, the 400 photographs offer rare glimpses of Ireland of over a century ago.

Records from the Department of External Affairs from ca.1945-1962 relating to Irelands approach to European unity through membership of European organisations .

A discussion network for British and Irish history. Includes book reviews, threaded discussion lists, and a syllabi bank.

An online exhibition from the Archives Department at University College Dublin featuring the photographs of Harold Adrian Barbour (1874-1938), a leading member of the co-operative movement in Ireland. The photographs are a selection from an album of images captured by Barbour on his trips throughout the north and west of Ireland from 1909-13.

Includes links to select feature articles, an index to current and back issues, and well as links to other resources, such as conferences, art exhibitions, museums, genealogy, and local history.

The Web companion to the PBS series by the same name. In Search of Ancient Ireland explores the truth behind many of Ireland's myths and examines the enduring impact the country has had on Western civilization. Includes links to further resources and lesson plans.

The final report from the Commission on Policing set up by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland following the Good Friday Agreement. The report makes recommendations for future policing arrangements in Northern Ireland

A long established Dublin-based publisher of books of Irish interest. They publish in the areas of Irish History, Contemporary Irish History, Military and Political History, Literature, Arts and the Media, Social History, Women's Studies and Genealogy.

A resource for the world-wide, scholarly, inter-disciplinary study of the Irish Diaspora, and its social, linguistic, economic, cultural and political causes and consequences.

A website which collects a broad range of materials related to the Irish in Argentina and other South American countries. Materials on the site include articles, papers, reviews, databases of burial records, passenger lists, census records, etc., a bibliography of over 100 books and articles, and links to connected resources.

The Irish Georgian Society is Ireland's Architectural Heritage Society. The Society aims to encourage an interest in and to promote the conservation of distinguished examples of architecture and the allied arts of all periods in Ireland. These aims are achieved by education and grants, planning participation, membership and fundraising. The site contains the full text of papers delivered in October 2002 entitled 'Present Tense: Future Perfect? Planning Act 2000 Part IV'

The history of Ireland through maps.

Sourcebook for general materials relating to Irish history. Links to electronic editions of primary and secondary historical sources from around the Internet.