People, Place and Power – The Grand Jury System in Ireland

II Beyond 2022 is an all-island and international collaborative research project working to create a virtual reconstruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in the opening engagement of the Civil War at the Four Courts (Dublin) on June 30th, 1922. The research is led from the Department of History, Trinity College Dublin and hosted by the ADAPT Centre. The ‘Record Treasury’ at the Public Record Office of Ireland stored seven centuries of Irish records dating back to the time of the Normans. Together with 5 Core Archival Partners and over 50 other Participating Institutions in Ireland, Britain and the USA, Beyond 2022 is working to recover what was lost in that terrible fire one hundred years ago. On the centenary of the Four Courts blaze, the Project will launch the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland online. Many millions of words from destroyed documents will be linked and reassembled from copies, transcripts and other records scattered among the collections of our archival partners. The Virtual Record Treasury will serve as a living and growing legacy from the Decade of Centenaries. The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland will be an open-access resource, freely available online to all those interested in Irish history at home and abroad. Many of the most important memory institutions worldwide are joining us in this shared mission to reconstruct Ireland’s lost history. Beyond 2022 gratefully acknowledges generous funding provided by the Government of Ireland through the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under Project Ireland 2040. The Project would like to express its appreciation to the Commemorations Unit within the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for ongoing engagement and support. Beyond 2022 also acknowledges the generous support of a private foundation in completing this research, as well as William and Pamela Lowe. For permission to reproduce certain visuals in this booklet, the Project wishes to thank Cork City Library; The Courthouse, Washington Street, Cork; the National Archives of Ireland; and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.