Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
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Research Strands

Find out more about our latest discoveries and research through our Priority Research Strands, 2023 to 2025. Drawing on the generosity of our partners, we will discover, digitise and make freely accessible newly-identified archival riches — enhancing and expanding dramatically our reconstructed Virtual Record Treasury.

A Century of Recovery and Discovery
Retracing Archival Footsteps
A Century of Recovery and Discovery

A century ago, the Public Record Office of Ireland faced the enormous challenge of recovering from the devastating loss of its entire collection.

Recovering Voices of the Colonized, 1200–1550
Cultures of Conquest
Recovering Voices of the Colonized, 1200–1550

Cultures of Conquest transforms access to rare documentary treasures held in Ireland and Britain, offering translations alongside digital images of the originals.

Unlocking the Story of Early Modern Ireland, 1660–1715
INSPIRE: Integrating State Papers Ireland
Unlocking the Story of Early Modern Ireland, 1660–1715

The decades immediately following Oliver Cromwell's death and the fall of his regime were marked by dramatic events in Ireland.

Reconstructing the State, Revealing Society, 1760–1830
Castle and Country
Reconstructing the State, Revealing Society, 1760–1830

Castle and Country delves into the workings of the Irish executive government and parliament during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Women, Children, Men and the Marginalised, 1750–1900
Localities and Communities
Women, Children, Men and the Marginalised, 1750–1900

Localities and Communities aims to identify records that can rediscover the story of people and their home place during the 19th century.

The Knowledge Graph for Irish History
Taming the Data Wilderness
The Knowledge Graph for Irish History

Building on our successful launch in June 2022 of Ireland’s first Five-Star Linked Open Data Knowledge Graph for Irish History...