Irish
History on the Web: This website, produced by Jacqueline Dana
of the University of Texas, provides a unique resource for anyone
interested in learning about or researching a wide variety of Irish
history topics. Like a sourcebook, most of the links found here will
lead to primary documents, original essays, bibliographies or specific
informational sites, all of which are visited prior to inclusion on
this site.
Chronicon
is an electronic journal of history. It is published annually and
is freely available on the Internet. The journal publishes articles
relating to history - ancient, medieval and modern - but with a particular
focus on Irish history. It contains reviews of publications and notices
of scholarly developments. The journal will provide a forum for scholars
to exchange views on matters of topical interest. Each volume appears
at the start of the calendar year and will remain open for that year.
As new articles are received they are added to the current volume.
BUBL
Irish History Reference Library:
BUBL Information Service, based at Strathclyde University Library,
is a searchable database of Internet resources of academic relevance.
The websites are organized by Dewey Decimal Classification and can
be searched by subject or class number. The Irish History section
includes topics such as Celtic Art and Culture, Chronology of Ireland,
National Archives and the Great Irish Famine.
The
Irish Famine, 1846-1850: A comprehensive study of how the the
Irish Famine changed the social and cultural structure of Ireland.
Liz Szabo's archive provides a series of interpretations of the famine
that appeared in newspapers, diaries and novels at the time. This
material can be explored in a variety of different ways. The primary
sources are categorized by topics (hunger and disease, eviction, emigration,
homelessness, etc.) and types of sources (newspaper accounts, photographs,
drawings, etc.). The main emphasis of the website is on the different
interpretations of the Irish
Famine. The primary sources are also organized under the headings:
'Voices from Ireland', English Views of the Famine' and 'Irish-American
Commentary.
Conflict
Archive on the Internet: This website contains information and
source material on the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the
present. It also has information on society and politics in the region.
Material is regularly added to the site and information on particular
pages may change. The information is divided into a number of main
sections: Background to the Conflict, Key Events, Key Issues, Bibliographic
Database, Conflict Studies and Directory of Researchers.
Chronology
of Ireland: This website, created by Brendan O'Brien, presents
information on people and events connected to Ireland. The chronology
contains about 130,000 words and is constantly being augmented. To
view the births, deaths and events of a particular year, you need
to go to the appropriate hyperlink in the bar to the left, then click
on the era/decade in question, and then scroll down to find the year.
Alternatively, you can use the search engine at the bottom of this
page.
Ireland
1845 to 1922: This is the latest section available from Chris
Trueman's History Learning website. It has material on the following
topics: Ireland in the C19th, Ireland and land problems, the Great
Famine, the Fenians, Gladstone and Ireland, Home Rule, Charles Parnell,
Edward Carsons, the Ulster Covenant, John Redmond, the background
to the Easter Rising, the 1916 Easter Rising, James Connolly, Patrick
Pearse, Countess Markiewicz, Michael Collins, Ireland 1918 to 1922
and the Black and Tans.
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