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Our Genealogy Website provides free access to digitised collections that are useful to family and local history research.

Decade of Centenaries

Our Decade of Centenaries website charts the historical development of Ireland from 1912 to 1923, a decade which was the most turbulent and transformative experienced by Ireland in the 20th century.

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24.06.28

€37m refurbishment of the National Archives repository has begun
The National Archives currently holds 50 million records dating from the 14th century to the modern day. We want to...

24.04.04

Exhibition: Society & State – Ireland Through Its Records
(NLI POOLEWP 3922) The Irish Free State came into existence in December 1922 after a decade of upheaval and revolution....

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