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March Document of the Month

St Patrick’s Day celebrations organised by the Irish embassy in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1962.

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NAI, DFA/6/433/26

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NAI, DFA/6/433/23/6

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NAI, DFA/6/433/26/11

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NAI, DFA/6/433/26/16

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NAI, DFA/6/433/26/14

More Documents of the Month

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23.02.28

Files in focus: ‘Medieval Memorandum Rolls’ by Dr Elizabeth Biggs
Two Original Memoranda Roll: NAI EX 1/1 and 1/2   Among the most extensive of the medieval collections that were...

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22.12.05

File in focus: ‘Ancient and Modern Warfare’ – an essay by Michael Collins
In December 1904, Headmaster John Crowley at the Clonakilty National Boys School set his class a timed English composition test,...

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22.11.21

Files in focus: A telegram on the resignation of Charles de Gaulle, 28 April 1969
The document above is something of a curiosity: communications technology rendered the telegram obsolete quite some time ago. Irish diplomatic...

Document of the month Online exhibitions