Resources

Ancestry.com

A worldwide online collection of family history records

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Dictionary of Irish Biography

An authoritative reference work of nearly 11,000 lives for anyone interested in Irish history, society and culture

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A Dictionary of Ulster Biography

Browse this great collection of people who lived or worked in Ulster or are in some other significant way connected to the province. The dictionary aims to describe their lives and achievements from a local perspective.

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Geni.com

Irish newspaper archives

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Irish Genealogy

For research about Irish people: This site provides family history records for past generations. It is home to the historic records of births, marriages and deaths of the General Register Office. 

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Joyce on Film

In this collection, the Irish Film Institute presents short films in celebration of James Joyce. It includes live-action, animation, documentary and newsreels.

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JoyceTools

Ian Gunn’s JoyceTools is a collection of valuable resources and of great interest to readers of Joyce. It includes historical maps (of Dublin, the city’s trams and train routes, etc.), a fully digitised and word-searchable Thom’s Directory (1904), important Joyce publications, and other resources. Ian Gunn is co-author of James Joyce’s Dublin: A Topographical Guide to the Dublin of Ulysses. He has made these resources available in honour of Clive Hart, “one of the pioneers of the empirical study of James Joyce’s works”.

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logainm.ie

This is a wonderful database for official placenames in Ireland. Try names like Kilballyherberry and Shanakill and see where Joyce was coming from.

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National Archives digitized census

For research about Irish people: All 32 counties for 1901 and 1911 are searchable by information categories and available on this site. The website also provides digitized illustrations and suggestions for further resources. 

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SWilcom.Info

You will find a wealth of digitized historic maps of Ireland and Dublin, Irish family history resources, extracts from various directories, photographs, and much more on this site.

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