HIST 202: Making History: Ireland and the World: Primary Sources

Papers and correspondence of the seven leaders of the 1916 Rising.

Records and documents relating to Irish rising during Easter Week in 1916.

The CAIN (Conflict Archive on the INternet) Web site contains information and source material on 'the Troubles' and politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present. There is also some material on society in the region. CAIN is located in the University of Ulster.

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy is a project of the Royal Irish Academy, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the National Archives of Ireland and was established in 1997. The project publishes essential source material for anyone interested in the development of Irish foreign policy since 1919.

These open access sources are readily available to all -- without fees or subscriptions.Links connect to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. In addition you will find video or sound files, maps, photographs or other imagery, databases, and other documentation.The sources cover a broad range of historical happenings (political, economic, social and cultural).The order of documents is chronological wherever possible.

Our site has thousands of newspaper pages, from different cities, over multiple years... and the collection is growing! Our collection is fully text searchable so do a search on anything that interests you and see it in the context of the newspapers' editorials, pictures, and advertisements.