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We host one of the largest collections of Irish historical material available online.
Our collection encompasses all periods of Irish history, and includes a wide range of political, economic, cultural, literary and historical works.
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The New Evangel
James Connolly
An early pamphlet collecting five of Connolly’s previous essays from Workers’ Republic.
The Re-Conquest of Ireland
James Connolly
A socialist manifesto arguing that Ireland’s freedom from foreign rule requires an economic revolution.
Labour, Nationality, and Religion
James Connolly
Explores the Catholic Church’s relation to English colonialism in Ireland.
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- Arthur Griffith: Sinn Féin’s Theorist
The following are quotes from our extensive collection of Arthur Griffith’s writings from his earliest editorials to his final testament. One of the most prolific Irish journalists of his time and a founding father of the early Irish state, his writings are of very great interest to those researching the early Sinn Féin movement. - November 2023 Update
Over the past year, some new and significant changes have been made to the site’s design. In brief, they are as follows: HOME PAGE TEXTS FORMATTING CLÓ GAELACH Notes: LIGHT MODE Note: The background image changes with the setting. PDFs Note: The ‘Contents’ section contains hyperlinks which will lead you directly to each chapter directly. Or, alternatively, you can click on ‘Document outline’ on the top-left of the page. AN CHARTLANN. - An Craoibhín Aoibhinn: The Thought of Douglas Hyde
‘The work of Douglas Hyde will live after him. It is not now possible that Irish can die, as but for him it would most assuredly have died. Even should it become extinct as a spoken language, reams of Irish literature have been preserved which but for Hyde would have perished.’ – An Craoibhin Aoibhinn, Diarmuid Coffey, 1917.
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Aḃrán na ḃFian
Seo ḋíḃ, a ċáirde, duan ógláig, caṫréimeaċ, bríoġṁar, ceólṁar, ár dteínte cnáṁ go buacaċ táid ’s an spéir go mín réaltógaċ. Is fonnṁar faoḃaraċ sinn ċun ġleó’, ’s go tionnṁar glé roim ṫiġeaċt do’n ló fé ċiúneas ċaoṁ na h-oiḋċ’ ar seól; seo liḃ canaig Aḃran na ḃFian.
Read more →Liam Ó Rinn
Liam Ó Rinn, also known as Coinneach, was a civil servant known for his translations. He and his brothers fought in the Easter Rising and were interned in Frongoch; they were again interned after Bloody Sunday until 1921. In 1923 he translated A Soldier's Song, his most well known work. He was a polyglot who could speak English, Irish, French, German, Spanish, Welsh and Russian. He was also a talented amateur painter, who work was exhibited in 1939.
Read more →Yiddish-Language Election Leaflet for James Connolly
The following is a January 1902 Yiddish-language leaflet authored by Boris Kahan, Secretary of the East London Jewish Branch of the Social Democratic Federation in support of James Connolly’s election campaign for the Wood Quay seat in Dublin’s municipal elections that year. Specifically, the leaflet was addressed to Jewish immigrant workers who lived in the...
Read more →Rev. James Armour
Rev. James Brown Armour (1841–1928) was a Presbyterian minister known for his support of Home Rule and the Tenant Right movement against landlordism. He also supported the proposal for a Catholic university and opposed partition, which he felt would be disastrous for Ulster. As a result of these views he was at odds with mainstream Ulster Protestant opinion. On the 24th October 1913, he, Jack White, and Roger Casement organised a public meeting in Ballymoney in support of Home Rule.
Read more →Charles-Marie Garnier
French academic of the English language...
Read more →Cumas Uraḋaill ar Naisíunaċta I
Buḋ ċoir ḋúinn fíor-eolas ḃeiṫ again ar an gciall atá leis an ḃfacal “náisíuntaċt” leis na neiṫe ṫuigsin go firéannaċ a ḃeireas treanaċt agus caḃair ċuici, óir is minic go gcuirte ar mórán focal cialluiġeaċt náċ fuil ionnta.
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