Transcribing is easily the most time-consuming and important part of our work. The vast majority of transcribing we do ourselves by hand, however we would be remiss if we did not mention that we are indebted in some circumstances to others who have kindly transcribed material for us. We have long encouraged those who use…
It has been just over six months since we officially launched An Chartlann on December 22 of last year. Since then, we have made impressive progress and the reception the website has received has been nothing short of remarkable. It is our belief that the website shall continue to go from strength to strength, and…
The May 11, 1901 edition of The United Irishman newspaper began in a sombre note; a eulogy written by one of its co-founders Arthur Griffith in the memory of its other co-founder and one of his closest friends in the fledging nationalist movement, William Rooney, who had passed away several days earlier at just 27…
Although our goal as an archive is to mainly preserve the works of Irish nationalists, there have been many foreign writers and works that have been highly influential in the development of Irish nationalism. These influences are ideologically varied, and some are in direct conflict with others, yet it is worth studying all these influences…
Firstly, we would like to quickly wish you all a happy St. Brigid’s Day tomorrow! Throughout January, Cartlann has made some very exciting additions to the archive, featuring new authors and texts, some of which we are proud to say are exclusive to An Chartlann. Here, in our monthly update post, we would like to recap on some of these new additions:
Today, we are proud to announce the first major update of the website since our official launch several weeks ago. When we launched in late December, we had 10 authors, 37 texts and around 200 pages of material. As of today (6 January), we now have 33 authors, 112 texts and almost 500 pages of…
Firstly, we would like to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This festive season is, as we know, in testing and difficult times for us all, so we hope that you can enjoy it as best as you can. We are planning to take a short break from the website until some point…
Firstly, we would like to thank everyone for the kind support and response to our launch. We genuinely had very little expectations and the initial response has been much better than we had anticipated. In this post, we would like to give a brief overview on the material currently on the website, our plans for…