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First posted on April 25th 2002, last revised on January 2nd 2011






The Republic of Ireland is independent since 1921. Files covering the history prior to 1921 cover the history of all of Ireland, including the north. Click here for the history of Northern Ireland since 1921.

Ireland since 1990
Ireland 1969-1990
Ireland 1949-1969
Ireland 1945-1949
Ireland 1937-1945
Ireland 1921-1937

Ireland 1914-1921
Ireland 1893-1914
Ireland 1867-1893
Ireland 1848-1867
Ireland 1826-1848
Ireland 1801-1826
Ireland 1789-1800

Iro-Scottish Church .. Iro-Scottish Mission
Viking Era : Ireland and Scotland .. Ireland and Wales

Students' Paper : Noh, Dong Woo, Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1800-1914 (2007)
Students' Paper : Choi Eunsol, The Irish Free State, 1921-1937 (2007)









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WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles from CIA World Factbook, search for Ireland; BBC Country Profiles; World Desk Reference ; from Eurodata; from Nations Encyclopedia; from Index Mundi; from Wikipedia
E. Wakefield, An account of Ireland, statistical and political, vol.1, 1812, vol.2, 1812, posted on Google Books
Links, General from Library of Congress, Portals to the World
Links, on History from Virtual Library History; from Virtual Library Women's History; from Virtual Library Labour History; from Virtual Library Economic and Business History
Organizations Military History Society of Ireland
National Committee for History - Irish Committee of Historical Sciences
Irish Genealogical Society International
Women's History Association of Ireland
Historical Dictionaries
Timelines from timelines.ws, data collected from US newspapers; from BBC News; Chronology of Ireland, by Brendan O'Brien
Accounts of History General Accounts Ireland Facts and History, by Jack Gallagher; Irish History on the Web, by Jacqueline Dana; Desmond's Concise History of Ireland, by Jerry Desmond; History of Ireland, by Ciaran Flynn; The History of Ireland, by O'Kelly Heritage Project
E.A. d'Alton, History of Ireland: from the earliest times to the present day, 1649, posted on Google Books
Th. Moore, The history of Ireland, vol.1, 1835, vol.2, 1837, vol.3, 1840, posted on Google Books
Th. Leland, The history of Ireland from the invasion of Henry II., vol.1, (1773) 1814, vol.2, 1814, vol.3, 1814, posted on Google Books
W.C. Taylor, W. Sampson, History of Ireland: from the Anglo-Norman invasion till the union of the country with Great Britain, vol.1, 1837, vol.2, 1837, posted on Google Books
G. Lawless, A compendium of the history of Ireland: from the earliest period to the Reign of George I. vol.1, vol.2 3rd ed. 1823, posted on Google Books
J. Angel, A general history of Ireland, in its antient and modern state, vol.1, 1781, vol.2, 1781, posted on Google Books
Specific Periods The Radical History of Ireland, from Degree Tutor
W.E.H. Lecky, A history of Ireland in the eighteenth century, vol.5, 1808, posted on Google Books
F. Moryson, An history of Ireland, from the year 1599, to 1603 : With a short narration of the history of the Kingdom from 1169, 1735, posted on Google Books
F. Plowden, The history of Ireland from its union wth Great Britain, in January 1801, to October 1810, in 3 volumes, vol.1, 1811, vol.2, 1811, vol.3, 1811, posted on Google Books
Historiography
Politics General Political Resources on the Net : Ireland; Governments on the WWW : Ireland; Article Politics of the Republic of Ireland, from Wikipedia
Political Parties, Movements Category : Political Parties in the Republic of Ireland, from Wikipedia
Political Histtory State of Ireland: letters from Ireland, on the present political, religious & moral state, 1825, posted on Google Books
Foreign Relations Article British-Irish Relations, from Wikipedia
Military The Military Wars of Ireland 1800-1999, from ACED; Military History Encyclopedia on the Web : Ireland
The Irish in Uniform. from The Fame of Tipperary Group
Orders, Decorations and Medals of Ireland, from ODM
F. Warner, The history of the rebellion and civil-war in Ireland, vol.1, 1768, vol.2, 1768, posted on Google Books
R. Musgrave, Memoirs of the different rebellions in Ireland, from the arrival of the English, vol.1, 1802, vol.2, 1802, posted on Google Books
J. Gordon, History of the civil war in Ireland, vol.1, 1805, vol.2, 1805, posted on Google Books
J. Curry, Ch. O'Connor, An historical and critical review of the civil wars in Ireland : from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to the Settlement under King William, with the state of Irish Catholics from that Settlement to the relaxation of the Popery Laws in 1778, 1810, posted on Google Books
Economy & Finances General Article of the Economic History of the Republic of Ireland, from Wikipedia
Moments in Time L.H. O'Brien, Letters concerning the trade and manufactures of Ireland, 1785, posted on Google Books
Specific Periods History of Ireland : 1932-1945 - The Economic War and the Second World War, by Wesley Johnston
Frank Barry, Politics, Institutions and Post-War Economic Growth in Ireland, IEHC 2006
Bruce M.S. Campbell, Land Markets and the Morcellation of Holdings in Pre-Plague England and Pre-Famine Ireland, IEHC 2006
Currency & Finances A Global History of Currencies : Ireland
J.W. Gilbart, The history of banking in Ireland, 1836, posted on Google Books
Ethnography Languages of Ireland (5), from Ethnologue
World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Ireland
Economic Institutions History of the Irish Stock Exchange; History, from Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Textile Industry Our History, from Donegal Yarns
Others Potatoes in Ireland in the 1700s, from Potatoes - Diversity Website
Irish Breweries : Styles, History, Beers, from European Beer Guide
Social History R.B. Clements, The present poverty of Ireland convertible into the means of her improvement under a well-administrated Poor Law, 1838, posted on Google Books
D. Scully, A statement of the penal laws which aggrieve the Catholics of Ireland, pt.1, 1812, posted on Google Books
G. Nichols, Poor laws - Ireland : Three reports, 1838, posted on Google Books
J.Chr. Curwen, Observations on the state of Ireland: principally directed to its agriculture and rural population, vol.1, 1818, vol.2, 1818, posted on Google Books
E. Kimber, J. Almon, The peerage of Ireland, vol.1, 1768, vol.2, 1768, posted on Google Books
Ethnography The Travellers : Ireland's Ethnic Minority, from QUB; Article Irish Traveller, from Wikipedia
Religion Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Ireland, from Kirken i Norge
Virtual Jewish History Tour : Ireland, from Jewish Virtual Library
Ireland, from Roman Catholic Hierarchy
L.S. Reid, W.D. Killen, History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, vol.1 1853, vol.2 1837, posted on Google Books
J. Lanigan, An ecclesiastical history of Ireland, from the first introduction of Christianity among the Irish to the beginning of the Thirteenth Century, vol.1 (1822) 1829, vol.2 1829, vol.3 1829, vol.4, 1829, posted on Google Books
Th. Wight, J. Rutty, A history of the rise and progress of the people called Quakers in Ireland from the year 1653 to 1700, revised and enlarged to the year 1753, 1811, posted on Google Books
Patron Saints of Ireland
The Celtic Church in Ireland, from IrishChristian.net
History of Regions Provinces of Ireland, from www.statoids.com
Local History History of Dublin, from Dublin Uncovered, from Wikipedia; Chapters of Dublin History; by Tim Lambert
History of Cork, by Tim Lambert
History of Limerick, from Wikipedia
W.Sh. Mason, A statistical account, or parochial survey of Ireland, 1816, posted on Google Books
Institutions Transportation Ireland, from Airline History
Article : History of Rail Transportation in Ireland, from Wikipedia
Academic Institutions Category : Universities in the Republic of Ireland, from Wikipedia
Royal Irish Academy
Edifices Structurae : Ireland; Search Lighthouse Explorer for Ireland
Broadcasting History of Broadcasting in Ireland, from The Broadcast Archive
Culture
Biographies List of Irish People, from Wikipedia; Famous Irishmen, from Kirwilli
The Irish in Europe, biographical databases
Others History of Irish Vegetarian Societies, from IVU
Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Ireland
Article Grand Lodge of Ireland, from Wikipedia
Category Disasters in Ireland, from Wikipedia
Article Ireland at the Olympics, Category Sport in Ireland, at Wikipedia
Willeen Keough, "The Slender Thread". Irish Women on the Southern Avalon, 1750-1860, diss. Columbia UP n.d.
W. Stewart, Digest of the practice of the Exchequer of Pleas in Ireland, 1823, posted on Google Books

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Historical Data Lists of Statesmen from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon); from Rulers (B. Schemmel); from Regnal Chronologies; from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated)
Category : Presidents of Ireland, from Wikipedia
Lists of Ambassadors List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Ireland 1939-, from Wikipedia
Liste der deutschen Botschafter : Dublin, from Wikipedia German edition
Embajadores de Mexico en Irlanda (1975-), from Acervo Historico Diplomatico
Article : United States Ambassadors to Ireland (1927-), from Wikipedia
Canadian Ambassadors to Ireland 1939-, from MOFA Canada
Lists of Bishops Catholic Church : List of Archbishops of Cashel 1111-, List of Archbishops of Tuam, 1152-, List of Archbishops of Armagh 1105-, List of Archbishops of Dublin 1152-, Category : Lists of Irish Bishops and Archbishops, from Wikipedia
Church of Ireland : List of Archbishops of Armagh 1521-, Bishops of Clogher 1135-, List of Bishops of Connor 1117-, List of Bishops of Derry and Raphoe 1831-, List of Bishops of Down and Dromore 1945-, List of Bishops of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh 1841-, List of Bishops of Tuam, Killala and Achonry 1839-, Archdiocese of Dublin, Bishops of Cashel and Ossory 1977-, Bishops of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1583-, Bishops of Limerick and Killaloe 1976-, List of Bishops of Meath and Kildare 1976-, from Wikipedia
Population Figures Historical Population Statistics : Ireland, from Population Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer
Historical Abortion Statistics, Ireland, from Johnston's Archive
Census of 1911, from National Archives of Ireland
Exchange Rates Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990
Federal Reserve (U.S.) : Foreign Exchange Rates, Historic
Inflation Rates Historical Inflation Rates, from Index Mundi, since 2000
Global Rates : Inflatie Ierland, graph gives dates back to 1959
Economic Statistics HNAG Database of Irish Historical Statistics
Election Results from Psephos (since 1997); from IFES Election Guide
Documents Historical Newspapers Kranten Historisch [historical newspapers], scroll down for Ierland
History of Ireland, from World History Archives
Irish Times Digital Archive 1859-2009
Modern Newspapers links from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers
Irish Online Newspaper Archives
Irish Times Digital Archive
Online Yearbooks - Ireland Entries
Newsreels
Propaganda Films George C. Marshall Motion Pictures
Films on History/Society Irish Film Archive at the Irish Film Institute
The Irish in Film, History, Article : Cinema of Ireland, from Wikipedia
Historical Movies by Nation : Ireland
Ireland, from Cinema of the World
Irish Movie Listing
Image Databanks Digital Photographs, National Library of Ireland
Wikimedia Commons : Ireland
License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates of the World
Airline Timetable Images : Ireland
Archival Deposits National Archives of Ireland, Online Databases
Ireland Documents, at Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem
Constitutions, Laws Verfassungen Irlands (Constitutions of Ireland), from Verfassungen.eu, in German; Search Prassi Italiana di Dirito Internazionale, Indice delle leggi e degli altri atti normativi, for Irlanda, 8 entries, in Italian
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Ireland, from ILO, 71 docs. since 1923
Ireland, from Internet Law Library
Treaties General Treaty Collections
Bilateral Treaty Collections Documents on Irish Foreign Policy
Australian Treaty Series : Bilateral Treaties - Ireland
Ireland, pp.28-69 in vol.9 of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949, 1972, GB
Document Collections General Collections Documents on Irish History from Eurodocs, merely a collection of links
Modern Gilder Lehrman Center Online Documents, most on slavery in the U.S., a good number on Ireland, scroll down
Mediaeval Ch.16 : De Scriptoribus Historiae Anglicarum, Scoticarum et Hibernicarum, pp.391-441 in B.G. Struve, Selecta bibliotheca historica, 1705, in Latin, GB ; a catalogue of narrative historical sources
CELT Corpus of Electronic Texts, The Free Digital Humanities Resource for Irish history, literature and politics.
ISOS Irish Script on Screen
Individual Documents The Chronicle of Ireland
Historical Maps Ireland's History in Maps, by Dennis Walsh
Atlas of Ireland, from Wikimedia Commons
Historical
Encyclopedia Entries
General Article Ireland, Provinces Connaught, Leinster, Munster, Ulster, Counties : Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, King's County, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow, Cities : Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, from EB 1911
Article Irland, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Religious Articles Ireland, Ardagh, Cashel, Clogher, Diocese of Cloyne, Cork, Dublin, Ferns, Diocese of Galway and Milmacduagh, Kildare and Leighlin, Killaloe, Kilmore, Limerick, Meath, Diocese of Ossory, Raphoe, Ross, Tuam, Diocese of Waterford and Lismore, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1914 edition
Article Ireland, from Jewish Encyclopedia 1901-1906
Economic J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Cork, Dublin, posted by DTBSWS
Political Engelland, Schott- und Irland, pp.293-442 in F.L. Bressler, Die Heutigen Christlichen Souverainen von Europa, 1698, in German, GB
Geographical
Historical
Parliamentary Debates of the United Kingdom Hansard (British Parliament)
Debates relative to the affairs of Ireland: in the years 1763 and 1764 (London Parliament), vol.1, 1766, vol.2, 1766, posted on Google Books
of Ireland The Parliamentary register : or, History of the proceedings and debates of the House of Commons of Ireland, vol.I 1781/1782, vol.II 1783/1784, vol.III 1783/1784, vol.IV 1784, vol.V 1785, vol.VI 1786, vol.VII 1787, vol.VIII 1788, vol.IX 1789, vol.X 1790, vol.XI 1791, vol.XII 1792, vol.XIII 1793, vol.XIV 1794, vol.XV 1795, vol.XVI 1796, posted on Google Books
Tour Guides, Travelogues R. Twiss, A tour in Ireland in 1775, 1776, posted on Google Books
Institutions Archives National Archives of Ireland
Archives, Musea, Libraries
Repositories of Primary Sources : Europe : Ireland, from Univ. of Idaho. Mostly Archive Webpages, 48 entries
Historical Research in Europe, listing of archives; click Atlas Search, Ireland, 94 entries
Musea Lists, Links Category : History Museums in the Republic of Ireland, from Wikipedia
Ireland Index, from Showcaves; Mining Heritage Trust of Ireland
Musea Museum Websites National Museum of Ireland
Monuments Category : Monuments and memorials in Ireland, from Wikipedia
UNESCO World Heritage Site, List (search for Ireland), Tentative Lists : Ireland
Libraries Libraries on Ireland, from LibDex
History of the Irish National Library, from The European Library
National Symbols Flags, Coats of Arms Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Heraldry; from FOTW, National Anthem, from National Anthems Net
Coins, Banknotes Banknotes of Bulgaria, from World Currency Museum; from Ron Wise's World Paper Money; from Irish Paper Money (banknotes since 1783)

Ireland Coins, from Don's World Coin Gallery
Stamps Rare Irish Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery;

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographies general Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies) (site in German, most titles listed in English; numerous entries; publications mostly since 1970)
RHS Bibliography
UK National Archive Online Library
on Ireland Irish History Online
Online Libraries general Internet Archives
Gutenberg Library Online
e-corpus
on Ireland Irish Research ELibrary
Online Journals full text online The Irish magazine, and monthly asylum for neglected biography, 1809, 1810, posted on Google Books
Table of Contents
Online
Historiography Article : Irish Historiography, by C. O'Halloran, pp.471-473, in vol.1 of A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing, NY 1998 [G]
General Accounts Daniel Webster Hollis, The History of Ireland, Westport : Greenwood 2001, 232 pp., KLMA Lib.Sign. 941.6 H742h
R.F. Foster, The Oxford History of Ireland, Oxford : UP 1989, KMLA Lib.Sign. 941.5 F794o
Maire and Conor Cruise O'Brien, Ireland. A Concise History, London : Thames and Hudson (1972) 1992 [G]
Edward Norman, A History of Modern Ireland, Miami UP 1971 [G]
Specific Periods Maria Kelly, The Great Dying. The Black Death in Dublin, Stroud : Tempus 2003 [G]
A.J. Otway-Ruthven, A History of Medieval Ireland, London : Ernest Benn (1968) 1980 [G]
Jane H. Ohlmeyer, Civilizinge of those rude partes. Colonization within Britain and Ireland, 1580s-1640s, pp.124-147, T.C. Barnard, New Opportunities for British Settlement : Ireland 1650-1700. pp.309-327 in : Nicholas Canny (ed.), The Oxford History of the British Empire, Vol.I : The Origins of Empire, Oxford : UP 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 909.0971241 O98o v.3
Terence Brown, Ireland, A Social and Cultural History 1922-1979, Glasgow : Fontana 1981 [G]
Martin S. Quigley, A U.S. Spy in Ireland. The Truth behind Irish "Neutrality" during World War II, Lanham MD : Roberts Rinehart 1999 [G]
Regional, Local History Siobhan Kilfeather, Dublin, A Cultural History, Oxford : UP 2005 [G]
Historical Dictionaries D.J. Hickey, J.E. Doherty, A Dictionary of Irish History since 1800, Totowa NJ : Gill and MacMillan 1980 [G]
Historical Atlas Sean Duffy (ed.), Atlas of Irish History, Dublin : Gill and MacMillan (1997) 2000 [G]