/Home Rule
NMNI History Collection: Home Rule Crisis
NMNI Modern history: 1900-1923 collection features artefacts relating to Home Rule Crisis.
Irish Home Rule: An imagined future
BBC History article on Home Rule.
Home Rule
Houses of Parliament article about Home Rule.
Explainer: What was Home Rule?
Article from RTE's Century Ireland by Dr. Conor Mulvagh.
Ireland in the 19th Century
Schools resources from University College Cork's the Irish Revolution Project
The Home Rule movement
CCEA schools resource Understanding 1917 and Beyond
/Nationalism
NMNI History Collection: Home Rule Crisis
NMNI Modern history: 1900-1923 collection features artefacts relating to Home Rule Crisis.
Cultural Nationalism
BBC History - Easter Rising - Prelude
Parallel Parnell: Parnell delivers Home Rule in 1904
Article from History Ireland predicts events if Parnell had survived into the twentieth century.
John Redmond
John Redmond by Michael Laffan - RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography.
Charles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell by Frank Callanan- RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography.
John Redmond
NLI 1916 exhibition- those that set the stage: John Redmond and the Irish Parliamentary Party
/Unionism
The dog that didn’t bark: Southern unionism in pre- and post-revolutionary Ireland
History Ireland article about Unionism in Ireland
Carson and the Ulster unionists
NLI 1916 exhbition article - those that set the stage
Unionist Resistance
Article from BBC History's Easter Rising website
Sir Edward Carson
Sir Edward Carson by Alvin Jackson - RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography.
Sir James Craig
Sir James Craig by Alvin Jackson - RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography.
/Labour Movement
Dublin 1913 Lockout
Article from BB History Easter Rising website
Helena Molony
Helena Molony, trade unionist by L.W. White and F. Clarke - RIA Dictionary aor Irish Biography
Irish Trade Union Histories
Irish Labour History Society articles on 1913 Lockout.
James Connolly
James Connolly by Fergus A D'arcy - RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography
The Irish Women Workers’ Union
An article on the history of the Irish Women's Workers' Union
Remembering Larkin and the dock strike of 1907
History of ireland article on 1907 Belfast strike.
James Larkin
James Larkin by Emmet O'Connor - RIA Dictionary of irish Biography.
In Belfast Shipyard workers struck on Monday
Spectator article from their archives detailing the Belfast Strike.
/Voting Rights
Anna Haslam
Anna Halsm by Patrick Maume - RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography.
Stand up and be Counted
PRONI teaching resources on suffrage in Ireland
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington by Maria Luddy - RIA dictionary of Irish Biography.
Century: Women and the Vote
Irish Times articles on the suffrage movement in Ireland.
Votes for Women
Ulster musuem article of women's suffrage
Women and the Vote
UK Parliament articles on campaign for wome's suffrage
Representation of the People Act 1918
Houses of Parliament Living History article on Representation of the People Act 1918.
Third Reform Act 1884
Houses of Parliament Living History article on reform acts and representative democracy.
/Parliament
Hansard
Hansard contains the official report of debates in UK Parliament as well as Written Answers, Written Statements, Lords reports and Grand Committee reports.
History of Parliament in Ireland
Article from Oireachtais
The First Dáil
RTE online exhibition about the First Dáil (An Chéad Dáil) as it convened from 1919-1921.
Dáil 100
Timeline exploring 100 years of Dáil Éireann
William Ewart Gladstone
Government website providing articles on past prime ministers.
Arthur James Balfour
Government website providing articles on past prime ministers.
Herbert Henry Asquith
Government website providing articles on past prime ministers.
David Lloyd George
Government website providing articles on past prime ministers.
Irish Statute Book
The electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) includes acts of the Oireachtas and Statutory Instruments.
Acts of the Northern Ireland Parliament
Legislation.gov.uk website providing acts of the Northern Ireland Parliament passed since 1922.
Northern Ireland House of Commons
A summary of election results to the Northern Ireland House of Commons from 1921.
/Industry
A history of the Belfast Shipyards
Titanic Belfast article on the history of Shipbuilding
Derry Girls: A History of Shirt-Making in Derry
Irish Archives article on the history of shirtmaking in Derry
Shirts Singers and Sewing
Resource from the Towe museum about the text industry in the north-west of Ulster.
In Pictures: Historic Ulster - linen, horses and the shipyard
Photographs from Belfast Telegraph depicting linen and ship building industries in Ulster.
/Easter Rising
1916: The Seven Signatories of the Proclamation
National Library of Ireland website that draws almost exclusively upon its rich holdings of books, newspapers, photographs, drawings, proclamations and manuscript material.
NMNI Easter Rising
This section on the Rising includes material connected to its leaders and aims.
BBC Easter Rising
BBC History website that explores the issues around the 1916 Easter Rising.
The Rising in Seven Chapters
UCC and the Irish Examiner collection of articles about the 1916 Rising
RTE 1916
Online exhibition featuring recorded interviews with participants in the Easter Rising of 1916 and the War of Independence.
UCD and Irish Independent 1916 Collection
UCD and the Irish Independent collaborated to produce a series of 10 supplements, published between October 2015 and March 2016, to tell the story of 1916.
Ireland’s Opportunity? The First World War and 1916
RTE Century Ireland article.
/Partition
The Partition of Ireland: Context and Content
Creative Centenaries article by Dr Marie Coleman
NI 100: What was in the Government of Ireland Act?
BBC Article on the Government of Ireland Act 1920
Government of Ireland Act 1920
CAIN website containing text from the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
Government of Ireland Act 1920: What system did it create?
House of Lords article on the 1920 Government of Ireland Act
/First World War
NMNI The First World War
NMNI collection that deals with recruitment to the forces, including not just infantry, but sailors, airmen and medical and nursing practitioners in the First World War.
Royal Irish
Royal Irish Virtual Military Gallery which provides three centuries of history of the Royal Irish regiments including the Royal Irish Rifles, Royal Irish Fusiliers and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
WWI
An online exhibition from the National Library of Ireland
It's a long Way from Tipperary
The National Archives resource about the Irish on the Somme
RTE Ireland and the Great War
RTE website that looks at Ireland and the Great War.
Ireland's Role in the First World War
Article from Imperial War Mueum on Ireland during the First World War.
World War One
National Museum Ireland article on the First World War
Total War
National Archives Cabinet papers 1915 - 84 articles of post-WWI treaties.
/Gaelic Revival
Cultural Nationalism
Article from the BBC History Easter Rising 1916 website about Irish cultural nationalism.
Gaelic League
NLI 1916 exhibition - those who set the stage - Douglas Hyde, Eoin MacNeill, and the Gaelic League
Gaelic Athletic Association
NLI 1916 exhibition - those who set the stage - Michael Cusack, Maurice Davin and the Gaelic Athletic Association
Irish Literary Revival
NLI 1916 exhibition - those who set the stage - W.B. Yeats and the Irish Literary Revival.
Gaelic League and the 1916 Rising
RTE Century Ireland article on the Gaelic Leaugue
Feis na nGleann
Article from Glens of Antrim History Society.
/Welfare
Social Conditions in Belfast
Article from National Archives Ireland giving an overview of social conditions in Edwardian Belfast.
History of Belfast City Hospital
An Article from Ulster Medical Society on Belfast City Hospital.
Belfast Workhouses
Article on the Belfast Charitable Society and Poor Law Union.
Belfast the Unhealthiest city?
Epidemic Belfast lookss at the conditions at teh turn-of-the-century Belfast
Pre 1945 welfare Provision
National Archives cabinet papers on welfare provision before 1945, including the Poor Law and National Insurance Act 1911.
/Lloyd George Convention
The Irish Convention
The Irish convention as proposed by Premier David Lloyd George; the opinions of prominent Americans of Irish blood (1917)
Irish Convention to meet to decide country’s fate
RTE Century Ireland article on Lloyd George's Irish convention.
100 YEARS AGO: The Irish Convention in Trinity College
Article from History Ireland on Lloyd George's Irish convention
David Lloyd George
Government website providing articles on past prime ministers.
/Ulster Covenant
Ulster Covenant
PRONI articles relating to the Ulster Covenant.
Edward Carson:Ulster unionist or Irish patriot?
History ireland relating to Unionist opposition to Home Rule
The strange history of the Ulster Covenant
BBC News page relating to the Ulster Covenant.
Ireland in Rebellion: Ulster Unionism
Professor Patrick Geoghegan's Youtube video from TCD Ireland in Rebbellion series
/Civil War
The Legacy and Memory of the Irish Civil War
Article about the Irish Civil war from UCC's Irish Revolution Project
Ireland in Rebellion: The Civil War
Professor Patrick Geoghegan's Youtube video from TCD Ireland in Rebbellion serie
Ireland's Dead Leader
British Pathé silent video clip about Michael Collins death.
Fighting In Ireland
British Pathé silent video clip about the Civil War in Ireland.
In the wake of the Four Courts Battle
British Pathé silent video clip with views of the republican stronghold aflame immediately after rebels were routed by Free State troops.
Ireland's Dead Leader
British Pathé silent video clip about Michael Collins death.
Lesson 1 Irish Civil War
CCEA Schools Resources from 1917 and Beyond series
Northern Ireland 1921-25 - A state of Emergency
An article from RTE Century Ireland about the beginnings of Northern Ireland
/War of Independence
Google Cultural Institute Witness to War
Collection of National Library of Ireland images and text illustrating the War of Independence in Ireland.
UCD/Irish Independent 1920 Collection
Collection of Articles by historians discussing the War of Independence in Ireland
Terror in Ireland 1920
British Pathé silent news report from Ireland 1920 showing crowds running and the army arriving and removing victims.
Lawless Ireland
British Pathé silent news report featuring 'Sacked' Balbriggan, reported to be the work of the 'Black and Tans' as reprisals'.
Evacuation of Ireland
British Pathé silent news report showing the vanguard of the 60,000 British troops leave for England.
Anglo Irish Treaty
Anglo-Irish Treaty Articles of Agreement as signed on December 6th, 1921.
Nationalism and the War of Independence
National Archives Cabinet papers 1915 - 1984 collection of documents relating to Irish independence.
Treaty Debates
Oireachtas website exploring the Anglo-Irish Treaty Debates
/Military & Policing
British Troops in Ireland.
British Pathé silent montage of clips showing British troops in Ireland.
British Troops leaving Ireland - Erin's farewell
British Pathé silent news clip showing vast crowds cheer departing British troops who left with bands playing and colours flying. Dublin, Southern Ireland, Eire.
Evacuation of Ireland
British Pathé silent news report showing the vanguard of the 60,000 British troops leave for England.
Irish War of Independence
IWM's collection of photographs of teh British Army during the War of Independence
Lesson 1 - Black and Tans
Understanding 1917 & Beyond CCEA Schools resources
A Pictorial History of Óglaigh na hÉireann,the Defence Forces of Ireland
Óglaigh na hÉireann - article on the foundation of Defence Forces of Ireland
A History of Policing in teh North of Ireland
Museum artefacts tell the story of two centuries of policing in Ulster.
/Land Question
The Land League
Article from from Mayo County council.
Land and Politics
Houses of Parliament Living Heritage article on land reform in Ireland.
The Land Movement, 1879-1882
Resource from UCC Atlas of Revolution
Ireland's Land Acts and the decline of the 'Big House'
BBC News article about Land Acts in Ireland.
Wyndham Land Act 1903
Wyndham Land Act 1903 legislation.
William Ewart Gladstone
Government website providing articles on past prime ministers.
MARGUERITE MOORE AND THE LADIES’ LAND LEAGUE
Article from History ireland on the Ladies' Land League
/Republicanism
Lesson 1 - Sinn Féin Party
CCEA schools resources Understanding 1917 and Beyond
Sinn Féin
BBC History Easter Rising Website article on the origins of Sinn Féin.
Irish Republican Brotherhood
History ireland article on the IRB.
Irish Republican Brotherhood
BBC History Easter Rising Website article on the IRB.
Arthur Griffith
Arthur Grifith by Michaeal Laffan - RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography
Michael Collins
Michael Collins by M.A. Hopkinson RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography
/Empire
British Empire throughout the world exhibited in one view.
Library of Congress map of the British Empire
What was the British Empire
BBC Bitesize on the British Empire.
Parliament and Empire
Learn about the role of Parliament in the growth of the British Empire, from the American Revolution to decolonisation
/General
Understanding 1917 and Beyond
CCCEA Schools' resource focussing on events in Ireland between 1917-1222
Century Ireland
RTE's online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago.
PRONI Flickr Photo stream
Albums of images from PRONI's rich photographic archive.
NLI on Flickr Photo stream
Albums of images from National Library of Ireland photographic archive.
Census 1901 1911
National Archive of Ireland searchable database of digitised census from 1901 and 1911.
Belfast in the Early 20th Century
National Archives Ireland overview of Belfast in early 20th Century.
Atlas Resources for Secondary Schools
UCC Atlas of the Irish Revolution Resources for Secondary Schools
PRONI
Public Records Office Northern Ireland holds a broad range of documents images and ephemera exploring Ulster's history.
Library of Congress
The online image galleries contain images from different periods of history.
Wellcome Image Collection
Online image galleries from the Wellcome Collection of medical and social history.
National Library of Ireland
The library has an extensive collection of images and documents exploring Ireland's history.
National Archives of Ireland
Collection of Irish historical archives.
National Archives at Kew
Collection of records and collections relating to 1,000 years of British and Irish history.
