The National Archives
The National Archives is open to the public
Our Genealogy Website provides free access to digitised collections that are useful to family and local history research.
Our Decade of Centenaries website charts the historical development of Ireland from 1912 to 1923, a decade which was the most turbulent and transformative experienced by Ireland in the 20th century.
24.04.04
Exhibition: Society & State – Ireland Through Its Records
(NLI POOLEWP 3922) The Irish Free State came into existence in December 1922 after a decade of upheaval and revolution....
23.12.21
Event: The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General at 100
This talk by historian and archivist Marie Léoutre discussed the creation of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General...
Stories from the archives
23.11.22
Event: Marking 100 years of the Censorship of Films Act, 1923
Sign up for the National Archives’ next evening lecture marking the centenary of the Censorship of Films Act, 1923 The...
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National Archives
Bishop Street,
Dublin 8,
Ireland
D08 DF85
