Irish Republican Digital Archive: Announcing Irish Republican Digital Archive redesign. “The most significant change is structural. The archive now presents its sections in chronological order, running from 1798 through every era and group in the republican tradition up until 2005. The aim is straightforward: a visitor arriving without prior knowledge should be able to follow in sequence, each […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/10/irish-republican-digital-archive-announcing-irish-republican-digital-archive-redesign/

Reddit: New online searchable database for IRA membership (1921/1922). “The Military Service Pensions Collection has launched a new search function for the Nominal Rolls of the IRA, Cumann na mBan, the ICA and Fianna Éireann. These were compiled by ex officers in the 1930s to help with the pensions process. People can now search through over 600 files covering 16 IRA divisions and 87 brigades […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/17/reddit-new-online-searchable-database-for-ira-membership-1921-1922/

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: New Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Archives Collections now available online. “Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are delighted to have the collections of the La Touche Family, Joseph McGrath and Thomas Cullen digitised and published in the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), an online archive for the preservation of Irish cultural heritage.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/06/dun-laoghaire-rathdown-county-council-new-dun-laoghaire-rathdown-archives-collections-now-available-online/

Irish Legal News: UK government records relating to Troubles published by National Archives. “This first batch of files includes records offering fresh insights into the conflict’s early stages, including: the Civil Rights Campaign; the Outbreak of Conflict and the deployment of the Army; and the establishment of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) in 1972 following the suspension of Stormont.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/23/irish-legal-news-uk-government-records-relating-to-troubles-published-by-national-archives/

The Conversation: 80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous. “One hundred years after it was conducted, the first full census of independent Ireland is being released for free online. These nearly 3 million records will be of great significance to Ireland’s population, and a global diaspora of some 80 million claiming […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/20/the-conversation-80-million-people-globally-claim-irish-ancestry-why-the-release-of-1926-irish-census-records-is-so-momentous/

The Cork: IRISH HERITAGE: Skibbereen Heritage Centre adds more historic burial records to website database. “Skibbereen Heritage Centre has added newly digitised Cork County Council burial register records from 27 graveyards to its online database. This latest update brings the total number of burial records available on the website to 109,385 from 1,700 graveyards across Cork County.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/31/irish-heritage-skibbereen-heritage-centre-adds-more-historic-burial-records-to-website-database-the-cork/

Liverpool John Moores University: History students design new Liverpool Irish Centre Digital Archive. “Undergraduate History students at LJMU have helped to launch a new digital archive for the Liverpool Irish Centre. The project, developed in collaboration between the LJMU History Department and the centre, brings together photographs, videos, and other memorabilia from across six decades.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/31/liverpool-john-moores-university-history-students-design-new-liverpool-irish-centre-digital-archive/

Digital Repository of Ireland: New Collection in DRI – the Newtown School Archive. “The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to announce that a new collection – the Newtown School Archive – has been published in the Repository by the South East Technological University. The Newtown School was founded in 1798 by Irish Quakers, during a period of considerable unrest in Ireland, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/24/digital-repository-of-ireland-new-collection-in-dri-the-newtown-school-archive/

Irish Independent: New online archive to use voice of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh to help unlock memories of dementia patients. “Doireann Ní Mhuircheartaigh was speaking at the launch of… an audio archive of All-Ireland football and hurling finals between 1985 and 2010, packaged in free-to-use form with the aim of being a time machine of precious memories.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/10/irish-independent-new-online-archive-to-use-voice-of-micheal-o-muircheartaigh-to-help-unlock-memories-of-dementia-patients/

Irish Film Institute: IFI Announces The Launch Of The Amharc Éireann: A View Of Ireland Collection. “This collection of Gael Linn newsreels from the 1950s and 1960s is now available to stream free worldwide on the IFI Archive Player and suite of apps. Additionally, IFI Digital Platforms has developed a new immersive, interactive map of Ireland. This map allows users to explore the collection […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/04/ifi-announces-the-launch-of-the-amharc-eireann-a-view-of-ireland-collection-irish-film-institute/