Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) Dr Kate O’Malley (RIA)

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Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) Dr Kate O’Malley (RIA)

DIFP hard copy volumes

Apprehensive Historians of the past

Other 20 th Century primary sources online recently used in workshops and seminars….

The 1911 Census The Dublin 1911 census is now online at: The Dublin 1911 census is now online at: The plan is to add new counties and cities on an ongoing basis, it is hoped that by next year the entire census will have been digitised. This site has been a great success, and it has been highlighted in the current ‘Who do you think you are?’ television series on RTÉ. The Irish version of the well-known BBC programme.

Newspapers online The Times Digital Archive (UK) The Times Digital Archive (UK) Most Universities have subscribed to this database. Students can search and read every single page of the newspaper published for the past 200 years, from 1785 to Great for obituaries of well known political and social figures. A selection of Irish Newspapers are also available online, again depending on library accessions in any particular University they can be seen here: e.com /

Parliamentary Debates The Dáil Debates are available and fully searchable at: The Dáil Debates are available and fully searchable at: debates.oireachtas.ie/ debates.oireachtas.ie/ Also the Stormont papers are online, so the Northern Ireland Parliamentary Debates are searchable from 1921 on at: ds.ac.uk

The British Cartoon Archive The University of Kent have collected and preserved British cartoons of social and political comment and made them available to students at: The University of Kent have collected and preserved British cartoons of social and political comment and made them available to students at: Here are some examples relating to Ireland that I have used with students…

Personal Diaries Online The Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King, onetime Prime Minister of Canada, are online at: The Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King, onetime Prime Minister of Canada, are online at: These are a very popular primary source for those studying the Second World War and Imperial history. As a leading Commonwealth politician King had met with many of the world’s leading figures and penned his thoughts here (as well as notoriously documenting his sleep and dream patterns!!)

International Editors of Diplomatic Documents websites… Starting with our British colleagues: fco/publications/historians1/documents-british-policy / fco/publications/historians1/documents-british-policy / fco/publications/historians1/documents-british-policy /

Here are some examples of searchable volumes online… The Australian site: The Australian site: The Swiss site: The Swiss site: The USA site: The USA site:

DIFP online Documents on Irish Foreign Policy vols I-III are all online and fully searchable at: Documents on Irish Foreign Policy vols I-III are all online and fully searchable at: We have secured funding to put up the remaining volumes, and hope to complete this task by the end of the year so keep an eye on the site!!

History lecture today or Classroom 2.0