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The Library provides access to all sorts of information resources to support your learning and research. You can search all of our collections through the Library Catalogue, or learn more about different types of information resources below.
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Digital Scholarship
The Library welcomes opportunities to advance our Digital Scholarship. Our areas of contribution include content, technology, infrastructure, partnership and the practice-based expertise in our team.
- Open Scholarship
Open Scholarship
The Library supports the practice of research, education and knowledge exchange to enable open collaboration and learning.
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The Library enables digital scholarship by partnering with the academic and research community to provide expertise for digital projects.
| Project | Subject | Time Period | Keywords | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Duddy | Northern Ireland | 1969-2009 | Peace process, The Troubles, Hunger Strike | gerry, adams |
| Ritchie Pickow | Ireland | 1952-1953 | Jean Ritchie, George Pickow, ARAN Islands | dublin, garda, strawboys, ireland, currachs, macroom |
| Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy | Engineering | 1864-1934 | Railroads, Hawai, City Engineer of San Francisco | water, sewer, bay, irrigation, california, sugar |
| Tim Robinson | Landscape | 1840-2012 | Townlands, Connemara, ARAN Islands | index, parish, history, geological, archaeology, lore, fock, placenames |
| Abbey Theatre Digital Archive | Theatre | 1904-2015 | Irish theatre, Dublin, Yeats | |
| Duanaire | Trade history | 18th century | Data, Irish economic and fiscal history data | |
| Abbey Theatre Archive Visualisation | Theatre | 1904-2015 | Visualise data, Directors and Actors, Gender | |
| Abbey Theatre Minute Books | Theatre | 1904-1939 | Board meetings, Yeats | |
| Shakespeare's plays in Ireland | Theatre | |||
| Gate Theatre Archive | Theatre | |||
| 17th Century Map of Galway City | Maps | 17th Century | Pictorial Map, Galway | galway, maps, spanish |
| Balfour Album | Ireland | 1893-1895 | Galway, History, Railway | connemara, secretary, calligraphy |
| Micheal Cusack | Papers | 1883-1902 | Papers, GAA | struggle, political, linguistic, cultural, clare |
| Galway Cathedral | Religion | 1950-1970 | Galway, Cathedral, Religion | Bishop, Michael Browne, Christianity, Catholic |
| Historic University Calendars | University history | 1851-1934 | ||
| Memorial Atlas of Ireland | Maps | 1901 | ||
| Shields Family Archive | Theatre & Film | 1900-1970 | Abbey Theatre, Arthur Shields, Barry Fitzgerald, 1916 | Easter Rising, Cinema, Hollywood, Shields, Drama, Rebellion |
| Community, Conflict, and Memory | War & Revolution | 1916-1936 | West of Ireland, Galway | |
| Eamon de Buitlear | ||||
| Muintir na Tíre | Rural Ireland, The Landmark | |||
| Huston Family Collection | Film | 1900-1988 | Film, Cinema, Adaptation | Hollywood, James Joyce, Huston, Scripts |
| Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe | Theatre | 1928-2018 | Minute books, correspondence, financial records | programmes, posters, photographs, and newspaper cuttings |
| Conradh na Gaeilge | Gaeilge | c.1780-2019 | Polasaithe Eagraíochtaí, Feachtais, Cursaí Litríocht / Organisational Policies, Campaigns, Literature | programmes, posters, photographs, and newspaper cuttings |
| Galway Corporation Records | Records | 1485-1712 | Statutes, Laws, Fines, Trade, Galway | Liber A, Penal, Cromwellian, Reformation |
| Joe Vaněk | Theatre | 1980-2010 | Theatre, Drama, Opera | Brian Friel, Adaptation, Dancing at Lughnasa, Gate Theatre, Stage Design, Costume Design, Set Design, Dubliners |
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