History: United Kingdom & Ireland: Ireland

In this online exhibition, the National Library of Ireland’s rich and varied collections reveal the historical background, and key people and places, of the 1916 Rising.

The Bureau of Military History Collection, 1913-1921 (BMH) is a collection of 1,773 witness statements; 334 sets of contemporary documents; 42 sets of photographs and 13 voice recordings that were collected by the State between 1947 and 1957, in order to gather primary source material for the revolutionary period in Ireland from 1913 to 1921.

A collection of information and source material on 'the Troubles' and politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present.

10-volume report on the 1972 shooting in Derry, Northern Ireland.