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HERITAGE COLLECTIONSThe main Heritage Collections are located in -Armagh Irish and Local Studies Libraryt: 028 3752 7851 e: [email protected]
Ballymena Libraryt: 028 2563 3950 e: [email protected]
Belfast Central Libraryt: 028 9050 9156 e: [email protected]
Derry Central Libraryt: 028 7122 9996 t: 028 7122 9990 e: [email protected]
Downpatrick Libraryt: 028 4433 3980 and 028 4461 2895 e: [email protected]
Enniskillen Libraryt: 028 6632 2886 e: [email protected]
Newry City Libraryt: 028 3044 7423 t: 028 3026 4683 e: [email protected]
Omagh Libraryt: 028 8224 4821 e: [email protected]
Omagh - Mellon Centre for Migration Studiest: 028 8225 6315 e: [email protected]
SCOPE OF OUR HERITAGE COLLECTIONSOur resources include books on Irish history, local studies, women’s studies, family history, politics, literature, biographies, geography and travel; postcards, photographs, historical maps, newspapers (including national, local and specialist - on microfilm and hard copy), street directories and journals.
ONLINE RESOURCES - www.librariesni.org .uk
• JSTOR Ireland Collection - includes the contents of journals of Irish interest from the 18th - 20th centuries available from the Libraries NI network
• DIPPAM ( Documenting Ireland: Parliament, People and Migration). Online virtual archive of documents and sources relating to the history of Ireland, and its migration experience from the 18th to the late 20th centuries.
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Battle of the Somme/First World War 1916 select booklistWhose Past is it Anyway: the Easter Rising, the Ulster Covenant and the Battle of the SommeJude Collins 2012
Somme 1916: a Battlefield CompanionGerald Gliddon 2009
Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World WarRichard S. Grayson 2009
Ireland and the Great WarKeith Jeffery 2000
The Road to the Somme: Men of the Ulster Division Tell their StoryPhilip Orr 2008
The Irish on the Somme: a Battlefield Guide to the Irish Regiments in the Great War and the Monuments to their MemorySteven Moore 2005
Scarce Heard amid the Guns: the Experiences of a Gunner Officer in the First World War as Recorded in his Diary and Letters HomeJohn Potter 2013
The Western Front: Irish Voices from the Great WarWilliam Sheehan 2011
At War with the 16th Irish Division 1914 - 1918: the Staniforth Letters edited by Richard S GraysonJohn Hamilton Maxwell Staniforth 2012
The 2nd Royal Irish Rifles in the Great WarJames W. Taylor 2002
1916 was a watershed in Irish history. This select reading list reflects on two major historical events which took place one hundred years ago, The Easter Rising in April and The Battle of the Somme in July 1916.
Easter Rising select booklist1916: The Easter RisingTim Pat Coogan 2005
Children of the Rising: the Untold Story of the Young LivesLost During Easter 1916Joe Duffy 2015
The Easter RisingMichael Foy 2011
Who’s Afraid of the Easter Rising? 1916 – 2016James Heartfield and Kevin Rooney 2015
The Irish Times Book of the 1916 RisingShane Hegarty and Fintan O’Toole 2006
The Easter Rising: a Guide to Dublin in 1916Conor Kostick and Lorcan Collins 2000
Easter WidowsSinéad McCoole 2015
The Rising: Ireland, Easter 1916Fearghal McGarry 2011
1916: Seachtar na Cásca Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh 2010
Easter 1916: the Irish RebellionCharles Townshend 2006