A post-1922 prospect of regaining past documents
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:56 pm
Showing just the nub of today's The Irish Times article:
"During the 1922 Civil War, the Public Records Office attached to the court buildings was destroyed in a fire started by an explosion.
It wiped out vast amounts of important records detailing various aspects of Irish life under colonial rule – from 19th century census documents, chancery records stretching back to the 14th century and land grants by the crown among countless others.
Last December the government dedicated a further €2.5 million to their revival with at least 10 full-time researchers attempting to painstakingly reconstruct the archive from alternative sources around the world."
See more at https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland ... -1.4291969
entitled "Public can access documents destroyed during Civil War
Historical documents burnt in Four Courts attack have been digitally restored"
"During the 1922 Civil War, the Public Records Office attached to the court buildings was destroyed in a fire started by an explosion.
It wiped out vast amounts of important records detailing various aspects of Irish life under colonial rule – from 19th century census documents, chancery records stretching back to the 14th century and land grants by the crown among countless others.
Last December the government dedicated a further €2.5 million to their revival with at least 10 full-time researchers attempting to painstakingly reconstruct the archive from alternative sources around the world."
See more at https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland ... -1.4291969
entitled "Public can access documents destroyed during Civil War
Historical documents burnt in Four Courts attack have been digitally restored"