WWW Virtual Library Women's History: Ireland

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Women's History

Archives and Libraries

Women in Irish History A research guide available to download from The National Library of Ireland website. It outlines the procedure to locate sources for researching women’s history which are contained in the department of manuscripts and provides a brief description and contextual background of relevant collections.
Women's History Project (Ireland) A project to survey and list sources relevant to the history of women in Ireland. Two major databases are available here for online searching. The Directory of Sources for the History of Women in Ireland contains information on collections relating to the history of women in Ireland from the earliest times to the present. Women in 20th-Century Ireland: Sources from the Department of the Taoiseach, 1922-1966 is the result of a survey that involved examining the files of the Department of the Taoiseach between the years 1922 and 1966.

Research Institutions

Associations and Societies

Feminist & Women's Studies Association FWSA (UK & Ireland) General information, newsletter, conferences.
Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) General information, newsletter.
Women on Ireland Research Network A network of women academics working on all aspects of Irish life and culture, from disciplines as varied as sociology, geography, art history, cultural studies, literature and history.
Women's History Association of Ireland Founded in 1989, the aim of the WHAI (formerly the Irish Association for Research in Women's History) is to promote research into the history of women in Ireland.

Special Topics

History of Women Religious A website created by members of the Historians of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland (H-WRBI) containing a calendar of events, bibliography, book reviews, a gallery of digitized images. At Royal Holloway, University of London.
Women's History: Irish Canadian Connections WHICC Discussion list archives.

Discussion Lists

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Last updated 11 February 2013