AskAboutIreland

AskAboutIreland is an online service managed by An Chomhairle Leabharlanna.

AskAboutIreland and the Cultural Heritage Project is an initiative of the public libraries network, together with local museums and archives in the digitisation and online publication of the original, the unusual and the unique material from their local studies’ collections to create a national Internet resource for culture.

The participating organisations have selected material of particular public interest from their holdings within a variety of common topics ranging from sport, transport and architecture to flora and fauna and Irish writers. The material is then digitised (scanned, digitally photographed, recorded etc.) and set in a narrative context.

AskAboutIreland is a constantly growing resource with content being added to the website on an ongoing basis. While there is lots of material on this site of interest to all, this is just a sample of what is available in public libraries throughout the country.

AskAboutIreland is managed by An Chomhairle Leabharlanna, supported by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government with funding from the Information Society Fund.

For more information contact Annette Kelly, Assistant Director, An Chomhairle Leabharlanna.