FINGAL LOCAL STUDIES & ARCHIVES
LIST OF SOURCES FOR RESEARCH INTO THE 1913-1923 PERIOD
localstudies@fingal.ie or archives@fingal.ie
Collections
Thomas Ashe Collection
Richard Coleman papers
Brigid Connolly (CnamB) Papers
Edward Stafford (Ashbourne) Papers
Many of these collections include family photographs and objects, and
are being added to all the time.
Local Government
Archives
Records of Dublin County Council
Balrothery Rural District Council
North and South Dublin Unions
Balbriggan Town Commissioners Minutes
1860-2005 available online
Invaluable source for the Sack of Balbriggan
Newspapers
Freeman’s Journal 1912-1922 hard copy
Drogheda Independent microfilm
The most important newspaper for the Fingal area for this period
British Newspapers Papers 1916-1918 hard copy
Evening Herald 1891-1931 microfilm
Sunday Independent 1906- microfilm
Postcards
Local Studies Postcard Collections
Dating from 1909-1910, give a very visual idea of what the towns and
villages of Fingal were like around this time. Online
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Fingal Oral
History
Collection
Interviews carried out over the last few years and ongoing
including descendants of those who were involved in 1916.
Online
Maps
Set of Ordnance Survey maps for the county 1909-1910.
Journals
Dublin Historical Record; Irish Sword; Capuchin Annual
(including the 1966 Anniversary special edition)
Irish Historical Studies; Riocht na Midhe
Historical
Society
Publications
Fingal Studies (Fingal Libraries)
Publications
Almost all important publications on this topic, including
many rare and out-of-print, such as:
Time & Tide (Skerries)
Swords Historical Society, Balbriggan Historical Society publications
I die in a good cause, Sean O’Luing
Sinn Fein rebellion Handbook,
An Cosantoir, 1946
An t-Oglach various years
Dublin’s Fighting Story 1913-1921, 1917
Thom’s Directories
Unpublished and published theses, including two recentlycompleted theses by Peter Francis Wherity on The Irish
Volunteers in North County Dublin 1913-1917 and Gerard
Hanley on farm Labourers in north County Dublin and the
1913 Lockout.
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