Digital Projects

The Heritage Collections and Digitisation Team runs an annual programme of digital project work.

Our projects include an in-house programme of digitisation and publication from existing collections, and partnerships with academics/researchers.

Abbey Theatre Archive

The Largest Theatre Archive Published

Gate Theatre Archive

The Digital Archive is Accessible at our Library

Duanaire

Irish Economic History Data

Tim Robinson Archive

Connemara & Aran Islands Townlands

O’Shaughnessy Archive

Irish Born, San Francisco Raised City Engineer

Imirce Project

Thousands of Emigrant Letters Sent between the US and Ireland

Our partnerships have varied outputs and include:

Digital exhibition creation and curation
Digital preservation
Digitisation of archives and special collections
Hosting and publication
Metadata creation and enhancement
Partnerships on funding bids
Rights management

We welcome discussions about partnership projects, and can be contacted on digitallibrary@universityofgalway.ie

Project	Subject	Time Period	Keywords	Keywords
Brendan Duddy	Northern Ireland	1969-2009	Peace Process, The Troubles, Hunger Strike	Gerry, Adams
Abbey Theatre Archive Visualisation	Theatre	1904-2015	Visualise Data, Directors, Actors, Gender
Ritchie Pickow	Ireland	1952-1953	Jean Ritchie, George Pickow, ARAN Islands	Dublin, Garda, Strawboys, Ireland, Currachs, Macroom
Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy	Engineering	1864-1934	Railroads, Hawaii, City Engineer of San Francisco	Water, Sewer, Bay, Irrigation, California, Sugar
Tim Robinson	Landscape	1840-2012	Townlands, Connemara, ARAN Islands	Index, Parish, History, Geological, Archaeology, Lore, Fock, Placenames
Abbey Theatre Digital Archive	Theatre	1904-2015	Irish Theatre, Dublin, Yeats
Duanaire	Trade History	1775-1898	Data, Irish Economic and Fiscal History Data
Abbey Theatre Minute Books	Theatre	1904-1939	Board Meetings, Yeats
Shakespeare's Plays in Ireland	Theatre	1660-1904	Shakespeare, Dublin, Belfast
Gate Theatre Archive	Theatre	1980s	Theatre, Drama, Galway
17th Century Map of Galway City ‎	Maps	1650s	Pictorial Map, Galway	Galway, Maps, Spanish
Balfour Album	Ireland	1893-1895	Galway, History, Railway	Connemara, Secretary, Calligraphy
Micheal Cusack	Papers	1883-1902	Papers, GAA	Struggle, Political, Linguistic, Cultural, Clare
Galway Cathedral	Religion	1950-1970	Galway, Cathedral, Religion	Bishop, Michael Browne, Christianity, Catholic
Historic University Calendars	University History	1851-1934	History, Galway, Calendar
Memorial Atlas of Ireland	Maps	1900s	Pictorial Map, Galway
Shields Family Archive	Theatre & Film	1900-1970	Abbey Theatre, Arthur Shields, Barry Fitzgerald, 1916	Easter Rising, Cinema, Hollywood, Shields, Drama, Rebellion
Community, Conflict, and Memory	War & Revolution	1916-1936	West of Ireland, Galway
Eamon de Buitlear	Film & Music	1960 - 2010	Wildlife, Documentaries
Muintir na Tíre	Ireland	1930 - 2000	Rural Ireland, The Landmark	Galway, Community Development
Huston Family Collection	Film	1900-1988	Film, Cinema, Adaptation	Hollywood, James Joyce, Huston, Scripts
Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe	Theatre	1928-2018	Minute books, correspondence, financial records	Programmes, Posters, Photographs, and Newspaper Cuttings
The Gaelic League	Gaeilge	1780-2019	Organisational Policies, Campaigns, Literature	Programmes, Posters, Photographs, and Newspaper Cuttings
Galway Corporation Records	Records	1485-1712	Statutes, Laws, Fines, Trade, Galway	Liber A, Penal, Cromwellian, Reformation
Joe Vaněk	Theatre	1980-2010	Theatre, Drama, Opera	Brian Friel, Adaptation, Dancing at Lughnasa, Gate Theatre, Stage Design, Costume Design, Set Design, Dubliners

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