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Digital Projects

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

Abbey Theatre Archive

The Largest Theatre Archive Published

Abbey Theatre Archive
Gate Theatre Archive

Gate Theatre Archive

The Digital Archive is Accessible at our Library

Gate Theatre Archive
Duanaire

Duanaire

Irish Economic History Data

Duanaire
Tim Robinson Archive

Tim Robinson Archive

Connemara & Aran Islands Townlands

Tim Robinson Archive
O’Shaughnessy Archive

O’Shaughnessy Archive

Irish Born, San Francisco Raised City Engineer

O’Shaughnessy Archive
Imirce Project

Imirce Project

Thousands of Emigrant Letters Sent between the US and Ireland

Imirce Project
Mincéirs Archives

Mincéirs Archives

This collection focuses on Irish Travellers from the 1960s

Mincéirs Archives

Conradh na Gaeilge

Conradh na Gaeilge

Material carefully selected for digitisation from the Conradh na Gaeilge archive

Conradh na Gaeilge
Retired Staff Collection

Retired Staff Collection

Over 350 images, ranging from the late nineteenth century to 1995

Retired Staff Collection

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
Brendan Duddy Northern Ireland 1969-2009 Peace Process, The Troubles, Hunger Strike
Abbey Theatre Archive Visualisation Theatre 1904-2015 Visualise Data, Directors, Actors, Gender
Ritchie Pickow Ireland 1952-1953 Jean Ritchie, George Pickow, ARAN Islands
Michael Maurice O'Shaughnessy Engineering 1864-1934 Railroads, Hawaii, City Engineer of San Francisco
Tim Robinson Landscape 1840-2012 Townlands, Connemara, ARAN Islands
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
Balfour Album Ireland 1893-1895 Galway, History, Railway
Micheal Cusack Papers 1883-1902 Papers, GAA
Galway Cathedral Religion 1950-1970 Galway, Cathedral, Religion
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
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
Huston Family Collection Film 1900-1988 Film, Cinema, Adaptation
Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe Theatre 1928-2018 Minute books, correspondence, financial records
The Gaelic League Gaeilge 1780-2019 Organisational Policies, Campaigns, Literature
Galway Corporation Records Records 1485-1712 Statutes, Laws, Fines, Trade, Galway
Joe Vaněk Theatre 1980-2010 Theatre, Drama, Opera
Imirce Immigration c. 1650 - 1970 Immigration, correspondence, memoir