AskAboutIreland and the Cultural Heritage Project is an initiative of
public libraries 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. If you would
like to find out more, please contact the local studies librarian in
your area from the list available in the Contact Us section of the site.
