What is the Searchable Database?
This is an interactive web resource on Ireland containing more than 5,000 images and other media files. Nearly all of these are digital photos, but QuickTime VR, sound and video files are in the process of being added. All the images are organized using the following categories: county, city or village, historical period, the relevant author, and the type of site (ranging from various human structures to natural landscapes). The scope of these resources is quite broad: from the pre-historic period all the way to the current day, from early Christian monasteries and High Crosses to the Dublin of Joyces day, from the landscapes of W.B. Yeats to the Blasket Islands. Although the primary focus of this resource is the literary history and culture of Ireland, we feel quite free to range among many elements of Irish history, society, culture, and geography. Anyone interested in any aspect of Ireland will find much to excite and intrigue in these images. How does it work? The database is a fai
