The RCB Library has now released in full the weekly editions of the 1915
The Church of Ireland Gazette online, highlights from which are presented via a digital exhibition as the April 2015 Archive of the Month.
The
1915 editions add to those already available for the years 1913 and
1914, enabling further analysis of various aspects of the momentous
changes that occurred in Ireland and now being marked in the Decade of
Commemorations. The contents of the Church of Ireland Gazette provide an
invaluable resource about the opinions and attitudes of members of the
Church of Ireland through changing times.
Written and read by lay and clerical members of the Church, north and
south, access via the online search engine brings to life at the touch
of a button how unfolding political events in Ireland and abroad were
communicated to and received by members of this
significant minority community on the island one hundred years ago.
Last
year the Library (which is the principal repository for Church of
Ireland records) launched a sponsorship appeal to continue the work of
digitization of this important resource. These
efforts have come to the attention of the Irish government, and
financial support from the …read more
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