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Web Sites in Category History
1798 Ireland - Provides information and articles on the 1798 rebellion and the events leading up to this time.
BBC Online - Northern Ireland History - Portal site examining history throughout the 20th century, including the World War II and features on the Troubles. Features multimedia items from the decades of the 20th century.
BBC: Key events in Northern Ireland history - A special report from 1998 on the BBC News website, dealing with some key events in the history of Northern Ireland.
Cruithni, Ulster History - A brief illustrated history of Ulster, with suggested books for further reading.
Dissolving Boundaries Through Education - A joint project on the Irish Potato Famine, by St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel, and Kells Community School, Co. Meath.
Irish Archaeology - Includes a web directory, the Newsletter of the Irish section of the Paleopathology Association and book reviews.
Northern Ireland Aviation Archaeology Team - Features various aircraft crash sites that have been visited and dug. Includes photographs and video.
Northern Ireland Digital Film Archive - Collection contains 55 hours of moving images about Northern Ireland from 1897-2000, including drama, animation, documentaries, news, newsreels, and amateur films.
The Belfast Blitz - BBC Northern Ireland's collection of pictures, audio, video and personal accounts of the terrible experience of one city's citizens - men, women and children - when a world war came to them.
The Flight of the Earls - Information on the exile of the northern nobles in September 1607 and its aftermath.
The Ireland Story - History of Ireland from prehistoric times to the present day, supplemented with maps, and sections on the Troubles, the Omagh Bomb and the Famine.
The James Harshaw Diaries - A description of the Diaries and of people of Counties Down and Armagh in the mid-1800s. Also includes an account of John Martin, Young Irelander.
The Linen Trail - Summary of the development of flax and linen world wide, and in the British Isles. Includes a section on Limavady and Northwest.
The origin of Danny Boy or Londonderry Air - Includes song lyrics along with details and photographs of the history surrounding the song.
The Somme Heritage Centre - The First World War shaped the world we live in today, and nowhere more than in Ireland. Nearly a quarter of a million Ulstermen and other Irishmen and women served in the armed forces and in the factories.
Ulster Historical Foundation - A non-profit making organisation that promotes interest in Irish genealogy and history.
Ulster History Circle - Voluntary organisation that erects blue plaques to honour famous men and women who have contributed to Ulster society. Provides information on existing plaques, with biographies.
Ulster Place-name Society - Provides details of membership, the society journal and event information.
Ulster Titanic Society - Information about the ship which was made in Belfast, and of some of those who died on her.
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