Irish Studies

Biographies

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• Selected Resources for Irish Studies
  
  PDF doc. to selected resources for Irish Studies that include, biographies, indexes, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, music, newspapers, encyclopedias, Irish theatre and film. ... []

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• 18th century collections online (see ECCO: Eighteenth Century collections online)
  
  A comprehensive searchable digital edition of The Eighteenth Century microfilm set, which has aimed to include every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. Consists of books, pamphlets, broadsides, ephemera. Subject categories include history and geography; fine arts and social sciences; medicine, science, and technology; literature and language; religion and philosophy; law; general reference. Also included are significant collections of women writers of the eighteenth century, collections on the French Revolution, and numerous eighteenth-century editions of the works of Shakespeare. Where they add scholarly value or contain important differences, multiple editions of each individual work are offered. ... []
• 19th century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
  
• 20th century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
  
• Ainm.ie
  
  Consist of biographies in Irish of people with a connection to the Irish language. The basis for the database is the nine volumes of Beathaisneis (Baile Atha Cliath: An Clochomhair, 1986-2007), updated and expanded. Compiled by Fiontar, DCU, along with Diarmuid Breathnach and Maire Ni Mhurchu. ... []
• Biography and genealogy master index
  
  Indexes hundreds of biographical sources covering individuals, living and dead, from every field of activity worldwide.
• CAIN Web Service: Biographies of people prominent during the "Troubles", and personal accounts of the conflict.
  
  A database searchable by names and by roles, accompanied by a bibliography.
• Contemporary authors (see Literature resource center)
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []
• Dictionary of Irish biography
  
  Online searchable database corresponding to the Royal Irish Academy/Cambridge University Press's print DIB. The DIB outlines the careers of prominent men and women born in Ireland, north and south, and the noteworthy Irish careers of those born outside Ireland, up to 2002. Those still living are not included. ... []
• Dictionary of literary biography (see Literature resource center)
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []
• Dictionary of Ulster Biography
  
  Electronic edition of the Dictionary of Ulster Biography, by Kate Newman, originally published in print by the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, in 1993. The electronic edition was published by the Ulster Historical Circle. The dictionary includes people no longer living, from the nine counties of Ulster, and the electronic edition is indexed by place. ... []
• Literature resource center
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text articles from numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []
• Nineteenth century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []
• Oxford dictionary of national biography
  
  The classic, authoritative biographical source for British history. Usage info: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users.
• Ricorso
  
  A database of biographical records, bibliographical listings, excerpts from text and commentary,of Irish literature and literary scholarship. ... []
• Selected Resources for Irish Studies
  
  PDF doc. to selected resources for Irish Studies that include, biographies, indexes, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, music, newspapers, encyclopedias, Irish theatre and film. ... []
• Twentieth century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
  
  Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals. ... []