Irish History (Irish Studies)   Tags: history, ireland, irish_history, irish_studies  

Quest, the Boston College Libraries Catalog, provides information about books (as well as videos, DVDs, sound recordings, and other materials) in and from the Libraries.  Enter a term or terms in the search box below and hit Go to identify items about that term and Ireland.

For example:

• enter social conditions 19th century and hit Go for books about social conditions in Ireland in the 19th century
• enter social conditions 19th century fiction and  and hit Go for works of fiction about social conditions in Ireland in 19 century
• enter social life and customs and hit Go for works about life and customs in Ireland
  
• enter biograph? and hit Go for books that are biographies about Irish people

Search Quest for Books:

Go to Quest Basic or Advanced Search for more search options.

Irish and Irish-American historical research calls for the use of both primary and secondary sources. See the "Sources for Historical Research" tab above for more information on types of sources.  The "Sources for Historical Research" tab above includes links to:

Government Documents

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

John J. Burns Library of Rare Books and Special Collections:

The Irish Collection at Burns is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive collections of its kind outside of Ireland.  The Irish Collection and the Burns Library's manuscript collections offer valuable primary source material for those doing research in Irish history. 

The Burns Library holds Irish bound pamphlets.  These bound volumes contain a myraid of publications from the 18th to 20th centuries on topics that include politics and history that someone valued enough to have bound into volumes.  Try the search below to get a list of over 1700 pamphlets related to Ireland.

Go to Quest, the Libraries online catalog.  From the top of the page( under Search Type) choose "Command" search.  In the search field type in:

WBC=Irish Bound Pamphlet Collection