Research Guides @ Fordham: Irish Studies: Northern Ireland &amp; The Troubles

Reference Resources

A Chronology of the Conflict via CAIN Archive
Provides a timeline of key events and issues during The Troubles and beyond. Includes links to PRONI documents when available.

Conflict in Northern Ireland : An Encyclopedia* by Sydney Elliott; W. D. Flackes
ABC-CLIO, 1999.
Call number [RH and LC Reference Area] DA990.U46 E44 1999

*Offers same content as: Elliott, Sydney, and W.D. Flackes. Northern Ireland : A Political Directory. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1999.

For additional book options, search the library catalog.

Uncivil War : The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975 by Huw C. Bennett
Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Call number [RH Stacks] DA990.U46 B4 2024
Belfast : The Story of a City and Its People by Feargal Cochrane
Yale University Press, 2023.
Call number [RH Stacks] DA995.B5 C63 2023
Say Nothing : A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Doubleday, 2019.
Call number [LC & RH Stacks] HV6574.G7 K44 2019
The Long Peace Process : The United States of America and Northern Ireland, 1960-2008 by Andrew Sanders
Liverpool University Press, 2019.
Call number [RH Stacks] E183.8.N59 S26 2019

CAIN Archive - Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland
A renowned digital collection on "The Troubles" and politics in Northern Ireland since 1997. Hosted at Ulster University and associated with INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute).

Digital Collections at the National Museums Northern Ireland
Search and browse page for digitized collection items at the National Museums Northern Ireland in Art, History, and Natural Sciences.
Accounts of the Conflict
A digital archive of personal accounts from the International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE) at Ulster University with the majority of accounts collected by community-based organisations and projects across Northern Ireland and beyond.
Murals of Northern Ireland
Images of murals in Northern Ireland (Nationalist, Republican, Unionist, Loyalist, etc) painted during the Troubles and the post-conflict period (1979-2014) captured by Dr. Tony Crowley available through the Claremont Colleges Digital Library.
Prison Memory Archive
An inclusive collection of walk-and-talk recordings with those who had a connection with Armagh Gaol and Maze and Long Kesh during the conflict in Northern Ireland / the North of Ireland.
ARK (Access Research Knowledge)
Established in 2000 by researchers at Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, its primary goal is to increase the accessibility and use of academic data and research. Provides access to surveys, research publications, archival material on the conflict, election results, teaching resources, and more.
Clinton Digital Library
Providing access to the digitized collections of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum. Search the collections for documents about the Northern Ireland Peace Process.

Open Access Resources:

The Belfast Agreement (Good Friday Agreement)
This 1998 peace agreement between the British and Irish governments helped to bring to an end the Troubles.
Government Documents via the CAIN Archive:
Refer to PRONI Records (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) or NAI Records (National Archives, Ireland) sections for options.

Northern Ireland Assembly Archive
Covers the work of the Northern Ireland Assembly from July 1, 1998 to March 26, 2011.

Library Databases:

Gale Primary Sources: Archives Unbound
Click to open the database. On the right side, select the grid icon for Collections. Next, find and select Northern Ireland: A Divided Community, 1921-1972 Cabinet Papers of the Stormont Administration to access a facsimile of the Cabinet Conclusion files of the Northern Ireland Government, filed as CAB/4 at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI).

“Gale Research Complete: Archives Unbound Guide”. https://gale.libguides.com/ArchivesUnbound_GRC

ProQuest U.K. Parliamentary Papers
Provides access to sessional papers of the British House of Commons and the House of Lords plus working government documents.