Research Guides @ Fordham: Irish Studies: Medieval & Early Modern Resources

Reference Sources & Overviews

Medieval Ireland [electronic resource] : An Encyclopedia by Seán Duffy (Editor)
Routledge, 2005.
Call number [RH Stacks] DA933 .M43 2005
Clóliosta : Printing in the Irish Language, 1571-1871 : An Attempt at Narrative Bibliography by Richard Sharpe and Mícheál Hoyne
School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2020.
Call number [RH Reference Area] Z152.6 .S43 2020

Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
Search for content on Ireland in the Middle Ages and/or early modern period in this compendium of renowned texts in the Cambridge Histories series.
Dictionary of Irish Biography This link opens in a new window
A collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy, documenting over 11,000 lives of Irish men and women.

Facsimiles, Translations, Critical Editions & Catalogs

→ To locate facsimiles, translations, or critical editions of manuscripts, try the following:

Search for the manuscript by Title in the Library Catalog.

Browse the items cataloged under Manuscripts, Irish--Facsimiles.

For items published before 1929, try searching HathiTrust Digital Library.

→ When searching by subject headings, U.S.-based library catalogs will use the American spelling rather than the British "catalogue" spelling. Use the subject heading link below to find Irish manuscript catalogs.

Manuscripts, Irish--Catalogs

→ Irish Texts Society volumes are listed in the library catalog by name of the translated manuscript. Volumes 1-24 are available online in HathiTrust Digital Library.

Open Access Electronic Texts

CELT (Corpus of Electronic Texts)
A searchable online textbase consisting of over 19 million words from 1636 contemporary and historical documents in Irish, Latin, Anglo-Norman French, and English.
Irish Script On Screen - Meamram Páipéar Ríomhaire
A project of the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies to publish digital images of Irish manuscripts online.
CODECS -- Collaborative Online Database and e-Resources for Celtic Studies
An online catalogue/database of Celtic Studies sources from the A.G. van Hamel Foundation for Celtic Studies.
Irish Sagas Online
Offers reliable versions of the original texts of medieval Irish sagas with parallel translations into Modern Irish and English from University College Cork.
Bardic Poetry Database
Poetry database hosted by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
Saint Patrick’s Confessio
The Confessio HyperStack project offers a digital edition enabling readers to navigate the text as a layered document.
Irish Historic Towns Atlas Digital
Offers free access to digitized atlases published through this project.

Databases by Subscription

Early English Books Online, 1473-1700 This link opens in a new window
Collection holds more than 125,000 books and pamphlets printed in English.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Full text of 180,000 books published from 1700 to 1799.
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online This link opens in a new window
Digitized books and manuscripts principally from the major collections of government records of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
Archive of Celtic-Latin Literature This link opens in a new window
A full-text database of the corpus of Latin literature produced in Celtic-speaking Europe and Latin works from the period 400-1200 A.D.

→ Check the Medieval Studies guide for additional options.

Irish Studies: Medieval & Early Modern Resources

Ireland in the Middle Ages

Reference Sources & Overviews

Facsimiles, Translations, Critical Editions & Catalogs

Open Access Electronic Texts

Databases by Subscription

Reference & Instruction Department