The Local Government Archivists and Records Managers in association with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government have produced this booklet outlining the events of the local elections in 1920. These were the first elections in Ireland to use Proportional Representation (PR) and the elections were undertaken while Ireland was still gripped by the…

Read More

Introduction to the Virtual Tour of the Pop-Up Museum, ‘Women in Politics and Public Life, from 1918 to 2018’ We hope that you enjoy this narrated virtual tour of ‘Women in Politics and Public Life, from 1918 to 2018’ – an innovative Pop-Up Museum, curated by Dr Sinéad McCoole, which explores 100 years of women’s…

Read More