http://www.nationalarchives.ie
The homepage of the National Archives of Ireland
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
Website from the national archives that contains the 1911 census and good articles on what life was like in Dublin at that time.
http://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx
This is the web address of the National Library of Ireland- home to many of the country's historical documents.
http://www.learnaboutarchives.ie/archivists/web
Website from the Society of Archivists in Ireland - click on the sample documents then type to see examples of different types of sources.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn//lessons/psources/source.html
Examination from the Library of Congress in the United States about the use of primary sources- designed for students.
http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/
A collection of some of the most important documents from US history, e.g. the Declaration of Independence
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/default.stm
This excellent BBC site is a large collection of BBC news reports with audio or video organised by the date. Check out what happened on your birthday. The news reports are accompanied with notes to explain the events.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Good collection of accounts about famous events from history.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk
This site is from the British National Archives and is designed for students.
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org
Called the Presidential Timeline of the 20th Century - this is a remarkable resource with many different types of primary sources.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Probably the best collection of documents on the Internet - resources divided into different periods of modern history from 1500 onwards.
