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http://www.corkairport.com/business/
Cork Airport.

http://www.irrs.ie/
This website gives you all kinds of details on early railways in Ireland.

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment
Article on the history of transport in Ireland - topics are on the right-hand side of the page. Click on any of the articles from Railways in Crisis onwards as they are valid for the Junior Certificate.


Leisure / Communications

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/sport.html
Article about the different sports played in Dublin at the turn of the 20th century.

http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t05_main.html
Listen or watch video clips of selected All-Ireland Finals during the 20th century.

http://www.rte.ie/laweb/brc/brc_index.html
History of RTE (radio and TV) from the 1920s up to today.

http://www.scoilnet.ie/lookathistory/ArchiveSelection
Ten clips examining the impact of RTE between 1962 and 1972 – with brief explanatory notes.

General

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/exhibition/dublin/index.html
This fascinating website has all kinds of record sources such as the 1911 Census online and primary source material on what Dublin was like in the early 20th century. Belfast and Kerry are also covered.

 

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