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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Pioneering project releases more lost Irish records spanning 700 years

Zoë Reid, keeper of manuscripts at the National Archives of Ireland, examines records with the census specialist Brian Gurrin
Zoë Reid, keeper of manuscripts at the National Archives of Ireland, examines records with the census specialist Brian Gurrin. Photograph: Chris Bellew/Fennell Photography

Seven centuries of lost historical records covering espionage, political corruption and the lives of ordinary people in Ireland have been recovered and released.

A pioneering project to fill gaps in Irish history is making 175,000 more records and millions more words of searchable content freely available to researchers and members of the public.

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