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NAI Office of Public Works

description

A very large collection of mainly manuscript maps, plans, drawings, correspondence, letter books and files relating to public buildings in the State's care dating from the early 19th century. Some of the collection is available online, but access to the rest is by finding aid.

subject terms

public buildings ; historic monuments ; piers ; harbours ; architectural drawings ; railways ; roads ; canals ; drainage ; letters

place

Ireland

content date

Late 18th c -

accumulation date

1832 -

language

English

type of material

Thousands of mainly manuscript items stored under appropriate archival conditions. Finding-Aid, Internet, Text, Image

accrual status

Open

strengths

A unique collection of primary maps and plans of buildings within State care. The letter books are particularly important.

SUPER COLLECTION

National Archives of Ireland

OWNER

National Archives of Ireland

POSTAL ADDRESS

Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Republic of Ireland

URL

Home Page URL : Click here for live link

ACCESS CONDITIONS

The collection is freely available to the public from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday to Friday. Letter books must be ordered a day in advance. There is no ILL or photocopying facility, but photography may be arranged on request.

ADMINISTRATOR

Caitriona Crowe, Archivist, National Archives ; Tel: 00353 1 4072300 ; Fax: 00353 1 4072333 ; Email address: mail@nationalarchives.ie