Explore Your Archive to connect more deeply with past

The public is getting in touch with its past this week as archives remind us their documents, photos and other objects belong to the people of Ireland.

Many events and exhibitions are online, making them accessible from anywhere. But visitors to other repositories can get up close to manuscripts and rare images created decades or even centuries ago.

The Explore Your Archive campaign, running until next Sunday, aims to encourage people to discover the stories, facts, places and people at the heart of Irish communities. It is also intended to create awareness of what researchers can discover using archives, the basis around which most history is written.