Virtual Treasury

19/10/2026

📢 Calling all local history enthusiasts in Armagh and surrounding districts. Come hear about the Virtual Treasury and some remarkable Armagh records at a free public talk Tuesday, October 20, 2026 - 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm.
Stories, Landscape and Folklore: Early Investigations of Ireland in the Armagh Robinson Library Collection
👇️ 👇️ 👇️ All welcome.
https://armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/talk-stories-landscape-and-folklore

18/10/2026

📢 The Judge Paul Carney collection of Berenger watercolours at the Royal Irish Academy Library now available on the VRTI. How Ireland's historic sites were seen in the past.
🖼️ 🙂
https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/news/the-judge-paul-carney-collection-of-berenger-watercolours-at-the-royal-irish-academy-library

12/10/2026

A busy and enjoyable day at The National Archives UK 'Discover your family history day' yesterday. Lots of great talks - including one by our own Brian Gurrin (right) 😊 and questions about using VRTI with other sources to solve family history riddles. 🔎

07/09/2026

🎞️ We're delighted to release the video of our Women in Revolution webinar organised by Joel Herman.

Hear thought-provoking short talks from leading historians Jane Ohlmeyer, Catriona Kennedy, and Lindsey Earner-Byrne on the revolutionary lives of women from the 17th to the 20th century.

Many thanks to our panelist for taking part, and thanks too to our partners in the Irish Historical Society, the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies, and the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute for making this webinar possible. 🙏 👏

This webinar examined the central role played by women in revolutio...

29/08/2026

Thank you for your patience. You may now continue with your work. 😊
(And thanks too to all the technical team who got us back online!)

📷 Library of Congress. Creative Commons.
Photographer: Eva Lawrence Watson

29/08/2026

Sorry to interrupt your research!😔
A local power outage in Dublin interrupted normal service.
This was outside our control.
Thanks for your patience while a series of teams get all the servers etc. back online. 🛠️ 🙏

📷 Wellcome Collection. Creative Commons

27/08/2026

01/07/2026

More records, more collections and new research tools in our 2026 New releases.
https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2026/vrti-2026-release/

Hear about some of the stories being made available: 📻️ 👇️ https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22625370/

Go Hunting ! 😊

26/06/2026

Tues 30 Jun Trinity College Dublin. See the huge range of records + research added to the Virtual Treasury.
- Search our New Releases for the history of your locality.
- New interactive map of the 1766 Religious census
and more!
Free, all welcome, book here
https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-annual-research-showcase-building-collections-deepening-connections

23/06/2026

Come along to Trinity College Dublin on Tues 30 June to see the huge variety of records we've been work on.
Grass roots activists for + against Catholic Emancipation.
Radical Irish women + men and the American Revolution.
Free, all welcome, booking essential.
https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-annual-research-showcase-building-collections-deepening-connections