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An innovative new website, which makes accessible the historic archive collections of Newry and Mourne Museum at Bagenal’s Castle and Louth County Archives Service can be found at www.louthnewryarchives. or via the link on the home page of the Bagenal’s Castle website. This was launched in June 2008

The website features online exhibitions, educational activities, and an oral history archive section was well as the online catalogue of the archival holdings. The site will be of interest to a range of user groups including the business community, schools and colleges, the public sector and the wider community as a whole.

This year long project involved the recruitment of two archivists who catalogued the historic archives in both services. This involved a vast array of material on the historical development of the region including the Reside Collection in Newry which contains a wide range of highly important manuscript material including architectural plans, notebooks, leases, maps, estate records and other documentation relating to the Newry and Mourne area. In Louth, the Paddy Mallon collection – Great Northern Railway (Ireland), Roden papers, Macardle Moore papers, and several other smaller collections were catalogued.

The project also included conservation treatment on a number of items within these collections.

Those interested in the research or educational potential of the collections can make an appointment and visit this a useful resource for local history, information and knowledge in the two services.

This project is part financed by the European Union through the Interreg IIIA Programme managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by the East Border Region Interreg IIIA Partnership.

For more information please contact:
Louth County Archives Service, Old Gaol, Ardee Road, Dundalk, Tel: +353 (0)42-9339387

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Newry and Mourne Museum, Bagenal’s Castle, Castle Street, Newry, Tel: 028 (048 from ROI) 3031 3178.