Highlights of this new digital collection include a valuable 15th-century register from County Armagh and “The 1798 Collection,” which offers digital access to over 8,000 items from the Rebellion Collection, shedding light on one of the most significant uprisings in Irish history.

These records are available at the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (VRTI), a digital reconstruction of the Public Record Office launched in 2022.

The collection also features digitized and translated Medieval Exchequer records up to 1327, provided by the National Archives UK. These documents detail the crucial years leading up to the Scottish invasion of Ireland under King Robert Bruce.

Additionally, a selection of transcripts from the pre-famine census is now accessible online for the first time.

A volume from the extensive State Papers Ireland collection is also available on the Virtual Record Treasury, offering insights from London in the 1600s.

Efforts are ongoing to recover the transcripts of the census destroyed in 1922. So far, the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland has identified approximately 200,000 names from the lost pre-famine census.

These new collections have been curated and digitized in partnership with the National Archives Ireland, National Archives UK, and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.

The Virtual Record Treasury has been upgraded to mark the 102nd anniversary of the destruction of the Four Courts during the Civil War, featuring enhanced navigation and discovery capabilities.