Knowledge Graph for Irish History

The Knowledge Graph for Irish History is a dynamic research tool that helps you discover information across centuries of Ireland’s past.

Using Linked Open Data technologies, it makes connections between datasets and archival collections, both within and beyond the Virtual Record Treasury. The Knowledge Graph for Irish History is a Five Star Linked Open Data resource—the first of this kind to exist for Irish historical research.

Start with our newest feature: the 1821 Census Gleanings Map. Explore where rare census material has survived and discover names captured within these records.

Person homepage

People

Explore people in the Knowledge Graph from different eras in Ireland’s past

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Place homepage

Places

Discover places in Ireland’s history and their links to historical record collections

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Knowledge Graph in Numbers

10,653

Persons

66,788

Places

1.2M

Links to the Linked Open Data cloud

2.9M

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Explore People in Our Collections

State Papers Ireland, 1660–1715

Discover people tagged in the State Papers Ireland collection, 1660–1715, revealing how Ireland was governed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Conquest 1170 – 1500

Age of Conquest

Discover people tagged in the Virtual Treasury’s collections of medieval materials during the Age of Conquest

Chief Secretary

Chief Secretaries' Papers, 1770–1830

Discover people tagged in the correspondance of the Chief Secretary's Office, 11770–1830

Irish Kings and English Rulers

Discover people tagged in the medieval diplomatic agreements of Irish kings and English rulers

The Irish House of Commons

Discover people tagged in Ireland's parliamentary debates, from legislative independence to the Act of Union, 1776-1801

CIRCLE 2.0

Discover people tagged in the records of the medieval Irish chancery, c.1244 – 1509

Revolution 1760 – 1830

Age of Revolution

Discover people tagged in Ireland's parliamentary records, intelligence reports, and government correspondence during the Age of Revolution

Royal Revenue, 1270–1450

Discover people tagged in the records of medieval Ireland's royal revenue, 1270–1450

Portals

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Population Portal

19th century

Search the Gleanings from the censuses of Ireland (1813–1815) interactively. An interactive tool to uncover demographic insights and census trends by region.

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Randomiser

Click the Button Below to Surface a Random Person or Place From Within the Knowledge Graph

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Featured People

Discover Notable People From Irish History

Mary Aikenhead

c. 1787–1858

Foundress of the congregation of the Religious Sisters of Charity and of St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin

Samuel Ferguson

Samuel Ferguson

c. 1810–1886

Poet and archivist

Frances Power Cobbe

Frances Power Cobbe

c. 1822–1904

Philosopher, social reformer, and feminist

Agnes Mary Clerke

Agnes Mary Clerke

c. 1842–1907

Historian of astronomy and scientific writer

Daniel O'Connell

Daniel O'Connell

c. 1775–1847

Barrister, politician and nationalist leader

Eliza Rosana Gilbert

Eliza Rosana Gilbert

c. 1820–1861

Dancer and adventuress

Oscar Wilde

c. 1854–1900

Playwright, poet, and prose writer

Mary Tighe

c. 1772–1810

Poet, born 9 October 1772 in Dublin

William A'Court

William A'Court

c. 1779–1860

1st Baron Heytesbury, 2nd Baronet, English diplomat and Conservative politician

Cecilia Maria Eleanor Betham

Cecilia Maria Eleanor Betham

c. 1843–1913

Archer, born in January 1843 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Arthur Wellesley

Arthur Wellesley

c. 1769–1852

1st Duke of Wellington, British statesman, soldier, and Tory politician

Lydia Shackleton

Lydia Shackleton

c. 1828–1914

Botanical artist, teacher, and poet

Richard Talbot

c. 1630 – 1691

Earl and duke of Tyrconnell, army officer and lord deputy of Ireland

Catherine Boyle

Catherine Boyle

c. 1588–1630

Countess of Cork

William Molyneux

William Molyneux

c. 1656–1698

Scientist and political writer

Esther Johnson

c. 1681–1728

Jonathan Swift's ‘Stella’, daughter of Bridget Johnson, housekeeper to Sir William Temple

James Ware

c. 1594–1666

Historian, collector of manuscripts, and civil servant

Gráinne O'Malley

Gráinne O'Malley

c. 1530–1603

Noblewoman and sea captain

Arthur Capel

c. 1632–1683

Earl of Essex and lord lieutenant of Ireland

Hugh O'Neill

c. 1550–1616

2nd earl of Tyrone , the ‘Great O'Neill’

Catherine Clive

Catherine Clive

c. 1711–1785

First songster and star comedienne of British playhouse entertainment

Arthur Chichester

Arthur Chichester

c. 1563–1625

Soldier, politician, and lord deputy of Ireland

Elizabeth Butler

Elizabeth Butler

c. 1615–1684

Duchess of Ormond and Lady Dingwall, noblewoman

Adam Loftus

c. 1533–1605

Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh and of Dublin, and lord chancellor of Ireland

Henry Cromwell

c. 1628–1674

Soldier and administrator

George Browne

c. 1698–1792

Soldier of fortune, Russian army officer, governor of Livonia, and count of the Holy Roman Empire

Alice Kyteler

c. 1320–1324

Accused of witchcraft and sorcery

Richard de Burgh

Richard de Burgh

c. 1193–1243

Magnate, justiciar, and lord of Connacht

Art Mór MacMurrough Kavanagh

Art Mór MacMurrough Kavanagh

c. 1357–1417

King of Leinster

Isabella Marshal

Isabella Marshal

c. 1171–1220

Daughter of Richard de Clare (Strongbow)

Elizabeth Calf

c. 1365–1445

Queen of Leinster

James Butler

c. 1305–1338

1st earl of Ormond

Agnes de Valence

Agnes de Valence

c. 1250–1309

Magnate, daughter of William de Valence, lord of Wexford, earl of Pembroke

Perkin Warbeck

c. 1474–1499

Pretender, son of John Osbeck

Elizabeth Clare

Elizabeth Clare

c. 1295–1360

Wealthy magnate, daughter of Gilbert de Clare

Niall Óg O'Neill

Niall Óg O'Neill

c. 1350–1403

King of Tyrone, eldest of the six sons and two daughters of Niall Mór O'Neill

Hugh de Lacy

c. 1130–1186

Lord of Weobley, Herefordshire, and lord of Meath

Elizabeth de Burgh

Elizabeth de Burgh

c. 1332–1363

Heiress of Ulster

John Swayne

c. 1370–1442

Lawyer, papal secretary, and archbishop of Armagh

Donnchadh O'Byrne

Donnchadh O'Byrne

c. 1370–1434

Lord of the O'Byrnes, son of Bran O'Byrne

James Yonge

c. 1380–1430

Dublin notary of Anglo-Irish extraction