"The archival initiative aims to restore – as far as possible – the collections lost in the destruction of the Public Record Office (PROI) of Ireland in 1922, at the outbreak of the Irish Civil War. Ciarán described Beyond 2022 as an archive that is emerging from a century of lockdown’ thanks to the opportunities afforded by digital technologies to recreate what was once lost. Bringing together copies of lost originals, held in archives and libraries around the world, Beyond 2022 is creating Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury and is due to launch in June 2022, at the centenary of the PROI’s destruction. Ciarán took us through the fascinating history of recordkeeping in Ireland and highlighted the importance of records for understanding our history. Attendees were also given a preview of the Virtual Reality prototype of the destroyed Record Treasury which is currently in development."
Ciaran Wallace's presentation starts 7 minutes into the video at https://dri.ie/using-digital-archives-historical-research-exploring-online-research-opportunities/.
via a lead on David Rajotte's Documentary Heritage News
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