Irish Record Linkage 1864-1913
About the Project
Irish Record Linkage was a project funded by the Irish Research Council, and developed in partnership with the Digital Repository of Ireland, University of Limerick and Insight at NUI Galway, that launched in December 2013.
The project aimed to provide a comprehensive map of infant and maternal mortality for Dublin from 1864-1913. The project reconstructed family units and created longitudinal histories by linking records of Birth, Marriage and Death (vital registration data), generously provided by the General Register Office.
In order to link individuals, the project created a Knowledge Platform entitled Irish Record Linkage (IRL) to enhance the research potential of individual level metadata, using best practice in digital archiving to facilitate the application of Linked Data technologies, and ingesting content into the Digital Repository of Ireland for long-term accessibility and preservation.
The application of Linked Data technologies with state of the art digital archiving, preservation and discovery technologies allowed us to interrogate this historical Big Data.
An Overview of Geotagging report was published as an output of this project. The report can be accessed in the Repository at the following location: https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.qz216736v
Project Team Members
- Dr Ciara Breathnach, Lecturer in History, University of Limerick (Principal Investigator)
- Dr Brian Gurrin, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Limerick
- Dr Sandra Collins, Director, Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy (Co-Principal Investigator)
- Dolores Grant, IRL-DRI Digital Archivist, Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy
- Rebecca Grant, DRI Digital Archivist, Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy (Associate Investigator)
- Professor Stefan Decker, Director, Insight Centre at NUI Galway (Associate Investigator)
- Dr Oya Beyan, Ontology Engineer, Insight Centre at NUI Galway
- Dr Christophe Debruyne, DRI-INSIGHT Linked Data Specialist, Royal Irish Academy and Insight Centre, NUI Galway (Associate Investigator)
Past Events
- Society for the Study of 19th Century Ireland: Urban Spaces in 19th Century Ireland Dr. Ciara Breathnach, Dr. Brian Gurrin, Dolores Grant, Rebecca Grant. Belfast, June 26-27 2014
- International Workshop on Computational History “Irish Record Linkage: national opportunities and international obstacles”. Dr. Ciara Breathnach. Dublin, June 27 2014
- 14th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning “Towards Linked Vital Registration Data for Reconstituting Families and Creating Longitudinal Health Histories”. Dr. Christophe Debruyne. Vienna, July 20-24 2014
- European Society of Historical Demography 2014 Conference “Reusing Legacy Data: Irish Historic Vital Registration data, 1864-1913” Dr. Ciara Breathnach, Dr. Brian Gurrin, Dolores Grant, Rebecca Grant. Sardinia, 25-27 September 2014
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DRI is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) via the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Irish Research Council (IRC).
