National library of ireland genealogy

          Encyclopedia of biography.

          Dictionary of Irish Biographies launched online

          A comprehensive online dictionary featuring 11,000 of the most famous people in Irish history has been made available to the public for free for the first time.

          Dib dictionary

        1. Dib dictionary
        2. Biography database
        3. Encyclopedia of biography
        4. Oxford dictionary of national biography
        5. Dictionary of national biography, volumes 1-22

          6. The Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) was launched in 1983 and was first published in 2009 in nine different volumes containing more than 9,000 entries.

          The dictionary was also published online via a digital subscription and was predominately used by academics, researchers, and civil servants.

          Authors regularly added new entries to the sprawling database and it now features nearly 11,000 biographies ranging from 200 words to 15,000.

          Taoiseach Micheál Martin launched the new free site on St. Patrick's Day, allowing people from all over the world to access the expansive database.

          The DIB, which only features dead people, is managed by the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and published by Cambridge University Press. New entries are frequently added to the DIB, while existi