 Irish Military Archives

The Irish Military Archives is the official depository for the records of the Irish Department of Defence, the Defence Forces, and the Army Pensions Board, as established by the National Archives Act of 1986.--
The function of the archive is to collect, preserve, and make available material relating to the history of the development of the Defence Forces from the formation of the Irish Volunteers in November 1913 to the present day, including overseas service with the United Nations from 1958.One of the most important collections is that of the Bureau of Military History (1913–21) comprising witness statements, contemporary documents, photographs, press-cuttings and voice recordings, compiled between 1947–1957 and available to view online at www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie 

Two significant components of the Military Service Pensions Collection have been launched online in what is the cornerstone project of the government for the decade of commemorations.