The Google Cultural Institute has developed a virtual walking tour to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising.
Dublin Rising 1916-2016 explores the iconic places, people and stories of 100 years ago, narrated by actor Colin Farrell and featuring exhibitions from six prestigious cultural institutions.
As well as bringing viewers worldwide to parts of Dublin synonymous with the Rising, the tour offers access to important historical and cultural resource material. Visitors can stop at city centre locations as they are today, hear what happened there during the rising and click to explore photos, stories and witness statements.
The tour brings together a number of cultural institutions, including the National Library of Ireland, Military Archives, Glasnevin Cemetery Museum, the Abbey Theatre, the Royal Irish Academy and Trinity College Dublin Library alongside Century Ireland.
For its part, NLI has shared two special items from the online collections: Joseph Plunkett’s notebook, kept throughout the Easter Rising from his position in the General Post Office and a draft of the notice of the rebel surrender, signed by Patrick Pearse on 20 April 1916.
This is not the first collaboration between NLI and Google Cultural Institute. The Library became the first cultural institution in Ireland to partner with the Institute and has produced three photographic exhibitions to date: Power and Privilege: The Big House in Ireland; Witness to War; and Dubliners.
“The National Library’s holdings constitute the most comprehensive collection of Irish documentary material in the world, and we are continually collecting and preserving for now and the future. Our existing partnership with the Google Cultural Institute has helped us to share these wonderful treasures with audiences worldwide” said NLI director Dr Sandra Collins. “The Library recognises the value in partnerships with digital innovators such as Google, in order to enhance global access to our collections. Combining digital innovation with our nation’s cultural and social heritage allows us to share the story of 1916 with the world.”
In addition to the 70,000 digital images already available through NLI’s online catalogue, the digitised personal papers and photographs of the seven signatories of the 1916 Proclamation will all be available online this April.
The Dublin Rising 1916-2016 Tour can be accessed at: https://dublinrising.withgoogle.com.
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