Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a division within the Engaged Communities Group of the Department for Communities (DfC). The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is distinguished from other archival institutions in the United Kingdom by its unique combination of private and official records. The Record Office is not the Northern Ireland equivalent or imitation of any Great Britain or Republic of Ireland archival institution. It combines the functions and responsibilities of a range of institutions: it is at the same time Public Record Office, manuscripts department of a national library, county record office for the six counties of Northern Ireland, and holder of a large range of private records. This range of remit, embracing, among others, central and local government, the churches and the private sector, is unique to Northern Ireland.
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Background
History
PRONI was established by the Public Records Act (Northern Ireland), 1923. The new body opened to the public on Monday 3 March 1924 on the fourth floor of a former linen warehouse in central Belfast (at Murray Street). The immediate challenge was to identify and preserve surrogates of records lost in Dublin during the Four Courts fire on 30 June 1922. The first Deputy Keeper, Dr David A. Chart (born in Lucknow but educated in his mother's native County Kilkenny), successfully replaced many of these records by approaching solicitors, business people, politicians, churches and the landed aristocracy. The success of Chart's acquisition policy meant that PRONI needed more storage space. In April…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5663, -5.9590
- Official site
- www.nidirect.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q4591838 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Public Record Office of Northern Ireland?
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5663°, -5.9590°.