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Regulations for Readers of Archives & Manuscripts
Photography is NOT permitted without prior permission. Cameras and scanning equipment are prohibited in the reading rooms unless prior permission has been obtained from the Librarian & Archivist Permission to reproduce archives and manuscripts must be sought from the Librarian & Archivist in advance in writing Pens are NOT permitted in…
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Library & Archives Committee
The functions of the Library and Archives Committee are: to manage the Library and its resources having regard to trusts and objectives, to maintain archives and Church records generally (including records of contents of churches and of church plate), to co–operate with the Theological Insitute…
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Genealogy Links
In the event that you do not have a parish of origin, then please note that church registers will not be useful for your research. Unfortunately without precise location details (either a parish, townland, or the in the case of an urban centre, a street) we are unable to assist…
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Collections
Printed Books and PeriodicalsThe Library holds 70,000+ printed books, a large and varied collection of pamphlets and a selection of periodicals. The principal subject areas are ethics, theology, biblical studies, spirituality, homilitics, pastoralia, liturgy, mission, church history, comparative religion and religious biography. Items which are not available in the Library can…
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Desk Reservation System
All public researchers wishing to visit to view archives and manuscripts are advised to pre–book a seat in the reading room. (Library Members don’t need to book if borrowing or returning books). To maximise your time you may order up to five items to be ready for you on arrival. Please…
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CoI Gazette digitization
In 1916, the Church of Ireland Gazette wartime correspondent and editor, Ware B. Wells, was ‘probably at closer quarters with much of the fighting in the capital than any other civilian in Dublin’ getting ‘access to special sources of…
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Access to records
Access to records in the RCB Library, National Archives and PRONI is straightforward but it is mutually beneficial if potential researchers contact the repository in advance to check on opening hours and…
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RCB Library
For the Library’s Opening Hours please click here. Before access to the Reading Room, Visitors must confirm they have read the Library Regulations. Please click here to read the Regulations for Readers of Archives and Manuscripts. The main functions of the Library are: to serve the needs of those…
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Location of Records
The Representative Church Body Library is the Church of Ireland’s principal repository for its archives and manuscripts, and holds records from over 1,000 parishes mainly but not exclusively in the Republic of Ireland. Records from a small number of parishes in the Republic are in the
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Anglican Record Project
The Anglican Record Project, which is the work of Mark Williams, is an ongoing endeavour to make the registers of baptism, marriage and burial from Church of Ireland parishes available in a digital format (ie as indexed transcripts). The Project feeds into the Library’s long–term goal of digitizing and indexing…
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