NAI Records on CAIN

This section of the CAIN Web site contains a selection of digital versions of Irish records that are held by the National Archives, Ireland (NAI). The records selected by CAIN are ones which relate to the conflict and politics in Northern Ireland, and cover the period 1965 to 1985. The first selection of records (1965-69) was launched on 25 October 2012.

Funding in December 2012 from the Reconciliation & Anti-Sectarianism Funds, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), allowed for a second selection of 750 records (1970-74) to be added on 28 November 2013.
DFAT funding in July 2014 allowed a third batch of 926 records (1975-80) to be added on 29 June 2017; see press release.
Funding from the Reconciliation Fund, DFAT in December 2015 was used to process a fourth batch of 930 records (mainly 1981-85) which were made available on 1 February 2018; see press release.

All of the records have been made available on CAIN with the permission of the Director of the National Archives, Ireland.

The National Archives building, Bishop Street, Dublin 8

See also:
PRONI Records on CAIN
Public records from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)