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"The identification, preservation and availability of the valuable public and private archives of County Louth".

Address
The entrance is on the Ardee Road at the rear of the Dundalk Garda Station. (Please note there is no access via the adjacent Machinery Yard.) Archives Old Gaol Ardee Road Dundalk Louth Tel: 042 9324358 Email: archive@louthcoco.ie

 

Voluntary Work

There is no voluntary work available at present

Opening Hours

By appointment, preferably one week in advance

9am – 12pm, 2pm – 4pm

Readers are required to complete an application form on their first visit, after reading the Rules for Readers. Copying fees apply.

Reader's Application Form

Rules for Readers

About Us

Louth County Archives Service was founded in 2000 as a result of the passing of the Local Government Act, 1994.  It is a repository for the public and private archives of County Louth.  This means it collects and makes available the public archives of the County’s local government and also the private archives that document the history and development of the county such as those of individuals, organisations, clubs, societies, businesses, landed estates, and national schools.  If you have a collection that you would like to donate to the County Archives we would be delighted to hear from you.       

What Are Archives?

Archives are the records which organisations and individuals have produced as a result of running their business and daily lives. They are a unique and irreplaceable primary source material that provide evidence of our society and serve as our memory.  They have a long-term value.  Records do not need to be old to be archives.  It is the nature of the information that they contain and the fact that they are the only such record of an organisation or individual that merits their permanent preservation in the County Archives.  Archives come in many formats: photographs, maps, plans, drawings, bound volumes, files, electronic records, film or sound recordings.  The archives found in Louth County Archives Service are the records of the life and history of County Louth.  The aim of the County Archives is to make the archive collections available to the public.