The Irish Independent Photo Archive spans the years from 1912 to 1999.

In 2004, the entire Independent Newspapers Photo Archive was donated to the National Library of Ireland. The overall collection, now housed in the National Library of Ireland, is of immense historical value and provides an excellent record of almost every aspect of 20th century Irish life.

Now, for the first time, the Independent is making some of these images available online for users to browse and purchase.

The first phase of this archives project covers the period 1912 to 1922 and includes collections on key historical Irish events such as the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War. With many of the photographs previously unreleased, the archives offers a new perspective on documented moments from Irish history.

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Also available is “The Morgan Collection”, a unique set of photographs of 1950s Ireland from the air. These aerial views of Ireland originally appeared each Friday in the Irish Independent in a series called, 'Views from the Air'. They ran from 1951 to 1958 and were taken by a photographer called Alexander 'Monkey' Campbell Morgan (1919-1958).

Over time, we will be digitising further images from the 4.3 million images in the Independent Newspapers archive and will be unveiling additional photo collections and enhancing with context from our editorial articles through the decades.

You are able to buy any of the photos on the site in high-quality prints of varying sizes, an ideal way to bring a slice of history home, and delivery is now free worldwide.

To view the archives visit www.independentarchives.com

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