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Dictionary of Irish Biography Print and Online

Eleven volumes of the Dictionary of Irish Biography have been published by Cambridge University Press to date, volumes I to IX in 2009 and volumes X and XI in 2018, as well as numerous online supplements. All DIB materials are now free to access at www.dib.ie.

Ordering the print edition

All eleven volumes of the Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2009 and 2018) can be ordered worldwide.

Visit the print publications section of www.dib.ie for full details of how to purchase the hardcopy DIB, and other thematic volumes produced by the DIB.

The DIB online

In spring 2021 the DIB online moved its entire corpus to an 'open access' platform, becoming freely available to all at www.dib.ie.

 

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