A group of amateur archivists have come together to found a project aimed at collating and preserving the varied literary and visual output of the Irish republican movement, illuminating its role in shaping modern Ireland. They are now appealing to the public, particularly residents of West Belfast and other republican communities of the six counties, for their help in growing the initiative. The Irish Republican Digital Archive, founded by a group of historically-minded colleagues from around Ireland, catalogues the ebb and flow of republicanism in the modern era, since the 1950s and the order to "dump arms" following the failed Border Campaign, until today, with Sinn Féin the largest party in Ireland and poised to take power in the South.
