Challenge
To explore the centenary of a tumultuous decade of change in Ireland 1913–1923, researchers from Boston College Ireland wanted to re-tell those ten important years of Irish history through the modern lens of digital media. Funded by the Irish government’s Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and hosted by national television broadcaster RTÉ, the ambition was to create a digital newspaper and online resource that would publish fortnightly issues supplemented by daily social media posts to relive key events and give a general taste of Irish life from a century ago.
Outcome
CenturyIreland is the largest and most ambitious public history website of its kind in the world. Digital agency Kooba, designed and developed a fully responsive content managed website with integrated social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The solution allowed Boston College researchers to create and publish issues rich with multimedia content, which brought significant events to life from a century ago. The project is intended to run for ten years from 2013–2023.
Online Resource
http://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/
https://www.facebook.com/CenturyIreland/