In addition to the suggestions below, more reference resources for the field of Irish (and Anglo-Irish) literature can be found by checking UNB WorldCat, and the Reference Materials collection, or may be publicly accessible via the internet. If you are looking for general material relating to English literature, check the Reference Sources section of the English Literature Guide.
Awards and Prizes
Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards
Francis MacManus Short Story Competition, RTE Radio 1
Hennessy New Irish Writing, Irish Times
Rooney Prize for Literature, Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin
Biography and Bibliography
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online (DLB Online), licensed resource
An Bunachar Náisiúnta Beathaisnéisí Gaeilge, biographies are in Gaelic, public access
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL), licensed resource
Irish History Online: a bibliography of Irish history, public access
Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, public access
Bibliography of Gaelic Arthurian Literature, University of Rochester, public access
Literature of the "Troubles", Bill Rolston, CAIN, public access
Bibliography of Nineteenth-Century Irish Literature, Julia M. Wright, public access
Old Irish and Early Christian Ireland: A Basic Bibliography, Charles D. Wright, public access
A Bibliography of Irish Studies in Japan, IASIL-Japan, public access
Dictionaries, Glossaries, ...
The pocket Oxford Irish dictionary (Irish-English), licensed resource
Gaelic Dictionaries, John T. McCranie, public access
Encyclopedias and Guides
Cambridge history of Irish literature, Vol. 1, To 1890
Cambridge history of Irish literature, Vol. 2, 1890-2000
Encyclopedia Mythica, M.F. Lindemans, public access
Concise Oxford companion to Irish literature, 5 simultaneous users, licensed access
Literary Criticism
Literature Criticism Online, includes: Twentieth-century literary criticism, Nineteenth-century literature criticism, Literature criticism 1400-1800, Shakespeare criticism, Contemporary literary criticism, and Children's literature review, licensed resource
Cambridge Histories Online, including Cambridge history of literary criticism, vols. 1-9, licensed resource
Literary Index, Gale, public access
