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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
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Central Information Technology Unit: Government Direct Initiative Digital Records
Catalogue reference: CAB 172
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CAB 172
Number not used: Digital records originally in this series were transferred to CAB 202 as part of the programme of migration of digital records at The National Archives in March 2008.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 172
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Title (The name of the record)
- Central Information Technology Unit: Government Direct Initiative Digital Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1996-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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Number not used: Digital records originally in this series were transferred to CAB 202 as part of the programme of migration of digital records at The National Archives in March 2008.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
- Arrangement
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Cabinet Office, Central Information Technology Unit, 1996-1996
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
- Computing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3979/
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
134,539 records
Within the department: CAB
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Central Information Technology Unit: Government Direct Initiative Digital Records
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