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 Website: [https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Libraries/Pages/Armagh-City-Library.aspx Armagh City Library]
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-'''Irish and Local Studies Library'''<br>39c Abbey Street<br>Armagh BT61 7EB UK<br>Telephone: 028 3752 7851<br>
+'''SELB Irish and Local Studies Library'''<br>39c Abbey Street<br>Armagh BT61 7EB UK<br><br>Telephone: 028 3752 7851<br>
 Email: [mailto:armaghirishandlocal@librariesni.org.uk armaghirishandlocal@librariesni.org.uk]<br>
-Website: [https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Services/Heritage/Pages/Irish-and-Local-Studies-Library-Armagh.aspx Irish and Local Studies Library]
+[https://www.librariesni.org.uk/Services/Heritage/Pages/Irish-and-Local-Studies-Library-Armagh.aspx Website]
+:The library houses more than 20,000 volumes, 350 journal titles, 3,000 maps, 3,800 microforms, 50 newspapers, 1,500 pamphlets, and 2,500 photographs.  It also houses a small collection of manuscripts.  Among its special collections are pamphlet collections on 18th- and early 19th-century political and economic history, and the Francis Crossle Manuscript Collection on the Newry area, including some 200 notebooks compiled by Dr. Crossle containing histories of families in the Newry area.
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 '''Philip B. Wilson Local History Reference Library'''<br>Waterside House<br>Annaloiste Road, Oxford Island<br>Craigavon BT66 6NJ UK<br>Telephone: 028 3831 1669<br>
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 Website #2: [https://discovernorthernireland.com/The-Philip-B-Wilson-Local-History-Reference-Lurgan-Craigavon-P37086/ Philip B. Wilson Local History Reference Library]
 :The library has almost 6,000 local history reference books on topics such as traditions and customs, archaeology, transport, social history, agriculture, inland waterways, researching family history, place names, and townlands. It has two unique collections of Quaker and Methodist books, and archaeological and local history journals including a complete set of 'Review', the biennial journal of Craigavon Historical Society. It also has a collection of Ordnance Survey maps and some photographic collections available for consultation; these focus on the history and development of the Craigavon area.
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+Armagh Public Library
+Abbey Street, Armagh, BT61 7DY
+Phone:  (028) 3752 3142
+Fax:  (028) 3752 4177
+Email:  ArmROBLib@aol.com
+:Also known as the Robinson Library houses more than 20,000 volumes including the Archbishop's personal collection of books on early Irish history and heraldry.  The manuscript collection has many items of Irish interests including land and tithe records.
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+'''Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Library and Archive'''<br>
+Moy Road<br>
+Armagh, BBT61 7LY<br>
+Northern Ireland<br>
+<br>
+Phone:  (028) 3752 2981<br>
+Fax:  (028) 3751 1944<br>
+E-mail:  ofiaichlibrary@btinternet.com<br>
+:The library houses a collection of some 20,000 books, 450 periodicals, manuscripts, art and artefacts, maps, microforms, photographs and recordings focusing on Irish history, church history, Irish language and literature, local history, especially the Archdiocese of Armagh, Irish sport, and the Irish overseas.  Of special genealogical interest are the library's reference sources and supplementary information.
 == Museums ==