Letters of significant historical importance discovered in the thatch of a house in Roscommon decades ago are now available to view online.
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) has announced that Tulsk History Society has published its collection of Letters from the 1880s-1890s' online.
The letters were sent from America by a member of a Tulsk family who had emigrated and was staying in touch with family in Steil.
Noel Sheerin is the archivist at the History Society which was only formed during lockdown last year.
He admits the letters are full of strong emotions.
He has been speaking to Kevin McGillicuddy and began by chatting about the formation of the Society: