# Boyne Archives
> Professional archival consultancy and open-source archival hosting, based in Ireland.

## What We Do
Boyne Archives is run by a fully qualified archivist. We manage and catalogue archives for Catholic and religious institutions across Ireland, and provide hosting and technical support for open-source archival platforms including AtoM, ArchivesSpace, eScriptorium, and IIIF-based solutions. Services are available across Ireland, the UK, and Italy.

## Services
- Archive Management: Full cataloguing, digitisation, standards compliance (ISAD(G), Dublin Core) for religious and institutional archives
- AtoM Hosting: Dedicated AtoM (Access to Memory) instances — domain, setup, maintenance, archivist-led support at a fraction of commercial costs
- ArchivesSpace Hosting: Managed ArchivesSpace instances for institutions of any size
- eScriptorium: Handwritten text recognition (HTR) server for historical manuscript collections
- IIIF & Mirador: Manifest creation and hosting via mymanifests.com, Mirador viewer integration, Canopy IIIF sites

## Current Archival Clients
- The Passionists — passionistarchives.ie
- Glenstal Abbey — glenstalarchives.ie
- The Rosminians — rosminianarchives.ie
- The Pallotines (website coming soon)
- The Chambery Sisters
- Capuchins West Provincial Archives — capuchinswestarchives.org

## Web Projects
- catholicarchives.ie — shared Irish Catholic archive catalogue (AtoM)
- catholicarchives.co.uk — shared UK Catholic archive catalogue (AtoM)
- catholichistory.ie — Irish Catholic history primary source portal (Canopy/IIIF)
- irish-history-resources.com — Irish history research portal
- mymanifests.com — IIIF manifest hosting

## Our US and Italian Presence
- usa-archives-hosting.com — US-facing website presenting our full range of open-source archival hosting solutions to American institutions
- archivicloud.it — Italian-language website serving historical archives and cultural institutions across Italy; live now

## Who We Serve
Catholic and religious institutions, heritage organisations, and archives across Ireland, the UK, Italy, and beyond — seeking professional archival management or affordable open-source catalogue hosting.

## Key Technologies
AtoM (Access to Memory), ArchivesSpace, eScriptorium, IIIF, Mirador, Canopy IIIF, ISAD(G), Dublin Core

## Contact
boynearchives@mailfence.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-bruton-1980a7360/

## Key URLs
- Home: https://boynearchives.ie
- Projects: https://boynearchives.ie/projects
- About: https://boynearchives.ie/about
- Contact: https://boynearchives.ie/contact
- Content (machine-readable): https://boynearchives.ie/content.md
- US Hosting: https://usa-archives-hosting.com
- Italian Hosting: https://archivicloud.it