Take a journey through times past with Port Heritage Director Lar Joye, as he details the wonderful discoveries and expansive collection of old documents, images, maps and more within Dublin Port Company dating back over 300 years.

Lar Joye has been Port Heritage Director at Dublin Port since 2017. He previously ran the Irish Film Archive and, more recently, curated the award-winning Soldiers & Chiefs at the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks which still attracts 250,000 visitors each year, 12 years after it was established. Lar also played a key role in the Decade of Commemorations 2012 – 2018 where he was involved in a variety of projects.

The Dublin Port Archive covers the history of the Port from 1707 to present day and consists of a paper collection, charts, photographs, historical registers and engineering drawings, along with a large reference library. The collection is currently being catalogued by Lar Joye and his team and an online resource containing examples from the collection, as well as a searchable database that can be accessed here: https://dublinportarchive.com/