The Corpus of Electronic Texts, or CELT, is an

online database In computing, a database is an organized collection of Data (computing), data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software that interacts with end users, Application software, applications, and ...

of contemporary and historical documents relating to Irish history and

culture Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, Attitude (psychology), attitudes ...

. As of 8 December 2016, CELT contained 1,601 documents, with a total of over 18 million words. In 1992, CELT originated from the ashes of an unsuccessful partnership between

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork (city), Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...

(UCC/NUI) and the

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the natural sciences, arts, literature, and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned society and one of its le ...

(RIA) through a project named CURIA. According to CELT, the database "caters for academic scholars, teachers, students, and the general public, all over the world"..

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CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
Databases in Ireland Culture of Ireland Irish digital libraries Online databases University College Cork Internet properties established in 1992 1992 establishments in Ireland Corpora Libraries established in 1992 {{Online-database-stub