We went to Ireland to gather information for my university library's project of digitizing Irish historical books. A complete account of the trip can be found at http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/libraries/tballard/report/footsteps.html, and the books themselves can be found at http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x6779.xml . In the Fall of 2004, I was sent back to follow up the work I did in 2003, and we are now digitizing source documents in partnership with the Kerry County Library.