Focusing on "The Bibliography of Irish Literary Criticism" (BILC, 2010), a bibliographical database of Irish literary criticism developed by humanities and information and communications technology (ICT) researchers in NUI Maynooth, this chapter investigates the opportunities and implications afforded the field of Irish literary studies emerging from and enabled by electronic advances. Unlike earlier accounts of database technology that have emerged from the humanities community (Dimock, 2007; Folsom, 2007), this chapter provides a more practical and more critical account of the new medium. It is argued that while the relational structure of databases such as BILC, combined with appropriate interface design, can yield interesting insights into Ireland's literary history, "the optimism and the excitement about new possibilities for rethinking the texts, canon, and creation" offered by digital resources such as BILC are "ahead of the actual development work" (Dalbello, 2011, p. 496). However, following McGill (2007), it is further argued that an engagement with the BILC database affords an opportunity to identify potential areas for development in resources of this kind. Building on observations made throughout, the chapter concludes with a discussion of how increased attention to issues regarding dissemination and sustainability are vital for ensuring the potency and ongoing viability of digital databases designed for use in humanities scholarship. [For the complete book, "Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland," see ED575997.]