Mini Moose went off to his new home yesterday in honour of his owners’ wedding. Being able to make something for those you know will treasure it really is a special thing 🐕 ❤️ #crochet #dog

Sleepy quackers by the lake 🦆

In recognition of his tireless advocacy for folklore and understanding the human experience, pioneering ethnologist Professor Henry Glassie received an honorary degree from @ucddublin.bsky.social last week 🎻🎶 Read more about the ceremony & celebration www.ucd.ie/artshumaniti...

The deadline for Poetry Ireland Librarian is coming up on 30 May! Give it a look. 👇👇 www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-... #LISjobsIE

Looking forward to checking in from the office 😎 📺

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS PRONI will host an Irish Studies conference on Nov 7th in Belfast, marking 100 years of the 1925 Irish Boundary Commission Report. Full info on the event, topics & submission details can be found - www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/192...

'A bulletin of abuse and mockery'...In 1952, Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh & his brother Peter published a magazine called 'Kavanagh's Weekly'. Although it only lasted 13 issues, it launched a scathing critique of Irish society in that short time. ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2025/05/15/a...

It’s not, Dorota, it was taken earlier today. I was sad to miss the workshop on Monday though, I’m sure it was a good one!

Babies on the move 🦢🐦 @ucddublin.bsky.social

My favourite time of year on campus ☀️

Okay but this 1924 edition of The Scottish Farmer didn’t have to come for me like that 🥾 #oldmagazines #oldbooks #fashion #oldadvertisement

The latest UCD #CulturalHeritage Collections blog post, written by UCD Library Assistant Maolsheachlann O’Ceallaigh: @ucdarchives.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social @ucdpress.bsky.social @clairedunne.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social

Delighted to announce the 2025-26 call for Maddock Research Fellowships at Marsh's Library. Full details here: marshlibrary.ie/about/news-e...

I've created a Starter pack for Irish Libraries & Libraries. It's by no means comprehensive so please let me who I should add to it. And let's try to build a lovely little Irish Library community like we used to have on the other place. go.bsky.app/HZuHx7y

Love the spring evenings ☀️

A new month means a new #ExploreYourArchive / #CuardaighDoChartlann theme! For May / Bealtaine we want to see any archives relating to #EYAFunandGames / #EYASpraoilsSpóirt 🧩♟️🎲🫟 Don’t forget to 🏷️ us and @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts!’

May Day vibes 🌺

📢 An exciting opportunity for conservators & archivists! UCD Library is seeking a Book and Paper Conservator to establish a Conservation Laboratory, part of a new Cultural Heritage Centre to be developed in the James Joyce Library. Full job description➡️ buff.ly/IqKpdP6 Apply by 19 May #jobfairy

Waiting for the fish to swim past 🐦

I'm sadly away this year, but this event is wonderful and you should go! The Yeats Sisters Symposium www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-yeats-...

Slightly obsessed with this fella I came across in an early 19th century scrapbook in work today. Do I know what he is? No. Do I love and treasure him? Absolutely ❤️

Liam Lynch was killed #OTD 1923. @gerardshannon.bsky.social wrote about the final IRA executive meeting attended by Lynch for the @ucdlibrary.bsky.social cultural heritage blog. The minutes survive in the Papers of Eamon de Valera: UCDA P150/1739. ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2023/05/05/t...

Join us for a Book Launch!📘 22nd April James Joyce Library 'Equity in the Workplace' is a timely book amplifying the voices of Black and African Irish women in Irish academia/ teaching profession, shedding light on their experiences and fight for workplace equity. www.eventbrite.ie/e/equity-in-...

Folks, we have had 2 spots open up for our workshop tomorrow at the National Archives of Ireland. If anyone is interested in attending, see the Eventbrite link, or contact us directly at [email protected] eventbrite.co.uk/e/training-wor…

The nice weather has got me wanting these for the park ☀️

Wonderful efforts from students and staff at the second annual UCD Archaeology versus Folklore bake off. Tasty AND educational. Now that’s a learning strategy I can get behind 😉 @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social

Last chance to view the National Folklore Collection's exhibit, featuring items related to Irish Travellers, now displayed on Level 1 of the James Joyce Library. We were delighted to launch this exhibit on 18th March - come see it before it's gone at the end of this month! @ucdarchives.bsky.social

Back at work after a week of glorious annual leave but at least I have some equally glorious early 20th century advertisements to look at. Ah the joys of rare books librarianship!

Our one-day online conference ‘Folklore and the Digital’ is on Saturday 29 March, 09:30-17:30 GMT. Tickets £30 (£20 for FLS members with Promo Code). For the programme and tickets see folklore-society.com/event/folklo...

Meet the 'quack lawyers' who were at large in 19th century Dublin. Caricatures and satirical prints lampooning the legal profession for its chicanery were hugely popular in Georgian Dublin, writes Benjamin Casey @maynoothuniversity.ie @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

My quest to find the perfect spice rack in Dublin continues. Trying to avoid buying online. Surprisingly difficult. Very close to going full Homer Simpson and making my own 😂

News | @britishlibrary.bsky.social to double gallery space in £1.1bn development museumsandheritage.com/advisor/post...

One of my favourite painted electrical boxes in Dublin ❤️

Join us! Join us! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD087/a...

#SnaG25 A bhuí lenár dTaighdeoirí i réimsí lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge, na litríochta, na meán, agus cleachtas na teanga, cuirtear eolas ar fáil a shaibhríonn cultúr na Gaeilge, a chuireann le polasaithe, agus a thugann brí do theangacha stairiúla réigiúnacha. Tuilleadh Eolais: ucd.ie/research/spo...

Great to see that @local.gov.uk have posted 4new archive case studies on their website from Oldham Archives, Archives Wigan & Leigh, @bucksarchives.bsky.social @nlandarchives.bsky.social www.local.gov.uk/case-studies Originally shared in @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy a Year in Archives

The view from the office window is always a bit brighter at this time of year 🌸

Every year on #PancakeDay we make a Peter Pancake.

1/3 University Librarian Dr Sandra Collins, Evelyn Flanagan, Director of Cultural Heritage, & Eugene Roche, Special Collections were delighted to welcome David Gill, German Ambassador to Ireland, to UCD Library today, where he viewed treasures from UCD Special Collections. @ucddublin.bsky.social

There's a lot of interesting material on Eoin MacNeill's papers concerning the Boundary Commission. www.ucd.ie/archives/col...

I was excited to receive a copy of FILTHY QUEENS from @braciatrix.bsky.social! A history of beer alongside some of the biggest events in the story of Ireland. The kind of book you wanna read on a Sunday afternoon before the fire! Get yours below👇 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/filt...

Lovely to see a pair of swans back in Herbert Park this year (with bonus duck 🦆)

The #ExploreYourArchive theme for Márta/March is #EYACeartas/#EYAJustice & we can’t wait to see what everyone shares! Don’t forget to tag us 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social and @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #CuardaighDoChartlann

Poet and broadcaster Pat Ingoldsby dies aged 82

From terrified feral to fish toy connoisseur, lovely Rossa is learning how to play ❤️🐈

Many thanks to author Páraic Kerrigan for joining us and sharing stories and readings from his book 'Reeling in the Queers' as part of LGBTI+ History Month. Thanks also to Niamh Nestor for her intro - we were delighted with the event! #LGBTPlusHM @ucdischool.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

#OTD 1933. It’s not often the army is sent out in heavy snow to search for a @ucddublin.bsky.social professor of experimental physics, and while carrying out their duty, run into 'the President’ (we use the term Taoiseach since 1937) on horseback.

Love this blogpost by my ever wonderful colleague Rachel! Bookbinders/booksellers tickets are always a lovely little surprise when you open an old book ☺️ #books #rarebooks #library #specialcollections

Having lots of booky fun at a LAI Cataloguing and Metadata Group cataloguing workshop with Anne Welsh today. What’s the subject heading for cataloguing nerd? #cataloguing #librarian #books