This month’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAMonsters / #EYAArrachta! We want to see everyone’s archives relating to monsters (and Halloween & Samhain as well!) 🎃👻 Don’t forget to 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #exploreyourarchive #cuardaighdochartlann

Children's reading room at Walthamstow Library, c.1950. 📷 From VHM collection, available in our Searchroom. @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social #ExploreYourArchive #EYAEducation

✨️ Job fairy ✨️ The Senior Archive Technical Specialist closing date is this Friday, Sept 12th 2025 at 6pm. The role includes supervising the hardware, software, scripts & networks essential for the archive's ingest, digitisation & preservation processes! Full job spec & how to apply can be found ⬇️

Several committee members have already signed up for this event. Looking forward to attending @aranewprofs.bsky.social seminar. In-person & hybrid ticket options available via the SfNP Eventbrite page!

University of Galway launches digital archive of Long Kesh journals www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/new... @araireland.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social

This month’s Explore Your Archive theme is #EYAEducation / #EYAOideachas! We want to see everyone’s archives relating to education/oideachas 🍎📝 Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann

There will also be guided tours that same week of RCSI’s historic buildings! 🔗 to book can be found on the Heritage Week website: www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

Delighted to be taking part in this talk @rcsi.bsky.social with colleagues from the School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences exploring the history of pharmacy, the HCR Pharmaceutical Chemists archive & the innovative work being achieved in the school & wider profession as part of Heritage Week!

We're thrilled to see our Digital Preservation Terminology: An Irish language glossary for Repositories and Archivists has been profiled in the @araireland.bsky.social summer newsletter. View this landmark publication and the 49 new digital preservation terms: repository.dri.ie/catalog/cr57...

The Summer edition of the ARA Ireland newsletter is available on the website - www.araireland.ie/newsletters Many thanks to all who contributed to this edition 🌟 @niamhnicharra.bsky.social @erinmck96.bsky.social @lisashortall.bsky.social @tailteeireann.bsky.social @dri.ie @mulibrary.bsky.social

A new month means a new EYA theme! For Lúnasa / August we want to see all archives that you find humorous 😂😆 Don’t forget to tag @araireland.bsky.social and @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social using the hashtags #EYAHumour / #EYAGreann #CuardaighDoChartlann #ExploreYourArchive

This month’s #ExploreYourArchive | #CuardaighDoChartlann theme is #EYANature | #EYADúlra & we want to see all your archives relating to this theme! Don’t forget to 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts & stories! 🌳🌿🍂🌾🍃🍄

Delighted to share this fantastic news @heritagecouncil.ie & @ucdarchives.bsky.social! A new bursary to support students undertaking the MA in Archives & Records Management has been announced. The bursary will cover 75% of tuition fees for 1 student. For full article - www.araireland.ie/news

🚨Job vacancy 🚨 @rcsilibrary.bsky.social is recruiting for a Digital Archivist (fixed term, 3-year contract). The archivist will play a key role in maintaining, developing & delivering digital heritage collections. Closing date - 22 June '25 Full job spec - my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Deadline for the ARA Excellence Awards has been extended to June 20th 2025! Nominations can still be put forward for ✨Record Keeper of the Year ✨Record-keeping Service of the Year ✨New Professional of the Year Award Forms & further info can be found- archives.org.uk/ara-awards @araukie.bsky.social

🚨News update🚨 Following our AGM, we had 2 vacant posts up for grabs. We're delighted to introduce our newest committee member! Please welcome Katie Connick as our 2nd Training Officer. She will be working with Jessica Baldwin on all things training-related for members! @araukie.bsky.social

🚨Job fairy🚨 @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social are recruiting a Digital Preservation Manager (Specified-Purpose Contract). An exciting opportunity to help support the long-term preservation of digitised & born-digital collections. Full details - ifi.ie/about/jobs/ Closing date - Wed 18 June at 6pm

From the diary of Henry Lorretto, here are some tidbits from his travels across Germany. Loretto's diaries contain daily accounts, postcards & pictures of his trips throughout Ireland, England and Europe dating from 1882, until his death in 1942. (D4752/2 ©️PRONI) #EYATravel @araireland.bsky.social

From the HCR Pharmaceutical Chemists Archive, this scrapbook (RCSI/HCR/11/04/140) forms part of the Robinson Family’s personal photographic collection. Pictured are their travels in Portugal, Gibraltar, Spain & Algeria #EYATravel #EYATaisteal @araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

This month’s EYA theme is #EYATravel / #EYATaisteal! We want to see all archives relating to travel 🧳 Tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #explorearchives #CuardaighDoChartlann *Reposted because we noticed the graphic had the ‘h’ cropped out of Meitheamh!

One week left to get your nominations in for this years ARA Excellence Awards! ✨️Distinguished Service Award ✨️Record Keeper of the Year ✨️Record Keeping Service of the Year ✨️New Professional of the Year Award Closing date - June 6th 2025 www.archives.org.uk/ara-awards

📢 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...

✨Job fairy ✨ The IFI Archive is currently hiring for a FT Digital Deliveries Officer. Interested in working with born-digital material, check out the full job spec - ifi.ie/about/jobs/ Closing date is Friday June 6th 2025 @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social @irisharchives1970.bsky.social

The #ANTIDOTE multiplier event 'Heritage, Archives and Digital Possibilities' brought together associations, practicioners, repositories, industry and researchers to face and solve current challenges in the GLAM sector @ria.ie @dri.ie @nlireland.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social 1/2

Following on from our training day last month, "Caring for Archival Collections" the presentation slides are now available on our website #Conservation #CollectionsCare #IrishArchives #CuardaighDoChartlann www.araireland.ie/presentation... @araukie.bsky.social

For #InternationalNursesDay here are images from @rcsi.bsky.social Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Archive showcasing records from RCSI/FoN/08/04 which relate to the Queen’s Institute of District Nursing and the Lady Dudley Nursing Scheme in Ireland during the late 19th & 20th century.

✨️ Committee Vacancies ✨️ Are you interested in being a part of the committee? There are 2 vacant roles - Hon. Secretary & Training Officer Full description of each role can be found on the ARAI website - www.araireland.ie/news If interested please contact @niamhnicharra.bsky.social

The ICTIAP will be hosting a webinar on Dealing with Trauma in Archival Collections on Friday 9th May 2025 at 10am. Speakers include @barryhoulihan.bsky.social & Dr Eliza McKee To register please contact [email protected] and include your organisation & role when doing so.

At #HeritageHorizons conf at Royal Hospital Kilmainham today on invite as Chair @araireland.bsky.social (🙏 Heritage Council ). Looking fwd to productive day of discussions, brainstorming and networking with fellow heritage profs on challenges for our sector, & keynote from @olionaird.bsky.social

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!’

April is #NationalGardeningMonth! These vibrant stamps from 1995 celebrate 200 yrs of Ireland's National Botanic Gardens. Discover more in the Irish Postage Stamp Collection deposited in DRI by An Post Museum and Archive doi.org/10.7486/DRI.... #EYAEarth #Philately @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

It's Explore Your Archive day 🔎 Get involved using the hashtags for this month's theme! #EYAEarth #EYADomhan 🌍

A very productive day today firstly attending @araireland.bsky.social ‘s training on “How to care for archival collections”, presented by NAI‘s Jessica Baldwin, (great for a skills refresh) and then chairing #ARAIreland’s AGM 2025 to good and attentive crowd.

Training Officer Jessica Baldwin starting us off on our first #ARAIreland training day of 2025: “How to care for Archival Collections”, with a full house at the National Archives of Ireland! @araukie.bsky.social

Our AGM is happening this evening! If you want to see who's who in advance, check out our newest blog about the current committee! www.araireland.ie/blog/meet-co... Registration for AGM at link www.eventbrite.ie/e/ara-irelan... @araukie.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social

Pictured are Figwort and Honeysuckle plants. #EYADomhan #EYAEarth #explorearchives #cuardaighdochartlann @araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

Here we have a pocketbook which contains ‘Description Names and Botanical Sources of Plants used in the Manufacture of Garretts Herbine’ from the HCR Pharmaceutical Chemists collection @rcsilibrary.bsky.social Heritage Collections

✨️ Reminder to all our members ✨️ The 2025 ARA Ireland AGM is happening tomorrow, April 3rd, at the National Archives of Ireland Tea & coffee will be served from 5.30pm If you haven't got your ticket yet, there's still some remaining. Follow the link to grab one 🎫 www.eventbrite.ie/e/ara-irelan...

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 Aibreán / April #CuardaighDoChartlann / #ExploreYourArchive theme is Domhan / Earth! We can’t wait to see what everyone shares! Don’t forget to 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social with the hashtags #EYADomhan / #EYAEarth

This month's @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social theme is #EYAJustice. These photos capture the final 'Together for Yes' photocall before 25 May 2018, when Irish citizens voted to remove the controversial 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution. doi.org/10.7486/DRI.... #WomensHistoryMonth

#OnthisDay 62-years ago, CIÉ J15 loco No. 151 pictured @ Mullingar while working the IRRS special to Horseleap on 18th March 1963. [Photo © IRRS Archive] #irishrailarchives @araireland.bsky.social

✨️ Job Fairy ✨️ The Department of Defence is recruiting a professional archivist with some experience for the Military Service Pensions Archive Project. Send up-to-date CV and letter of interest before 28 March 2025 (Friday 5pm). Link to requirements and how to apply: www.gov.ie/en/organisat...

No Time to Wait is a 3 day conference exploring open media, open standards, and digital audiovisual preservation. The Call for Proposals is now open (bit.ly/nttw9proposals). For further info, check out the @nlireland.bsky.social post below ⬇️

Tá lúcháir ar Thaisclann Dhigiteach na hÉireann a fhógairt go bhfuil cás‑staidéar ar bhall foilsithe i nGaeilge le Seachtain na Gaeilge, 2025 a cheiliúradh! #SnaG25 @snagaeilge.bsky.social ➡️ dri.ie/news/seachta...

Seachtain na Gaeilge: A celebration of Irish language & culture founded in 1902 as part of the Gaelic revival by @cnagaeilge.bsky.social We want to see all material in your collections, in or about the Irish language & on Irish culture between March 1st & 17th! @snagaeilge.bsky.social #SnaG25

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

ISA Spring Lecture Series 'Let the music keep your spirits high:' Archiving the Collections of Ireland's Traditional Musicians from Maeve Gebruers, Archivist @itmadublin.bsky.social The talk will take place @dublincitylibs.bsky.social this Thursday 27 February 2025 at 6pm in the Conference Room.

Happy #ValentinesDay! ❤ We're celebrating the @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social theme of #EYALove by highlighting Love stamps from the 'Irish Postage Stamp Collection' deposited in the Digital Repository of Ireland by An Post Museum and Archive doi.org/10.7486/DRI.... #Philately #EYAGrá

An alternative Valentine's poem to the traditional "Roses are red, violets are blue" ❤️🌹 Michael Davitt was inspired to compose a humorus doggerel verse about his fellow prisoners in Richmond Prison in his 1883 diary. #VirtualTrinityLibrary #EYALove @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social