This Earth Day we're asking for support to deliver real solutions to the climate crisis via #EarthRaise. All funds raised will create climate-resilient orchards in communities that need them the most. Every donation is doubled 22-29 April: bit.ly/48OfZKJ #CommunityOrchards @biggive.bsky.social

📍Loci: Overcoming Anxiety in Lincoln

Radiocarbon dating suggests late 8th-9th century (Viking era), when the area was a Saxon/Viking frontier. The hillfort itself has two massive banks and ditches enclose a circular area of 6.5 hectares. 📷 Bladup More: http://www.megalithi...

The Wood Anemones are an indicator of ancient woodlands. So delicately beautiful, I was mesmerised by them in the late evening light at Syngefield, along the Camcor River 💕 @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social

View of Magillycuddy’s Reeks (The Kerry Mountains) from the gully on Mount Brandon, Dingle Peninsula. (Nikon Z6ii)

Just a month to go to our CPD event ‘Opening up the map’. Spaces are limited so get in touch quickly to secure a spot!

We move North-West to Derry~Londonderry for our next #MapMonday. Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 15, Derry~Londonderry by Avril Thomas was published by the @ria.ie in 2005 As a plantation town, much of the town's development and redevelopment can be traced through the rich map collection. #IHTA 1/10

To celebrate #EarthDay2026 we are highlighting Irish people who contributed to our understanding of the natural world, starting with Ellen Hutchins. She was Ireland’s first female botanist & an expert on mosses, bryophytes and lichens, several of which are named for her. www.dib.ie/biography/hu...

Spring on Skye...

For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... Montiaghroe/Drumskinny alignment, Fermanagh, Ireland Image: 2022 Infrared #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Infrared #B&W #Black&White #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #Fermanagh

The Govan Stones on Sunday! A new Sunday series, featuring your favourite early medieval carved stones from the Viking Age kingdom of the Clyde Britons. First up: The Sun Stone! Which stone would you like to see next?

The power of art. Why does this matter? “For this glass is not just for the believer or the in-crowd - but for ordinary people like me.” In a world that grows more complex by the day, it’s easy to pass things like this by. Here's why we shouldn’t. 👉 www.digest.andymarsh...

I have been thinking about these issues in relation to the legacies of the vast TCD estates and the tenants whose labour funded the university campus drb.ie/blog/tcds-fo... and Joe they might be memorialised

The incredible double hammer beam angel roof in the Church of St. Mary & All Saints, Willingham, Cambridgeshire 🤩 Dating to the 15th century, or slightly earlier, it was relocated here in the early 17th century, probably from nearby Barnwell Priory.

Andy Marshall’s Remarkable Anglo-Saxon Survivals You Can Still Visit www.digest.andymarsh...

Applications for the inaugural 'Museum Plinth Project' close this Friday 17th April. The residency offers artists a 6-month residency to engage with the collections of Marsh's Library or the National Museum. visualartists.ie/advert/open-...

#HillfortsWednesday Grianan of Aileach, Dun na nGall heritageireland.ie/unguided-sit...

Dutch, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, Christiaan Huygens, was born 14 April 1629 #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/t...

Cois claddaigh trathnóna #spéirgorm

☀️ Eustace Collection: Looking through Olive's Eyes. www.digest.andymarsh...

This #MapMonday we’re back in #Belfast in the second half of the 19th century Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 17 Belfast part II 1840 to 1900 by Stephen A. Royle was published by the @ria.ie in 2007 1/5

As always, this is a perceptive and informative read from @ldfreedman.bsky.social

Genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen a cultural venue post

Might as well re-share this old thread... bsky.app/profile/chri...

Remembering master boatbuilder Jimmy Furey (1938–2020) of Lecarrow, Co Roscommon. He shared his craft generously, and two of his model boats are preserved in the National Museum’s Irish Folklife Collection. Read more: www.ouririshheritage.org/content/new-... #MaritimeHistory #CuratorBlog

📍Loci: The Transformative Power of Light 🪄 ✨ 🏛️ 📸 www.digest.andymarsh...

No. 1 in my indie bookstore tour is the mighty No Alibis Belfast. At each stop I’ll be asking a lovely bookseller to pick a favourite book they like to recommend to customers. Alex has chosen Kamila Shamsie’s “Home Fire.” #SaintsAndWarriors #IndieBooksellers

🤩 A ‘recreation’ of the RMS Titanic, staged in Belfast harbour through the use a ‘flotilla’ of 950 drones

🚨: NASA just dropped a full disk image of Earth taken by Artemis II 🤯

For anyone interested in the history of science this is a wonderful article. Mathematics, science and the arts had not separated out into the different disciplines we know today.The interconnections described here are fascinating.

Anyone for a few dozen early spring blossom pics? I've got apricot, peach, nectarine, pear, plum, greengage, damson, cherry, Japanese quince, and blackthorn... small selection below, plenty more on the blog: orchardnotes.com/2026/03/31/g...

Yet another paper on the Burren, a favourite of mine in all seasons. Congratulations to all involved.

📍Loci: ✨ Where Meaning Takes Form: How Tragedy Turned to Hope in a Single Building www.digest.andymarsh...

Happy Easter! 🐣 Species of the Week: Irish Hare Irish Name: Giorria Scientific name: Lepus timidus hibernicus The Irish Hare is a unique subspecies found only on the island of Ireland. See more info below ⤵️

All research papers published in the Academy’s journals during 2026 will be freely available online, providing equitable open access for readers. Read the recent article by Professor Jean Ristaino in the ‘Praeger Review’ series, published in Biology and the Environment: muse.jhu.edu/article/984848

A bouquet of sphagnum for you on this wild Spring morning ❤️ @sphagnums.bsky.social @claireissimo.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social

Today is March 25th, also known as Lady Day (or the 'Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lady' as written in this 16th century lease from the archive of @merchantshallyork.org). Until 1752 this day marked the start of the new year in England and Wales and it pops up frequently in archival records.

It's #MapMonday ! This map from the Dublin City Surveyors Maps 1695-1827 collection was created in 1780 and depicts lands at Ballycullane and Grange, in 6 numbered lots, with acreage given in a separate reference table. Explore the collection: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

NEW: Some say that bio-based building materials are the future - but how can we scale up the use of materials like hemp, bamboo or earth? My latest for @atmosmag.bsky.social. atmos.earth/climate-solu...

Angela Graham considers the influence of her career as a documentary-maker on her poetry collection Exposure: war, media, democracy

If you're thinking about how to entertain the kids over Easter, the School of Irish Archaeology is running an Easter Archaeology camp for children (7-12) in Harold's Cross NS. Ful details below: sia.ie/camp/archaeo...

Fascinating research in these past grantee reports. Looking forward to reading resultant publications

Queen Maeve’s Cairn on Knocknarea, Co Sligo, is one of Ireland’s best-known megalithic monuments. In 2025, RIA ARG grantee Sally Siggins used drone-based Ground Penetrating Radar to scan the cairn’s full depth, revealing internal features and previously unknown anomalies.

📽️From Donald Trump to Britain's wind power trade body, there's a growing coalition calling for more drilling in the North Sea. Raising the question: if we DID encourage more exploration, how much oil & gas could we actually get? Our MEGA primer on the North Sea👇 youtu.be/eDr0Z19x3p0?...

Happy St Patrick's Day! From the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway to the historical ruins at Crom, we'd like to thank you for helping us care for places steeped in myths and legends across Northern Ireland.

We are in the north for this week’s #MapMonday and what a better place to be than supposed burial place of St Patrick in #Downpatrick after he died in c. 490 at Saul ( modern Co. Down) No. 8 in the #IHTA series by R.H. Buchanan & Anthony Wilson was published by the @ria.ie in 1997