'Water, Towns and Topography II', the #IHTA 2026 seminar is convened with the Irish Walled Towns Network, an initiative of @heritagecouncil.ie Free to attend, booking essential 📆20 May 2026 📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin @ria.ie 🎟️ www.ria.ie/2026/03/30/i...

This is what academic precarity looks like. It’s simply not good enough

Great to see this publication from the 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' project team! The project's digital archive containing photographs of extant Ordnance Survey bench marks in County Limerick is available in the DRI repository: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

Article in the Journal of Historical Geography with @mudderofpearl.bsky.social and @lizgabbett.bsky.social detailing preliminary findings from the project 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' doi.org/10.1016/j.jh... @heritagecouncil.ie @ulresearch.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social

#MapMonday! This is a copy map of Co. Mayo, traced from an original by Abraham Ortelius. The baronial boundaries and the main landowners within the county are indicated. From the Ordnance Survey Letters collection, deposited by the Royal Irish Academy and the OS200 project: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

Coming up as part of @niscifest.bsky.social this Saturday with @drfranceskane.bsky.social 👍

Shout out for the learned societies keeping a beady eye on the state of the disciplines that university senior managers are so swiftly dismantling. Keep an eye on the state of UK university Geography with the help of the @rgs.org 's new report, published this week.

On Saturday we hosted our current cohort of students taking the Professional Diploma in Climate Adaptation and Sustainability @unioflimerick.bsky.social The session focused on Urban Ecosystem Services. Interested in joining us in September? Register your interest: shorturl.at/plKS9 #StudyAtUL

These training sessions are a great starting point in learning how to ingest to @dri.ie If you’ve more complex requirements staff also make themselves available to talk through ideas and options

Relevelling histories of cartography 👇 theconversation.com/women-have-b...

Great to see so many OS related activities taking place in the north this month as part of @niscifest.bsky.social #IrelandMapped

Exploring the itineraries of King Edward I 🤓

Well done to @ulgeog.bsky.social colleagues @idarkwa.bsky.social and Gourav Misra in putting this new microcred together 👏

Great to see this County Limerick bench mark collection now preserved in @dri.ie With thanks to project team members and volunteers for their efforts. There's still more to do, so watch this space! #LoveIrishResearch @heritagecouncil.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social

Review of Brady and Ferguson's, 'Ireland: Mapping the Island,' is out in the International Journal of Cartography. A beautiful book that was a pleasure to read. PM me for a free eprint link. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us tonight to learn about how an Atlas of London in 1666 has been researched! This webinar is in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-r... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Calling History of Fam folks! UL are hiring an Assistant Professor in Irish History with specialism in #HistFam to cover a period of leave. I'm not on the panel but happy to informally answer qs about the MA HoF programme to anyone interested www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE158/a...

Save the date for the "Fluid Environments & Spatial Humanities" workshop @lancasteruni.bsky.social on Feb 27 (in person only)! Details being finalized, but we have stellar speakers incl @robertsuits.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social @gmpala.bsky.social @hlsteyne.bsky.social & more!

A wonderful day of research today @ullibrary.bsky.social on 19th c Ireland and the world behind the Ordnance Survey maps - @researchireland.ie @irelandmapped.bsky.social - really enjoyable and inspiring for future research directions!

Saintfield's roads are atrocious! We have been waiting for Main Street resurfacing for years. Add the dropped drain at the mini roundabout (since before Christmas!), & the major hole on the Belfast Road that was patched & has reopened within days... & many more @nidirect.gov.uk #Pothole

‘paddle back in time’ is back for @niscifest.bsky.social 2026! Join us at Nendrum or on the Quoile nisciencefestival.com/event/paddle...

Yes great to be supporting @niscifest.bsky.social again this year 😁 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @nattrustarch.bsky.social

We're getting ready for our open day on Saturday 17th January! If you want to learn more about studying Geography @unioflimerick.bsky.social, come chat with us in EGO-010 or join a subject talk at 11am or 1pm in C1-059. We're looking forward to meeting you! #LoveUL #StudyAtUL

Fans of early 19th century Irish history! Gather round! We have a lovely event on @ullibrary.bsky.social on 22 Jan (next week) on the world behind the Ordnance Survey maps - free and all are most welcome. Just book your place via this link & tell your friends! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Happy New Year and here’s to a healthy 2026 ❤️

#LightingTheWay ❤️

Great to see #OS200 and the Locating Bench Marks projects listed here by our friends and partners Tailte Éireann along with other cool #OS related resources #LoveIrishResearch

What a superb day at the College of FET Abbeyfeale Campus, experimenting with the process of cutting OS bench marks. A huge thanks to John Morris (master stone mason/cutter) & Jamie Kelly #LocatingBenchMarksPreservingHeritage @unioflimerick.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @tailteeireann.bsky.social

The Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage project has passed 2,000 documented bench mark site records across County Limerick. This is an extraordinary achievement in the timeframe and a clear reflection of the interest communities take in heritage @heritagecouncil.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is hiring! Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy. Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm. www.ria.ie/about/career...

In UL’s latest article for RTÉ Brainstorm, Margaret O’Sullivan, School of History and Geography, outlines how records compiled by Ireland’s land agents can reveal intimate details about tenants' personal lives and that of their extended communities. Read on: www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #StudyAtUL

Pleased to be attending the AI in Textual and Visual Analysis event today @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social #LoveIrishResearch

Social media can be such an unpleasant place for women in academia. There’s very little you can say or do that someone (usually, though not always, a man) won’t attempt to dismantle. The real strength lies in trusting your own expertise, learning to disregard and moving on #WomanInAcademia

Pleased to play a part in the latest episode of @rte.ie The History Show, which is dedicated to the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Here I'm talking about one of the sister projects of #OS200, 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage', currently underway in County Limerick. shorturl.at/jK3PT

Looking forward to speaking to the Ormond Historical Society this evening on the early days of the Ordnance Survey in Tipperary #LoveIrishResearch #OS200 @irelandmapped.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulresearch.bsky.social

All set for my upcoming @icomos.bsky.social Ireland talk on our Anglo-Norman urban heritage 👍

The Environmental #DH Seminar (EDHS) is back! Co-organised by Lancaster & Manchester w/support from @n8cir.bsky.social, our first event features the ARTEMIS project. Join us ONLINE at 12pm (UK) on Oct 15 to hear about this digital historical investigation of the Scheldt River Valley. RSVP 👇

Date for the diary! Our first #English seminar of the academic year takes place 1 October, 12-1, LCB012. All welcome! @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulresearch.bsky.social @ullibrary.bsky.social @ul-gps.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulcigs.bsky.social @jackreid27.bsky.social

Great to meet our new first years this week and find out about the geographies they bring with them @unioflimerick.bsky.social

🌊To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the Embassy of France in Ireland is proud to present FLOW – Shannon Estuary 2023–2100: an artistic journey into changing coastlines through photography, video mapping, sound & workshops. 📍 2–31 Oct | Limerick, Kerry & Clare 👉 tinyurl.com/ynk332y5

Last month, the Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage team visited Poolbeg Lighthouse, where height measurement in Ireland began. The pivot bench mark (20.9 ft above sea level) aligns with the 1837 OS datum, used nationwide until replaced by Malin Head’s Portmore Pier in the late 20th century.

Congratulations everyone and well done Eimear!

And what a great day it was for the Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage team. Thanks to all involved for helping make it a success!

A reminder that our Heritage Week event takes place tomorrow afternoon from 1pm in People's Park, Limerick. Come along to learn how to get involved in the project and see a demo from @tailteeireann.bsky.social surveyors!

Come and join us geographers @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social -- job opportunity 😍 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOI951/l...

It's that time of year again where we are thrilled to announce our call for the 2026 Community Archive Scheme! Key dates: 🗓️ Scheme opens: 27 August ❓ Information session: 2.00pm, 16 September 📩 Closing date: 7 November For more information visit dri.ie/community-ar... and watch the video below.

NEW DRI Member training sessions scheduled for the autumn season! 🍂 dri.ie/events/ Join DRI Digital Archivist and Training Manager Noelia Romero for a tour of the basics, from managing an account and uploading your first object, to batch uploading from existing collections software.

HERITAGE WEEK EVENT! 1-3pm, Sat 23rd August at People's Park, Limerick. The event includes a talk followed by a demonstration by @tailteeireann.bsky.social surveyors and a chance to try out the project app and learn how you can record bench marks. @unioflimerick.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie

Well done to my @ulgeog.bsky.social colleagues on this important initiative to introduce second level students to new digital skills

DRI is delighted to partner with @heritagecouncil.ie and @unioflimerick.bsky.social to preserve Ordnance Survey bench marks in the 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' project led by @catsporter.bsky.social! Read more and learn how you can get involved: dri.ie/news/dri-par...