We are advertising for a permanent Assistant Professor in Human Geography with expertise in economic, political, and/or urban–rural geography. Closing date: 12 noon, 21st August 2026 IST. Visit www.ul.ie/vacancies to find out more and apply: #JobFairy #AcademicJobs @geogsocire.bsky.social

So what exactly is AERIAL-SCAN? This thread will give you the 5 Ws on the project! #aerialphotography #archaeology 🏺 #geography 🧭#history 🪶

Pleased to be included in the lineup here by the @ria.ie and looking forward to working again with @ullibrary.bsky.social, @unioflimerick.bsky.social and the @dri.ie over the coming months. @ulresearch.bsky.social , #FAHSS, #LoveIrishResearch

Nice writeup on the recent Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage project prize win www.ul.ie/news/putting... @ulresearch.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @heritage council.ie @tailteeireann.bsky.social

Early Ordnance Survey maps front and centre at the new Windmill Park, Saintfield, County Down #OS200 @irelandmapped.bsky.social

Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage has been awarded the international ISHMap Prize in Map History 2026, which we dedicate to our volunteers! ishmap.com/ishmap-prize... @mudderofpearl.bsky.social @lizgabbett.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulresearch.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... skip to 13:40 for place-names 🤓

Enjoyed presenting the Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage project at #CIG2026 today @ucc.ie Great to have some new and enthusiastic volunteers coming forward too! #GSI @heritagecouncil.ie @ulresearch.bsky.social

Colleague Sara Hannafin @ulgeog.bsky.social on place and belonging through assessment #CIG2026

Just arrived at the Conference of Irish Geographers at #UCC #CIG2026 and looking forward to the many sessions timetabled over the next few days. Hoping to find some time for bench mark field work too! @irelandmapped.bsky.social

A wee touch of frost this morning in County Down

Delighted to have been able to attend the opening of this exhibition. Economic history brought to life through the stories the data tell. #IrishinBritain epicchq.com/event/no-iri...

Applications are invited from excellent candidates to pursue a PhD project in Geography with the School of History and Geography @unioflimerick.bsky.social #StudyAtUL Deadline: 29th May 2026. For more information, please see: www.ul.ie/artsoc/histo...

I’m forever complaining about how the rain makes it difficult to spot bench marks, but so too does the sun! #OS200

'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....

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

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

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...

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