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#WomenInRebellion Petition for survival: Jane Montgomery asked Lord Cornwallis for one thing: safe passage to America. Not land, not money — just the chance to escape retribution. Hers is one of many women’s petitions in the Rebellion Papers. 🔗 Read it here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...

1952 - Suggested Extension for Dublin Airport www.archiseek.com/1952-suggest...

Great feature in historyireland.bsky.social by bsky.app/profile/mayn... Eamon Darcy on William Molyneux & the birth of #LocalHistory in Ireland. 👀 our Curated collection www.virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll... 📢 Shout out to funders bsky.app/profile/ria.ie & 📷TCD Library bsky.app/profile/tcdd... 😊

One Thousand New Entries Added to our Early Irish BMD Indexes: www.irishancestors.ie/bmd-indexes-...

Me when I find a new census transcript.

Come along to hear this fantastic lineup speaking about one of the most important issues facing our sector!!

Do share! The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland’s annual conference is on Daniel O’Connell and his Legacies - 22 Nov in @dculibrary.bsky.social - all welcome! (Small fee on the day) @nmireland.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @jdmccafferty.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/oconnell-a...

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

Save the date! 📆 We are bringing the VRTI Roadshow to Kilkenny this month, with a special addition: the launch of Professor Keith Busby's new publication — The Statute of Kilkenny — published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission. 🗓️ Tues25 November 2025 🕠 6:45 – 9:00 PM 📍 Mayfair Library, Kilkenny

#WomenInRebellion Grief & defiance: Mary Ann McCracken’s letter after her brother’s execution is searing: a sister’s grief, a patriot’s outrage, and a refusal to forget. Read her unflinching words here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...

While Irishman Sir Roger Casement was exploring colonial atrocities in the Peruvian Amazon he was also collecting butterflies that are now in the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History. He was later executed in London for treason. Paper just published revue-colligo.fr/index.php/vo...

Thank you to everyone who took part in today’s event 'The Troubles and the European Community: Exploring DIFP XIV (1969–73)'.

On the first Wednesday of every month, many OPW Heritage Sites open their doors free of charge to visitors and families. This November, why not explore one of Ireland’s remarkable castles, gardens or historic houses? Plan your visit at:heritageireland.ie/visit/free-wednesday

Save the Date! 📢 Join us for our AGM & Lecture on Thurs, 13 November 2025 at 6pm in Dublin City Library & Archive. Featuring @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on “A 60 Year Legacy of Advocacy and Activism – The Mary Robinson Archive.” More details & registration link coming soon! 👀 #IrishArchives #EYA

We've just added more historic Ordnance Survey maps of Ireland to our website. You can now compare first edition one-inch to the mile maps dating from the 1860s to 1870s with second edition maps published between 1898 and 1902. maps.nls.uk/os/one-inch-...

Had a wonderful time speaking with students at Columbia University about the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social recently. Many thanks to James Stafford for inviting me to zoom in to NY from Dublin, and to the students for their fantastic questions about Irish history, the archive, and so much more.

IGRS Top Research Tip #179: The records of Ireland’s Genealogical Office (created by the Ulster King of Arms) date from the 16th to 19th centuries and are described in detail here: shorturl.at/s5zdP

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Royal Irish Academy on 22 October 2025 to celebrate the launch of Deeds of the Guild of St Anne, 1237 – 1778, a new digital resource created in partnership with the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social and the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social

Here is a link to the volume: Law and Constitutional Change. Many thanks to the editors David Capper, Conor McCormick and Norma Dawson. www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

It is great to see this out in the world: ‘Courting the Past: Reconstructing Ireland’s Lost Legal Records, c.1300–1922. My contribution was minor. All credit to @petercrooks.bsky.social, @timvrti.bsky.social, @cwallacedublin.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

A fun little piece I did on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, with some interesting snippets from the RIA collection, for your delectation!

On Wednesday, 22 October 2025, the VRTI joined the Royal Irish Academy and the Irish Manuscripts Commission to launch the new Guild of St Anne Gold Seam, one of Dublin’s most important historical records. You can read more about the collection here: virtualtreasury.ie/news/ria-imc...

Tonight Dr Mari Takayanagi will be speaking at the IHR Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar where she will be discussing her paper 'The Speakers and the Suffragettes'. You can either attend online or in-person, details of which can be found below:

And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.

IGRS Top Research Tip #178: The IGRS’ online Early Irish Marriage Index notes alternative sources for marriage in Ireland up to 1863. It’s free, ever growing, and now comprises almost 276,000 names: www.irishancestors.ie/search/marri...

It was a pleasure to collaborate with Paul Dryburgh (TNA, UK) on this blog on the fascinating life of H.S Sweetman. More to come so watch this space! @historytcd.bsky.social @virtualtreasury.bsky.social www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

If you missed Ian d'Alton's talk yesterday about '1932: Seeing the same world differently: Irish Catholics and Protestants a decade after independence', it's now available online at youtu.be/9oxWs0PTA1Y

Are you a little confused about how Ireland’s Presidential Election works? Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

#WomeninRebellion Bella Martin started as a Belfast barmaid. By 1798, she was a Crown agent inside a rebel leader’s home, reporting on arms hidden under a chapel altar. Her world was dangerous — and morally murky. Read more here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...

“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,” Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...

Due to popular demand the "Words on the Wave" exhibition will extend it's run until Monday 27th Oct. Don't miss your last chance to see these unique early medieval treasures at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

For those who didn't obsessively read about Fortean phenomena in childhood: it is believed that many of the better-attested UFO reports were ball lightning. If you look at this video you can see why.

Finally looked up how to get rid of Google‘s automatic AI answers (and the attached waste of resources) and it‘s so easy! What relief. 😅 www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...

Don't forget to check out our digital exhibition on how the Irish Revolution was witnessed through photography in France. En français et en anglais. @clairedubois.bsky.social meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...

New: Meath: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23, by Dr. Ciáran Wallace. As politics, war and revolution intruded on daily routine, some embraced change, risking life and livelihood for a chosen cause; others resisted. Gradually, violence affected the regular round of shopping, sport and socializing. 1/2

Today's translation (coming soon to @virtualtreasury.bsky.social when I sort out the dates and metadata) is this lovely survivor. Strikingly, there are many women named in it paying for royal taxation in the early fifteenth century. Any more fragments lurking? virtualtreasury.ie/item/CamStJo...

IGRS Top Research Tip #176: If the parish baptismal register doesn’t survive from early enough, try piecing a family together by combing through the civil marriage registers looking for matching fathers’ names. From 1845 for non-RC, 1864 for RCs, all for free: www.irishgenealogy.ie/search/

Enjoyable conference today @joelherman.bsky.social - esp. Atlantic world session of interest, encourages me to read again a slightly battered copy of David N.Doyle's book. Back tomorrow.

How was Ireland involved in the American Revolution? 🇮🇪 🇺🇸 Launching the ‘Ireland and the American Revolution’ conference, Dr @joelherman.bsky.social (@tcddublin.bsky.social & @virtualtreasury.bsky.social) explains how Ireland is connected with the #AmericanRevolution. youtube.com/shorts/Q0hb9...

Was a fantastic first day at ’Ireland and the American Revolution’ capped off by a brilliant keynote address by Prof. Eliga Gould. Looking forward to day two.

📣New HJ blog! Joel Herman (@joelherman.bsky.social) explores how news both connected and divided people across the eighteenth-century British Empire📰 #History #Newspapers #Journalism #PublicSphere 18thc 🗃️ 👉Read online here: www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

Join us on 8 Oct at the RIA for Irish STEM Lives: Spotlighting Irish Contribution to STEM Irish STEM Lives editors, Turlough O’Riordan and Jane Grimson will discuss some of the fascinating lives featured the book Book your tickets now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1804403

Great day to buy a book from Dublin’s most gorgeous bookshop - online orders available too at keen prices!

We were delighted to recently receive 2 volumes once owned by Dublin City Architect H.T. O’Rourke. For more information about H.T. O'Rourke and the work he did, and this wonderful donation, read our recent blog post: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog... @dublincitylibs.bsky.social

#HistFest2025 event at 45 Merrion Square this morning, with @tailteeireann.bsky.social and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social

Word cloud showing the huge range of business reflected in the Partnership memorials in @tailteeireann.bsky.social