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Historian of Urban 19-20th c. Ireland/UK. Director @VirtualTreasury Views are all my own.
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Ciarán Wallace
National Library of Ireland
1 day ago
Director’s Tour of the National Library of Ireland 📚 Part of Dublin by Dusk 🌃 📅 Thurs 25 June, 6pm Join Director Dr Audrey Whitty for a guided tour of the NLI’s Victorian building on Kildare St inc. the stunning Reading Room & stories of Ireland’s great writers & thinkers
https://ow.ly/J4m650Z3KGO
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Director's Tour of the National Library of Ireland
https://ow.ly/J4m650Z3KGO
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Lucas Seehafer
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Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on
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T. Michael Redmond
2 days ago
For you paleontology fans, here is a ~400 MYO Devonian tetrapod trackway (one of 3 known worldwide) at Valentia Island in SW Ireland. It was made by one of the earliest amphibians on wet sand or mud.
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Martin Maguire
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Concern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan
https://openletter.earth/concern-about-research-irelands-strategy-and-programme-plan-e6a2b138
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Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS)
3 days ago
IGRS Top Research Tip #209: The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - PRONI - runs talks and events every month relevant to its readers. Some in-person, some on-line, and some hybrid. Check here for details:
www.proni.gov.uk/events
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)
4 days ago
We’re thrilled to announce 16 new sub-collections from
@ihtaria.bsky.social
are now published in the Repository! 🎉 Covering Derry~Londonderry, Dublin, Belfast, Athlone, Kilkenny & more, these ingests mark a step forward in IHTA’s long-term digital preservation plans. More:
dri.ie/news/ihta-an...
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Economic & Social History Society of Ireland
4 days ago
On our New Researchers' Blog: The Right Time and Place? by
@tiarnanheaney.bsky.social
(
@quceh.bsky.social
), on how the Congested Districts Board reduced poverty in the west of Ireland, lifting three people out of poverty per £1 spent. Special commendation, ESHSI 2025.
www.eshsi.org/new-research...
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The Right Time and Place? Agricultural Development, Poverty, and Irish Place-Based Policy 1891–1909
Figure 1: CDB investment 1891 - 1909 at DED-level.
https://www.eshsi.org/new-researchers-blog/the-right-time-and-place-agricultural-development-poverty-and-irish-place-based-policy-1891-1909
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Emma Rothwell
4 days ago
Trash talk in 18th Ireland: "go you in you dirty creature".
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Ciarán Wallace
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
4 days ago
What does revolution look like when you put women's role at the centre? Join us online on Thursday 4 June, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm for Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...
Attendance is free, all are welcome. (Shared posts are welcome too! 😊)
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Ted McCormick
7 days ago
getting ready for “demanding accurate footnotes is popery” discourse
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Ciarán Wallace
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
7 days ago
What is the revolutionary view from this vantage point? Join us online for Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre Thursday 4 June 2026 7:00-8:15PM Attendance is free. All are welcome 👇👇
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...
📷 Lotherton Hall, W. Yorkshire. Creative Commons
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IrishPhilosophy
7 days ago
City of God just dropped.
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Postcard From The Past
7 days ago
Having a lovely time shall not want to come back to work.
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Ciarán Wallace
National Library of Ireland
7 days ago
Director’s Tour of the National Library of Ireland 📚 Part of Dublin by Dusk 🌃 📅 Thurs 25 June, 6pm Join Director Dr Audrey Whitty for a guided tour of the NLI’s Victorian building on Kildare St inc. the stunning Reading Room & stories of Ireland’s great writers & thinkers
https://ow.ly/J4m650Z3KGO
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Director's Tour of the National Library of Ireland
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Ciarán Wallace
Marsh's Library
7 days ago
A happy looking dog at court! From the engraved title page of Hugo de Groot's Introduction to Dutch jurisprudence, printed in 1636.
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Mike Muth
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Reuters
8 days ago
Pope Leo urges world to 'slow down' on AI in fervent first manifesto
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Pope Leo urges world to 'slow down' on AI in fervent first manifesto
Pope Leo urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritise conflict and risk leading the world down a path of unending war.
https://reut.rs/3Pn2onr
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That's HEDLEY!
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Joel Herman
9 days ago
Was lucky enough to meet Lucy and participate in this documentary. Very grateful to be included. It‘s on BBC Two tonight and tomorrow.
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Simon Kuestenmacher
9 days ago
Another animated true size type of map. This lovely version is from the great @milan_janosov.
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Gavan Reilly
10 days ago
🗳️ By-election tallies LIVE! 🚨 🔵 Dublin Central
bit.ly/DublinCentral26
🟣 Galway West
bit.ly/GalwayWest26
Updates here throughout the day(s)!
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Postcard From The Past
11 days ago
I sat next to the wife of the president of the University of Swansea.
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Myles Dungan
11 days ago
Tickets for 2026 Hinterland Fest now on sale at
www.hinterland.ie
Guests include
@mcculld.bsky.social
@miriamocal.bsky.social
@fotoole.bsky.social
@sjamcbride.bsky.social
@cwallacedublin.bsky.social
@patrickfreyne.bsky.social
@edelcoffey.bsky.social
@liznugent.bsky.social
@rusbradburd.bsky.social
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Hinterland Festival Kells 25 - 28 June 2026
Hinterland is an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival based in the spiritual home of the Book of Kells. Join us for events running from 25 - 28 June 2026
https://www.hinterland.ie
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Nice idea at the polling station in Dublin Central today.
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Ciarán Wallace
The Library of Trinity College Dublin
11 days ago
Located in Research Collections, the College Archives also hold rich resources for historical and genealogical research, from Board minutes and student entrance registers to College calendars or “guide books” documenting life at Trinity year by year.
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Joe Culley
11 days ago
Brilliant
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Joel Herman
11 days ago
Don’t forget to register for ‘Women in Revolution’. A discussion on the revolutionary lives of women with
@janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
, Dr Catriona Kennedy, and
@earner.bsky.social
. See the rest of the thread for talk titles. Registration link👇(1/3)
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...
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National Library of Ireland
11 days ago
Last week, NLI Director Dr Audrey Whitty and the British Ambassador to Ireland, her Excellency Kara Owen, officially opened the Edgeworth festival in Edgeworthstown Library, marking its 30th year. Read more about the launch via Longford Leader:
https://ow.ly/HB0Q50Z35Tq
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PICTURES: British Ambassador visits Longford for literary festival launch
The British Ambassador to Ireland, her Excellency Kara Owen, had high praise for the Maria Edgeworth Literary Festival
https://ow.ly/HB0Q50Z35Tq
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Ciarán Wallace
National Library of Ireland
11 days ago
🕰️ The NLI’s reading rooms and ticket office will open to readers from 9:30-13:00 on the following Saturdays in 2026:
https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/saturday-opening-hours-january-december-2026
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Saturday opening hours: January to December 2026
Saturday opening hours: January to December 2026 Friday, 19 December 2025 The NLI’s reading rooms and ticket office will open to readers from 9:30-13:00 on the following Saturdays: Saturday Openings 2026 January 10th & 24th February 7th & 21st March 7th & 21st April 11th & 25th May 9th & 23rd June 6…
https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/saturday-opening-hours-january-december-2026
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Dictionary of Irish Biography
11 days ago
#DIBLives
A prolific writer, an astute businesswoman and an engaging companion, novelist Maria Edgeworth (d.
#OTD
1849) was adept at observing and mimicking life. With Edgeworthstown House as her anchor, her novels examined human society through focusing on local life.
www.dib.ie/biography/ed...
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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
15 days ago
🥳Congratulations Alex Randles! 🏆'Best in-use paper' award at the European Semantic Web Conference Dubrovnik ‘VRTI Knowledge Graph Explorer: Adoption, Use and Impact’ co-authors Peter Crooks, Lynn Kilgallon, Lucy McKenna + Declan O’Sullivan. 😁
@adaptcentre.bsky.social
@tcddublin.bsky.social
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Ciarán Wallace
The Library of Trinity College Dublin
22 days ago
Job alert! 📢The Library of Trinity College Dublin is seeking an experienced
#Archivist
to work on the archive of the war correspondent and author Robert Fisk. Search "Project Archivist" on
lnkd.in/epe82VKC
to apply. Closing date 12:00, 27th May 2026.
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National Library of Ireland
16 days ago
Did you know you can apply for a Reader's Ticket for the National Library of Ireland by using our online application form?:
https://rtickets.nli.ie
🖥️ Learn more here:
https://www.nli.ie/visit/readers-ticket
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Postcard From The Past
18 days ago
Please do not send me any more condensed books. Thank you.
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Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS)
17 days ago
IGRS Top Research Tip #207: The National Library of Ireland is coming down with sources for genealogy and they have an hour long video explaining them. Click here to view on YouTube:
youtu.be/avQbopnDTvA?...
#nationallibraryofireland
#irishgenealogy
#irishfamilyhistory
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Ciarán Wallace
National Library of Ireland
17 days ago
We recently acquired a First World War anthology of war poetry compiled by May Tennant in memory of her son, Edward Wyndham Tennant, killed on the Western Front in 1917. Volume includes work by Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Francis Ledwidge, Edward Thomas & others.
https://ow.ly/ytZO50YYSw7
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Dictionary of Irish Biography
22 days ago
#NewBlog
On Sunday 18 April 1926, 630,048 households completed their census forms. In this month’s blog, DIB's Dr Angela Byrne reflects on what the release of the 1926 census, recently digitised by the National Archives of Ireland, means to historians.
www.dib.ie/blog/census-...
#DIBLives
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Simon Kuestenmacher
25 days ago
Super fun interactive tool by @vicnaum allows you to see which cities are "latitude buddies" with your city. Did you know that Buenos Aires and Adelaide are latitude buddies? Or Los Angeles and Teheran? Have a play here:
buff.ly/FATl1Mi
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Nigel Monaghan
25 days ago
Me with Sir David Attenborough in 1969 (seen from Apollo 11). Happy Birthday Sir! We never met but your influence has been huge.
#Attenborough
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Ciarán Wallace
araireland
26 days ago
🚨 Job fairy 🚨 Project Archivist, the Robert and Nelofer Fisk Archive and Library This role
@tcdlibrary.bsky.social
will involve project management oversight of the archival description, research, and public presentation of the Robert and Nelofer Fisk Archive and Library. (1 of 5)
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Joel Herman
26 days ago
'the Cellars ... were feloniously broken open by a riotous and tumultuous Mob of People unknown, and a large Quantity of Oat-meal taken thereout and carried away...' Oatmeal gate in Cork, as reported in the Dublin Gazette, 25-27 June 1778.
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IrishPhilosophy
26 days ago
Recommend, its gorgeous.
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman
26 days ago
Love to find women involved in the building trades in nineteenth-century Dublin - Catherine Aylemore supplying fresh water to the building site of St Laurence O’Toole & Margaret T. Byrne operating the Kimmage Quarry & Lime Works!
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Nigel Monaghan
26 days ago
Stunning new mural of Sir David Attenborough in Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland by
Kade.ie
to mark the 100th birthday of this amazing man.
#SpeirGorm
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Simon Kuestenmacher
26 days ago
When we jump from 100,000 new eBooks per month to 300,000, we know that about two out of every three new eBooks are AI slop. May I introduce a new literary category of “pre AI classics”? This includes every single book published before November 2022 when ChatGPT was released 😉📚
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Marsh's Library
27 days ago
A lovely piece about Jonathan Swift in the current issue of The New Yorker. Lots of references to Marsh's Library in it:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Jonathan Swift Wrote His Own Epitaph. Was It a Joke?
A college professor spent seven years decoding the inscription on the grave of the writer Jonathan Swift. He thinks he’s finally cracked it.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/jonathan-swifts-last-joke
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National Library of Ireland
27 days ago
We recently conserved and digitised a unique typescript copy of Seán O’Casey’s the Plough and the Stars from the
@abbeytheatre.bsky.social
archive. In this video, Crónán Ó Doibhlin, Head of Special Collections, introduces the document and gives us a closer look at the digitisation process.
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Gillian O'Brien
29 days ago
#otd
4 May 1889 Dr Patrick Henry Cronin was brutally murdered in
#Chicago
. The murder trial was sensational & the repercussions for Irish-America & Irish Republicanism were enormous. You can read about it in my book Blood Runs Green
#USHistory
#IrishAmerica
#irishhistory
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Janet Horner
29 days ago
Gerard Hutch’s comments on immigration, particularly singling out the Somali community, are prejudiced, harmful, and straight out of the Donald Trump playbook.
#Ireland
#Dublin
#DublinCentral
#NorthInnerCity
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