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

A great day in the University of Limerick library yesterday for the great @irelandmapped.bsky.social conference. It also included a tour of the library special collections and archives

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!

Great to see our latest sister project starting off 2026 with @niscifest.bsky.social #IrelandMapped

We’re looking forward to this project event next week. Register through the form below for a day of nineteenth century indulgence @ullibrary.bsky.social 👇 @researchireland.ie @ukri.org #AHRC

Thanks to our friends @tailteeireann.bsky.social for including us in this digital collections list ❤️

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

Oh yes, more maps, another public talk this time with Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Wednesday evening all welcome 👍 www.belfastsociety.org/page-2/

Writing for the OS memoirs, John O’Donovan comments “what a pit-y that the Irish were so fond of calling places after such pits as the pit of Queen Meve” 😂 @irelandmapped.bsky.social

Oh my! Look what we had delivered today 😍 We can’t wait to share it with you! #OS200 #IrelandMapped @ukri.org @researchireland.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @rialibrary.bsky.social @dri.ie @tailteeireann.bsky.social #OSNI #PRONI @natlibscot.bsky.social

Our project book has reached the printers! We look forward to sharing it with you really soon but for now here’s a wee taster 😊 @researchireland.ie @ukri.org #AHRC @profkdlilley.bsky.social @catsporter.bsky.social

The story behind the benchmarks hiding in plain sight around Ireland. The Ordnance Survey marks chiselled into buildings, walls & bridges were originally used to measure height across the country. By @catsporter.bsky.social & Margaret O'Sullivan @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Looking for a free outdoor activity with the kids this weekend? Why not try out the 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' project app and do some bench mark hunting! @unioflimerick.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @limerickcouncil.bsky.social

Our latest project publication is out in Irish Geography! In 'Isolated data showers', @catsporter.bsky.social and @zenobiewan.bsky.social explore the early nineteenth-century weather journals recorded by the Ordnance Survey in the OS Memoirs. doi.org/10.55650/igj...

Thanks to everyone who supported our launch event today for 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage'. If you missed it, you can catch up here: shorturl.at/IBk0m Scan the QR code below to access the project website and mobile app to start collecting bench marks in County Limerick!

“Locating Benchmarks, Preserving Heritage” project aims to locate and photograph the remaining Ordnance Survey benchmarks in County Limerick, estimate the loss of this important heritage, and move towards better recognition and protection of benchmarks. More info: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve...

We are pleased to share details of the Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage launch event at 1-2 pm on Friday, 27th June 2025. The event is FREE and will be held online via MS Teams. All are welcome! Please register for the event here: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve... Or, the QR code below

The latest from our new sister project in County Limerick!

Sure don’t we love to chat about the weather ☀️

📣 Announcing the launch of Digital Preservation Terminology: an Irish Language Glossary for Repositories and Archivists. This landmark glossary establishes a standardised set of 68 Irish-language terms for digital preservation, developed by DRI with @gaois.bsky.social. More: dri.ie/news/dri-lau...

We have a couple of talks coming up in the next few weeks, beginning with this one @nifhs.bsky.social 👇If your local community group would like to learn more about #OS200 and how to use the resource, please get in contact.

We’re at #CIG2025 this week! While you’re grabbing food and refreshments why not have a look at our #OS200 project banners in the food hall

Check out details of our latest sister project coming your way soon in County Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social

Our latest project related publication led by our project partners @dri.ie is now available to read through the link below

RTÉ Brainstorm’s latest podcast explores the story of the first all-Ireland mapping survey 200 years ago, based on a piece co-written by Dr Catherine Porter, School of History & Geography. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... @catsporter.bsky.social @profkdlilley.bsky.social @irelandmapped.bsky.social

Thanks to @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social you can now listen to our piece on the 1st Ordnance Survey of Ireland authored by project leads @catsporter.bsky.social and @profkdlilley.bsky.social #LoveIrishResearch @researchireland.bsky.social @ukri.org

Vote for 'A Digital Archive of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey’ in the @dhawards.bsky.social under the ‘Best #DigitalHumanities Resource’ category! This resource was developed in partnership with DRI as part of the @irelandmapped.bsky.social project. Find out more and vote: dri.ie/news/os200-d...

Voting has now opened for the DH Awards 2024. It looks like there's some tough competition, and we'd be very grateful if you would consider voting for our #OS200 online resource served through @dri.ie dhawards.org/dhawards2024... #LoveIrishResearch @researchireland.bsky.social @ukri.org #AHRC #DH

The spring talk season continues for @irelandmapped.bsky.social with a visit to Tulla History Society last night (with time for some County Clare bench mark hunting) #LoveIrishResearch #OS200

Looking forward to my talk this lunchtime with the Genealogy and Local Studies Group of the Library Association of Ireland. I'll be discussing the opportunities and challenges of working with early source materials in digital humanities projects such as @irelandmapped.bsky.social #DH #OS200

If you’re interested in listening back to this talk at Kilrush and District Historical Society you can access it on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGU2...

Just one of three talks by the project team next week on all things Ordnance Survey #LoveIrishResearch

Our latest publication from #OS200 colleagues @niamhroisin.bsky.social, @zenobiewan.bsky.social and @drfranceskane.bsky.social Please ask if you'd like a link to the pdf. @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ukri.org #LoveIrishResearch

Really looking forward to this seminar in late spring when I’ll be talking about some aspects of @irelandmapped.bsky.social #ResearchIreland #AHRC

Stay safe folks! #OS200 #BigWind1839 #StormÉowyn

The best of Sunday mornings! Some early morning OS bench marks bagged in Killaloe, County Clare and brunch in our favourite, Derg House Café afterwards 😊 @irelandmapped.bsky.social

Today we covered almost 19,000 steps #benchmark bagging Kendal and Kirby Lonsdale!

Love the way PRONI have set up our @irelandmapped.bsky.social exhibition in the atrium, looks like pages of a book

This evening’s @rte.ie Nationwide focuses on 200 years of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland and features our friends at #TailteÉireann and our own @profkdlilley.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yeje36bk

Hot off the press! 🔥 #EsriIreland has released a writeup on #OS200 and our use of #ArcGIS to analyse and visualise the 1st Ordnance Survey of Ireland shorturl.at/69Z88 #ResearchIreland #AHRC #LoveIrishResearch #UL #QUB

While feeling distinctly under the weather sadly yesterday evening, the @rgsibg.bsky.social event at PRONI was great with a lot of interest in our @irelandmapped.bsky.social findings

A sneak look at the @irelandmapped.bsky.social exhibition installed at PRONI, launches tomorrow 😍 Thursday 21st, grab a place here 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marking-ma...

Don't forget our @irelandmapped.bsky.social project exhibition opens this coming week at #PRONI Belfast! If you're closer to Dublin our exhibition at the #RoyalIrishAcademy is open until the end of the year :-) #OS200 #LoveIrishResearch Check out our project website: www.irelandmapped.ie for more

I've created a starter pack for Irish geography as a friendly place to gather all those working in or interested in the geographies of Ireland. Hopefully this will help new users find their people on this platform. Please share :-) Comment and I'll add you go.bsky.app/ErsX3jh

"I have caught a very severe cold, the consequence of my sudden transition from the foggy air of Dublin to the thin and cold air of the Cuailgnian Mountains. If however tomorrow will prove a fine day and if I feel any better I shall venture home..." (JOD, 25th Feb 1836) #OS200 We feel you, John!

The #OS200 collaborative events continue! Our exhibition will open at #PRONI on 21st Nov with a series of in-person talks in cooperation with #RGS, #OSNI and #HERoNI. Get your tickets here: shorturl.at/gC3ru and here: shorturl.at/x4uRW

Did you miss our talk at PRONI in October? Don't fret, you can now watch it online and learn more about what the project team has been up to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUa... #UniversityOfLimerick #QUBelfast

Check out the Digital Archive of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey online at dri.ie/os200