Delighted that my dataset description has now been published in the Journal of Open Humanities Data special volume on Digital Resources for the Languages in Ireland and Britain. Available here: openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....

Delighted to be sharing the @irelandmapped.bsky.social project at session 87 ‘Beyond Transcendence’ at the European Association of Urban History conference in (a very hot) Barcelona today! Thanks also to the AHSS faculty @ulhistory.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social for the support.

To mark National Heritage Week (15 – 23 August 2026) the @dri.ie, a research programme based at the RIA, are hosting an online webinar to discuss bench marks across Ireland. Booking is not required for this event. If you have any queries, please contact dri@ria.ie

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

Royal Irish Academy@ria.ie · 4mo ago

The RIA is delighted to announce that four projects will be supported under the Nowlan Digitisation grant scheme for 2026. Read more about the projects on the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2026/06/02/f...

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

We are thrilled to see our sister project receive this recognition from the International Society for the History of the Map #ISHMap. Well done to the project staff and volunteers! #LoveIrishResearch

Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈@catsporter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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

Happy #MapMonday ! This drawing of Carrickfergus town is an annotated plan showing town walls, dwellings, church, and monuments. Deposited in the DRI by the Royal Irish Academy as part of the 'OS200: Digitally Re-mapping Ireland’s Ordnance Survey Heritage' project: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

Delighted to be at the inaugural panel meeting for Belfast Stories. Wearing both my @placenamesni.bsky.social and @irelandmapped.bsky.social hats of course 🤓

Great to see the latest publication from our sister project 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' is out in the world #OS200

Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈@catsporter.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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....

Our sister project Maps and Memories is holding several events for @niscifest.bsky.social this month and some of the #OS200 project team will be there to represent 😍 Check out the listings here: nisciencefestival.com/programme/ma...

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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

Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)@dri.ie · 9mo ago

We’re delighted to announce a new collection in the Repository: Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage, published by @ullibrary.bsky.social 🗺️🏛️ The collection features Ordnance Survey bench marks across Limerick, photographed in 2025–26. Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...

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

Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman@niamhroisin.bsky.social · 10mo ago

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...

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

Tailte Éireann@tailteeireann.bsky.social · 11mo ago

For #EYADigital, we are highlighting several avenues to access digitised collections relating to Tailte Éireann. With thanks to the wonderful partners that we have collaborated with on these initiatives.

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

The History Show Sunday 19 October 2025

The Ordnance Survey in Ireland On this week's programme, we’re looking back at the early years of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland. Just over 200 years ago, the British government launched one of the ...

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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

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

The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project@placenamesni.bsky.social · last yr.

Rising to 687 metres, Sawel Mountain is the highest peak of the Sperrins, sitting on the border of Counties Derry and Tyrone. The full name of the mountain is Samhail Phite Méabha ‘likeness to Maeve’s vulva’ and is said to be used metaphorically to refer to a hollow on the side of the mountain.

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...

The story behind the benchmarks hiding in plain sight in Ireland

The Ordnance Survey benchmarks chiselled into buildings, walls and bridges were originally used to measure height across Ireland

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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...