Irish Society for Archives
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We exist to promote the place of archives in Irish society. #IrishArchives #ExploreYourArchive Find out more about the society: https://irishsocietyforarchives.wordpress.com
Culture Night at Collins Barracks ✨ Join us for an evening of conversations, discoveries and the occasional moment that completely changes how you see Irish History. 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🎟️ Free admission www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... #CultureNight #CultureNight2026
I highly recommend this course in advanced sources for #IrishGenealogy with Seán Murphy: #AncestryHour
National Library of Ireland@nlireland.bsky.social · last wk.🔎 Advanced Sources in Genealogy Take your family history research further with professional genealogist Seán Murphy in this 8-week course 📅 16 Sept–4 Nov | Wednesdays | 2–4.15pm https://ow.ly/Mr7w50ZKnRN Explore wills, deeds, estate papers, prison records, memorial inscriptions, manuscripts & more
📻 Have you registered for iPRES Radio yet? From 22–25 September, we’ll be bringing some of the conversations, ideas and atmosphere of #iPRES2026 in Copenhagen to the wider digital preservation community online. All are welcome to join us. #iPRESRadio is free […] [Original post on digipres.club]
📢The deadline for queries about this OPEN CALL📸 is Fri, 4 Sep & the deadline for applications is ✨Wed, 16 Sep✨. UCD Library seeks photographers and lens-based artists for a commission capturing the National Folklore Collection's move to its new home. Full details at www.ucd.ie/irishfolklor...
✨New month, new theme! ✨ For September, the theme is #EYAErased 👀 Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag to get involved, we can’t wait to see your posts! #ExploreYourArchive
Calling all Irish Archives! 📢 Contributions are now invited for the ISA Autumn 2026 Newsletter. 🍂 📖 Articles should be 500-750 in docx format. Illustrations should be 300 dpi, in JPEG. Please send to Honorary Editor Mary Clark via email at gormlai123@gmail.com Deadline: Friday 18 September 2026
If you missed our talk today, you might enjoy this excellent video 😊 @louiseoc.bsky.social
The latest Cultural Heritage blog post by UCD Archives, Principal Archivist, Kate Manning is now available to read on the UCD Library Cultural Heritage Collections blog.
📢 Call for Submissions: Scotland's Community Heritage Conversations SCHC wants to hear how collaboration across communities, generations, cultures & sectors sparks fresh learning and growth. Full call: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotlands-... #CommunityHeritage #ScotlandHeritage
Scotland's Community Heritage Conversations 2026: Sharing Our Strengths
Celebrating community heritage with inspiring talks, workshops and connection, showing how collaboration sparks shared learning and growth.
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Discover the Digital Humanitarian Archives Toolkit, in a webinar Tomorrow morning (Thursday 22 July). Register here 👉 www.dpconline.org/events/event... \ @archivistsdotca.bsky.social @library-archives.canada.ca
#DPClinic July - Digital Humanitarian Archives Toolkit - Digital Preservation Coalition
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Digital Preservation Coalition@dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 2mo ago📢 New #DPClinic! 🌍 How can humanitarian organisations create sustainable digital archives? Join Flora Chatt (University of Manchester) and the #DPC on 23 July, 14:00–15:00 UTC for an introduction to the new Digital Humanitarian Archives Toolkit. 💬 Explore […] [Original post on digipres.club]
Can’t wait to tune in for this one! 📺 🙂↕️
The Library of Trinity College Dublin@tcdlibrary.bsky.social · 2mo agoLooking forward to #TrinityTreasures starring the wonderful Trinity graduate & Oscar-nominated Ruth Negga with a host of our Library colleagues as they guide her through some of our collections items. Kicking off on Fri at 8.30pm on RTÉ 1 TV. For more details: www.tcd.ie/news_events/...
💫 Check out this new #EYAArchitecture blog from the National Fairground and Circus Archive at @uoscollections.bsky.social ! 🎪 Read to discover the evolution of fairground architecture through their fascinating collections 🎡🎪 exploreyourarchive.org/the-evolutio... #ExploreYourArchive
The Evolution of Fairground Architecture — Explore Your Archive
From the National Fairground and Circus Archive take us on a rollercoaster ride through the evolution of fairground architecture.
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This month we are celebrating #EYAArchitecture and what a great way to highlight all the fascinating plans we hold in our Archive collection. It wouldn't be a Kew plan without a 'Pine and Strawberry House' or a 'Fruit Room'. #EYA @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #KewLA
Amazing news from the Cork LGBT Archive! A permanent LGBTQ Exibition will soon be open in the Cork Public Museum🥳 Check out the opening date of the exhibition along with an amazing schedule of other summer events below!
Cork LGBT Archive@corklgbtarchive.bsky.social · 2mo agoBusy few weeks ahead for Cork LGBT Archive, leading up to the highlight of the opening of the PERMANENT LGBTQ EXHIBITION in Cork Public Museum in August. Our work is supported by @heritagecouncil.ie @orlaegan1.bsky.social #SpéirGhorm
We're delighted to announce that images of an Icelandic manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy collection have been added to handrit.is. Handrit is a joint electronic catalogue of Icelandic manuscripts preserved in Iceland and abroad. It is a project of the National and University Library of Iceland.
📢 Applications are open for the National Library of Ireland’s 2026–2027 Studentships! ⭐ Library ⭐ Archival ⭐ Research A great opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop your career. Learn more, and apply by 3pm, 17 July 2026: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland
#EYAArchitecture #ExploreYourArchive Architectural plans for the upper storey and the south side of the Quadrangle building at Queen's College Galway, designed and signed by Irish architect John B Keane, 18th November 1846 @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social
📣 We're hiring: Conservator (AKII) 2-year fixed-term contract Join the National Library of Ireland to help conserve nationally significant collections, including parchment, manuscripts and early printed works relating to the Normans in Ireland. ⭐ Info + #apply by 31 July: https://ow.ly/X9Op50ZkZKj
☕ All are welcome to join DRI for our virtual Coffee Morning on 29 July 2026 at 11am! Writer & DAM Librarian Jessie McCarty will introduce Folk Data - an inclusive approach to metadata + taxonomy that centres people, communities + ethical information architecture. Register: dri.ie/events/dri-c...
📣 We're hiring: Conservator (AKII) 2-year fixed-term contract Join the National Library of Ireland to help conserve nationally significant collections, including parchment, manuscripts and early printed works relating to the Normans in Ireland. ⭐ Info + #apply by 31 July: https://ow.ly/X9Op50ZkZKj
Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the sea turtles, for today is their special day! To celebrate World Sea Turtle Day, here is an illustration from the book 'Natural History Abridged' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc. 📷 Reserve 590 BUF #WorldSeaTurtleDay #SeaTurtleDay #RareBooks
It's Refugee Week and we're recognising the contributions and resilience of those displaced and seeking sanctuary. This painting is by E. H. Shepard, later illustrator of 'Winnie-the-Pooh', who drew this scene of Italian refugees while he was serving in Italy in 1917. #ehshepard #refugeeweek
During the #FirstWorldWar the Herbert Strutt School in Belper, hosted Belgian refugee pupils. Across the UK 10,000 Belgian children joined British schools after fleeing the German invasion. Our Archive Of The Week are their admission registers. #RefugeeWeek #WW1
On 16 June 1954, the 50th anniversary of #Bloomsday, a group of writers set out from architect Michael Scott’s home in Sandycove to retrace the steps of Leopold Bloom from Ulysses by James Joyce.
Happy Bloomsday! 🌼 📖 Why not celebrate by exporing some amazing #irisharchives and special collections like NUIG who have an amazing collection of #JamesJoyce titles!
University of Galway Library@uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 3mo agoHappy #Bloomsday! 🌺 We have many #JamesJoyce titles, including a collection of rare volumes donated to #SpecialCollections by the late entrepreneur, local #historian and supporter of the #arts, Ronnie O’Gorman📚 You can read more about the donation and the collection here: tinyurl.com/5357eat8
📣 1 week until OHNI's #oralhistory Annual Meeting in Tralee! Speaker Spotlight today is Michael Burns, Northern Ireland War Memorial Museum & @oralhistsoc.bsky.social presenting a paper on WW2 refugees. 📅 18–19 June 📍Meadowlands Hotel Tralee tickettailor.com/events/oralh... #Tralee #NIWarMemorial
On International Archives Day, the ISA joins colleagues around the world in celebrating the work of archivists and records managers who preserve, protect, and provide access to our shared documentary heritage! #InternationalArchiveDay #InternationalArchivesWeek #DocumentaryHeritage #ArchivesMatter
Just 1 week until launch of Bloomsday Festival! 📖 11-16 June 2026 bloomsdayfestival.ie #bloomsdayfestival In collaboration with The James Joyce Centre and supported by Fáilte Ireland and The Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.
