Dublin History Research Network

Have you ever wanted to write or edit a Wikipedia entry, but were unsure where to start? Come along (in-person or online) to our hackathon and learn the basics! Full assistance provided, click here for more info and booking 👉bit.ly/3E2XKCD

Tonight at 7.30pm: @DubCemeteries & @HistoryTcd Spring Lecture Series #livestream. Philip Cohen (Chair of #GrangegormanHistories) will deliver a lecture on 'Grangegorman Histories: People, Places and Practices'. ▶️ Register here: bit.ly/3TBUeFb

A key aim of our group is promoting/supporting local residents research and interpretation of local heritage. Martin O' Brien recently created this amazing scale model of an old summer house in Crumlin from a 1795 F. Jukes print. Models can be viewed at the upcoming launch.

This is currently the list of 'novels set in Dublin' on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:… We know there are lots more novels set in Dublin- some are on Wikipedia but not under this category and lots more need entries

We also like the research repositories @dri_ireland (dri.ie) and @ucdspeccoll digital.ucd.ie where you can find a host of primary sources and photographs

@NGIreland online collections are an excellent resource (check the copyright and licensing) onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/categories

We've also got lots of nice digital resources that people can use as sources to write their @WikimediaIE entries today including- @DIB_RIA a free, open access source for over 11,000 prominent Irish lives.

@restlesscurator says there are more articles on Paris, France on Wikipedia than on the whole continent of Africa. Events like today are important for addressing the imbalance of content on the internet

Mary says photographs are particularly important and gives you a feeling of who people were and what they wore. Mary mentions the photographic collections of @dubcilib Census records are also important.

What resources are important for historical novelists? Mary Morrisy says the first-hand account is the most important resource and that you are not usually writing the big event, you are writing the small events against which the backdrop of large events is happening.

@ChristaDebrun Waving from @TLRHub Christa 👋😀

Wonderful insights into the world of historical fiction this morning with Mary Morrissy @Dub_HistNetwork. Her speculative novel 'Penelope Unbound' about the life of Nora Barnacle is forthcoming in 2023. #joyce

Mary Morrisy opening up our 'Writing the City of Literature' hackathon. She writes bio fiction. Mary says her primary interest is character and once she has found that and written their story she fills it in with the world they would have lived in and gets interested in history.

@Dub_HistNetwork @restlesscurator Can't make it, but Margaret was born in #Dublin before becoming a role model in #Manchester. Existing article, but it gained a picture of her yesterday. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_King… @YourMCR @Zebra_carol @TwitterDublin

You could also suggest a Dublin novel that needs a Wikipedia entry to inspire our group of attendees!

If you'd like to join us virtually today to 'Write the City of Literature' you can still do so. Get in touch and we will share the zoom link.

Today is the last day to register for our free-hackathon 'Writing the City of Literature' (Sat 15 of October) We'll hear from authors of Dublin-based fiction and historians before we create Wikipedia entries with the help of @restlesscurator eventbrite.ie/e/writing-the-…

@VinnyMourinho One of ours too!

@Dub_HistNetwork Strumpet City

What's your favourite novel set in Dublin and does it have a Wikipedia entry? DHRN are going to Write the City of Literature in a one-day hackathon event to increase the number and length of wikipedia entries for Dublin novels. Come and join us! eventbrite.ie/e/writing-the-…