Irish Soc Archives

The 2023 journal of the ISA is officially launched...! Thank you to Dr Maurice Manning, to our journal contributors and to all those who attended this evening, and thank you and congratulations to @stagedreaction on his first year as journal editor! #IrishArchives

" @UniOfGalwayLib holds one of the largest collections of archives relating to productions of Beckett’s plays, including digitised recordings..." This new article features images and materials from across our theatre archive collections: irishtimes.com/culture/stage/… @BeckettSociety

Calling all #Archivists come join the fantastic team at DCU Library @DCULIB Apply through the following link, Job Reference 002404, Permanent, Closing 28 January 2024 @DCU my.corehr.com/pls/dcurecruit…

Do you have papers or artefacts at home that reflect Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown over the years? Everyone is welcome to a drop-in event with experts on-hand to advise on caring for your family memorabilia Friday, Jan 12th, County Hall Details eventbrite.ie/e/dlr-peoples-… @Eventbrite

The RTÉ Guide’s Christmas issue is highly regarded as one of Ireland’s festive staples, read about the history of the RTÉ Guide collection and the making of many Christmas memories in Ireland! See link: rb.gy/3fpn9x

Today marks the ninth and final day of #EYA2023 and we are looking at our website for #EYAYourArchive Besides providing access to archival collections, IAR raises awareness of the importance of records through outreach & education packs Learn more here: rb.gy/az0r2r

We preserve 50+ million records which is challenging for our conservators but it makes @NARIreland a really exciting and engaging place to work. For the #EYAChallenge theme today, we're sharing some examples of recent fascinating projects we've been working on! @DeptCultureIRL

A common #EYAChallenge many archives face is naming people in photographs! We would love to know the names of these servants, photographed at the back of @castletownOPW c.1914. #ExploreYourArchive

We were delighted to donate our archive covering the period 2013-2023 to the @NLIreland! This donation will be added to a collection of our papers for the period 1990-2012. Find out more about our partnership with NLI here: nli.ie/news-stories/n… fishamble.com/news

For #EYAChallenge, we think these images of people mountaineering are a perfect example of people challenging themselves and testing their abilities. From our 📷 Fáilte Ireland Tourism Photographic Collection, available on dri.ie

For #EYAChallenge archivists have the common archival difficulty of unidentified (and probably unidentifiable) people in photos. Remember, write down who the people are while you still know & never label people as 'me' or 'Mother' - in 50 years nobody will know! #oldphotos

Day 8 of Explore Your Archive and the prompt is #Hobbies. Not all hobbies are as dangerous as this one from the Denis Tynan Collection of a boy taking part in a #go-kart #race in #Donegal between 1950-1960. @ARAIreland #NLIOnline #CuardaighDoChartlann

For today’s #ExploreYourArchive theme #EYAChallenge, we share our colleague Marie-Louise Rouget’s blog “After the Fire - the Jagger Library Recovery, Cape Town” featured on @ARAIreland ‘s website. We also congratulate @UCTLibrary_SC @UCTLibrary 🇮🇪🤝🇿🇦 araireland.ie/after-fire-jag…

Lá 8 #CuardaighDoChartlann Roinnigí na míreanna cartlainne is ansa libh a bhaineann le téama an lae inniu - #EYADúshlán Day 8 #ExploreYourArchive Share your favourite archive items that relate to today's theme -  #EYAChallenge

Archivists across Ireland work hard to meet the challenge of making more collections available for research. The IAR is also working hard to share these collections and help researchers find the records they are seeking. Read more here: rb.gy/9socit #EYAChallenge

We're delighted to see the @AirfieldEstate archive featured on the @iar_ie blog for today's #ExploreYourArchive theme #EYAHobbies iar.ie/archive-catego…

From the same collection (Ritchie Pickow) here @UniofGalwayASC we have a photograph of two men playing cards, with a woman watching, while knitting. Can anyone tell what card game they were playing? digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/asset/90 #ExploreyourArchive #EYAHobbies #CuardaighDoChartlann

For today’s post, IAR moderator Róisín Collins focuses on the Irish Archives Resource itself, and asks 'what makes the IAR unique'? Read here: rb.gy/6852ly #EYAUnique #ExploreArchives

Today is #EYAUnique and here we see the unique car that is the DeLorean! Unique due to its shape and ability to time travel, but did you know that NI plays a unique part in its story as the DeLorean factory was based in Dunmurry? (PRONI refs INF/7/A/11/1/64,70 &75)