Offaly Archives

@stecallaghan01 Best of luck with the launch, Stephen!

My latest #graveyard book "Bully's Acre, A history of Birr's forgotten cemetery", will be officially launched on 9 December, at County Arm's, #Birr #Offaly at 8pm. All welcome!

We're kicking off #EYA2024 over on our Instagram page! Looking forward to sharing a deeper dive into some items from our collections, be sure to follow along @offalyarchives ✨ #ExploreYourArchives

A huge congratulations to the 2024 Heritage Hero, James Scully - very well deserved!

We’re thrilled to introduce our 2024 Heritage Hero: James Scully from County Offaly🎉 James, a retired primary school teacher who dedicated 35 years to teaching at St. Rynagh’s Primary School in Banagher, has devoted over 50 years to the protection and promotion of heritage locally. His work spans from founding the Brontë Society in Banagher to championing heritage conservation projects. Join us in celebrating his incredible contributions to Irish heritage at our awards ceremony this Friday at 11am on heritageweek.ie/awards #HeritageHero2024 #IrishHeritage #CelebrateOurHistory #HeritageCouncil

Some really exciting news today! All local authorities are set to employ archivists, archaeologists and architectural conservation officers by 2026. A gamechanger for heritage protection in Ireland @CCMALocalGov @noonan_malcolm Read more here: bit.ly/3NGDIlh

"125 Years of Irish Local Government" is the story of local government and the vital services provided by councils since 1899. Produced by the Local Government Archivists network, you can pick up a booklet from your local Council, or explore here 👉 bit.ly/4eYXiEV

Next Monday 21st October @offalyhistory will host a lecture by Aidan Barry on "The Oral Story of Offaly People in the Offaly History Centre Sound Archives Collection". This event is open to all, with the option to attend in-person at Offaly History Centre or via Zoom.

We are delighted to invite you to a special @HeritageHubIRE funded celebration of the work of community oral heritage collectors and preservers on November 2nd @dunamaise Portlaoise. Register via eventbrite communityoralheritage.eventbrite.ie #OralHistory #Portlaoise

The collection comprises deeds, tenancy agreements, land titles, correspondence and personal papers, spanning 250 years. Items from the collection have been digitised in-house thanks to funding received from @HeritageHubIRE #ExploreYourArchives #Irisharchives @offalyhistory

📃✨ New material available on the Offaly Archives website! We've recently catalogued a collection of estate papers of the Homan-Mulock family of Bellair House, Ballycumber. A full descriptive catalogue, along with digitised images are now available offalyarchives.com/index.php/bell…

New Offaly History Blog post on Tullamore's Cormac Street, Acres Hall, Acres Pierce, Henry Egan, and the Tullamore Town Council. offalyhistoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/08/07/no-…

F. J. Hurst Motor and General Engineering Works Ltd., Tullamore and the Motor Works,  no 5 in the O’Moore Street, Tullamore Living in Towns Series  supported by the Heritage Council. By Michael Byrne and Offaly History offalyhistoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/06/f-j… via @offalyhistory

Overview of Earl St/ Windmill St/ O’Moore Street, Tullamore in the early 1840s-1850s with up to 46 houses. No 2 in a 2024 Living in Towns series supported by the Heritage Council. By Michael Byrne and Offaly History offalyhistoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/06/26/ove…

The houses and families of O’Moore Street, Tullamore, formerly known as Earl Street and Windmill Street. No. 1 in a new Offaly towns Built Heritage series supported by the Heritage Council. offalyhistoryblog.wordpress.com/2024/06/22/the… via @offalyhistory

Such a pleasure to welcome members of Clara Heritage Society to Leinster House today! An amazing group of people who are passionate about Clara town - past, present and future. #Offaly #Heritage @offalyheritage @offalyhistory

For local historians of @offalyhistory some interesting letters of correspondence from the Alesbury Brothers Ltd, Edenderry. They were suppliers of several country houses including Ballindoolin House and Mount Lucas! #CountryHouseArchives

@niamhnicharra @ARAIreland @janet_hancock_ Congratulations, Niamh!

Feeling very privileged to have been elected as new Chair for @ARAIreland , at what is an incredibly important and interesting time for all in profession, and look fwd to the challenge. I wish our previous Chair @janet_hancock_ the very best as well as all new committee members.