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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈

@catsporter.bsky.social
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Geographer @ULGeog.bsky.social | FHEA | IRC PI 'OS200' @IrelandMapped.bsky.social | Heritage Council PI 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' | Historical Geography | Digital | GIS | DH | Spatial | Early Maps & Texts

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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm honoured to be included in the lineup for @researchireland.ie event 'Understanding Ireland Over Time: Maps, Data and DNA' as part of Dublin History Festival 2026, 11am, 10th October @ria.ie shorturl.at/psYbg @ulresearch.bsky.social, @unioflimerick.bsky.social
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Understanding Ireland Over Time: Maps, Data and DNA
Join researchers as they discuss how cutting-edge research and innovative methodologies are transforming our understanding of Ireland.
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Dr Frances Kane @drfranceskane.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Inaugural Lecture & Launch: The Society for Name Studies in Ireland
'Assessing 18th-century toponymic knowledge: Tadhg Ó Neachtain’s Irish gazetteer (1728)' with Aindí Mac Giolla Chomhaill
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 24/08/2026
We're thrilled to share a recording of our @heritagecouncil.ie Heritage Week webinar with @catsporter.bsky.social Porter (@unioflimerick.bsky.social) discussing the fantastic 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' project. Find out more and view now: dri.ie/news/dri-her...
Poster featuring the text "Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage" with a decorative background.
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 17/08/2026
A reminder of our National Heritage Week event this Wednesday at 11am! All are welcome to join us for this fascinating webinar. Find out more and register here: dri.ie/events/dri-h...
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AERIAL-SCAN @aerial-scan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In honor of Heritage Week here in Ireland we will be featuring some of the many heritage sites present in the AERIAL-SCAN project. First up is a site from Co Louth. Any guesses what this 1965 photograph shows? #HeritageWeek #BuiltHeritage #Ireland #Louth #DiscoverIreland
Black and white aerial photograph from 1965 of an 18th century estate and grounds in County Louth
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 14/08/2026
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
Close-up of a weathered stone surface with engraved markings and small patches of grass growing at the base.
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 06/08/2026
We are delighted to announce the launch of our annual Community Archive Scheme call online on 26 August at 11.00am! Learn more about: ❓ Scheme eligibility 💫 Past winners ✒️ Additional benefits All welcome to find out more and register here: dri.ie/events/dri-c...
Community archive scheme poster showcasing historical images and details on how to get involved in preserving local history.
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Pleased to be involved in this @dri.ie led Heritage Week event in August
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Dr Frances Kane @drfranceskane.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I’m looking forward to giving a heritage talk on The Stories Behind Place Names at Home Church in Donegall Pass on Wednesday 5 August, from 7.00–8.30pm. Thanks to Donegall Pass Community Enterprises for the invitation! Contact them on info@dpce.org.uk to reserve a spot!
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Great conference roundup and pleased to see the Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage project getting a mention 😊
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@ULGeog @ulgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We are recruiting for a University Teacher in Geography and Pedagogy. Closing date: 12 noon, 7th August 2026 IST. For details, search current vacancies at the University of Limerick: www.ul.ie/vacancies #JobFairy #AcademicJobs @geogsocire.bsky.social
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Dr Frances Kane @drfranceskane.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We are looking for someone to help with recruitment for a small PEACEPLUS project we are running this summer in the Mournes. Please share! www.kitabna.org/jobs.html
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Jobs
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@ULGeog @ulgeog.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We are advertising for a permanent Assistant Professor in Human Geography with expertise in economic, political, and/or urban–rural geography. Closing date: 12 noon, 21st August 2026 IST. Visit www.ul.ie/vacancies to find out more and apply: #JobFairy #AcademicJobs @geogsocire.bsky.social
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AERIAL-SCAN @aerial-scan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
So what exactly is AERIAL-SCAN? This thread will give you the 5 Ws on the project! #aerialphotography #archaeology 🏺 #geography 🧭#history 🪶
Aerial scan project logo. The logo shows a circle containing the outline of a Cessna plane flying over two hills, the right of which has a figure-of-8 outline indicating a crop mark. The words Aerial scan fill the space between plane and hills.
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Nice writeup on the recent Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage project prize win www.ul.ie/news/putting... @ulresearch.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @heritage council.ie @tailteeireann.bsky.social
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Putting Limerick ‘on the map’: UL bench marks project wins top international prize
A University of Limerick research project harnessing community engagement to preserve an important heritage relic has been awarded a top international prize.The International Society for the History o...
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Early Ordnance Survey maps front and centre at the new Windmill Park, Saintfield, County Down #OS200 @irelandmapped.bsky.social
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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
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ISHMap Prize for Projects in Map History 2026
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Prize for Projects in Map History. First Prize: Catherine Porter (University of Limerick, Ireland) for “Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage.…
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Dr Frances Kane @drfranceskane.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... skip to 13:40 for place-names 🤓
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The View - 14/05/2026
Mark Carruthers and guests provide comment and expert analysis on political news.
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Enjoyed presenting the Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage project at #CIG2026 today @ucc.ie Great to have some new and enthusiastic volunteers coming forward too! #GSI @heritagecouncil.ie @ulresearch.bsky.social
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Colleague Sara Hannafin @ulgeog.bsky.social on place and belonging through assessment #CIG2026
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Just arrived at the Conference of Irish Geographers at #UCC #CIG2026 and looking forward to the many sessions timetabled over the next few days. Hoping to find some time for bench mark field work too! @irelandmapped.bsky.social
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A wee touch of frost this morning in County Down
Cat looking out of window
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Dr Sara Hannafin @hannafins.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Delighted to have been able to attend the opening of this exhibition. Economic history brought to life through the stories the data tell. #IrishinBritain epicchq.com/event/no-iri...
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No Irish Need Apply? The Economic History of the Irish in England - EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin | Official Site
EPIC is pleased to present No Irish Need Apply, a temporary exhibition on the economic history of the Irish in England.
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@ULGeog @ulgeog.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Applications are invited from excellent candidates to pursue a PhD project in Geography with the School of History and Geography @unioflimerick.bsky.social #StudyAtUL Deadline: 29th May 2026. For more information, please see: www.ul.ie/artsoc/histo...
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PhD Bursary available in Geography
Applications are invited from excellent candidates to pursue a PhD project in Geography, for which one bursary will be awarded. Interested candidates may apply to undertake PhD research in the followi...
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I’m forever complaining about how the rain makes it difficult to spot bench marks, but so too does the sun! #OS200
Image of an ordnance survey bench mark on a bridge
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ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
'Water, Towns and Topography II', the #IHTA 2026 seminar is convened with the Irish Walled Towns Network, an initiative of @heritagecouncil.ie Free to attend, booking essential 📆20 May 2026 📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin @ria.ie 🎟️ www.ria.ie/2026/03/30/i...
Seminar programme on a cream background. Heading illustration is a painting of Youghal with town walls and buildings and ships in the harbour
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This is what academic precarity looks like. It’s simply not good enough
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 02/03/2026
Great to see this publication from the 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' project team! The project's digital archive containing photographs of extant Ordnance Survey bench marks in County Limerick is available in the DRI repository: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
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Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage - Digital Repository of Ireland
DRI Object
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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
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Redirecting
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 23/02/2026
#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....
Historical map depicting County Mayo in Ireland, highlighting regions, family names, and geographical feature. Titled 'Ortelius Improved'.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Shout out for the learned societies keeping a beady eye on the state of the disciplines that university senior managers are so swiftly dismantling. Keep an eye on the state of UK university Geography with the help of the @rgs.org 's new report, published this week.
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New report on The State of Geography in UK Higher Education
UK universities are facing a financial crisis, with over 40% of institutions experiencing deficits. Others will likely face similar challenges.
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@ULGeog @ulgeog.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
On Saturday we hosted our current cohort of students taking the Professional Diploma in Climate Adaptation and Sustainability @unioflimerick.bsky.social The session focused on Urban Ecosystem Services. Interested in joining us in September? Register your interest: shorturl.at/plKS9 #StudyAtUL
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
These training sessions are a great starting point in learning how to ingest to @dri.ie If you’ve more complex requirements staff also make themselves available to talk through ideas and options
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Great to see so many OS related activities taking place in the north this month as part of @niscifest.bsky.social #IrelandMapped
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Well done to @ulgeog.bsky.social colleagues @idarkwa.bsky.social and Gourav Misra in putting this new microcred together 👏
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Review of Brady and Ferguson's, 'Ireland: Mapping the Island,' is out in the International Journal of Cartography. A beautiful book that was a pleasure to read. PM me for a free eprint link. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Ireland: mapping the island
Published in International Journal of Cartography (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Join us tonight to learn about how an Atlas of London in 1666 has been researched! This webinar is in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-r... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
A map is shown, with the logo of the Historic Towns Trust in the top left corner. The words "Mapping our Past, Shaping our Future" are written in the centre.
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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Calling History of Fam folks! UL are hiring an Assistant Professor in Irish History with specialism in #HistFam to cover a period of leave. I'm not on the panel but happy to informally answer qs about the MA HoF programme to anyone interested www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE158/a...
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Assistant Professor in Irish History at University of Limerick
Apply for the Assistant Professor in Irish History role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Save the date for the "Fluid Environments & Spatial Humanities" workshop @lancasteruni.bsky.social on Feb 27 (in person only)! Details being finalized, but we have stellar speakers incl @robertsuits.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social @gmpala.bsky.social @hlsteyne.bsky.social & more!
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Fluid Environments & Spatial Humanities
In-Person Workshop at Lancaster University​
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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!
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Dr Catherine Porter 🌳🏳️‍🌈 @catsporter.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Saintfield's roads are atrocious! We have been waiting for Main Street resurfacing for years. Add the dropped drain at the mini roundabout (since before Christmas!), & the major hole on the Belfast Road that was patched & has reopened within days... & many more @nidirect.gov.uk #Pothole
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Dr Frances Kane @drfranceskane.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
‘paddle back in time’ is back for @niscifest.bsky.social 2026! Join us at Nendrum or on the Quoile nisciencefestival.com/event/paddle...
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Paddle Back in Time: | NI Science Festival
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@ULGeog @ulgeog.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We're getting ready for our open day on Saturday 17th January! If you want to learn more about studying Geography @unioflimerick.bsky.social, come chat with us in EGO-010 or join a subject talk at 11am or 1pm in C1-059. We're looking forward to meeting you! #LoveUL #StudyAtUL
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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...
Programme for the event, featuring David Fleming, Niamh NicGhabhann, Rebecca O’Regan, Joseph Curran, Jay Roszman and Cat Porter
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