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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🌆 Dublin after dark starts tonight Join the first Dublin by Dusk at the National Museum of Ireland ✨ Late opening ✨ Free tours ✨ Unique evening vibes 📅 Thurs 28 May | From 5pm till 8pm 📍 Dublin Kildare Street & Collins Barracks A new monthly night out 👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/D...

Bright promotional graphic with a solid pink background. Large, bold red text reads “Dublin by Dusk” arranged across three lines on the left side. In the bottom right corner, a partial image of a circular gold artefact is visible, featuring engraved patterns and a cross-like design at the centre. The layout is minimal, with strong colour contrast between the pink background and red lettering.

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Autumn at Birr Castle Demesne 🍂🍃

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Today we’ve turned a new illuminated page in the Irish Gospels of St Gall (Cod. Sang. 51). Explore the beauty of cross-carpets and Chi-Rhos in our latest blog, then see them in person at Words on the Wave 📍 National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street 🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

The cross-carpet and Chi-Rho pages in St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, pp 6-7; © Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Yesterday, we welcomed Dr. Cornell Dora Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter, and Minister @podonovan to launch Words on the Wave at @NMIreland. Explore Ireland’s Golden Age through manuscripts, metalwork & more. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Dr. Cornell Dora, of the Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen. Swiss Federal President Karin Keller-Sutter, @Patrick O'Donnovan, Minister for Arts, Culture, Communications, Media and Sport, to join Matt Seaver, Curator and Maeve Sikora, Keeper of Antiquities, at the opening of Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street.

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

A medieval mystery resurfaces. The Lough Kinale Shrine, once lost in an Irish lake, is now conserved. Explore the story of this sacred artefact and its journey through time, then see it in person from 30th May, 2025, at the National Museum of Ireland. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

The front of the Lough Kinale Book-Shrine (National Museum of Ireland)

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

‘It belongs with the books of Kells and Durrow.’ Illuminated manuscripts back in Ireland for the first time in more than 1,000 years "Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe" exhibition opens Friday, 30th May www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...

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‘It belongs with the books of Kells and Durrow.’ Illuminated manuscripts back in Ireland for the first time in more than 1,000 years

National Museum of Ireland's St Gallen exhibition highlights historical links between Irish missionary and Switzerland

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

On June 16th, Trinity College Dublin will host a one-day symposium to celebrate the return to Ireland of the Sankt Gallen Irish manuscripts for the Words on the Wave exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street. Link to register: stgallmanuscripts.eventbrite.ie

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Clonmacnoise Monastic Site, Co. Offaly.

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Clonmacnoise Cathedral in bloom.

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

It was a privilege to work as Curatorial Researcher on this exhibition. Words on the Wave will display 17(!) wondrous Insular manuscripts from St. Gallen's Stiftsbibliothek alongside a plethora of objects from the Museum's own collections - not to be missed!

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Resembling stained glass in miniature, a projector slide with a portrait of St. John the Evangelist (291v) from the Book of Kells.

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

A beautifully evocative exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland: 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳: 𝘈𝘵 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. I was first enthralled by the artist's sumptuous work as a VSO at Butler Gallery, and I'm glad to see this celebration of her significant contribution to Irish art. Closes 5th Jan. '25!

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Susan Klaiber @susanklaiber.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Lots of starter packs out there, but haven't seen any for architectural history yet, so I assembled one. Please send along suggestions for additions. The pack is broadly conceived (architecture / urbanism / landscape) and covers any period, but should focus on history / theory. go.bsky.app/CqLE4UM

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Dr James Alexander Cameron @drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com · 29/11/2024

So France has used latex poultice to remove all the patina from one of their cathedrals to make it look like it's made out of milky bars. oh well. at least they've changed the bulbs from ugly gas-discharge to LEDs.

Crossing looking south to S transept facade, this morning

The crossing vault as restored in 2024. It almost entirely collapsed as part of the collapse of the flèche, and was rebuilt using original voussoirs and the pieces of the ring-boss recovered and catalogued from the rubble.

The crossing vault in July 2016. It had already been entirely reconstructed in the late 1720s.

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

On Tuesday, I so enjoyed the (sold-out) Inaugural Lecture by Professor Christine Casey (TCD), entitled ‘The wisdom of hands: craft practice in architecture.' It was particularly insightful to hear about a bottom-up approach in relation to making and meaning in eighteenth-century architecture.

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

It was an absolute joy to represent the Irish Antiquities Division and discuss all things Insular art at the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology's 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘺: 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. Below are replicas from Education NMI's handling collection ~

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Looking forward to delving into Timothy O'Neill's latest work, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺: 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱-𝘣𝘺-𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 🪶 While providing insights into the work of early medieval scribes, it also equips the reader with the knowledge to practise Insular scripts - time to brush up on my Insular majuscule!

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Mary (Máire) Nevin @mfnevin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

✨️ Hi, everyone! ✨️ It's about time I introduced myself here ~ I'm Máire, a first year PhD researcher investigating stone production in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland and, particularly, the relative agency of architect, sculptor, mason, and merchant in chimneypiece production. 🗃

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