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lochannabeo.bsky.social @lochannabeo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Fáilte / Welcome. We are Lochanna Beo and we aim to bring together our community of landowners, organisations and residents from across the entire Laune watershed so that the choices we make in our urban and rural areas are reflected in ever-healthier lakes and waterways. 1/5

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

For a closer look at the collection and the wealth of material it holds, read this piece written in 2024 to mark Mary Robinson's 80th birthday. impact.universityofgalway.ie/articles/mar...

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Overview of Mary Robinson's Archive - Cois Coiribe

Cois Coiribe is University of Galway’s online publication, highlighting the views and opinions of some of the university’s top academics and researchers.

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Today marks Mary Robinson's 82nd birthday We are proud to hold the archive of our former President, whose lifelong commitment to human rights and climate justice continues to inspire in Ireland and beyond Explore the catalogue below archivesearch.library.universityofgalway.ie/index.php/ma...

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Niamh Ní Charra @niamhnicharra.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Delighted to play for and chat with Rick O’Shea on last Tuesday’s Arena on @rte.ie Radio One, alongside Dónal Fallon, ahead of special gig in National Stadium on 9th May as part of @culturedated8.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

One week until our AGM! There are only a handful of tickets remaining on Eventbrite. Be sure to grab yours before they're gone. @aranewprofs.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @dri.ie @itmadublin.bsky.social @ucdarchives.bsky.social @niamhnicharra.bsky.social @irisharchives1970.bsky.social

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🚨 Date for your diary 🚨 The ARA Ireland AGM will be held on Thursday, 30th April, at the National Archives of Ireland. Prior to the AGM Zoe Reid will be giving a lecture on the release of the 1926 census! Booking is essential. Tickets via the link ⬇️ (1 of 3) www.eventbrite.ie/e/ara-irelan...

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ARA, Ireland - Lecture and AGM 2026

ARA, Ireland members are invited to attend a fascinating lecture on the release of the 1926 Census followed by the Annual General Meeting.

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

✨️ Have you ever considered being a part of the ARA Ireland committee ✨️ There will be 3 vacant roles up for grabs at the upcoming AGM on April 30th. Interested in joining us? Drop an email to the ARAI mailbox, or contact @niamhnicharra.bsky.social directly for a chat!

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The next #EDI lecture in the series will be on the Conradh na Gaeilge Archive. Come along and listen to @niamhnicharra.bsky.social talk about the Irish language rights, and the Irish language archival terminology project. Thurs March 26th at 1pm Tickets 🎟⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/ara-irela...

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Niamh Ní Charra @niamhnicharra.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Caint uaimse : 100 bliain de Mhná an Cheoil, Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Doire 8ú Márta. I’ll be giving a talk as part of #SnaG and #InternationalWomansDay in Derry on 8th. culturlann.org/event/niamh-... @snagaeilge.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social #SeachtainNaGaeilge #LáIdirnáisiúntaNamBan

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Niamh Ní Charra @niamhnicharra.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

True support for Irish Rugby is watching the game on RTE 2 while you yourself are on @rteone.rte.ie 🤣. Watch #ENGvIRE then watch me chat about my work on Mary Robinson’s archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social on #MyUniLife on RTE 1 +1! @iua-official.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social

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Niamh Ní Charra @niamhnicharra.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Such a pleasure to share the importance of archives & work of archivists, alongside giving an overview of the many human rights related archives we have @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social including the Mary Robinson archive I’m currently cataloging and that of Kevin Boyle, 1/2 @araireland.bsky.social

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Karen Smyth @ksmyth.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Lovely post! I had the privilege of presenting her with a cross again last year when ATU presented her with an Honorary Doctorate, 34 years later 😁

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Niamh Ní Charra @niamhnicharra.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

From the Mary Robinson archive in @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social the St Brigid’s Peace Cross, presented to Mary while President 🇮🇪 , by member of group visiting Áras an Uachtaráin to highlight fundraising campaign by AFRI , 1990s. @araireland.bsky.social #brigid #stbrigid #imbolc #láfhéilebríde

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)

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Donncha O’Connell @donnchalaw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Expanding the linguistic reach of the European Courtof Human Rights’ foundational text: The European Convention on Human Rights is now available in Irish! www.echr.coe.int/documents/d/...

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Niamh Ní Charra @niamhnicharra.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Stuck for last minute gift ideas? Want to do your bit for the environment. Take a leaf from my book (pun intended) and buy gift of native Irish trees. I bought 3 blackthorn trees as thank you for @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social stewards. reforestnation.ie

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Niamh Ní Charra @niamhnicharra.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Today is #HumanRightsDay. It’s a privilege to work @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social on archives of Mary Robinson, former President 🇮🇪, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights & Chair @theelders.bsky.social & still working at 81. I’m currently cataloging v relevant material related to her work at UN.

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

2025 marked the anniversaries of the opening (1895) & closing (1935) of the Galway-Clifden railway. Arthur J. Balfour's album documents the railway's construction. The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor... #EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 06/12/2025

We're delving into the Post Office Irish Postage Stamp Collection for today's #ExploreYourArchive theme #EYAAnniversaries #EYACuimhneacháin This stamp was published in 1997 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Irish state: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

Irish stamp featuring books, a painter's palette with brushes, and a mythological illustration. Text reads "Éire 52" and "Rialtas na hÉireann 1922-1997."

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

To wrap up the #ExploreYourArchive focus week, we are sharing a festive item from our collections. This is a 1938 sales catalogue of personalised Christmas greeting cards sold by Royal Renaissance Art Christmas Cards. #EYAYourArchives @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Today is the last day of the Explore Your Archive focus week and we want to see #EYAYourArchives | #EYADoChartlann! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

#BookLaunch - Young Offenders: Children and crime in Ireland, 1850–1908 by Geraldine Curtin Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book: hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2025/12/book... #19thcentury

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ESC Discord @escdiscord.com · 04/12/2025

🇮🇪 BREAKING: Ireland will not take part in #Eurovision 2026, following the results of today's General Assembly.

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAInclusion At the 2024 launch of the Mincéirs Archive of Irish Travellers, Dr Mary Warde Moriarty shows a photo of her father, Edward Warde, held in the collection Credit: Aengus McMahon, August 2024 @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

& practice signatures where she trialed the quill & ink before having to use them officially. There is also an official programme of events, alongside programmes for the inauguration of her successors #MaryMcAleese & #MichaelDHiggins, which she attended as a former President @araireland.bsky.social

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

It includes a poem written for the occasion, “Woman of the Mountain”, by Irish poet #PaulDurcan who passed away earlier this year, letters & cards from children, the text of Robinson's inaugural address, guest lists, press cuttings, a facsimile of her signed oath of office,.. #EYA #MaryRobinson

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Last month, President Catherine Connolly, Ireland's 10th President, & 3rd female president was officially inaugurated into office. Yesterday, 3rd of December was the 35th anniversary of the inauguration of Mary Robinson, our 7th President & the first female President. @araireland.bsky.social #EYA

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Tuilleadh íomhá ó lá 5 inné don téama #eyaPeataí , Seo iad gadhair Siobhán McKenna, darb ainm Pegeen Mike agus Rory. Nuair a fuair Rory bás, scríobh cara Siobhán an litir seo chuici mar ómós dó. #EYAPeataí #CuardaighDoChartlann

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National Monuments Service @nationalmons.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Some quiet moments spent by visitors to archaeological monuments. #EYASilence From our historic print collection. 📷Ardmore Cathedral, Co Waterford 📷Carrowmore, Co Sligo (Welch 1896) #Day4 #CuardaighDoChartlann #EYACiúnas #ExploreYourArchive @araukie.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

Ardmore Cathedral, Co. Waterford
Stone sculpture, WA040-008022-
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Carrowmore (Carbury By.), Co. Sligo
Megalithic Tomb – passage tomb, SL014-209006-
NMS Historic Print Archive, photo by Robert Welch (1896)

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Tailte Éireann @tailteeireann.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

For #EYASilence, we are highlighting the eighteenth-century Business Partnership Records in the Registry of Deeds, also known as the ‘Anonymous Partnership Records’. Please visit virtualtreasury.ie/item/ROD-PR-AP. #ExploreYourArchive @TheVirtualRecordTreasuryofIreland @ara-ireland

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Colonel Sauerzweig’s arrangement and translation of 'Silent Night' from the Conradh na Gaeilge archive🌟 Humming beneath the melody, the lower voices in the quartet set a quiet, peaceful tone that fits today’s #ExploreYourArchive theme of #EYASilence @araireland.bsky.social @cnagaeilge.bsky.social

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Lá 4 do #CuardaighdoChartlann @araireland.bsky.social An téama ná #EYAciúnas, aistriúchán do Oíche Chiún socraigh ag Colonel Sauerzweig ó Chartlann Conradh na Gaeilge! @cnagaeilge.bsky.social

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Celebrating @druidtheatre.bsky.social Theatre's 50th this year we were delighted to partner with #Druid and colleagues at University Centre for Drama to launch a new exhibition, 'Druid Theatre 1975-1950: Celebrating 50 Years" showcasing material from the Druid archive. @araireland.bsky.social #EYA

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

One of many events highlighted during this week's #ExploreYourArchive focus week. If you're in and around Galway, be sure to check out @druidtheatre.bsky.social exhibition currently @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social!

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 02/12/2025

For today's #EYA theme #EYASilence #EYACiúnas we are thinking of some of the underrepresented voices in the historical record. This photo, titled Mr. Austin's servants, shows household servants in uniform in the early twentieth century. @araukie.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

Vintage black-and-white photo of a group of household servants in uniform, including four women, a man, and a child, posed outdoors in front of a leafy wall.

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

On day 5 of the Explore Your Archive focus week we want to see all of your furry (or hairless) #EYAPets | #EYAPeataí! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The day 3 theme of the Explore Your Archive focus week is #EYAMedieval | #EYAMeánaoiseach! Hasten with thy content and forgetteth not to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann

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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

@araireland.bsky.social Explore your Archive kicked off over the weekend and our @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social account have been sharing some gorgeous posts based on each day's theme! #EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchive #EYACaomhnú #CuardaighDoChartlann

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Last week, we welcomed back An Tiomna Nuadh, the 1602 Irish translation of The New Testament. After undergoing major conservation work in the Muckross Bookbindery in Killarney, An Tiomna Nuadh has returned in much better condition. Look at the transformation! #EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchive

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

An tseachtain seo caite, tugadh An Tiomna Nuadh, an t-aistriúchán Gaeilge ar The New Testament ó 1602, ar ais chuig an bhfoireann bailiúchán speisialta. Rinneadh obair chaomhnaithe ar an leabhar i dTeach Mhucrois, Cill Airne agus anois tá cuma iontach air! #EYACaomhnú #CuardaighDoChartlann

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

It is day 2 of the Explore Your Archive focus week & we want to see all things #EYABeauty | #EYAÁilleacht! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann

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National Monuments Service @nationalmons.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

#Day2 Ireland’s archaeological monuments are enhanced by the #beauty of the surrounding landscape. 📷Killeshin Church, Co. Laois 📷Muckross Abbey, Co. Kerry 📷Glendalough, Co. Wicklow #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann #EYAÁilleacht @araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

Decorated stone at Killeshin Church, Co. Laois
Church, LA032-020002-
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Muckross Abbey, Co. Kerry
Religious house – Franciscan friars, KE066-081001-
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Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
Including Round Tower, WI023-008002-; Cathedral, WI023-008003-; Church, WI023-009----
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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

ARA Ireland Chair @niamhnicharra.bsky.social followed Erin, and I just wanted to highlight a couple of key points from Niamh's speech. Niamh opened by welcoming everyone, with a special mention to the @ucdarchives.bsky.social MA students.

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Fantastic night had at the launch of #ExploreYourArchive focus week! Massive thanks to all who joined us 👏 A wonderful lineup of speeches last night from our Campaigns Officer @erinmck96.bsky.social, our Chair @niamhnicharra.bsky.social and our new 2025/26 ambassador @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

An event celebrating Prof. Kerby A. Miller was held @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social yesterday. Miller's generous donation of Irish emigrant letters to the University (in 2021) has led to the development of Imirce, a digital repository which enables access to these digitised letters.

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Niamh Ní Charra @niamhnicharra.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Delighted as Chair of @araireland.bsky.social to welcome @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social as our #ExploreYourArchive 2025/26 ambassador and looking forward to meeting her at our launch of the focus week and year-long campaign this Thursday. It’s a privilege to have her advocating for us. #EYA2025

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