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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

We are hosting a special event to celebrate the work of Terence McDonald in Derry at the end of October. McDonald is one of our most important filmmakers. He reflected his love of Derry in his work.

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Celebrating Terence McDonald - News

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

I'll be in Ballymoney Museum this Thursday evening with a beautiful collection of archive films celebrating the Giant's Causeway. FREE event!

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The Giant’s Causeway On NI Screen

The Giant’s Causeway on NI screen film screening.

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

Moving image is such a great way to engage with history. Our Education Officer has created amazing resources that connect to Key Stages and the curriculum. digitalfilmarchive.net/teachers

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

I've an event at Culture Night Belfast. Beautiful archive films on flax and linen and I'll be bringing along some of Daddy's work. 4-5pm, Linen Hall Bar, this Friday.

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026

We've gathered together a collection of all things Fleadh and Trad. Featuring many of the legends of Irish music including Sean Maguire, the McPeakes, Sarah Makem and John Doherty. Hours of the best music Ireland has to offer.

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The Fleadh Collection - Collections

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 22/07/2026

The latest entry in our 25 years blog is from Rose Baker, festival curator. Rose recently completed a PhD on the beginnings of UTV and her work on the WANDA festival has left a legacy that includes two amazing pieces of film now in the archive.

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Rose Baker - Archive at 25

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 09/07/2026

Next in our Archive 25 blog writers is Úna Walsh. Úna is an extraordinary local historian, steeped in the oral tradition of South Armagh. Here she talks of the importance of the archive in keeping stories alive.

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Úna Walsh, Local Historian, South Armagh - Archive at 25

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026

I know the Fleadh will be coming down with events but this lovely archive screening revisits its history through song and dance. Come along and immerse your self in Trad from the past. tinyurl.com/Trad-Music-i...

A still from an UTV film on the Fleadh in Clones many years ago. The crowd is gathered around a young boy playing the uilleann pipes.

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026

Here's a lovely thing for north Down. An immersive project using archive as a prompt for story-telling & engaging young people with heritage & memory I'll be showing some of our beautiful films of the area to get the memories flowing. Then there's a weeklong workshop on the tech for 16-25 year olds

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Your Stories Are Needed For Our New Intergenerational Project

As the Community Partnership Manager at Nerve Centre, I am excited for our new intergenerational project where we will bring stories from the past to back…

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 18/06/2026

We are delighted that filmmaker Colm Laverty has won a FOCAL award for the wonderful 'Craigavon, New City". Colm's passion for archive shows in his meticulous storytelling. And the story of Craigavon - so long a byword for the failure of a new Northern Ireland - is remarkable.

Image of a still from the film with the award announcement

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 18/06/2026

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The Beatles on ToTPs Film is Fabulous! is delighted to confirm the 35mm negative presented to John Franklin at the recent film convention in Oxted, contains the The Beatles first appearance on Top of the Tops.

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 16/06/2026

The attempts to normalise policing in 70s Northern Ireland were bizarre at best. Possibly peak is this recruitment film on the "typical day" of the RUC. Includes the aforementioned Blue Lamp disco, helpfully pictured here.

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Policeday - View media

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 09/06/2026

Ammar Najjar, a Yemeni poet collaborated with Richard Clements, the Storytellers project director and filmmaker Cameron Turley to create this. An extraordinary piece on conflict and refuge. It breaks my heart to think of Ammar and so many others tonight.

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Good Morning Belfast - View media

Over 129 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2026, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.

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Brónagh 🇮🇪🇵🇸🚴‍♀️ @beebsymca.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026

Anaka are amazing people. We're so honoured to have worked with them, adding their stories into the archive. Our collective is richer and better because of Anaka. Please show your support however you can. View their collection of films here.

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Weaving the Present, Shaping the Future - View media

Over 129 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2026, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 04/06/2026

There's us! What a line-up. 🥰 Really looking forward to this conversation.

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Irish in Britain @irishinbritain.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Derry Boat, known in Derry as the Scotch Boat, sailed between Derry & Glasgow from the 19th century Historian Dr Máirtín Ó Cathain will talk on the indivisible histories of the Glasgow Irish & Donegal communities 11 June 7-9pm Grace's Irish Sports Bar ow.ly/7FpO50Z64Ac?

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 01/06/2026

So many treasures lost because the path to donation isn't clear. We can help with any film of Northern Irish/Ulster origin.

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Beatles 35mm Negative Donated At the British Film Collectors’ Convention, on Saturday 30th May, John Franklin of Film is Fabulous was presented with a 35mm BBC negative of The Beatles, recorded on the 19th March 1964, in the original BBC film can.

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Dave Law @davelaw.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I had one of my semi regular browses through the archive the other day. Number of times I found my uncle interviewed in videos - 2, and there are probably a lot more. I'm going to have to sit down and really search for him. It'll make for a good 81st birthday present.

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Here's a picture of a nice cup of tea. The biscuits weren't around long enough to be drawn #NationalBiscuitDay You won't be surprised to hear that the MRC has the archives of the Cake and Biscuit Alliance Limited. mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CAB/...

Drawing of a cup of tea with the word 'and biscuits: biscuits keep you going'

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/05/2026

We are stronger, and better historians, together. Historical societies abound in the UK, and we've listed 150 with BlueSky accounts in this updated Starter Pack. go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd Other societies appear on a new listing of subject societies on the RHS website bit.ly/4ebwP9r #Skystorians

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Irish in Britain @irishinbritain.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Today on International Nurses Day let's pay tribute to all the nurses, many came from Ireland & from all over the world, who have helped build the NHS💚 Listen to some of their stories in our online heritage exhibition👇 ow.ly/swvQ50YY686 #InternationaNursesDay #Diasporas

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 12/05/2026

Northern Irish nurses are renowned for their skills and standard of care. On International Nurses Day, here's The Open Door. Written and directed by John Hume, it's a look at the development of psychiatric care in Derry and celebrates the hard work of nurses.

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The Open Door - View media

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 11/05/2026

The lovely thing about how small N Ireland is, is the ability to just pop by a place you've seen in the archives. And I couldn't miss this one. The amazing grave of John Carey. Self-designed and written. John knew exactly how he wanted to be remembered.

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Duneane Graveyard Story - View media

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Short Silent Movie Found The Film is Fabulous! team have found a short silent movie, made by Edison Studios in a property in the north of England. The film has spent the last sixty years in a dank haven. It is: The Actress (1913)

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 06/05/2026

This weekend we have two events at the Save Lough Neagh Film Festival and Conference. First, archive film showing the history and stories of the Lough and then a screening of The Bannfoot Ferry - the latest film from Colm Laverty. Tickets here (admission free): share.google/XADzNuoepSg2...

A poster for an event entitled "The archive footage of Lough Neagh" as part of the Save Lough NeaghFilm Festival and conference. The image is of an older man and a young boy taken from one of the films.

A poster for the film The Bannfoot Ferry. The film is being screened as part of the Lough Neagh Film Festival and conference on Saturday 9th of May. The image is a still from the film.

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 07/05/2026

Wonderful images and stories of women to be reckoned with. We love it!

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 06/05/2026

OTD: A news report from the Topical News Co on the aftermath of the Easter Rising in 1916. Dublin has been decimated. Look for the car of The O'Rahilly on Henry St and the captured volunteers. (Note: The final section and the woman in the thumbnail are on news from Paris.)

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 28/04/2026

#Archive30 #ArchiveOutreach We love our outreach! Taking the films on the road is so important. Audiences enrich our storytelling and add depth to our work. Last year, we did 210 events and reached 19k people!

Poster for event "Sounds of Heritage" at Rathmullan Film Festival. The image is of fiddler John Doherty.

Image of fiddle player and projector screen for "Women in Heritage" film.

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 27/04/2026

#Archive30 #ArchiveBeginnings We are fortunate to have archive film from the famous Lumiérè Brothers, but how special to have something as old as those, made by a local amateur filmmaker. Dr Robert Mitchell of Belfast captured this beautiful yacht race in 1898.

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Bangor Yacht Race - View media

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The British Comedy Guide have posted an article on the return of the missing Morecambe And Wise episode, returned by Film Is Fabulous!, you can read it here www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/8717...

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 26/04/2026

#Archive30.#ArchiveFoodanddrink Never ask a Belfast Mummy for her cookery secrets... A lovely piece on the upcoming soda bread baking competition. In the 60s, there were all kinds of competitions for "ladies and girls", from Dairy Queens to Griddle Queens.

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The Griddle Queen’s Secrets, 1965 - View media

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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 20/04/2026

I have GONE WILD on the 1926 Irish census and have made some fun discoveries: Trinidadian medical students, a Baháʼí couple in Donegal, the Irish widow of an emigré Cossack, and Egyptian sailors in Cork city - among many others.

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Northern Ireland Screen Archive @niscreenarchive.eurosky.social · 23/04/2026

#Archive30 #ArchivePeople We're a shy bunch so no pics but for an archive team, none of us are actually archivists! We think that's our superpower - journalists, artists, historians, educators and editors. Such a great combination for a moving image archive.

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