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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Belfast's own Crystal Palace (on Queen's Island, 1850s) - Marcus Ward / NLI

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I think this has gone a bit under the radar, so a reminder: the deadline for replies for the Global Irish Survey is this Sunday: www.ireland.ie/en/irish-dia... There are separate surveys for individuals and for diaspora organisations. There's also a portal for submitting short position papers.

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Global Irish Survey: Consultation for Irish Diaspora Strategy | Ireland.ie

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is pleased to announce that it is undertaking an extensive consultation process to inform the Government’s new Diaspora Strategy.

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Getting ready for my 175 Years of Navan Railway exhibition! 20th-24th August at Solstice Arts Centre, Navan for Heritage Week. I'm giving a lecture at launch 20th Aug 6.30pm. All free but do book for lecture - more than half seats gone already! solsticeartscentre.ie/event/175-ye...

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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Would anyone be interested in doing a #BSECS2026 panel on Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Barry Lyndon’ (1975)?

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

IMPORTANT #BSECS2026 NEWS! Registration for #BSECS2026 opens on Sunday 1 June! Submit your CFP on the theme of 'Big & Small' and join us for our 55th annual conference 7-9 Jan 2026 @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social #18thC #skystorians 🗃️ Click on the link for the full CFP www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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BSECS Annual Conference

BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

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David Turner @railwayhistorian.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Our 4th @railway200.bsky.social at @astonuniversity.bsky.social event will take place on 17 Sept at 1730 in the Susan Cadbury theatre. Join us to hear about some of the groundbreaking research on railways that is being undertaken at the University. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/railway-re...

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Railway Research at Aston University: Looking to the Future

This is the fourth event in our "Railway 200 at Aston University" series.

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Patrick Osgood @patrickosgood.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Gives Israel weeks to carry on, if anything incentives acceleration. Silly Airstrip 1 government in denial about its relevance making a silly offer. And just revolting to make a recognition of statehood of Palestine contingent on the actions of the country annihilating it. Sanctions, now.

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

175 Years of Navan Railway, free exhibition at Solstice Arts Centre Navan 20th-24th August for Heritage Week. I curated this with Navan & District Historical Society. There'll be photos and original drawings on display. Book your free place for launch & lecture solsticeartscentre.ie/event/175-ye...

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It is with great sorrow that the Society shares the news of the death of Professor Andrew Saint. We deeply mourn the loss of a great scholar and a much loved companion. Read more: bit.ly/457fEQJ An obituary will appear in the November edition of The Victorian, our membership magazine. #heritage

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Excited to say that I'm now represented by Past Preservers for media appearances! @pastpreservers.bsky.social Have a look at my profile video: pastpreservers.com/portfolio/dr... Email: casting@pastpreservers.com

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Dr Siobhan Osgood, Architectural Historian « Welcome to Past Preservers

Past Preservers is a Creative Media Hub

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

#Railway200 • @rwldproject.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Railway Work, Life & Death Project Wales Data Launch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🛤 I attended a fantastic launch at Llanelli Railway Goods Shed a few weeks ago 🛤 #Wales #History

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

TOMORROW! The Railway Work, Life & Death project stand IS at #Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway! It's part of the 'Inspiration' #Railway200 exhibition train visit - come & see us too! We'll be premiering our free new leaflet, focused on the SVR!

One side of a tri-fold leaflet, showing front and rear covers, plus inside page, with details of Railway Work, Life & Death project, and its research into railway workers & their accidents on the Severn Valley Railway route.

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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Happy Pride!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Learn about Dublin's queer history by watching @paraickerrigan.bsky.social's Oak Room Talk 'Queer Joy and Loss: Ambivalent Intersections at Dublin's Hirschfeld Centre, 1979-87', available now on our YouTube channel youtu.be/9gu1olAfuGU?...

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Really enjoyed the @ssnci.bsky.social conference in Aberdeen at the weekend. Loved the granite city and will definitely be back! Lots of great projects on Ireland's rich history, lovely to meet lots of like-minded researchers too. Thanks to Michael Brown @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social for organising.

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Brighton Toy and Model Museum @brightontoymuseum.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

🎬 🚂 Join us for Station to Station at the Toy Museum: an unforgettable night of film, music, poetry & live performance. All in support of railway heritage. More info here: shorturl.at/kma1y

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

New plans need new objections! 🚂 The current planning application for Liverpool Street Station is an entirely new one, so any objections submitted in 2023 will not now be taken into consideration. We have created a simple Guide to Writing an Objection here: bit.ly/3ZQRkk8 📷 Bishopsgate Institute

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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

SSNCI2025 Starts tomorrow!

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Ireland had hundreds of railway stations!

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Liffey Loop Line railway bridge spliced through Dublin in 1891 linking Connolly Station at Amiens Street and Pearse Station at Westland Row. Designed by John Chaloner Smith chief engineer Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway, and Arthur and George Mills, engineers for Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Getting ready for Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social conference at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social this week! I'll be presenting ‘The Alphabet of the Engineer: The Universal Language of Engineering Draughtsmanship’ at 9am on Saturday 21st June. See you there!

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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The SSNCI will hold its 2025 Annual Conference at the @abdnriiss.bsky.social at the University of Aberdeen on 19-21 June 2025! To find out more see ssnci.org/annual-confe...

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Annual Conference 2025 | The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Had a great time presenting my lecture on Dublin's Railway Architecture for Dublin City Council @dublincityheritage.bsky.social It's now free to watch on YouTube: youtu.be/LrEpdxzCZnk?... Great to have Irish Sign Language provided too!

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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Missed Dr Siobhan Osgood's (@railwayarch.bsky.social) Oak Room Talk last month? You can now watch the full talk on our youtube channel: youtu.be/LrEpdxzCZnk?...

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Dublin's Railway Architecture | Oak Room Talks 2025

YouTube video by Dublin City Heritage

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British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

DAY TO DAY TRACK MAINTENANCE PART 1 - PLAIN LINE (1952)

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

200 for #Railway200 - a new thread! We're 200 days out from the 200th anniversary of the 1st passenger journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, on 27 September 1825. To mark it, we'll post a person a day from the Railway Work, Life & Death project's research.

1920s photograph, showing an old track worker, holding a shovel, stood between two railway lines, with hut and signals in the background. Caption reads ‘A veteran permanent-way man’.

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British Transport Films Stills @btfstills.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

CAPITAL VISIT (1955)

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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

A huge thank you to Dr Siobhan Osgood @railwayarch.bsky.social who gave a fascinating talk on the often overlooked architectural and industrial heritage of Dublin's major railway terminals last night as part of our Oak Room lecture series. We were delighted to have had such a big crowd in!

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Looking forward to this tomorrow evening, see you there if you've booked! You can apply for the waiting list for the in person talk or wait for the recording. @dublincityheritage.bsky.social

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

One advantage of being on a very long train (for a very long time) is the ability to photograph the back end of it, from the front! Here the 15.19 from Plymouth crosses Brunel's bridge over the River Plym. #heritage #engineering @railwayarch.bsky.social @gwr.com

Two arches of an iron lattice railway bridge, sailing high over a wide river, with boats in the foreground and buildings on the shore beyond. The portal of the bridge says "I.K. Brunel 1859 Engineer" in large white letters, above the end carriages of a train which is passing over the bridge.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 23/03/2025

Since joining BlueSky we've been building a Starter Pack to highlight the work of fellow historical societies and associations. We've now reached our 150 limit, so have divided the list into 2 packs: the first covers societies in the UK and Republic of Ireland go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd ... #skystorians

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Irish Historical Society @irishhistsoc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The next meeting of the Irish Historical Society is next Tuesday (25 Mar), at 7pm. Dr Edward Burke (UCD) will address the society with a paper entitled: ‘‘Ulster's Lost Counties: Loyalism and Paramilitarism since 1920’. Join us in person at Boston College, 43 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin.

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Doing final touches for my talk 'Dublin's Railway Architecture' for Dublin City Council's Oak Room Talks at the Mansion House on 23 April. I see it is fully booked - thank you! - but it will be recorded and available afterwards. Keep an eye out for the other talks: www.eventbrite.ie/cc/oak-room-...

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Dr Zack White @zwhitehistory.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Enroute to Leeds for the @societyarmy.bsky.social Land Forces of the Crown conference where I’ll be honoured to deliver my first ever keynote speech. Had to pause before boarding to admire the beautiful architecture of King’s Cross Station

Arched roof of King’s Cross station - glass roof supported by metal beams

Memorial to Sir John Moore in St Paul’s Cathedral

Memorial stone to Lieutenant Colonel Richard Fletcher of the Royal Engineers, in San Sebastián, Spain

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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Don't forget to register for your free ticket for our annual lecture with the brilliant Lindsay Janssen!

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Dr Paul Huddie @paulhuddie.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Coming Summer 2025! Courtesy of @ssnci.bsky.social and three exceptional (if I do say so) staff from ucddublin.bsky.social and a dozen of their genius peers #ssnci #ireland #conflict www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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abbysbender.bsky.social @abbysbender.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Please share widely! CFP for Irish Studies: Deep Time in Irish Literature, Culture, Media, and the Arts MLA 2026 in Toronto, guaranteed panel. Proposals of 150 words by February 28, 2025 to bendera5@sacredheart.edu. Roundtable discussion, short papers. Details: www.facebook.com/groups/16780...

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American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) | CFP for MLA 2026, Toronto: Guaranteed ACIS Panel | Facebook

CFP for MLA 2026, Toronto: Guaranteed ACIS Panel Deep Time in Irish Literature, Culture, Media, and the Arts In considering the ecocritical urgency of Irish texts, past and present—including...

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

First Class ticket on Enterprise service Dublin to Belfast is 33 euro, great value for money!

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

CFP: 'Ireland and the American Revolution'. The organisers invite submissions for papers to be presented at a conference held in the Trinity Long Room Hub at Trinity College Dublin on the 9-10 October 2025. If you are interested submit an abstract of 250 words and a brief bio by the 1 May 2025.

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Wilkinstown wayside and level-crossing station, Co. Meath. Now a private residence on the now Boyne Valley to Lakelands Greenway, the tracks, platform and signals have been left in tact. Opened in 1872 the line runs from Navan to Kingscourt in Co. Cavan. It closed to passengers in 1947.

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

'Factory Junction' (2015) by Gail Brodholt gailbrodholt.com 👤: @gailbrodholt.bsky.social

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Jay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This looks like a great project and one I’d love to do if I were going back to do a PhD.

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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Don't forget to book your free ticket to hear the brilliant Lindsay Janssen on 28 Feb! For more see ssnci.org/annual-lectu...

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Annual Lectures | The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland

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Phil Marsh @marshrail.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

213 followers now - hi to you all! Train 377211 + random pix. But where is the 37 & the NG Travvy? And an Atomic train? @rclongauthor.bsky.social @thebulletin.org @elwick70.bsky.social @paulbigland.bsky.social @randomrailways.bsky.social @trainstramstracks.bsky.social @railwayarch.bsky.social

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Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This evening's base: Wynns Hotel, Dublin for the Irish Railway Record Society annual dinner. Great to catch up with members, meet fellow railway history buffs and a few company chiefs!

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Philip Taylor @philipjtaylor.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Unfortunately I witnessed very unsightly changes to Liverpool Central in 1971. It and its impressive St Pancras style train shed were demolished.

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