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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Our latest post on substack is about handwritten notes by Jack O’Sullivan recording discussions relating to the Shannelbe Project, this project was a research initiative concerning the Shannon and Elbe estuaries substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Planning the Shannon elbe Project, 1988

Three pages of handwritten notes offer a glimpse into early discussions about research, water quality and the future of the Shannon Estuary.

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

@dpasshconf2026.bsky.social Looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow and listening to great presentations at #dpassh2026

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Our Archive intern Saoirse has written a post about her work on a typical day read it here on our Substack. subscribe to follow us. open.substack.com/pub/tusasc/p...

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A day in the life of a TUS Archive Intern

Everyday in the archives begins with a small but important step, retrieving the key.

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Our exhibition of a selection from our archives on display for #heritageweek is open till 12:30pm today. We are getting our first visitors early so come and join us if you have time.

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Come visit us tomorrow Friday 10:15am - 12:30pm and see a selection of items from our newly established archive and special collections. This curated exhibition will highlight key collections from 1953 to 2006.

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 26/06/2025

We are delighted to share that @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social have ingested two new collections into the Repository - the Shannon Estuary Project and the Brendan O’Brien Collection. Find out more: dri.ie/news/two-new...

A promotional poster for the Ninth All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival, showcasing artistic designs and essential event information.

Image of Shannon Callows, 1987, highlighting initiatives in Irish wildlife conservation and environmental protection.

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

A big thank you to Jack O'Sullivan who donated lots more boxes to the archive covering topics such as the environment and planning. Here's Emmet with the pile of boxes Jack brought with him today when he visited us earlier.

Staff member Emmet with a 10 boxes of reports and files for the archive donated by Jack O'Sullivan

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Tune in now to Sally Ann Bennett on Saturday Focus on @midlands103.bsky.social coming from @tuslibrarymidlands.bsky.social and hear about the development of the new archive with special focus on the all Ireland drama festival collection

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Tune in tomorrow morning to @Midlands103 Saturday Focus with Sally Anne Barrett 10-11am. Celine Peignen & Saoirse Mahon from @TUS_LibraryMD and Gearoid O'Brien will be talking about the TUS library archive and its All Ireland drama festival collection.

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

A little trailer video for something that happened today in the Library with our Archive and Special Collections. We're quite excited. More will be revealed soon! #tuslibrary #archiveandspecialcollections #allirelanddramafestival

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Some photos from yesterday. A big thank you to everyone who attended especially the festival committee, Our Vice President Student Education & Experience and President and our key note speaker Lisa Griffith #tuslibrary #tusarchive @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social @lisagriffith.bsky.social @dri.ie

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Maura Flynn @mauragflynn.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the launch of @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social yesterday. We enjoyed wonderful presentations by @lisagriffith.bsky.social & TUS colleagues and memories of the region shared by members of our local community. It was a special and memorable day 📚 🙏

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We're excited for our big launch tomorrow getting ready to welcome our guests and let them see our latest addition to our collections. @dri.ie @tuslibrarymidwest.bsky.social

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 02/05/2025

DRI Director @lisagriffith.bsky.social is the keynote speaker at the launch of @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social on 15 May at 3pm at the Athlone campus. All are welcome to join on the day by RSVP'ing to library.archive@tus.ie Find out more: dri.ie/events/launc...

Image profiling a special event at TUS Archive and special collections, inviting community engagement and exploration.

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

We got copies of #allirelanddramafestival programme today. Lots of great events and productions to look forward too. Including our launch! Happening on the 15th May at 3pm. Pick up a copy or click here for details online www.dramafestival.ie/event/launch...

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

A big thank you to Noelia who gave us a tutorial and the @dri.ie this morning. We learned so much in a short time. Can't wait to start applying it to our archive!

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

One of the challenges of cataloguing the documents in the Brendan O'Brien collection is deciphering handwriting. This letter took me some time to decipher but eventually I was able to see who it was by and the gist of the letter

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Delighted to announce that we have been accepted to join the @dri-ie.bsky.social. Looking forward to meeting the other members and working with DRI. We are excited to start uploading our collections!

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 07/03/2025

We are delighted to announce that @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social has joined as the latest member of DRI! We look forward to assisting with the ingest of: the Brendan O'Brien Archive on the All-Ireland Drama Festival and the Shannon Estuary Project. Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-dri...

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New DRI Member: Technological University of the Shannon - Digital Repository of Ireland

The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to announce that the Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) has joined as our latest member. The main collections TUS hope to ingest at pres...

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Doing some work on our Brendan O’Brien Archive - material relating to the All-Ireland Drama Festival. Here is a sneak peak of preservation and cataloguing work! Slowly moving each letter from this yellow unsuitable folder into separate preservation covers.

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

We have started archiving and digitising some of the Brendan O’Brien archive material relating to the All-Ireland Drama Festival 1953-1982. Below are photos of some of our team and an item we were working on today using @transkribus.bsky.social and a scan tent.

picture of scan tent with bound volume of programmes from the all Ireland drama festival

Picture of Sean, Saoirse and Joanne some of the archive team in the TUS library midlands

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TUS Library Archive and Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is our first post on Social Media follow us on our journey as we develop our special collections and archive! We hope to post regularly with images and stories of our work.

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TUS Library Midlands @tuslibrarymidlands.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Reminder: Research Image Competition deadline is soon! #TUSReserachWeek 2025. Categories for UG, PG and Staff. Click here for details shorturl.at/e0vFB or scan QR code in the image. Prize is €100 voucher. Closing date is Feb 13th so get your entries in!

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