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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Suffice to say, I’m rather rapidly falling for Dresden … #History #Heritage #Architecture #Dresden

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

19.22 on a Saturday evening … #Dublin is bliss 😎👌🏻

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A green-painted post box with *both* a crown and the seal of “se” with a harp for “Saorstát Éireann” - Interesting variation on a theme … #History #Heritage #Architecture #Design #Dublin #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Incredibly frustrating when a “not in service” bus goes past as your actual bus doesn’t show. Was the WH3 supposed to be the G1 just now on Wellington Quay @dublinbusnews.bsky.social ? #Dublin #DublinBus #Commute

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sometimes the world looks more interesting reflected (and upside down 🙃) #Dublin

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Summer sunshine and purple daisies yesterday evening in #Dublin ☀️

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The magic arriving this morning … 🥔 #Dublin #Chips #Burdock’s

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Particular treat today, seeing the actual Nations Cup up close, as the competition turns 100 😎 #RDS #DublinHorseShow

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Bank Holiday Monday morning walk in #Skerries 😎

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham about 7am this morning. No better way to start the day than with a burst of the Baroque! #History #Heritage #Architecture #Dublin #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The show, which is subtitled “The Age of Romantic Fantasy” and is a collaboration with @tate.bsky.social runs at the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social until July 19th and is well worth catching before it comes down. Well done NGI and all involved 👏🏻 #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Also works by Theodor von Holst (didn’t know him previously, but loved his green dragon 🐉 - very Royal Pavilion); a “Puck” after Reynolds; and “Two Women in a Dungeon” by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (I just loved her expression 😅) #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

That curiosity aside, the show is well worth a visit. This work by Turner (there were several of his works, many large and not widely known) instantly made me this of the work of John Piper … #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Curiously, the exhibition labels were unusually slim lined: no medium (tho most were obvious enough) and, frustratingly, no reference to the owner - where does this painting live when not in this show @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social ?

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Maybe because we live in a world where inundation by flood is a scary reality ( #ClimateChaos), maybe the tones of blue and grey, with sudden highlights of gold in the form of broken trees and a lion … I could have looked at it for hours 👀 #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Made my way to the @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social yesterday to take in the William Blake exhibition (which was very enjoyable). However, the piece that has stuck with me since is “The Deluge” by Irish artist Francis Danby … 👌🏻 #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Limoges porcelaine plate I snapped up last week. Not bad for €30.

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Loving this heraldic Pushmepullyou on the cover of “Bell’s Common Place Book” up for auction at Mealy’s this week 😅 #History #Heritage #Heraldry #Books #Ireland www.fonsiemealy.ie/catalogue/lo...

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Some glimpses of the city’s wonderful texture, as I wandered and the sun waned this evening … ☀️ #History #Heritage #Architecture #Craft #Dublin #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Spent one of my happiest days of the year so far mucking about with letterpress printing at the National Print Museum today. A gem of a museum, with an tasty cafe, and just great fun 😎 Thank you Mary, and my lovely classmates! #Printing #Letterpress #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Intriguing and charming Art Deco facelift to a much older building in Tralee … #History #Heritage #Architecture #Tralee #Kerry #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Worth noting who among Ireland’s representatives voted for it …

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Is it time to find security and privacy in the analogue?

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This summary of how AI has used vast CCTV camera networks to target specific individuals and behaviour in seconds has really made me feel that we are on the cusp of a 1984 world …

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Surprising mosaic spotted in Arbour Hill, #Dublin - a joyful, unexpected intervention … #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I’ve just finished reading “The Scapegoat” by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. It’s a really great piece of history and a compelling read. Cannot recommend it highly enough 👌🏻 #History #Heritage #Books

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

With what, one wonders … 🤔

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The Dublin Rivera, at Islandbridge ☀️ #Summer ##Dublin #Ireland #SpeirGorm

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I’ve no idea who these two ladies are, but they have quite literally got the best seats in town today! ☀️ #Summer #Dublin #SpeirGorm

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

And a glimpse of what else lies within … Available now in all good bookshops, as they say! #History #Heritage #Art #Architecture #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Delighted to finally get a copy in my hands - Vol. 02 of the “Irish Heritage Studies” journal, produced by Gandon Editions for the @opwireland.bsky.social - particularly tickled than an image from my own piece was chosen for the cover 🤓 #History #Heritage #Art #Architecture #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

The Four Courts in Dublin, proudly sticking its head above the skyline of #Dublin - I do love how, from the bus, you can see through the rotunda 👌🏻

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Stop! 🛑 … and admire the flowers 🪻

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Watching the Louth match with the mammy (a native of the wee county) #LúAbu

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

An arresting oil entitled 'Hay Wagon' by one James C. Morris (who I must admit I’ve never heard of). Currently at €320 - a bargain! #History #Heritage #Art #Dublin www.southdublinauction.com/catalogue/lo...

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Possibly one of the most bizarre things I’ve come across on the streets of #Dublin …

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Coming across this has made me think of the opening paragraph/page that has stuck with me. This, in Maurice Craig’s ‘Dublin: 1660-1860’ is the one that always comes to mind …

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

It made the shortlist, but as I have yet to construct bookshelves I’m trying to limit new acquisitions and so only bought one. This won out …

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

And while I enjoyed the celebration of big, impressive trees, I thought it a bit odd that the interpretation was screwed directly *into* the tree, but then as I said, I’m not a plants person so maybe the tree doesn’t mind 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Impressive view from the temple at Mount Congreve yesterday, looking out over the River Suir. I’m not much of a plants person, but the colours and shapes and variety of some of the plants were stunning! #History #Heritage #Garden #Waterford #Ireland

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Haha 😅 You’ll be even less impressed with his knitted wool nightcap so!

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Exhibit A, the Duke of Wellington’s slippers @ Apsley House @apsleyhouse.bsky.social Exhibit B, Michael Collins’s slippers @ N.M. of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social All I’m saying is, fighting Irish men seem to have liked their comforts … #History #Heritage #Dublin #London #Ireland #England

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Will Derham @willderham.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Daffodils trying to escape their parkland prison …

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