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Jay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social · 1d

I could spend hours looking at digitised images from the @nlireland.bsky.social Lawrence Collection. What an incredible visual repository of 19th-c Ireland.

The Quays on the northside of Cork looking east, with the Shandon Bell in background.

Two boys, one with a cap and a barefoot leg straddling the Quay wall, the other in a bowler hat looking into the River Lee.

Entitled 'Paddys Market', in Cork. An image with many people milling about, lots of produce in the foreground, furniture, baskets.

A shawled woman looking back toward the camera with what look like mounds of cabbages stacked in the foreground and wicker baskets.

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 16h

💻 Fortunately, remote access is available.

Free to join but registration required:
www.nli.ie/news-stories...

No Time to Wait Conference Returns for its 9th Edition at the NLI from 15-17 October 2025

www.nli.ie

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 16h

Next week, the @nlireland.bsky.social is honoured to host No Time to Wait 9. An essential gathering of experts and changemakers in the digital preservation and audio-visual archiving community, this international conference booked out almost immediately. @mediaarea.net

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy a peaceful moment for #WorldMentalHealthDay today with a listen to Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again's Mindful Heaney podcast series: www.nli.ie/learn/podcas...

Podcast Series | Mindful Heaney Part 1

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #WorldPostDay! 💌 Did you know you can explore thousands of postcards in our online catalogue?: catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Resul...

[IMAGE: Portrait of postman, possibly Pat McGovern, Burrishoole Lodge, Newport, Co. Mayo, 1962; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 1d

2) The Future Of Libraries with Dr. Audrey Whitty | The Seattle Public Library
www.folioseattle.org/event-detail...

The Future Of Libraries with Dr. Audrey Whitty | FOLIO SEATTLE

Part of the Irish Arts and Literature Showcase 2025

www.folioseattle.org

National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 1d

🇮🇪🇺🇸 Our Director, Dr Audrey Whitty, will be speaking at the Folio Irish Arts and Literature Showcase in Seattle
during a number of events this week, including:

1) Irish Arts & Literature Showcase | Town Hall Seattle
www.folioseattle.org/event-detail...

Irish Arts & Literature Showcase Opening Night | FOLIO SEATTLE

Celebrate the start of the inaugural Irish Arts & Literature Showcase with an evening of conversation & music with Dr. Audrey Whitty, Frances McCue and Hibsen Featuring Gráinne Hunt

www.folioseattle.org

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 2d

❤️ to be home in Dublin & working in @nlireland.bsky.social on #ICA archives & its role on Council Status of Women in 1970s & 1980s. Logo for International Women’s Year 1975 exp. as dove for peace, = symbol for equality & symbol for women. Designed by Valerie Pettits. #womensgrassrootsactivism

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 4d

Our exhibitions Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again (Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street) and Live Aid (National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square) remain open as usual.

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 4d

Readers with a valid Reader’s Ticket can access the Reading Rooms and will need to show their ticket at the security barrier. Please approach from Nassau St. (north) end of Kildare St only on Tuesday, 7 October.

National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 4d

📅 Tuesday, 7 October

Due to traffic and pedestrian restrictions on Kildare Street, there will be no public access to Yeats: The Life and Works of W.B. Yeats on Tuesday, 7 October.

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Daniel Carey @danielmcarey.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks to all who attended my Dublin Festival of History lecture @nlireland.bsky.social detailing my research on the Catholic Standard newspaper. Great to have an interested audience and a lively Q&A. My research is being undertaken @dublincityuni.bsky.social and funded by @researchireland.ie.

The author, standing behind a desk at the National Library of Ireland. The desk contains a laptop and a screen

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Dr Patrick McDonagh @patrickmcdonagh98.bsky.social · 6d

Good impression of the English exchequer seal attached to a letters patent to the second earl of Ormond from 1367 at the @nlireland.bsky.social.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 4d

WEDNESDAY NIGHT – all are welcome to the official launch of WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell at NLI (@nlireland.bsky.social), 6.30pm.

✉️ RSVP [email protected]

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at both events.

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 4d

☎️ For urgent queries please call the front desk: +353 (0)1 603 0200

National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 4d

🖥️ Notice re Connectivity Issues: this morning (Mon 6 Oct) WiFi and PC networks in the Main Reading Room are currently offline. There will be a temporary delay in reader services and response time. We are working to resolve the issue and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 8d

📣We're #hiring: #LibraryAssistant Grade 3

📚 We are seeking enthusiastic and customer-focused Library Assistants Grade 3 to join our team.

⭐ More info + #apply here: www.nli.ie/about-us/wor...

📅 Apply by: 3pm, 10th October 2025.

#jobfairy #libraryjobs

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Dr Patrick McDonagh @patrickmcdonagh98.bsky.social · 10d

Am very pleased to have just come across this nice manicule (or hand with a pointing index finger) in a letters patent of Richard II to the earl of Ormond dating from 1379 which is held by the @nlireland.bsky.social.

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 17d

Our new #LiveAid photo exhibition is now open at the National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar!

Launched by Minister Patrick O'Donovan @deptcultureirl.bsky.social & donor #BobGeldof, it features 70+ rare images from the iconic 1985 concerts.

🎶 Free entry | From Sep 24: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

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Office of Public Works @opwireland.bsky.social · Sep 9

Minister Kevin “Boxer” Moran and OPW Chair John Conlon visited @nlireland.bsky.social today to view plans for its Capital Development Project. Delivered by the OPW, this ambitious redevelopment will modernise facilities, preserve heritage & enhance visitor access. Thanks to NLI for the invite.

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jjohnfoyle @jjohnfoyle1.bsky.social · Sep 9

Seen and Unseen: The National Library’s Photographic Collection

William Fagan, Chair of the Photo Museum Ireland, gave a great presentation of the NLI’s photographic collection.
#Tuesday

@nlireland.bsky.social

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Ciarán Wallace @cwallacedublin.bsky.social · Sep 10

This looks like it will be good 🙂 👀 @nlireland.bsky.social Photographic Archive on Temple Bar. Live Aid in pictures 👇👇👇

David Bowie poster "We could be heroes for just one day"

Entrance to NLI Photographic Archive Temple Bar showing sign for the Live Aid exhibition

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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 28d

Speaking at the @cerl-community.bsky.social Collection Security Summer School in @nlireland.bsky.social and glad to see this 🙂👇👇 I hope nobody lights that fire!🔥

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Dr Patrick McDonagh @patrickmcdonagh98.bsky.social · 26d

An illustration of Noah's ark in a fourteenth century Irish manuscript accredited to Ádhamh Ó Cianáin, a scholar from medieval Fermanagh, at the @nlireland.bsky.social. In the top left can be seen the dove (or 'colu[m]ba') carrying an olive leaf returning to the ark.

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