joanna finegan
@joannafinegan.bsky.social
I’m here now so I am. 🇪🇺
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Today is the beginning of Library Ireland Week📚 It's a chance to celebrate the brilliant work done in libraries all around the country. Why not drop by MU Library and your own local library this week 🍀There are some great events on to mark this week - find a link in our bio! #LIW25
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today is the beginning of Library Ireland Week📚 It's a chance to celebrate the brilliant work done in libraries all around the country. Why not drop by MU Library and your own local library this week 🍀There are some great events on to mark this week - find a link in our bio! #LIW25
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This week is Library Ireland Week.
The theme for the week is ‘Libraries Light the Way’ & we are giving a prize to the student who comes up with the best reasons that our library lights the way.
How has Maynooth University Library lit the way for you?
#LIW25 Library Association of Ireland
The theme for the week is ‘Libraries Light the Way’ & we are giving a prize to the student who comes up with the best reasons that our library lights the way.
How has Maynooth University Library lit the way for you?
#LIW25 Library Association of Ireland
December 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This week is Library Ireland Week.
The theme for the week is ‘Libraries Light the Way’ & we are giving a prize to the student who comes up with the best reasons that our library lights the way.
How has Maynooth University Library lit the way for you?
#LIW25 Library Association of Ireland
The theme for the week is ‘Libraries Light the Way’ & we are giving a prize to the student who comes up with the best reasons that our library lights the way.
How has Maynooth University Library lit the way for you?
#LIW25 Library Association of Ireland
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Library Ireland Week is here! #LIW25
Our restored An Tiomna Nuadh shows how libraries and conservation work light the way by ensuring rare and fragile books last for future readers.
Read more about the conservation process in our latest blog post 📚
nuigarchives.blogspot.com/2025/11/our-...
Our restored An Tiomna Nuadh shows how libraries and conservation work light the way by ensuring rare and fragile books last for future readers.
Read more about the conservation process in our latest blog post 📚
nuigarchives.blogspot.com/2025/11/our-...
Our 1602 An Tiomna Nuadh [The New Testament] Comes Home
A blog about the historic archival and special collections of the Hardiman Library, National University of Ireland Galway
nuigarchives.blogspot.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Library Ireland Week is here! #LIW25
Our restored An Tiomna Nuadh shows how libraries and conservation work light the way by ensuring rare and fragile books last for future readers.
Read more about the conservation process in our latest blog post 📚
nuigarchives.blogspot.com/2025/11/our-...
Our restored An Tiomna Nuadh shows how libraries and conservation work light the way by ensuring rare and fragile books last for future readers.
Read more about the conservation process in our latest blog post 📚
nuigarchives.blogspot.com/2025/11/our-...
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I still don’t really want to post anything other than ‘we won Bookshop of the Year’!
I know that I definitely have a blog to post about it & that will pretty much be my, perhaps, sort of, last post on it for the moment … other than this!
I know that I definitely have a blog to post about it & that will pretty much be my, perhaps, sort of, last post on it for the moment … other than this!
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I still don’t really want to post anything other than ‘we won Bookshop of the Year’!
I know that I definitely have a blog to post about it & that will pretty much be my, perhaps, sort of, last post on it for the moment … other than this!
I know that I definitely have a blog to post about it & that will pretty much be my, perhaps, sort of, last post on it for the moment … other than this!
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It's Library Ireland Week! Let us know how libraries light the way for you and the best entry will win an iPad! We want to hear from you! And remember to use the hashtag so we can find your submission! Visit https://libraryirelandweek.ie/ for further details! #LIW25
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's Library Ireland Week! Let us know how libraries light the way for you and the best entry will win an iPad! We want to hear from you! And remember to use the hashtag so we can find your submission! Visit https://libraryirelandweek.ie/ for further details! #LIW25
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The last 3.5 yrs a small, stubborn team has been rebuilding an independent bookshop, powered by tea, spreadsheets & a slightly excessive love of books.
We’re now officially An Post Bookshop of the Year & our MD, Mick Finucane, has written a 5 a.m. blog about it
chaptersbookstore.com/blogs/news/b...
We’re now officially An Post Bookshop of the Year & our MD, Mick Finucane, has written a 5 a.m. blog about it
chaptersbookstore.com/blogs/news/b...
Bookshop Of The Year 2025 Chapters Bookstore Dublin
It is 5 a.m. and I am sitting at the kitchen table, my jacket and bow tie abandoned somewhere in the hall, far too wired to sleep. A few hours ago, at the An Post Irish Book Awards, Chapters was named...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The last 3.5 yrs a small, stubborn team has been rebuilding an independent bookshop, powered by tea, spreadsheets & a slightly excessive love of books.
We’re now officially An Post Bookshop of the Year & our MD, Mick Finucane, has written a 5 a.m. blog about it
chaptersbookstore.com/blogs/news/b...
We’re now officially An Post Bookshop of the Year & our MD, Mick Finucane, has written a 5 a.m. blog about it
chaptersbookstore.com/blogs/news/b...
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Library Ireland Week will be here again (30 Nov - 6 Dec) and that means a chance to nominate a valued Library colleague for Staff Champion! Nominations are anonymous and can be posted on https://ow.ly/G0gJ50XsKFg! #LIW25
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Library Ireland Week will be here again (30 Nov - 6 Dec) and that means a chance to nominate a valued Library colleague for Staff Champion! Nominations are anonymous and can be posted on https://ow.ly/G0gJ50XsKFg! #LIW25
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Some lovely photos from the An Post Irish Book Awards last night, featuring host Miriam O'Callaghan and LAI Author of the Year Award winner, Elaine Feeney. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.
#IrishBookAwards #IrishAuthors #LiteraryAwards #AnPostAwards
#IrishBookAwards #IrishAuthors #LiteraryAwards #AnPostAwards
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Some lovely photos from the An Post Irish Book Awards last night, featuring host Miriam O'Callaghan and LAI Author of the Year Award winner, Elaine Feeney. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.
#IrishBookAwards #IrishAuthors #LiteraryAwards #AnPostAwards
#IrishBookAwards #IrishAuthors #LiteraryAwards #AnPostAwards
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The LAI Author of the Year Award was presented to Elaine Feeney by UCD Library Deputy Librarian and President of the LAI Lorna Dodd.📘
Some lovely photos from the An Post Irish Book Awards last night, featuring host Miriam O'Callaghan and LAI Author of the Year Award winner, Elaine Feeney. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.
#IrishBookAwards #IrishAuthors #LiteraryAwards #AnPostAwards
#IrishBookAwards #IrishAuthors #LiteraryAwards #AnPostAwards
November 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The LAI Author of the Year Award was presented to Elaine Feeney by UCD Library Deputy Librarian and President of the LAI Lorna Dodd.📘
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Kenny's Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway city is celebrating 85 years as a family business this weekend.
Kenny's celebrates 85 years of selling books
Kenny's Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway city is celebrating 85 years as a family business this weekend.
www.rte.ie
November 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Kenny's Bookshop and Art Gallery in Galway city is celebrating 85 years as a family business this weekend.
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The @nlireland.bsky.social is inviting people to step back into the #kitchens of Ireland’s 18th and 19th-century big houses with the release of centuries-old #winter #recipes for food lovers and amateur cooks to recreate at home: www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
Recreate 18th and 19th-century warming winter recipes at home
The National Library of Ireland (NLI ) is inviting people to step back into the kitchens of Ireland’s 18th and 19th-century big houses with the release of centuries-old winter recipes for food l...
www.advertiser.ie
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The @nlireland.bsky.social is inviting people to step back into the #kitchens of Ireland’s 18th and 19th-century big houses with the release of centuries-old #winter #recipes for food lovers and amateur cooks to recreate at home: www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
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Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
With match funding from Queen’s, we are offering six funded studentships beginning in 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
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The EU Democracy Shield has been launched with a blizzard of proposals by Irish commissioner @EUCssrMcGrath. Will it make a difference in the campaign against electoral disinformation, particularly by Russia? Critics are divided.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
EU Democracy Shield: the slings, arrows of disinformation
Officials say the Democracy Shield is designed to support frontline accession countries but also to galvanise European societies into recognising the threat posed to democracies, writes Tony Connelly.
www.rte.ie
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The EU Democracy Shield has been launched with a blizzard of proposals by Irish commissioner @EUCssrMcGrath. Will it make a difference in the campaign against electoral disinformation, particularly by Russia? Critics are divided.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
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🎉Celebrate 25 years of #jpeg2000 with us! 🎉On 19 Nov (2-4pm UTC) the #dpc is hosting an open event exploring the standard’s past, present, and future. With keynote speaker Dr Robert Buckley and case studies from Wellcome, Harvard, and the Internet Archive […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
[Original post on digipres.club]
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🎉Celebrate 25 years of #jpeg2000 with us! 🎉On 19 Nov (2-4pm UTC) the #dpc is hosting an open event exploring the standard’s past, present, and future. With keynote speaker Dr Robert Buckley and case studies from Wellcome, Harvard, and the Internet Archive […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
[Original post on digipres.club]
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Wonderful visit to @nlireland.bsky.social for our DCU MA students! We saw the children’s book illustrations & processes of P.J. Lynch, Margaret Anne Suggs & Chris Judge.
Laura Ryan facilitated a fascinating discussion about preserving process in children’s book creation.
Laura Ryan facilitated a fascinating discussion about preserving process in children’s book creation.
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Wonderful visit to @nlireland.bsky.social for our DCU MA students! We saw the children’s book illustrations & processes of P.J. Lynch, Margaret Anne Suggs & Chris Judge.
Laura Ryan facilitated a fascinating discussion about preserving process in children’s book creation.
Laura Ryan facilitated a fascinating discussion about preserving process in children’s book creation.
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We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
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Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
The €10,000 prize, awarded annually since 1976, celebrates an outstanding body of work by an emerging Irish writer under 40
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Ferdia Lennon wins 2025 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature for Glorious Exploits
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This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
I kept finding cló gaelach everywhere this weekend - a typewriter @nmireland.bsky.social , font on school signage, and blocks of type at the National Print Museum #gaeilge #clógaelach
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This Underwood typewriter, likely the first with Irish characters, was used by the Gaelic League around 1905.
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Now on display in the newly opened Changing Ireland Galleries in Collins Barracks, it’s a powerful symbol of everyday tools shaping Irish identity.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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In addition to the subject, two articles written by colleagues from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social: @siobhraaiken.bsky.social & Marc O'Rawe.
English here : www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Article en Français sur @france.theconversation.com :
theconversation.com/comment-la-p...
English here : www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Article en Français sur @france.theconversation.com :
theconversation.com/comment-la-p...
How Irish revolutionaries used French language to secure support
The multilingual skills of the revolutionary generation helped them to amplify Ireland's cause on the world stage
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
In addition to the subject, two articles written by colleagues from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social: @siobhraaiken.bsky.social & Marc O'Rawe.
English here : www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Article en Français sur @france.theconversation.com :
theconversation.com/comment-la-p...
English here : www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Article en Français sur @france.theconversation.com :
theconversation.com/comment-la-p...
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Tar ag obair linn! Post léachtóra 18 mí, Eanáir 2026-Bealtaine 2027. An-sásta glacadh le ceisteanna faoin ról. Sprioc 24 Samhain 2025. hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tar ag obair linn! Post léachtóra 18 mí, Eanáir 2026-Bealtaine 2027. An-sásta glacadh le ceisteanna faoin ról. Sprioc 24 Samhain 2025. hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... The largest of 11 stones at Goles Stone Row in the Glenelly Valley, Tyrone, Ireland
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Tyrone
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Tyrone
November 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... The largest of 11 stones at Goles Stone Row in the Glenelly Valley, Tyrone, Ireland
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Tyrone
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Tyrone
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UK photographer Shirley Baker documented the city of Manchester's streets in the 1960s #WomensArt
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
UK photographer Shirley Baker documented the city of Manchester's streets in the 1960s #WomensArt
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We are thrilled to announce that Dublin and Belfast will host iPRES (the International Conference on Digital Preservation) in 2030🎉
We're delighted with this opportunity and look forward to collaborating with our partners to create a fantastic iPRES 2030!
Read more: dri.ie/news/dublin-...
@ria.ie
We're delighted with this opportunity and look forward to collaborating with our partners to create a fantastic iPRES 2030!
Read more: dri.ie/news/dublin-...
@ria.ie
Dublin and Belfast to host iPRES 2030 - Digital Repository of Ireland
We are delighted to announce that iPRES (the International Conference on Digital Preservation) will be held in Belfast and Dublin in September 2030. Following an open call for global hosts for the yea...
dri.ie
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We are thrilled to announce that Dublin and Belfast will host iPRES (the International Conference on Digital Preservation) in 2030🎉
We're delighted with this opportunity and look forward to collaborating with our partners to create a fantastic iPRES 2030!
Read more: dri.ie/news/dublin-...
@ria.ie
We're delighted with this opportunity and look forward to collaborating with our partners to create a fantastic iPRES 2030!
Read more: dri.ie/news/dublin-...
@ria.ie
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Big story from Sky news. It is a mistake to think the DSA alone is going to fix this. This requires more, including and most particularly enforcement of GDPR Art 9 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Big story from Sky news. It is a mistake to think the DSA alone is going to fix this. This requires more, including and most particularly enforcement of GDPR Art 9 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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At first glance, you might not notice it, but cat-lovers will spot it right away! 🐾
Across the pages of this 17th-century manuscript are the unmistakable inky paw prints of a curious feline, who clearly couldn’t resist a stroll across the scholar’s desk.
Across the pages of this 17th-century manuscript are the unmistakable inky paw prints of a curious feline, who clearly couldn’t resist a stroll across the scholar’s desk.
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
At first glance, you might not notice it, but cat-lovers will spot it right away! 🐾
Across the pages of this 17th-century manuscript are the unmistakable inky paw prints of a curious feline, who clearly couldn’t resist a stroll across the scholar’s desk.
Across the pages of this 17th-century manuscript are the unmistakable inky paw prints of a curious feline, who clearly couldn’t resist a stroll across the scholar’s desk.