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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · 4d

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · 5d

Podcasts from this year's Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference @ucddublin.bsky.social are now available. Thanks to Mike Liffey @historyhub.bsky.social for making us all sounds so crisp historyhub.ie/tudor-and-st...

Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference Podcasts

Since 2011, more than 200 speakers from a range of disciplines including History, English, Archaeology and Art History, have presented papers at Tudor and Stuart Ireland conferences. Download podcasts...

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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 23d

This Fri, 19 September: Join Paul Dryburgh, medieval collections specialist @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, for "England's first colony: medieval Ireland, 1171-1500". An overview of English intervention in Ireland and its role in the political development of the British and Irish isles.

Seal of John, Lord of Ireland. Catalogue reference: C 109/86 (4).

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Dr Patrick McDonagh @patrickmcdonagh98.bsky.social · Sep 1

A link to the online version: historyireland.com/a-sea-of-par...

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Aug 27

A final bump for this. Closing date is Sunday, 31 August

Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Aug 4

We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

Records Specialist - Early Modern Parliament at The National Archives

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · Aug 11

Phenomenal @newyorker.com piece capturing the scale and scope of the solar energy revolution:

"The power is there [...] Our local star, which already provides heat and light and photosynthesis, is prepared to offer us all the energy we could ever use"

www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

www.newyorker.com

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Aug 4

We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

Records Specialist - Early Modern Parliament at The National Archives

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Evan Bourke @evanbourke.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our Element on Macmorris’s Deep Map has just been published and is open-access until the end of the month. Really enjoyed the collaborative process involved in both the building of the map and the writing of this book!

Decolonial Deep Mapping

Cambridge Core - English Literature after 1945 - Decolonial Deep Mapping

www.cambridge.org

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jul 30

Great stuff Emily. Thank you

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jul 18

Yes it is! Shaping up nicely

Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jul 17

We have now published the programme for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference at UCD on 21-22 August. All details can be found here: tudorstuartireland.com/2025-confere...

2025 Conference (TSIXIII)

The 13th Annual Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference (TSIXIII) takes place in University College Dublin from 21-22 August 2025. Please register for the conference via Eventbrite here. Our confe…

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jul 10

Ben Healy abú. What a stage win

Ireland's Healy storms to Tour de France stage victory www.rte.ie/sport/cyclin...

Ireland's Healy storms to Tour de France stage victory

Ireland's Ben Healy claimed a memorable first Tour de France stage win of his career on Thursday.

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jul 7

Enjoy. That's a great looking panel

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jul 5

If you're in Britain and want to watch the hurling. Up the Dubs www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

GAA Live - All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final: Cork v Dublin

Sarah Mulkerrins presents live coverage from Croke Park as Cork and Dublin clash in the first semi-final of GAA's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jul 3

This is very cool

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Elizabeth Biggs @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social · Jul 2

@virtualtreasury.bsky.social is front page news! And with a nice quote about the medieval documents too.

Front page of this week’s Irish World newspaper. The headline is about the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland

Quote about dull medieval documents and what they can tell us about ordinary people.

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thanks Patrick

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Elizabeth Biggs @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social · Jun 24

Today’s exhibition is @spchendriks.bsky.social and the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social’s Collecting Ireland’s History at the Royal Irish Academy. It’s so much fun to see the documents in person! And yes, the fire of 1922 was a national calamity [and] like a nightmare (Walter Fitzgerald).

Letter from Walter Fitzgerald describing the PROI fire of 1922.

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jun 24

is that a smile?

Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jun 20

Well paid though

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · Jun 19

Delighted to see our (Brendan Twomey and myself) new Curated Collection on the Registry of Deeds up on @virtualtreasury.bsky.social virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll.... @historytcd.bsky.social

Virtual Treasury

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jun 18

As part of TNA's collaboration with @virtualtreasury.bsky.social we are running an online event on Friday 20 June at 2pm, providing guidance on how to trace your Irish ancestors across TNA's, the VRTI's and any number of other collections. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-his...

Family history: tracing your Irish ancestors

Join experts from The National Archives and the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland to start tracing your Irish ancestry.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jun 13

To have an office like St Jerome is the dream

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jun 3

Friday is 6 June, Saturday is 7 June. We won't mind if you submit by either date!

Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · Jun 3

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