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Will Derham
@willderham.bsky.social
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Would-be architect, printer, gym-goer, baker... actual curator & author, among other things. Currently working in a castle. Views are my own.
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Strolling down Grafton St earlier today, where Ruskin’s Venice meets Celtic Ireland (@ no.25)
#History #Heritage #Architecture #Dublin #Ireland
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I particularly liked the school children’s responses, using the same materials as their ancient forebears …
#History #Heritage #Books #Ireland
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Finally saw the “Words on the Wave” exhibition at the @nmireland.bsky.social yesterday. Two days left for you to do the same! And it’s free!
#History #Heritage #Books #Ireland
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Civic duty done ✅

Enjoyed the banter with the polling officer 😄😅
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Find of the day (by pure chance - I went in for all of 6mins when I was waiting on the bus) - the works of David Roberts. Large format. A steal at €20 in Oxfam #Books, Parliament St, #Dublin
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Greetings from Lismore and the sunny south east ☀️
October 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Very much looking forward to picking up a copy of “Queer Georgians” by Anthony Delaney soon … 🤓 🏳️‍🌈
#History #Heritage #Queer #LGBTQ #Ireland
September 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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I had to buy a replacement pen recently. The box arrived with a hand-written note and three sherbet lemons. This is the kind of customer service that should be standard 👌🏻

🍬 🍋 🖋
September 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Lovely to be surprised with a new series of one of my favourite podcasts yesterday ☺️🖼 #Art
September 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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The Record Tower at Dublin Castle, emerging from a sea of pinnacles and additions in the crisp morning sunshine ☀️
#History #Heritage #Architecture #Dublin #Ireland
September 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Contemplating beautiful clear, crisp, sunny ☀️ #Dublin from this morning, as I drift off to sleep tonight 😴
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Dear #Ireland - please take note …
#Housing #Homelessness #HousingCrisis
September 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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I know several people have said this has been superseded, but I have to say it was a thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening read - great use of original sources that give a real feel of the personalities involved.
#History #Heritage #JamesII #MaryII #QueenAnne #WilliamIII
September 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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All eyes on you … 👁

#Art #StreetArt #Dublin #Ireland
September 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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If Universities were still *teaching*, they’d be teaching that this is fascism …
September 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Dublin Bus - such a leisurely way to travel …
September 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Playing with paint at Dublin Castle 🎨
#History #Heritage #Conservation #Dublin #Ireland
August 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Loving this card with Jonathan Swift from @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social in #Dublin 😎👌🏻
August 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Work in progress (not mine) on O’Connell St, #Dublin yesterday - lovely to see a pop of colour and #Art around the place, though less #DerelictIreland would be nice too.
August 27, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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I also stopped off at the RC church to have a look at their recently restored windows by Harry Clarke (of which, a detail) …
#History #Heritage #Art #HeritageWeek #Ireland
August 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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The lovely thing about #HeritageWeek in #Ireland is discovering things on your own doorstep, in the case of today, the round tower and old church in #Lusk Co. #Dublin

#History #Heritage #Fingal
August 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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The jewel in the crown of Dublin’s skyline … ☀️
#Sunset #Dublin
August 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Messing about in boats …

Vernet’s “A Sporting Contest on the Tiber”, 1750 from the National Gallery, London. The craic they used to have back then!
#History #Heritage #Art #Italy 🛶
August 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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His portrait still hangs in Dublin Castle’s Portrait Gallery today. Some very entertaining letters survive to him from the Board of Works, admonishing him for his spending habits - effectively reminding him he was now viceroy of Ireland, not India!
#History #Heritage #Empire #Ireland
August 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Meditating on the Napoleonic use of leopard print I observed earlier this year at the Grand Trianon 🐆

#History #Heritage #MaterialCulture #France
August 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM