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Dublin Lockout Cartoons of Ernest Kavanagh

by Bean an Phoist on January 18, 2013 · 4 comments

Part of our BiblioFiles Series – Wednesday 23 January at 7pm James Curry will be discussing the Dublin Lockout cartoons of EK or Ernest Kavanagh (1884-1916) next Wednesday 23rd in our Seminar Room. EK was an important cartoonist, yet relatively unknown today. He produced hard-hitting satirical cartoons for labour and nationalist newspapers, and also lent [...]

Tagged as: 1913, Angel of Freedom, Artist of the Revolution, BiblioFiles, Cartoonist, Cartoons, Dublin Lockout, EK, Ernest Kavanagh, Irish Citizen, Irish Comics Wiki, James Curry, John Redmond, Padraig Yeates

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Celebrating the Commons on Flickr, Part Deux

by Bean an Phoist on January 15, 2013 · 7 comments

in Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Projects,Research,Social Media

This is our second blog post celebrating the 5th anniversary of The Commons on Flickr which falls tomorrow, Wednesday 16 January. This means a 5th Birthday for the Library of Congress photostream. We’re not quite into the Terrible Twos on Flickr Commons ourselves yet here at the National Library of Ireland, but we’re certainly looking [...]

Tagged as: A.H. Poole, Anner Castle, Cork, Daniel O'Connell, derangedlemur, Down, Eason Collection, Evictions, flickr, Flickr Commons, Flickroonies, Flying Hunstman, James Morley, John Spooner, Kilbroney, La Belle Province, Lawrence Collection, Library of Congress, Limerick, Linen, Linen Bleach Green, Mangolds, Michael Seery, Mitchelstown, MKSeery, mogey, National Library of Ireland, Neeps, NLI, O'Connell Monument, O'Connell Street, Poole Collection, Rostrevor, Rutabagas, Sackville Street, Sean Mulligan, Streetview, Swedes, swordscookie, Thom's Directories, Turnips, whatsthatpicture, Winifred Mandeville

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Celebrating The Commons on Flickr

by Bean an Phoist on January 11, 2013 · 10 comments

in Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Projects,Research,Social Media

Next Wednesday, 16 January, is the 5th anniversary of The Commons on Flickr. 56 libraries, archives, museums and galleries all over the world (including us) make up Flickr Commons. We all share our photographic collections online, and users help us to find out more about the photographs we look after, by commenting, adding notes and [...]

Tagged as: amintirivizuale, Athlone, Balloon House, Barriscales, beachcomberaustralia, Bridge Street, Carol Maddock, Clonmel Railway Station, Cork, DannyM8, Drumlargan, Fisherman, flickr, Flickr Commons, Gearhameen, guliolopez, Kerry, Khyber Pass, Killarney, Lawrence Collection, Library of Congress, Meath, Mossy Carey, Myrtle26, Niall McAuley, Picnic, Portmagee, River Shannon, Social Media, Tadgh Devane, Tipperary Hurlers, Tom Semple, Weir