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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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Researching the Irish Famine

by Bean an Phoist on January 20, 2012 · 3 comments

in Learning & Outreach,Projects,Research

by Sarah O’Connor, Learning & Outreach Over the summer of 2011, the Learning and Outreach department here at the National Library worked on a new project about the Irish Famine with St. John of God Carmona Services. This is our fifth year working with some of the education and training programmes offered by Carmona Services [...]

Tagged as: 1840, Adult Learning, Aoife O Connor, Autobiographies, Bríd O'Sullivan, Café Joly, Carmona Services, Choices, Dalkey Education Centre, Emigration, Eviction, Famine, Fiona Ross, Gruel, Improvisation, Irish Famine, Lakeland, Learning & Outreach, Limerick, Noel Kissane, Poor Law Commissioners, Poor Law Unions, Potato, Potato Blight, Primary Sources, Research, Ríona McMorrow, Sarah O'Connor, Social History, St. John of God, Tipperary, Travel Training, Victoriana, W.B. Yeats, Workhouses, Workshops

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Limerick’s Magazine of Magazines, 1751-69

by Bean an Phoist on August 26, 2011 · 0 comments

in Collections,Digitisation,Periodicals

by Justin Furlong, Periodicals Librarian We are always keen here at the National Library to collaborate with other institutions and libraries. With this in mind, we were very pleased to be approached by Prof. Geraldine Sheridan of the University of Limerick in relation to their project to digitise the Magazine of Magazines (1751-1769), Limerick’s first [...]

Tagged as: 18th century, A. James, Andrew Welsh, Booksellers, C. Sullivan, Digitisation, G. Conor, Journals, Justin Furlong, Limerick, Magazine of Magazines, Magazines, National Digital Learning Resources, NDLR, P. & G. Bagnell, P. Bagnell, Periodicals, Prof. Geraldine Sheridan, Stationers, University of Limerick, W. Flyn

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