National Library of Ireland

After You and the recreation of an iconic Dublin building

by Bean an Phoist on February 21, 2013 · 8 comments

by Damien O’Connor, Writer/Director of After You In early 2010 I was awarded a grant by the Irish Film Board, RTÉ, The Arts Council and the BAI to make my short animated film After You. The idea for the film was to tell the tale of a Dublin doorman over sixty years. The storyline allowed [...]

Tagged as: After You, Animation, Architecture, Brown Bag Studios, Cel' Division, Damien O'Connor, Dublin Doorman, Eli O'Dowd, Eoin Kavanagh, Film, IFTAs, JDIFF, Modelling, National Library of Ireland, Shorts, Thomas Newenham Deane, Wireframe replica

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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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Then, Then and Now Photographic Projects

by Bean an Phoist on April 13, 2012 · 23 comments

in Cataloguing,Collections,Digital Collections,Digitisation,Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Projects

by Pádraig Laffan, Vice-Chairperson of The Federation of Local History Societies The Federation for Ulster Local Studies and The Federation of Local History Societies and The National Library Project Have you ever thought how great it would be to walk along by the Liffey with your grandchildren and to be able to say to them [...]

Tagged as: 10x8s, 12x8s, Aoife O'Connell, Catalogue, Cataloguing, Colette O'Flaherty, Dr. Pat Donlon, Dundalk, Federation for Ulster Local Studies, Federation of Local History Societies, Film, Fuji Ireland, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Photographic Collection, Lawrence Photographic Project, Liam Clare, Local history, Local History Societies, National Library of Ireland, Our Own Place, Pádraig Laffan, Photographs, Photography, Prints, Robert French, RTÉ, Ulster Museum, Volunteers, W. Lawrence, William Lawrence