Postcards

Postcards and public history

by Bean an Phoist on July 5, 2012 · 3 comments

in Collections,Ephemera,Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Research

by Chantal Sweeney, M.Phil. in Public History & Cultural Heritage at Trinity College Dublin Like many people, I spent the majority of last Christmas holidays lounging around in my pyjamas, watching old movies and eating too much food. I was giving my brain a much-needed break for the first time since embarking on my Masters [...]

Tagged as: Achill Sound, Bray, Campanile, Chantal Sweeney, Copper plate, Elizabeth Kirwan, Ephemera, Grafton Street, Gweedore, Internship, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Photographic Studio, Lawrence Postcard Series, Lawrence Postcards, M.Phil in Public History and Cultural Heritage, National Photographic Archive, NPA, Postcards, Robert French, Shop Street, TCD, Trinity College Dublin, William Lawrence

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Family Fragments from the First World War

by Bean an Phoist on March 15, 2012 · 10 comments

in Digital Collections,Events,Projects

History as the Sum of Our Stories by Avice-Claire McGovern, Librarian The digital age has caused a shift in our collective remembrance practices. No longer solely the province of professional historians, the great democratization of information production and sharing brought about by the world-wide web means that anyone can contribute to the patchwork of the [...]

Tagged as: 12th Battalion, 16th Lancers, 17th Lancers, 1st Indian Expeditionary Force, Avice-Claire McGovern, Battle of Cambrai, Bride Street, Catholic Soldiers' Institute, Curragh Camp, D Squadron, Easter Rising, Europeana 1914-1918, Family History, First World War, France, Frances Brady, Frances Kelly, Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Great War, Home Rule, Inchicore Railway Works, Jack Jenkinson, James Brady, John Jenkinson, John Redmond, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Malta, National Volunteers, Norah Daly, Photographs, Postcards, Royal Garrison Artillery, Sackville Street, Sialkot, Suez Canal, Tablecloth, Trumpeter, War Graves Photographic Project, Western Front, WWI

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The Course of True Love

by Bean an Phoist on February 14, 2012 · 3 comments

in Collections,Ephemera,Music,Prints & Drawings

Bean an Phoist says:  Honora has so many great collections to choose from that it would have been cruel and heartless to restrict her to just one item that she loves, so here are just some of her favourite LOVEly things for Valentine’s Day 2012…   by Honora Faul, Curator of Prints & Drawings, Ephemera, [...]

Tagged as: 18th century, 19th century, Al Goodhart, Benjamin Rhames, Cartoons, Charles Stewart Parnell, Elizabeth Rivers, Ephemera, Frances Ashmore, Guardian Angels, Hamlet, Honora Faul, John D. Reigh, John Fergus O'Hea, John Morley, Johnny Doughboy found a Rose in Ireland, Kay Twomey, Lance Thackery, Leap Year, Matrimonial Map, Mrs Sparks, Music, Niall Murphy Collection, Postcards, Prints and Drawings, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Song Sheet, United Ireland, Valentine Card, Valentine's Day, Weekly Freeman, William Gladstone, William Shakespeare

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