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We have started archiving and digitising some of the Brendan O’Brien archive material relating to the All-Ireland Drama Festival 1953-1982. Below are photos of some of our team and an item we were working on today using @transkribus.bsky.social and a scan tent.

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Thanks to Tracy from @waterfordlibraries.bsky.social for posting the photo of this Irish Times article from today's paper. I was reading anything I could get my hands on at age 12, inc Stephen King novels! What did YOU read as a teen? Any Flowers in the Attic teen readers out there (like me!)?

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@electionlit.bsky.social There you are on de wireless! 😀

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#science #valentines

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www.allisonandbusby.com/book/the-eas... Published today! The Golem is with us! Happy publicat ion day to me.

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😂👏👏👇 Absolutely! #TheGoldenGirls @theggforever.bsky.social

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'One of the great Irish bluesmen. His playing was exceptional & beautiful. We won't see his like again.' Gary Moore's (d. #OTD 2011) combination of virtuosity & soulfulness could mesmerise audiences & was much admired by fellow guitarists. www.dib.ie/biography/mo... #DIBLives

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Floored by the commitment to bilingual vandalism here

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Happy Pride & Prejudice Day, may your grudges be lifelong 🩷

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Today is the last day you can register for my very cool ethics of #technology mini-course at UCD! All sorts of exciting things on ethical #design, AI, the relationship between human beings and artefacts, and more! Hybrid (zoom or in-person), every Friday for six weeks. www.ucd.ie/microcredent...

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Well done to the 19 longlisted titles for the KPMG @childrensbooksireland.ie Book Awards 2025 (books published in 2024). Great titles there for all ages. #discoveririshkidsbooks

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We are beyond excited to announce the newest member of Flickr Commons: Archives at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS). They are a public center for the history of science in contemporary India and our first member from Asia. www.flickr.com/photos/archi...

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I went to the Science Museum yesterday and as well as having a ball with my nearly four year old in their amazing child spaces (god love free London museums) I was utterly charmed by this caption.

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The NMI developing an LGBTQ+ tour for National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks. They are seeking a researcher to work with us on drafting a script for the tour -deadline for applications is 14th February 2025 #history #lgbtihistories #queerhistories www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

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Sarah talks about this all the time - we should all keep banging a drum on it. There are so many amazing books for children by Irish authors but they are still being flooded out of the market...

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I think this platform needs more beautiful, marble-like gooseberries

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Flickr Commons turned seventeen years old this past week. Our executive director George Oates talks about the past, present, and future of Flickr Commons www.flickr.org/happy-17th-b...

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I've always loved the fact that the word 'sneeze' is the result of a historical accident. The original form, in the Middle Ages, was 'fnese', but someone mistook the 'f' for the long medieval 's' and wrote down 'sn-' instead. Fneezing sounds much more like a proper, nasal sneeze.

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Hello my honey Hello my baby Hello my Fangorn gal

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Duolingo laying it on a bit heavy for mid January 😬 #Speirgorm #gaeilge

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They are always, always coming for our reproductive rights. Stay vigilant. Keep fighting. Again, not messing 😊

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The most accident-prone person in Scotland.

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I’m sure this man is eminently qualified but I would appoint him to anything based on that tremendous name www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

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‪I'm proud to say that @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social and I can reveal the cover of DEAD ENDS - our kids' book about medicine's flukes, flops and failures! Pre-order SIGNED copies here from @mysteriousbookshop.com : bit.ly/40wADvo Pre-orders are vital to a book's success. Reposts much appreciated!

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You, beholden to traditional greetings: Dia duit / Dia is Muire duit Comrade "Anois is Arís" Irish course by RTÉ from 1981:

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Irish friends: do you know anyone who volunteered as a counsellor with CURA, the Catholic crisis pregnancy agency, in the 1980s/1990s? I'm hoping to interview people as part of my project on anti-abortion activism so please get in touch if you know someone who might be interested in speaking to me.

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