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Looking forward to my talk this lunchtime with the Genealogy and Local Studies Group of the Library Association of Ireland. I'll be discussing the opportunities and challenges of working with early source materials in digital humanities projects such as @irelandmapped.bsky.social #DH #OS200

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A spot of #OrdnanceSurvey bench marking in Kilrush yesterday evening. Thanks to @drpaulobrien.bsky.social for pointing out the BM on the west side of Teach Ceoil

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If you're interested in pursuing a PhD in History or Geography please take a look at the bursary offered by the School of History and Geography @unioflimerick.bsky.social Please feel free to get in contact if you'd like to discuss in more detail

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I'm looking forward to speaking to the Kilrush and District Historical Society next Tuesday #OS200 @irelandmapped.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social

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👇 #AcademicPrecarity

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For the sound studies folx: currently watching…https://youtu.be/w-0IzU1EDdk?si=fBWdm6Rr1SsdPktx

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Fragments suited and rebooted! We are thrilled to launch our brand new website with our growing database of medieval fragments and host volumes, IIIF images and project highlight pages. Check it out at the link below and follow for more updates! 📜🚀🎉 lostmss.org.uk/project

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This weekend’s #OS bench marks from Adare, County Limerick and Killaloe, County Clare. Also a very interesting case of a no longer extant mark - more to follow

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Fascinating analysis of Trump’s first 3 weeks in power

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Call for submissions! Snapshots are short essays which focus on environmental challenges of the 21st century, looking to historical perspectives to inform a more sustainable world. See the attached call & send a pitch to @tluneau.bsky.social, deputy editor ([email protected]) #envhist

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Soon to be launched, a new Structured PhD in Public Humanities @ul-gps.bsky.social - flexible, & designed for those working in museums/ galleries/ outreach & education to build their research around their current work practice. Please share! @irishmuseums.bsky.social www.ul.ie/gps/courses/...

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it’s only taken me [forever] but i finally did my map of witchcraft cases in France 1790-1940 by department adjusted for average department population in 1881 (the numbers are the department codes) 🗃️ #HexTag

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Interested in gaining research experience at the Library? Our PhD placement scheme for 2025 is now open, offering doctoral researchers the chance to develop skills and expertise outside the university sector. View the full list of projects and apply by 21 February: bit.ly/BLPhD2025

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Congratulations to my @irelandmapped.bsky.social colleagues @unioflimerick.bsky.social and @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on their latest publication! @researchireland.bsky.social @ukri.org

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I really do love my job but the frustration that comes with fitting words into restricted boxes is just too much! “Detail your research aspirations and goals for the next 10 years (max. 15 words).” #AcademicChatter

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“For transgender people, facing a hostile state bent on dismantling the delicate and still incomplete scaffolding of transgender rights, the situation is dire—an unrelenting assault on our ability to go about our daily lives” 💔

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Are you interested in hearing about our research findings on how the border has shaped women's lives? All welcome to our report launch on the 19th of February. Please register by following the link. www.ucc.ie/en/sociology...

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The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Here's a first review of the new National Archives census section. Happy to add to it if people find more details. Please share so we can get the word out. #IrishGenealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour cbgenealogy.ie/irish-nation...

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Wonderful to see CEMS Limerick joining us on Bluesky. Welcome! bsky.app/profile/cems...

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Welcome, Gourav! We're delighted to have you on board! 👋

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People are applying and will apply for transatlantic co-funded projects with NSF and other US grant agencies. What are the implications for international research? It would be nice to see international reactions to this as it hurts all research across many many countries.

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Hats off to anyone in UK academia right now who is turning up for work, marking essays, meeting students, giving lectures, holding seminars, being there for colleagues and also facing the threat of redundancy, voluntary or compulsory. It’s a grim and surreal time #UKhigherEd

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Monthly reminder. Limerick County has NEVER elected a woman to the Dáil. Limerick city isn't much better with only 2 over 70 years apart. There are no women representing Limerick City or County in the last or current Dáil. #speirgorm

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Come be our colleague! Tenure-track position in Medieval Irish History. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ659/a.... Can't answer questions about it here, sorry, contact HoD Joseph Clarke with any questions.

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Really looking forward to this seminar in late spring when I’ll be talking about some aspects of @irelandmapped.bsky.social #ResearchIreland #AHRC

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Come and work with us! Applications are invited for the position of Training Manager and Digital Archivist, as part of the DRI team located at @ria.ie. Find out more and apply by 20 Feb 2025: ria.ie/about/career... #JobVacancy #JobFairy #DigiPresJobs

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Wonderful, moving piece by @david-farrier.bsky.social

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And can be applied to ALL cultural texts. Take note #GY4038

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Another reminder that not all AI is LLMs, and also this conflation is one of the risks of saying “AI” these days vs talking about types of machine learning.

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Northern Ireland’s historic houses have a complex and contested past. But can they become spaces today for exploring understandings of identity and belonging and building social cohesion? That’s what our new public history project is exploring. Read more here treatiedspaces.com/historic-hou...

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John O'Donovan providing one of the more colourful descriptions of the 'big wind', 6th January 1839 #StormÉowyn #OS200

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Great, thanks to the efforts @jonathanaharris.bsky.social 😍 we're delighted to say this year's Conference of Irish Geographers annual conference website is now live 🙂 come and join us at Queen's University Belfast in May 👇 www.conferenceofirishgeographers.ie#/

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The poet Michael Longley has died at the grand age of 85. He was one of the greatest lyrical poets writing in the English language. I feel the loss already of his necessary voice. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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During 2025, I'm running a project on 'Rainfall and the Irish Urban Experience'. I've written something about it here: rainandtheirishcity.com/2025/01/14/a...

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Very cool! 👇

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Last week @ulgeog.bsky.social welcomed Abbeyfeale's St. Mary's Natl School students. The not-so-shy students & teachers toured the lab, examined 500 ma rocks, discovered fossils in limestone & peered at foraminifera sends. Thank u to UL's Jackie Hehir for all her help organising the visit.

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What does it mean to study materiality in digital humanities? This piece explores how computation grapples with ambiguity, offering insights for scholars working on multilingual, multi-layered texts.

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The best of Sunday mornings! Some early morning OS bench marks bagged in Killaloe, County Clare and brunch in our favourite, Derg House Café afterwards 😊 @irelandmapped.bsky.social

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youtube.com/watch?v=qjWd... two implications of the future of AI in GIS.

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Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

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A little comic about desire paths.

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Call for papers! - Migration, Place/making and Belonging conference @ UCC June 2025 www.ucc.ie/en/iss21/res...

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