Irish Emigrant Letters from North America with Breandán Mac Suibhne To book your place at this fascinating free event being held at Central Library, Letterkenny on Thursday 20th February at 6pm call 074 9124950. #EireAgLeamh #IrelandReads #GetLost

✨ GOOD NEWS! The Ministry of Justice has scrapped plans to destroy original wills, ensuring these invaluable historical records remain preserved! 👉 Read the full story here: s.mtrbio.com/arffkkgsyd #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HistoricRecords #WillsPreserved #TracingYourRoots

💜The love our staff and dedicated Irish Heritage Trust volunteers pour into National Famine Museum | Strokestown Park ensures its history and beauty will be preserved for generations to come. Happy Valentine’s weekend 💜 #irishheritagetrust #valentines #visitroscommon

Arbour Hill military cemetery is the final resting place of 14 executed heroes of the Rising. Tucked away behind Collins Barracks, it also boasts a prison chapel for the adjoining Arbour Hill inmates. The gravesite was once a parade ground for the jail. Said facility is now the

St Valentine's Day Update to Early Irish Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes… irishancestors.ie/early-bmd-inde…

We are delighted to let you know that the spring issue of #IrishRootsMagazine is out now! Checkout our print, digital & app versions from our website at irishrootsmagazine.com - Happy reading & researching! #LimerickAncestors #Limerick #GeneticGenealogy #Genealogy #Ireland

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#OnThisDay 1847 Leaders of the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma & collected $170 for "the relief of the starving poor in Ireland".This was to help Irish people during the Famine, from a people who had also suffered expulsion, death & misery. Thank You ChoctawNationOK #Ireland #History

The Manuscript of the Week is the Book of Fermoy, RIA MS 23 E 29. This 15th C compilation of Irish texts is associated with the Anglo-Norman Roche family, who came to Ireland from Pembrokeshire in the 12th C. Read more & see the Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) digital copy: ria.ie/collections/ma…

Happy #MapMonday folks! 🗺️ This map of Ireland was published in Dublin, 1610. In the top right-hand corner, this map is titled: “Ortelius Improved or a New Map of Ireland showing the principal families of Irish and English extraction”. PRONI Ref - D4269/1

I'm Ciara, I'm the project Archivist for the Michael Davitt Papers Project The Library of Trinity College Dublin. The papers consist of 45 boxes of papers including 6000+ letters, 550 photographs and 72 diaries. Did you know Davitt's favourite colour is light purple!💜 tcd.ie/library/resear… #Archive30

The midlands of Ireland are often overlooked by visitors, but the expansive bogs, wetlands, and green laneways hold a myriad of stories waiting to be uncovered. This region was a true land of saints and scholars and an epicentre of Ireland’s early ecclesiastical foundations.

The other known photo from inside the GPO during the Easter Rising. Two Irish Volunteers John Doyle and Tom McGrath. They were taken by chemist Joseph Cripps who only had two exposures left. He smuggled the film out of the GPO rolled up in his sock. #Ireland #History

📣 We're #hiring: Visitor Experience Assistants for our exhibition #SeamusHeaney: Listen Now Again Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again ⭐ For more info about the roles and how to #apply: nli.ie/about-us/worki… 📆 Closing date for receipt of applications: 9 May 2025 at 3pm #jobfairy

It's nearly May Day, let's celebrate the Irish way! Do you decorate a May Bush for Good luck? Or Light a bonfire & dance? Keeper of the Folklife collections Clodagh Doyle, discusses the traditions associated with welcoming the summer on May Day #NMIBlog museum.ie/en-IE/Collecti…

We're delighted to announce our inaugural #LinkedIn #newsletter – a new way to connect to the National Library of Ireland. 📚 ➡️ If you're on @linkedin, you can read it here: linkedin.com/pulse/new-way-…

We are delighted to announce extended openings at PRONI! 🎉 During Late Thursday's, PRONI will be open from 10am - 8:00pm so that everyone has an opportunity to access our facilities. PRONI will also be open on selected Saturday's from 10am - 2pm. We hope to see you soon!🌟

Closure notice for the public holiday on Monday 5 May. Tourism-Culture-Arts-Gaeltacht-Sport-Media

Fógra dúnta le haghaidh lá saoire poiblí Dé Luain 5 Bealtaine. Tourism-Culture-Arts-Gaeltacht-Sport-Media

Extract rom Rose McNamara's 1916 Rising diary #OTD, Tuesday 25 April. She was stationed in Marrowbone Lane Distillery under the leadership of Éamon Ceannt: “Quinn's Bakery cart was held up and some bread captured, also two cane of milk from a passing cart … 1/3 🧵