Lynn Scarff, James Eogan and Fiona Eogan in the stacks. Image by Emma Skarstrand © National Museum of Ireland
📚Newly catalogued: The George Eogan Library
Former Museum Librarian Connie Bettison reflects on cataloguing Prof. George Eogan’s working library-2,000+ archaeology books & journals in the National Museum of Ireland Library
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We had the pleasure of visiting the Rock of Cashel this week on a family trip and seeing first hand the conservation and monitoring work happening in Cormac's Chapel. We were luck enough to arrive at a quiet time and get a tour of the site. #climateheritage #climateiretage
I was extremely proud to be part of the development team for this.
We’re nominated for Research Project of the Year! 🎉 Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage: 👉 https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/Vote-for-the-research-project-of-the-year #VoteNow #IrishHistory
We’re nominated for Research Project of the Year! 🎉
Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage:
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Announcing the 1st workshop of the 'Tara by Name, Tara by Nature' @researchireland.ie-funded project with Abarta Heritage!
Where: Portaferry Recreation Hub, Co. Down
When: Tuesday 18 Nov 7pm
All welcome! The workshop will explore evidence linking places in Ards Peninsula to Hill of Tara, Co. Meath
An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.
Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition
🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00
📍 NMI, Kildare St
Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30)
Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts
🎟️ Free admission
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Hello friends! I'm doing a *free* online talk about Filthy Queens and the history of Beer in Ireland for the Dublin Festival of History on Sept 30th from 5pm IST. All welcome. Hope to see some of you there!
Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
6/6 The Lough Kinale Shrine reconstructed!
Ireland’s oldest & largest Book Shrine was broken in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake
Now, Discovery Programme has used 3D modelling to digitally reconstruct it with @nmireland.bsky.social for #wordsonthewave exhibition:
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Depiction of the Second Coming in the ‘Irish Gospels of St Gall’; St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, p. 267. © Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️
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Make Your Thursdays Count!
Looking for something different after work?
🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM.
✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition
📍 Free entry, no booking needed.
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Hut site and cairns in the eroding sand dunes on the Doorin Point survey. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social
Eroding shell middens recorded surveying around Doorin Point, Donegal. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social
Checking out the erratics used as land marks, place names, fossils and rock formations on the foreshore around Doorin Point promontory fort in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social #Riagrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social
This was a really cool find on the recent survey, tracks running for over 500m across the intertidal zone. #climateiretage
Erosion cut through a stream making a new waterfall with the original now dry valley on the townland boundary seen further south. Doorin Point in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social
New research from @oxmartinschool.bsky.social and @smithschool.ox.ac.uk shows policymakers are seriously underestimating how willing the public is to step up on climate action.
Read more ⬇️ #OxfordClimate
Good start finding submerged forests and old landing places. Looking forward to going around the promontory fort on Doorin Point when continue in a couple of weeks #RIAgrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social
For those who caught the @rteone.rte.ie coverage of our work on eroding archaeology on the Copper Coast & would like to know more, check out this tour of Illaunobrick Promontory Fort from our Maritime Archaeologist Dr @edwardpollard.bsky.social:
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It definitely has it perks!
It was great to be back in Donegal working on the Doorin Point coastal zone assessment led by @edwardpollard.bsky.social of @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social #climateiretage #archaeology #climateheritage
In our second EAD celebration, today the CHERISH project (@discoveryprogramme.bsky.social, @rcahmwales.bsky.social, @aberuni.bsky.social, @geolsurvie.bsky.social) launches its UAV dataset, now digitally preserved for long-term open access in the Repository!
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Detail from Cod. Sang. 51 © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.
🎧 Listen: @niamhwycherley.bsky.social(Maynooth Univ.) Explores the unique exhibition Words on the Wave: Ireland & St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe on the Medieval Irish History Podcast—joined by Dr. Diarmuid Ó Riain & Matt Seaver (NMI).
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An image of the new exhibition, Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe- Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe
Curator Matt Seaver joins @newstalkfm.bsky.social's #TalkingHistory podcast to reveal the story behind “Words on the Wave” — a stunning new exhibition at @NMIreland.
Treasures returned to Ireland after more than 1,000 years.
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We're hiring @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! Seeking a Lecturer/Assistant Professor for the Department of Early Irish and programme in Irish Cultural Heritage @maynoothuniversity.ie next year. Deadline 25 June 2025. More info here:
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The front of the Lough Kinale Book-Shrine (National Museum of Ireland)
A medieval mystery resurfaces. The Lough Kinale Shrine, once lost in an Irish lake, is now conserved. Explore the story of this sacred artefact and its journey through time, then see it in person from 30th May, 2025, at the National Museum of Ireland. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
Happy star wars day, from the planet Ahch-to! #maythe4th #donegal #malinhead
Detail of a Crucifixion scene in St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, p. 266. © Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
Explore the fascinating early medieval Irish depictions of Christ on the Cross. Discover the beautifully illustrated Gospel-book (Cod. Sang. 51) & the Crucifixion plaque from Rinnagan, Co. Roscommon. #NMIBlog #CuratorBlog #Archaeology
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