Applications are invited from excellent candidates to pursue a PhD project in Geography with the School of History and Geography @unioflimerick.bsky.social #StudyAtUL
Deadline: 29th May 2026.
For more information, please see: www.ul.ie/artsoc/histo...
Image of an ordnance survey bench mark on a bridge
I’m forever complaining about how the rain makes it difficult to spot bench marks, but so too does the sun! #OS200
Prefer this one from my latest office space along with an abandoned duck
🤔
Well done Margaret 👏
I did wonder if that or it split in two!
Nice! Did you get it onto the roof rack?
Seminar programme on a cream background. Heading illustration is a painting of Youghal with town walls and buildings and ships in the harbour
'Water, Towns and Topography II', the #IHTA 2026 seminar is convened with the Irish Walled Towns Network, an initiative of @heritagecouncil.ie
Free to attend, booking essential
📆20 May 2026
📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin @ria.ie
🎟️ www.ria.ie/2026/03/30/i...
Oh no!
This is what academic precarity looks like. It’s simply not good enough
Oh Frances. It just isn’t good enough
These are fabulous! Very many thanks. We can add them to the database if you don’t mind
Great to see this publication from the 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' project team!
The project's digital archive containing photographs of extant Ordnance Survey bench marks in County Limerick is available in the DRI repository: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
The article also considers how the absence/loss of heritage such as OS bench marks can be used as a vehicle to explore landscape change #LoveIrishResearch
Article in the Journal of Historical Geography with @mudderofpearl.bsky.social and @lizgabbett.bsky.social detailing preliminary findings from the project 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage'
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
@heritagecouncil.ie @ulresearch.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Historical map depicting County Mayo in Ireland, highlighting regions, family names, and geographical feature. Titled 'Ortelius Improved'.
#MapMonday!
This is a copy map of Co. Mayo, traced from an original by Abraham Ortelius. The baronial boundaries and the main landowners within the county are indicated.
From the Ordnance Survey Letters collection, deposited by the Royal Irish Academy and the OS200 project: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
Shout out for the learned societies keeping a beady eye on the state of the disciplines that university senior managers are so swiftly dismantling. Keep an eye on the state of UK university Geography with the help of the @rgs.org 's new report, published this week.
On Saturday we hosted our current cohort of students taking the Professional Diploma in Climate Adaptation and Sustainability @unioflimerick.bsky.social The session focused on Urban Ecosystem Services.
Interested in joining us in September? Register your interest: shorturl.at/plKS9 #StudyAtUL
I hope you have FAHSS ethics approval!
These training sessions are a great starting point in learning how to ingest to @dri.ie
If you’ve more complex requirements staff also make themselves available to talk through ideas and options
Great to see so many OS related activities taking place in the north this month as part of @niscifest.bsky.social #IrelandMapped
I was shocked to learn recently that my saloon car is longer, wider and heavier than some crossovers and SUVs
Well done to @ulgeog.bsky.social colleagues @idarkwa.bsky.social and Gourav Misra in putting this new microcred together 👏
Great to see this County Limerick bench mark collection now preserved in @dri.ie With thanks to project team members and volunteers for their efforts. There's still more to do, so watch this space! #LoveIrishResearch
@heritagecouncil.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Review of Brady and Ferguson's, 'Ireland: Mapping the Island,' is out in the International Journal of Cartography. A beautiful book that was a pleasure to read. PM me for a free eprint link. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In need of a dislike button for this one!
A map is shown, with the logo of the Historic Towns Trust in the top left corner. The words "Mapping our Past, Shaping our Future" are written in the centre.
Join us tonight to learn about how an Atlas of London in 1666 has been researched!
This webinar is in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-r...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll