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Cover page of "The Barbavilla Trials and the Crimes Act in Ireland" by Rev. John Curry. Decorative border, formal typography, dated 1885, Dublin.

'The Barbavilla Trials and the Crimes Act in Ireland', written by Rev. John Curry in 1885, details the notorious Barbavilla murders and trials. Curry argues that the trial used falsified evidence, resulting in the unjust conviction of eleven innocent men: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
#EYACrime #EYACoir

Apply for the Nowlan Digitisation Grant scheme by next Wednesday, 15 April 2026!
👉Find out more at www.ria.ie/grants/nowla...

Flyer for DRI Monthly Coffee Morning Series. Green and white design with coffee cup icon. Details about relaxed conversations and a registration QR code.

Join us for a virtual coffee ☕

All are welcome to join us Wed 29 April at 11am. Here, HERoNI archivist Toby Buckley will offer a summary of HERoNI’s document-in-progress: 'Guidance for the Creation and Management of Digital Archaeological Archives in Northern Ireland.'

More: dri.ie/events/dri-c...

DRI staff decided to help out the Easter bunny this year by decorating a few eggs from the digital collections. Happy Easter! 🐰

Frontispiece to Ussher's 'The Birds of Ireland' (1900), digitized by @waterfordlibraries.bsky.social doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

Retro collage poster with four images of girls engaging in various activities. The text "Girls Are Powerful" is prominently displayed, conveying empowerment. Vibrant colors enhance the dynamic tone.

A black and white photo of a group of people seated around a table covered with papers, folders, and cups. One person holds a baby, creating a casual, collaborative atmosphere.

A person in a black leather jacket and scarf stands against a colorful, abstract background of yellow, blue, and black patterns, exuding a confident and contemplative demeanor.

A woman stands in front of a display featuring the "Glasgow Women's Library" sign, surrounded by posters and historical documents. The atmosphere feels informative and empowering.

New in the Repository: the Feminist Art Making Histories collection - preserving 50+ years of feminist art across the UK & Ireland through oral histories, images and digitised records!

Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...

@myiadt.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

Tickets are now available for the Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) seminar 2026!
Focused on the theme of urban settlements and their relationship with water, this seminar will also feature discussion of IHTA's work with DRI.
More info 👉 www.ria.ie/2026/03/30/i...

Cover of IHTA no. 12 Belfast, part I to 1850 by Raymond Gillespie and Stephen A. Royle. Red writing with an image of Belfast in the 18th century in a green wash on a cream background

We move to Belfast for the next two #MapMonday posts. #IHTA Belfast, part I to 1840 by Raymond Gillespie and Stephen A. Royle was originally published by the @ria.ie in 2003.
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April fool's day get you again? 🪤 It's fun one day a year to play with trust, but trust is still an under-examined concept when it comes to the #DataInfrastructures we rely on the rest of the year. Join DRI on April 22nd for a webinar on #trustworthiness for #DataRepositories: dri.ie/events/explo...

Get your Early Bird tickets for #DPASSH2026 today!
It's going to be a great couple of days in Belfast, bringing #play into learning about digital preservation in group workshops, individual reflection, and after-hours social activities. ▶️👾🎲

Colourful map of the province of Munster in Ireland with colorful borders, depicting regions and towns. Includes ornate compass rose, ships, coats of arms, and detailed handwritten notes.

For this week's #MapMonday we're delving back into the colourful Hardiman Atlas collection with this map of the province of Munster. The map is inscribed to Lord Burleigh by Francis Jobson on 30 May 1589.
Deposited by Trinity College Dublin.

Explore the collection: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

Conference poster for Digital Preservation event in Belfast, June 25-26. Features keynote speaker Somaya Langley, 30+ talks, and workshops. Early bird presale alert, special rates end March 31, 2026. Includes QR code and website link www.dpassh.org.

🎟️ A reminder that the early bird rate for DRI's flagship @dpasshconf2026.bsky.social closes on 31 March!

💽 Interested in #digipres? Join us at Queen's University Belfast Library and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland this 25-26 June!

▶️ Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/digital-pr...

A black and white photograph of a woman overlaid on a green background with pink text that reads "Expert Talk" repeated in a tiled pattern behind the image. There is white text above reading "Web Archiving with DRI, 15 April 2026 @11:00" and logos for DRI and DRI Training at the bottom corners.

#WebArchiving is an important way of capturing contemporary knowledge and culture in real-time, #preserving the content of web pages as well as the dynamic user experience. Join DRI's Kathryn Cassidy on Apr 15 @11:00 and ask our expert how web archiving works!
dri.ie/events/web-a...

Black and white photograph of a scene from the 1924 Abbey Theatre production of The Playboy of the Western World. A man stands in the centre of the frame, with a woman either side, each grasping one of his arms. A table and chairs can be seen in the background.

It's #WorldTheatreDay🎭💫

This photograph captures a scene from the 1924 Abbey Theatre production of The Playboy of the Western World. From the Inspiring Ireland - Abbey Theatre collection, deposited in DRI by the Abbey Theatre.
Explore the collection: repository.dri.ie/catalog/5999...

Conference poster for Digital Preservation event in Belfast, June 25-26. Features keynote speaker Somaya Langley, 30+ talks, and workshops. Early bird presale alert, special rates end March 31, 2026. Includes QR code and website link www.dpassh.org.

🎟️ A reminder that the early bird rate for DRI's flagship @dpasshconf2026.bsky.social closes on 31 March!

💽 Interested in #digipres? Join us at Queen's University Belfast Library and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland this 25-26 June!

▶️ Register here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/digital-pr...

A group of seven people stands smiling around a white table with illustrated canvases on display. The setting is a modern, bright room creating a warm, cheerful atmosphere.

Seven people stand in front of a screen displaying "Love Data Week 2026," each holding a blue booklet. They are smiling in a library setting.

Last month, DRI partnered with @setulibraries.bsky.social to launch a case study on software engineering and cultural heritage

We also celebrated the Newtown School Archive and Waterford Women’s Centre “Roses of the Heart” collections - now live in the Repository!

Read more: dri.ie/news/launch-...

A virtual meeting features six participants and a slide titled "Why use an official EU language tool?" highlighting trust, security, and accessibility.

Many thanks to our Training Manager and Digital Archivist Noelia Romero for presenting a fascinating and timely session at our Coffee Morning this morning.

Noelia discussed EU-created tools that can be used to convert audio and video material to text.

Find out more: language-tools.ec.europa.eu

Register now for the Preservation and Migration Seminar 2026 to avail of early-bird ticket rates!: fiatifta.org/product/dubl...

Cover of the IHTA Armagh atlas with a cream background, green and red writing with an extract of Armagh as the cover illustration from a painting washed in green

This week’s #MapMonday is another town with monastic foundations. Armagh by Catherine McCullough and W.H. Crawford was originally published by @ria.ie in 2007

It's #MapMonday !
This map from the Dublin City Surveyors Maps 1695-1827 collection was created in 1780 and depicts lands at Ballycullane and Grange, in 6 numbered lots, with acreage given in a separate reference table.
Explore the collection: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

New Collection in DRI - the Newtown School Archive - Digital Repository of Ireland The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to announce that a new collection- the Newtown School Archive has been published in the Repository by the South East Technological University. The ...

Exciting news! 📢 We have a new collection in the Repository!

The Newtown School Archive, founded by Irish Quakers in 1798 - and ingested by @setulibraries.bsky.social - documents the rich Quaker history of schooling in Waterford, and Ireland more broadly.

Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...

Cairn U, Loughcrew Passage Tomb, Co. Meath - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme) Cairn U, Loughcrew Passage Tomb, Co. Meath - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme)

Spring Equinox! Loughcrew, Co. Meath is associated with Equinox due to Cairn T’s alignment with its sunrise

Loughcrew has 30 other Neolithic passage tombs. In collaboration with @nationalmons.bsky.social we surveyed Cairn U: skfb.ly/pHyJM

Explore more Megalithic art from Cairn U here skfb.ly/pzHFy

Promotional graphic for the DRI newsletter. Green envelope on a dark grey background.

The DRI March newsletter is out now 📜✨

Featuring our latest blogpost, a ticket announcement for the 2026 DPASSH conference, the upcoming webinar from our new 'Meet the Expert' series, and other #DigiPresNews and events!

Read more and subsribe: dri.ie/dri-friends-...

The 2026 Archaeology Research Grant Scheme is now open until 25 March.
Apply for around €5,000 in funding.

Info + application: www.ria.ie/grants/archa...
Explore past grantee reports in the @dri.ie : repository.dri.ie/catalog/cr57...

A green line drawing of a stained glass window with the figure of Saint Patrick in the centre. The artifact is a printed stamp with the orange word "Éire" and "€1" at the top.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig // Happy St Patrick's Day!

The Digital Repository of Ireland holds digital collections from Irish cultural heritage organisations as well as research data from and about Ireland. Browse our repository at dri.ie to connect with records of Irish social and cultural heritage.

Text in orange and yellow boxes on a green background, with a QR code in the upper left.

We're pleased to announce that tickets for #DPASSH2026 are now on sale! Secure a spot at early bird prices until 31 March 2026.

Register through the conference website: dpassh.org
#DigitalPreservation #HSS #FAIRdata #GLAMdata

Black and white photograph showing a view down a city street, curving towards a tall building with clock tower. There are pedestrians and cars on the road.

For Seachtain na Gaeilge, our newly launched DRI Labs project team decided to highlight the rich visual history of #Ballyshannon in the collections, with links to friendly exhibit-making tools from @europeana.bsky.social and @iiif.bsky.social.
Read more: dri.ie/news/baile-s...

The Nowlan Digitsation Grants scheme which aims to increase the number of historical and archaeological sources that are digitised and freely available online is open to applications until 15 April.

For further detials see here: shorturl.at/lMRrx

@dri.ie

A cartoon with a woman wearing headphones looking at another woman through a life-size, floating screen. The second woman is pointing to a blue diamond which is used as the OpenRefine logo.

DRI repository #Training continues this week with 2 courses and a drop-in help session. Our first class, Advanced Training in #OpenRefine will be of use to anyone managing spreadsheet data (whether you deposit with us or not!)
dri.ie/events/dri-a...

Audience seated in a modern conference room with wood-paneled ceiling, facing a speaker presenting a slideshow titled "Facing Vesuvius."

Four people sit on a panel beneath a large screen displaying "Annual Conference 2026: Shared Futures – Museums as Spaces of Belonging." A podium and a banner stand to the right.

Conference room with a presenter beside a podium, showing a slide titled "Sensing the Past: Peruvian Moche Pot." Empty chairs in the foreground.

Audience sitting in a modern conference room with wooden ceiling, facing a panel discussion on stage. A projector displays "Annual Conference 2025."

DRI staff were delighted to attend @irishmuseums.bsky.social Annual Conference in the beautiful Monaghan Peace Campus last week.

We were thrilled to learn from colleagues and experts locally, nationally and internationally on the theme of Shared Futures – Museums as Spaces of Belonging.