A person standing indoors beside a small wooden gandelow boat with white sides and a reddish-brown interior. The boat holds wooden oars, ropes, and a wrapped sail or canvas. The individual is holding one oar upright. The setting appears to be a workshop with white brick walls and exposed pipes.

Thrilled to welcome a gandelow boat to our collection! This traditional craft, plus detailed plans, was generously donated by its builder, Patrick Beautement, strengthening Ireland’s maritime heritage
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In the latest Traditional Boats of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way blog, curator Noel Campbell explores sea fishing devices in the archive, highlighting Irish language records.
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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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An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.

In the mid-9th century, amidst fierce Viking raids, scribes in northeast Ireland copied a Latin textbook written in 6th-century Constantinople, this manuscript, is key to understanding the Irish language of the time. #NMIBlog #MuseumBlog #CuratorBlog #Archaeology
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Vellum fragment from Saint Maurice d’Agaune CHN 64/2/88 with kind permission of l’abbaye de Saint-Maurice d’Agaune.

Is this evidence of the earliest relic of St. Brigid?
Follow the journey of her name from a Swiss abbey to a must-see exhibition in Dublin!
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