Quote from the first page of the pamphlet: "When the Irish Volunteers raised the banner of freedom in Easter Week, 1916, and took over many public buildings in the name of the Irish Republic, it was not only grown-up men and women who answered the call to arms. Young boys, little more than children, cheerfully offered their services and their lives in the sacred cause. Two of these boys, Sean Heuston and Con Colbert were executed as leaders, while Jack Healy, Sean Howard, Gerald Keogh, Fred Ryan, James Fox, and Brendan Donnellan were killed in the fight."

The Fianna Heroes of 1916. There is but one life worth living—and Irish life; and one death worth dying—a hero's death.

Pamphlet commemorating Sean Heuston, Con Colbert, Jack Healy (15), Sean Howard (17), Gerald Keogh, Fred Ryan (17), James Fox (16), & Brendan Donnellan (18).
#EYAHeroes #EYALaochra

#HistNursing #EYAHeroes gorgeousness

Black and white image of a German Shepherd or Alsatian dog and a grey flappy-eared dog in a grass field, humans holding both their leads and a Met officer between them, probably the Dog Training Establishment's head at that time.

Not all #EYAheroes wear capes - here's Radar (left), Brazilian star of 'Softly, Softly: Task Force', meeting his real-life counterpart George (then the only Weimaraner at the Met's Dog Training Establishment) on a windy day in 1970. #ExploreYourArchive #PoliceDogs #DogsOfBluesky #ProofOfDog #Dogsky

A woman looking at a mechanised solar system through a glass case

A typed notice from WTFS (Women in Technology and Science) with the title: Women into Engineering: issues, challenges and strategies

#EYAHeroes

Explore the newly released Mary Mulvihill Collection
@dculibrary.bsky.social. Mulvihill was an Irish scientist, author, educator & founder of WITS (Women in Technology and Science) access.dcu.arkivum.net/ie-dcua-c32

#EYAHeroes #EYA2024 #ExploreYourArchive

Model of Chichester Festival Theatre with a tree in the foreground

Wooden model of Plymouth Theatre Royal

Today's #ExploreYourArchives topic is #EYAHeroes

We want to recognise architect Andrzej Blonski who sadly died earlier this year. His work included @chichesterft.bsky.social and Plymouth Theatre Royal.

We are honoured have given a home to some of his collection of plans, models and books

In 1909 the Salvation Army Limelight Department, an Australian film studio in Melbourne, made #Heroes of the Cross. Its more famous 1900 predecessor, Soldiers of the Cross is sometimes called the world's first feature film. It wasn't, as it was more like a multimedia experience.
#EYAHeroes #EYA2024

Picture of books, one with handwritten cover label identifying it as a lecture notebook for subjects including surgery, eye lectures, infant feeding, pathology, practical nursing and gynecology. Another book is opened to a page of handwritten notes and a drawing of a shoulder bone

Black and white photograph of two women smiling in long party dresses

Black and white photograph of a nurse dressed in a uniform handling trays and equipment by a serving hatch

Image of a table with numerous items, including a jigsaw puzzle of St George's Hospital, photographs and magazines. On the foreground is a small box displaying the 'Constituents of a pint of milk' in test tubes, including fat, protein and lactose

Medical history often focuses on great individuals, but there are so many unsung #heroes whose work is essential, yet often overshadowed. We catalogued our #HistNursing collections last year funded by #ArchivesRevealed - they're a treasure trove of #nursing heroes
#EYA #ExploreYourArchive #EYAHeroes

Michael Davitt in discussion with two Irish Parliamentary Party MPs, about the eviction of Widow Darcy in Wexford, c1887.

Radical nationalist and social reformer Michael Davitt was a champion and hero of marginalised communities in Ireland & abroad. Here he is at the eviction of Widow Darcy in Wexford,c1887 in discussion with two Irish Parliamentary Party MPs #EYAHeroes @araireland.bsky.social
#EYA2024

Colour print of the Chipewyan chief Akaitcho and his young son.

A hero of #SirJohnFranklin’s 1st Arctic land expedition was Akaitcho. He was a Chipewyan chief who acted as a guide. After leaving Franklin and his men to explore further north, he later returned, as promised, just in time to save the survivors from starvation.

#EYAHeroes #franklinexpedition

Art deco style poster dedicated to Dr Elsie Inglis in striking colours with the inscription 'The Torch That She Lighted: Pass it On".

Today’s #ExploreYourArchive is #EYAHeroes and we love this poster memorial to Dr Elsie Inglis, founder of the #WW1 Scottish Women’s Hospitals for Foreign Service. This remarkable all-female endeavour provided medical care to sick & wounded soldiers, civilians & refugees

Newspaper article describing one occasion at the Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital when the wounded heroes were entertained

Newspaper article describing one occasion at the Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital when the wounded heroes were entertained and who donated cigarettes

A postcard with the hospital chapel in the background, trees and two men wearing First World War military uniforms

A postcard of the hospital showing the imposing front entrance and water tower on the left

Day 2 #ExploreYourArchive

#EYAHeroes

“Wounded Heroes entertained”

Monmouth Guardian and Bargoed and Caerphilly Observer
1 December 1916
(Welsh Newspapers online)

📷 two postcards from the archive

#eyafocusweek
#archives
#Firstworldwar
#militaryhospital

Some of our medical #EYAHeroes who worked in the Hôpital irlandais de Saint-Lô between 1945/1946. Founding Dean of RCSI Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Mary Frances Crowley worked as Matron in the hospital & these images form part of a scrapbook in the Faculty’s historic collection (RCSI/FoN/05/02)

Loved finding this reference to Daphne's death in the parish registers. The only reference we have outside of Thornton's books to this marvellous woman #EYAHeroes

A screen shot of a parish register for 1689, with the entry 'Sept: 20 Daphne wife of Geo: Lightfoot bur.'

A hero who came through for Thornton time & again was servant & friend Daphne. She prayed with Thornton’s family at their deathbeds, breastfed her babies, & helped her after her husband’s death. Read more in @hagenilda.bsky.social's blog: thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/blog/2...

#EYAHeroes

Black and white photograph showing a Brompton Hospital nurse, wearing a cap and cape, walking with two men [RLHBH/P/4/45].

Black and white photograph showing Harefield Hospital nurses posing for a group photograph. They are wearing white skirts and short shoulder capes, with nursing caps [RLHHF/P/1/2/4].

Black and white photograph showing a woman, identified as Sarah Emma Bailey, wearing the London Hospital nurses' outdoor uniform which was a large dark coloured cape coat [RLHLH/P/3/248].

Black and white photograph of a group of people standing on the steps of Whipps Cross Hospital. The group is made up of people wearing white coats, fur coats, nursing attire and overcoats [RLHWX/P/4/8].

Not all heroes wear capes…but in this case, they definitely do! Nurse capes are iconic pieces of attire & we have nearly 30 capes in our collections. You can often tell where a nurse trained or worked by the style of their caps & capes

#EYAHeroes #HistNursing #Nurses

An archivist sits at a table, writing on an acid-free folder with a pencil. Next to her on the table is an acid-free box, a roll of unbleached cotton tape and a pot of brass paperclips. A very happy-looking person pops up behind the archivist holding a box of 'Heroes' chocolates. In the background are library rolling stacks.

Who are the real heroes in this photo? 🤔

For Day 2 of Explore Your Archive Week, we want to celebrate all the archivists around the world who preserve and provide access to archives in so many different ways. You're all heroes to us!

#EYAHeroes #ExploreYourArchive #Archives #Archivists

Day 2 of #ExploreYourArchive and for today's #EYAHeroes theme we want to thank all our volunteers and interns for their heroic work preserving our histories and making collections accessible 👏👏🏅
@araukie.bsky.social @dmuleicester.bsky.social #archives #volunteers #volunteering

Day 2 #ExploreYourArchive
Share your favourite archive items that relate to today’s theme - #EYAHeroes

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Lá 2 #CuardaighDoChartlann
Roinn na míreanna cartlainne is fearr leat a bhaineann le téama an lae inniu -
#EYALaochra

To commemorate the #heroes of the 1916 Rising, Dublin City stations were renamed in 1966 after Irish volunteers Seán Heuston (Kingsbridge), Padraig Pearse (Westland Row), James Connolly (Amiens St). #ExploreYourArchive #EYAHeroes

Portrait of Edward North Buxton as a young man. His hat is on the table beside him.

Portrait of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton as a young man, standing with two other family members.

Front facade of Leytonstone House, c.1910. A gardner pushes a barrow at front left.

Colour postcard showing trees in Epping Forest at Chingford, early 20th century.

Edward North Buxton (1840-1924) and Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (1837-1915) grew up at Leytonstone House. They were prominent in the campaign to save Epping Forest for public use, leading to the Epping Forest Act 1878. 📷 Images from Vestry House photo collection, available in our Searchroom. #EYAheroes