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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman

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Associate Professor, Dept of History, University of Limerick. Currently writing about the development of Catholic architecture in Ireland, 1780s-1950s. #CeaseFireInGaza https://pure.ul.ie/en/persons/niamh-nicghabhann-coleman

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · May 14

This @irishhistsoc.bsky.social article examines the building of grand chapel buildings by Catholics in Ireland after the first Relief Acts, but 30 years before Emancipation. It looks at architectural patronage as civic participation, focusing on Cashel & Waterford www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

‘New and elegant chapels, either built or in the act of building’: St John the Baptist, Cashel, and Catholic architecture in an era of relief and reform | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core

‘New and elegant chapels, either built or in the act of building’: St John the Baptist, Cashel, and Catholic architecture in an era of relief and reform - Volume 48 Issue 174

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 13h

A request for weather interested volunteers!

Met Eireann would like to rescue millions of weather observations taken in Ireland over many decades that are still stuck on paper. #WeatherRescue

Anyone can help: www.zooniverse.org/projects/met...

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 7h

Looks wonderful!

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 7h

Blog post | Samantha Lyster discusses her new book published in partnership with Historic England, Irish Emigration to England Explored through Buildings!

Featuring iconic Liverpool buildings like the Bluecoat, Samantha explores how English institutions have facilitated the growth of Irish artists.

Samantha Lyster: When Irish Art is Smiling

Irish Emigration to England Explored Through Buildings: The Green and the Grey by Samantha Lyster is the latest book to publish in our Historic England imprint. The book explores the symbiotic relationship between Irish migrants and built heritage in England, and in doing so, draws out fresh aspects of the migration story, how it was supported through the use of different types of buildings and demonstrates the opportunities that emigration offered to Irish communities.

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Chris Louttit @drchrislouttit.bsky.social · 11h

Happy Birthday to Oscar Wilde, whose British Library reader pass is being reinstated today.

British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked

Exclusive: Pass to be presented to playwright’s grandson after original cancelled over conviction for gross indecency

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 8h

See Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street before it closes on Friday 24th October.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

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Daniel Rück @danrueck.bsky.social · 20h

The Jesuit Archives are offering a new $2500 grant focused on Indigenous researchers investigating Indigenous topics. This is a very rich archive with much Indigenous language material. archivesjesuites.ca/en/indigenou...

NEW: Indigenous Research Grant, 2025-2026 | The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada

The latest news from the Archive of the Jesuits in Canada. Get updates on the latest exhibitions, blogs, press releases, and videos today.

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 1d

Cool!!

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claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle.bsky.social · 2d

a tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587).

the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.

A close-up image of a handwritten note in a sixteenth-century book. The note reads: 'Spenser repor / teth otherwise / [o]f this Knight / [D]ialogue of Ire- / [la]nd / [p]. 76.

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 1d

An incredible artist - RIP

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2d

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 2d

You only have to fill the tv screen, as they say

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

Celebrations in Israel as living captives held by Hamas freed. Israel's release of about 2,000 Palestinians under way.

Hamas and Israel begin prisoner exchange before Gaza summit

Celebrations in Israel as living captives held by Hamas freed. Israel's release of about 2,000 Palestinians under way.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 3d

The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has recently been updated with 5000+ new references. Discover further details about this update in this On History blog blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/bibl... @brepols.net

Bibliography of British and Irish History October 2025 update - On History

What’s new in BBIH?  The October 2025 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds over 5,000 new publications. The new update includes books, journal articles, book chapters and…

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing

Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 4d

That time of year again!

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 4d

Some more pics from a stained glass tour of the west. Loughrea Cathedral really is a museum of craft and art - such a simple and moving St Brigid by Patrick Pye from the 1950s in the front porch, as well as a whole host of masterworks by Ethel Rhind, Sarah Purser, Catherine O’Brien & Michael Healy…