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Niamh Ní Charra
@niamhnicharra.bsky.social
Professional archivist & multi award-winning musician. Chairperson
ARA Ireland (https://araireland.ie/). On ITMA board (www.itma.ie). Gaeilge 7 Fáilte. Sí/í. Opinions my own. Ally.

https://niamhnicharra.com/
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An edited tweet 👇 from 12/2020. Seems a good way to start so you know it's me!
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It's release day! My new album #DonnellysArm is now available on 👇

niamhnicharra.bandcamp.com

Fill up those Xmas stockings & #SupportIndieMusic #BuyLocal #IrishMusic
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Last week, we welcomed back An Tiomna Nuadh, the 1602 Irish translation of The New Testament. After undergoing major conservation work in the Muckross Bookbindery in Killarney, An Tiomna Nuadh has returned in much better condition. Look at the transformation!

#EYAConservation #ExploreYourArchive
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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An tseachtain seo caite, tugadh An Tiomna Nuadh, an t-aistriúchán Gaeilge ar The New Testament ó 1602, ar ais chuig an bhfoireann bailiúchán speisialta. Rinneadh obair chaomhnaithe ar an leabhar i dTeach Mhucrois, Cill Airne agus anois tá cuma iontach air!

#EYACaomhnú #CuardaighDoChartlann
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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It is day 2 of the Explore Your Archive focus week & we want to see all things #EYABeauty | #EYAÁilleacht! Don’t forget to tag 🏷️ @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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#Day2 Ireland’s archaeological monuments are enhanced by the #beauty of the surrounding landscape.
📷Killeshin Church, Co. Laois
📷Muckross Abbey, Co. Kerry
📷Glendalough, Co. Wicklow
#ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann #EYAÁilleacht
@araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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ARA Ireland Chair @niamhnicharra.bsky.social followed Erin, and I just wanted to highlight a couple of key points from Niamh's speech.

Niamh opened by welcoming everyone, with a special mention to the @ucdarchives.bsky.social MA students.
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Fantastic night had at the launch of #ExploreYourArchive focus week! Massive thanks to all who joined us 👏

A wonderful lineup of speeches last night from our Campaigns Officer @erinmck96.bsky.social, our Chair @niamhnicharra.bsky.social and our new 2025/26 ambassador @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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An event celebrating Prof. Kerby A. Miller was held @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social yesterday. Miller's generous donation of Irish emigrant letters to the University (in 2021) has led to the development of Imirce, a digital repository which enables access to these digitised letters.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Delighted as Chair of @araireland.bsky.social to welcome @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social as our #ExploreYourArchive 2025/26 ambassador and looking forward to meeting her at our launch of the focus week and year-long campaign this Thursday. It’s a privilege to have her advocating for us.

#EYA2025
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 #ExploreYourArchive ambassador is @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social, historian, lecturer and Director of Gender Studies @ucdgender.bsky.social.

Mary will be joining us for the launch of the #EYA focus week at the Custom House Visitor Centre this Thursday!
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A pleasure to attend @ictmdireland.bsky.social conference at @mtu.ie yesterday to announce accession of their archive to @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social and to give mini presentation on its new home & the rich archive collections it will be joining. Many thanks to Chair Susan Motherway for the invite.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Calling all archivists, records mgrs, conservators & archive institutions on island of Ireland - if you've any events happening for Explore Your Archive Focus week, 29/11-7/12/25, send in details to either of our wonderful officers, @erinmck96.bsky.social or @rebeccaoneill.bsky.social !
#EYA2025
If you are hosting any events during the focus week, please let our Comms Officer @rebeccaoneill.bsky.social & Campaigns Officer @erinmck96.bsky.social know

Events may include talks, exhibitions, workshops, book launches

Previous EYA events can be seen ⬇️
www.araireland.ie/explore-your...

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November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Here's the focus week themes. If you're taking part in the social media campaign please remember to tag ARA Ireland in your posts so we can share them!

@nlireland.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @araukie.bsky.social @irisharchives1970.bsky.social

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November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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🚨Less than a week to go 🚨

Have you got a ticket for our EYA launch night? Join us from 6pm on Nov 27th at the Custom House Visitor Centre for the start of @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

Tickets are available ⬇️
www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...

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November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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🚨 Reminder 🚨
The next lecture in the series - The Mincéirs Archive @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social - is at 1pm today.

Want to hear how community engagement helped develop this important archive. Click the link for tickets 🎟

www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Final touches done on my presentation on Mary Robinson Archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social for Irish Society for Archives lecture @dclareadingroom.bsky.social at 6pm. I’ll cover her 60-year legacy of advocacy & activism as evidenced in her archives, & the work to process and make it accessible.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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For the day thats in it! Check out the inauguration material from the Mary Robinson archive in the Archives & Special Collections Reading Room by @niamhnicharra.bsky.social

#inaugurationday
#presidentialarchive
#presidentofireland
#womenofireland
#historyinthemaking
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Don lá atá ann! Tá taispeántas ó chartlann Máire Mhic Róibín leagtha amach ag @niamhnicharra.bsky.social do ábhar atá bainteach leis an searmanas insealbhaithe. Tá sé le feiceáil sa Seomra Leitheoireachta Cartlann agus Bailiúchán Speisialta💜

#uachtaránnahÉireann
#cartlanna
#gaeilge
#insealbhú
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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I was delighted to be given the opportunity to present on Carbon Literacy and the GLAM sector to @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social staff yesterday ahead of #CarbonLiteracyActionDay tomorrow. (I even got to make a Lara Croft Tomb Raider reference!)

This follows on from training I undertook earlier in
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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On his final day as @president.ie we’d like to acknowledge and thank President Michael D Higgins for his ongoing support for our sector. In Dec 2019 we welcomed him as guest of honour at an event held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of #ARAIreland and its predecessor org…

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November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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⏰ Reminder: ISA AGM & Lecture – 13th November at 6 PM ✨

Don't forget to join us at Dublin City Library for @niamhnicharra.bsky.social's talk on the Mary Robinson Archive! 📚

🕰️ Refreshments from 6 PM
👉 Register now via Eventbrite

#IrishArchives #MaryRobinson #Archives
A Legacy of Advocacy and Activism: An Overview of the Mary Robinson Archive
Niamh Ní Charra discusses her work on the archive of Mary Robinson and her career, and the process of preserving it for future generations.
www.eventbrite.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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On World Digital Preservation Day I'm delighted to re-share DRI's Irish language #DigiPres glossary released earlier this year, for which I was an advisor, and which followed on from a project I led in 2021 to designate over 200 archival terms in the Irish language #WDPD
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Join us for the Irish Society for Archives AGM & Lecture!

🗓️ Thurs, 13 Nov 2025, 6pm
📍 Dublin City Library & Archive
🎙️ @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on the Mary Robinson Archive: 60 years of advocacy & activism.

Register via Eventbrite! We hope to see you there!

#IrishArchives #EYA
A Legacy of Advocacy and Activism: An Overview of the Mary Robinson Archive
Niamh Ní Charra discusses her work on the archive of Mary Robinson and her career, and the process of preserving it for future generations.
www.eventbrite.ie
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Save the Date! 📢

Join us for our AGM & Lecture on Thurs, 13 November 2025 at 6pm in Dublin City Library & Archive.

Featuring @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on “A 60 Year Legacy of Advocacy and Activism – The Mary Robinson Archive.”

More details & registration link coming soon! 👀

#IrishArchives #EYA
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A potentially over-ambitious start I’ve mapped out for myself on 1st full day #ICABarcelona25 😜

Today I’m happy catching lots of interesting & varied presentations - tomorrow I’ll present on Mary Robinson archive & proudly fly 🇮🇪 as sole Irish archivist at ICA Congress.

@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Ercus Stewart, Senior Counsel & Arbitrator, running in #DublinMarathon 35 yrs ago in support of Mary Robinson for President, from her archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social. Vote was 7th Nov in 1990. I wonder if anyone running today was celebrating Catherine Connolly’s win yesterday?!
#Áras25
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM