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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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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 17h

Cool!!

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claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

Amazing

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

That time of year again!

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

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…

Detail of opus sectile stations of the cross by Ethel Rhind

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 4d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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

Catherine O’Brien I think

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

Beautiful stained glass panel in St Enda’s, An Spidéal

Stained glass panel showing an early 20th c Celtic revival Catholic Church

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

No!!!!

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

Excellent! Den scoth!

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

There it is now on the 25 inch OS map

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

TFW you realise the pizza place you are queuing in used to be the early 19th c Catholic cathedral of Galway 🤯

Stone pillars on decent bases in a bustling pizza place

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 4d

okay who did this?

A display of wild swimming books. At the bottom of the display, under all the other books is a copy of JAWS by Peter Benchley.

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

😂

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😂

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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 5d

Lights on, lights off. A wonderful day discussing the Portland Vase (especially its 18th Century reception) with colleagues at the British Museum

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Mark O’Brien @obrienpmark.bsky.social · 5d

Remembering those who died, on this, the tenth anniversary of the devastating fire in a temporary Traveller halting site in Carrickmines. Sending love and support to their family and friends.

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 5d

Here are three wonderfully preserved Roman shoes that were discovered at Bar Hill Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland in the early 1900s. Shoes made for men, women and children have been found there, reminding us that frontier zones were not an exclusively military environment. #FindsFriday

Three ancient roman shoes with pierced decoration displayed on dummy feet.

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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 5d

👩‍🎓🏅 Dr Tess McCann has won this year’s UCD Conway Festival Gold Medal for the discovery of a gene mutation responsible for inherited retinal diseases leading to vision loss.

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UCD Conway Festival gold medal award to Dr Tess McCann

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 5d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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