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Cycling. Public Historian.
Northern Ireland (the border bit).
Daughter of a Weaver.

www.digitalfilmarchive.net
A piece of archive film for every occasion.

Also: https://bsky.app/profile/nornirongirl1981.bsky.social
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Looking up somewhere local on Google maps.

A beautiful moment caught forever.

The facial blurring has me crying.
A man and his dog at the side of a country road, as captured by Google Earth. The dog is having a shit but his face has been blurred to protect his dignity.
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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When you look up the source of your name in an Irish dictionary. 😂

Also, are there truer words than:

"Is minic a mhaolaigh béile maith"
"All griefs are less with bread"
A list of entries in an Irish dictionary
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Oh my god. I got to spend the day at the National Folklore Collection and I want to live there. Everything made me cry. It is the most wonderful place.

dúchas.ie | National Folklore Collection UCD Digitization Project share.google/niToBsF96IRM...
Index cards in Irish A beautiful hand-written index card An entry from a folklore collection notebook. Part of an entry called "The Banshee Rock" from 1934. A index card filing cabinet.
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Elroy! 😍

Meet Lilly. She's had a fancy haircut
Lilly is a Cairn/Westie cross.
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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A wee cat, a flax flower and two pieces of Italian marginalia - the last one represents a subversion of authority.
A tattoo of a cat Tattoo of flax flower A tattoo of a hare reading a book A tattoo of a hare riding a hound
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Is it me? Am I expecting too much of people?
Newry.ie 4h. NEWRY. Date Announced for Newry Christmas Light Switch On Date Announced for Newry Christmas Light Switch On #Newry Just ten days to go to Newry, Mourne and Down Dist... 9 comments: Wnen is the light switch on please?
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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He slept all night. Look at his new jacket!
Walter and Lilly
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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In much happier news, we have welcomed Walter in our family today.
We will miss Max forever but Walter has had a horrible life and that stops now.
Look at him!!!
Sir Walter Winterby, a llaso apso rescue. He's biege and white and adorable.
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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It was an editing day. Good job I had some professional help.
Lilly the terrier is working on a project on Premiere Pro.
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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If you missed Equinox last year, you can experience it again. This unique archive/music remix looks at one harvest day through the eyes of musician Róis and director Stuart Sloan.
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Using archive film sourced from Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive and BBC Rewind, the film moves chronologically through both the eons of time, and a single harvest day in Ireland - weaving together astrological visuals, standing stones, the abundance of nature and harvests past.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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PS2 and the Digital Film Archive look at the housing crisis through film and a unique 16 bit video game.

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November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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1985 was quite the year in Northern Ireland. Revisit it with some ire-raising, but also unintentionally hilarious archive (unless the DUP were *trying* to be funny).

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Screenshot of archive featuring a young Nigel Dodds and a headless Jim Wells
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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We have some class archive events on at the Belfast Film Festival this weekend.

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The wonderful James Boyce, articulate, intelligent and witty. This event remixes some of his greatest reports with music for a unique evening's entertainment.
The two faces of James Boyce
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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IRA-chic is a term I invented for variations on these looks.
Actually, Andy Tyrone might be the new style icon these days.
Belfast pubs are full of them. Never thought I'd see the day 😂
70s lads in bell bottoms Martin McGuinness, 1970s, in a duffel coat UDA leader Andy Tyrie in a three quarter length leather jacket.
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I got to do the staff pick today. What else could I go for...

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Opening title of "Night of the Daniels"
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Autumn in the Mournes.

The best light in the world. 💚
The mountains of Mourne in an autumnal light. There are cloud shadows across the mountains. The sky is big and a light aqua blue. Later the same day out for a walk. The sky is still big but now has shared of grays and purples with a strip of sunset orange. The view is of a field climbing upwards and along the horizon there is the shadow of a black cow.
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Wearing my gorgeous Grainne Knox pin. Old man asks me what it is.

-Noone is free til women are free
-God almighty, are you one of those women libbers?
-I just believe everyone deserves a fair chance
-Well good luck with that."
*scurries off*

Didn't even get the chance to tell him it was in Irish😂
Beautiful pin with a phoenix and the words above around it.
October 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Why is this lion wearing a loincloth/nappy?

Also I guess he skipped leg day.
A neon light in the shape of an upright lion. He is wearing a pink shape over his crotch.
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Oh I love this.
A postcard with a number of statements with tick boxes It reads: DEAR ART GALLERY/MUSEUM... Your label for [blank] needs improvement. Currently, it is: Racist Colonialist/Imperialist Classist Homophobic Sexist Trans-Erasing Gender Essentialist Ableist Totally Impenetrable I'm sure you didn't think this through. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Ah Neil, she's gorgeous.
Any relation to our Lilly?!
Lilly is a wee terrier X with big ears, a greying face and loads of love to share.
October 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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They take hospitality very seriously in Fermanagh.
My hotel room where I had the choice of three beds. "Would you like a wee biscuit with your coffee?"
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Amazing ride! As Coppi said... 😉
Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill. Fausto Coppi
October 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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😂
Hyacinth Bucket or Bouquet done as the Drake meme.
October 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Archive on the telly now!
Utv
October 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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I somehow managed to resist spoilers all day but BEN!!!!!
I am beside myself with happiness.
Irish cyclist Ben Healy. His arms are in the air. He has the Road Race World Championship bronze medal around his neck.
September 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM