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The #OS200 collaborative events continue! Our exhibition will open @PRONI_DFC on 21st Nov with a series of in-person talks in cooperation with @RGS_IBG, @osni_maps and #HERoNI. Get your tickets here: shorturl.at/gC3ru and here: shorturl.at/x4uRW
Did you miss our talk @PRONI_DFC in October? Don't fret, you can now watch it online and learn more about what the project team has been up to: youtube.com/watch?v=1TUaWoVt… @UL @QUBelfast
Wonderful news!
Some really exciting news today! All local authorities are set to employ archivists, archaeologists and architectural conservation officers by 2026. A gamechanger for heritage protection in Ireland @CCMALocalGov @noonan_malcolm
Read more here: bit.ly/3NGDIlh
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Spotted this Ordnance Survey benchmark in #Thurles today at St Bridget's Grave Yard (extract from 25-inch historic map via @TailteEireann on GeoHive Map Viewer).
ALT Pillar outside St Bridget's churchyard, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
ALT Benchmark outside St Bridget's graveyard, Thurles.
ALT Extract of Ordnance Survey 25-inch historic map showing St Bridget's Grave Yard, Thurles.
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I'm honoured to be asked to deliver this year's D A Chart Annual Map Seminar @PRONI_DFC on 31st Oct. when I'll be talking all things #OS200 @Irelandmapped.
It's online and free to attend, but you must register through EventBrite #LoveIrishResearch
shorturl.at/eqg9p
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Made some new maps ahead of a talk looking at 19th century Ordnance Survey work in Cavan this Thursday at @CavanLibrary. Anyone have a guess what they might show? @IrelandMapped @cavancoco
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📢 NEW BLOG POST 📢
Read the last blog post in our Ordnance Survey series, celebrating 200 years since the first survey of Ireland. The focus on the Memoirs, held here in the Library. Read Meadhbh Murphy's fascinating blog about emigration & crime notes! ria.ie/blog/os200-spotlight-…
Environment and landscape change witnessed through the OS Maps and Memoirs. 'Its [the parish] contents are rapidly decreasing by the action of the ocean and Lough Foyle', Rev John Graham on Parish of Magilligan, OS Memoirs (1833) @osni_maps @TailteEireann #OS200
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The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography is a funding opportunity for anyone who wishes to work with historical map collections in the UK.
Deadline for applications is 1 November maphistory.info/harley.html
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Only managed to get one image from @IrelandMapped session at @igc2024dub because I got too into the papers! #os200
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Our 'Mapping Ireland Through Time' public engagement event @RIAdawson as part of @igc2024dub has kicked off with a full house welcomed by Prof Cath Brown and @profkdlilley
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A fabulous evening in the @RIAdawson listening to wonderful insights into maps from SW Ireland in the 1500s, O’Connells funeral and disease in Dublin, @IrelandMapped from @CatSPorter and the wonders of community mapping @RachelMcArdle19! Food for the soul. @igc2024dub
Our 'Mapping Ireland Through Time' public engagement event @RIAdawson as part of @igc2024dub has kicked off with a full house welcomed by Prof Cath Brown and @profkdlilley
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Loads of people turned out for @igc2024dub public event “Mapping Ireland through Time” hosted by @Library_RIA and included @IrelandMapped #OS200 project members @CatSPorter and @profkdlilley
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Delegates at #igc2024dub are invited to visit the @IrelandMapped exhibition showcasing the workings and archive of the Irish Ordnance Survey currently on show in the @RIAdawson between 10am and 5pm each day.
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Wait, there's more @igc2024dub with our session on the Ordnance Survey in Ireland, drawing on @HeritageFundNI @IrishResearch @ahrcpress including @IrelandMapped with @proinsy @zenobiewan @CatSPorter, with something from me on 'mapping heritage' 👇
Geographies of Engagement-Since launching in June we’ve had almost 3000 people from 32 countries visit our new OS web resource. We’ve got a big update in the works just in time for @IGC2024Dub next week so keep checking back! @Library_RIA @TailteEireann @osni_maps @dri_ireland
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“It was the first country in the whole world to be mapped at such a scale.”
On today’s RTÉ News at One, UL’s Dr Catherine Porter discussed the OS200 Project and the new digital archive of Ireland’s first ordnance survey maps.
LISTEN: rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22…
#StayCurious
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