Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland

VRTI warmly welcomes today’s announcement by Taoiseach Micheál Martin and James Lawless, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, supporting its development as Ireland’s National Platform for Digital History and Heritage from 2027. www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

🌙 Dublin By Dusk | Kildare Street After-hours Explore the NLI’s iconic Reading Room after hours, with talks, tours and more! 📅 Thurs 29 Oct, 5–8:30pm 📚 All welcome, no booking required! https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/dublin-dusk-kildare-street-after-hours

A very enjoyable evening at the Armagh Robinson Library on 20 Oct for a 2-part talk on Local History and the VRTI. See more here 👇 www.virtualtreasury.ie/news/vrti-an... It was a real treat to speak in the beautiful 18th-century reading room.

Yet another reason to love PRONI: I went there today, armed with a footnote reference from a book published 20+ years ago. Turned out to be a dud. The absolute legend at the issue desk went rummaging in their catalogue and she found the exact document I was after. Made my day.

Did you know we have several free online exhibitions you can enjoy from the comfort of home? 💻 Explore them here: https://ow.ly/mkjT50ZUVsp

📢 Local History fans in Armagh! Come hear about the Virtual Treasury + remarkable Armagh records Free public talk Tues 20 Oct 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm. Stories, Landscape & Folklore: Early Investigations of Ireland in the Armagh Robinson Library Collection armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk/event/talk-s...

We have acquired a number of digital resources to assist with research, providing access to: • 100s of Irish newspaper titles + serials • Full text access to many standard reference works • Records of government + official publication • Digitised books, manuscripts + maps https://ow.ly/Y1Cv50ZUVuR

📢 The Judge Paul Carney collection of Berenger watercolours at the Royal Irish Academy Library is now available on the VRTI. How historic sites were seen in the past. 🖼️ 🙂 www.virtualtreasury.ie/news/the-jud... @rialibrary.bsky.social

Looking back on a fantastic morning at the Dublin Festival of History for Research Ireland's event held at @ria.ie. Thank you to our speakers, Micheál Ó Siochru, Catherine Porter, Ciara Breathnach and Daniel Bradley, for sharing their research, and to Daniel Carey for chairing the discussion.

Census details for Malahide, Kinsaley and Portmarnock have survived for 1871, 1881 and 1891? No way! 🙅 Well, YES way, actually!!🎉🎉 And they're available to examine in @virtualtreasury.bsky.social

A busy and enjoyable day at The National Archives UK 'Discover your family history day' yesterday. Lots of great talks - including one by our own Brian Gurrin (right) 😊 - and questions about using VRTI with other sources to solve family history riddles. 🔎

This was great fun out representing @historytcd.bsky.social at Dublin Festival of History. Talking about wills and the stories we can find in them.

📢 Calling all Family History fans. A few spaces have just become available for the free public talk this afternoon at the Registry of Deeds 3.00 - 4.30 pm Where there's a will: Using the Registry of Deeds wills collection for family history 👇️ 👇️ 👇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/using-the-...

📣 We’re #Hiring: Deputy Chief Herald of Ireland Join the NLI’s Office of the #ChiefHerald in this unique role, leading #heraldic and #genealogical research and helping preserve Ireland’s cultural heritage. ⭐ Find out more & apply: https://ow.ly/rMXt50ZNcTN 📅 #Apply by: 3pm, 9 Oct 2026

Big Stories Behind Small Treasures Discover the West African Micro-Collection at the Chester Beatty, as part of Dublin Festival of History. Explore 7 West African manuscripts and the stories of their makers, markings and journeys across time and space. Wed 7 Oct, 5.30pm https://ow.ly/4p1750ZQRzn

We're recruiting a Level 3 Archives Assistant apprentice. It's a great opportunity to get started in a career in libraries or archives so if you or someone you know might be interested, you can find out more here: jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/apprenticesh... #job

🏛️ Explore the National Library of Ireland with Director Dr Audrey Whitty 📅 Thurs, 22 Oct at 6pm: https://ow.ly/IL7X50ZQRRn Visitors will discover the history of this remarkable building.

Join us this Saturday for #HistFest2026 Explore primary sources from the period of the Norman invasion (Ormond Collection @nlireland.bsky.social) with @jmarshallmed.bsky.social. The earliest charter features the granting of lands to Richard de Clare AKA #Strongbow. irishmanuscripts.ie/normans/

#HistFest2026 lecture: 3 Oct | 45 Merrion Sq | 11:00 The Normandy and Ireland Settlement Connections project by @virtualtreasury.bsky.social & @jmarshallmed.bsky.social traces #Norman conquerors to their ancestral lands, drawing on manuscript sources in IMC editions. irishmanuscripts.ie/normans/

#HistFest2026 lecture: 3 Oct | 45 Merrion Sq | 11:00 Dr Paul Dryburgh examines the earliest surviving memoranda rolls held by @narireland.bsky.social. Originating in the exchequer, they among the oldest administrative records from #medieval Ireland. www.irishmanuscripts.ie/foh26/

A very interesting vacancy being advertised by our VRTI Core Partners in the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social 👇 www.recruitireland.com/company/iris...

Save the date for #HistFest2026 🎤 Public lecture: What did the Normans ever do for us? 🗓️ Sat 3 October at 11am 📍 45 Merrion Square 🎟️ Free admission – first come first served. ❗️Limited spaces available: punctual arrival advised! More at: www.irishmanuscripts.ie/normans/

📣 We're #hiring: Education Assistant Join the National Library of Ireland's Education, Learning & Programming team and help deliver creative learning and public engagement programmes that bring our collections to life. 📚 Role details + apply: https://ow.ly/k1nu50ZPF3z 📅 #Apply by: 3pm, 9 Oct 2026

Proposals for papers are invited for the annual conference of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland to be held at Trinity College Dublin on 4 & 5 Dec. Abstracts of 300 words should be sent to adolan@tcd.ie by 23rd Oct. 2026. All aspects of Irish economic and social history are welcome.

We're delighted to release the video of our Women in Revolution webinar. Hear short talks by Jane Ohlmeyer, Catriona Kennedy + Lindsey Earner-Byrne on the revolutionary lives of women from the 17th to the 20th century. Many thanks to our panelist for taking part. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIu4...

These stamps featuring King George V, overprinted in Irish with 'Rialtas Sealadach na h-Éireann 1922' (Provisional Government of Ireland 1922), are a powerful symbol of Ireland's transition from British rule to an independent free state doi.org/10.7486/DRI.... #EYAErased #ExploreYourArchive

"The Bodleian is delighted to collaborate with University College Cork to exhibit the Annals of Inisfallen in Ireland for the FIRST time," Mmm. Define ‘first’. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!

#OnThisDay, 29 August 1890, the National Library of Ireland first opened its doors. 📖 And we’ve been welcoming readers, researchers and curious minds ever since! 🏛️ Discover the story of the Library: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/our-history

Thank you for your patience. You may now continue with your work. 😊 (And thanks too to all the technical team who got us back online!) 📷 Library of Congress. Creative Commons. Photographer: Eva Lawrence Watson

Sorry to interrupt your research!😔 A local power outage in Dublin interrupted normal service. This was outside our control. Thanks for your patience while a series of teams get all the servers etc. back online. 🛠️ 🙏 📷 Wellcome Collection. Creative Commons

📚 The September/October 2026 issue of History Ireland is on its way to subscribers! From the American Revolution and Gilded Age America to Dublin Civic Weeks, Wexford Festival Opera at 75 and Roger Casement and the Congo today. Available 1 September. 🌐 historyireland.com

Bryan Deighton, Conservator (Books & Paper) at Cambridge University Library, has completed a project to conserve a 19th-century album filled with medieval manuscript fragments. 🔎Learn more about the work, which was made possible by a grant from @thenmct.bsky.social: https://loom.ly/PkeRIVs

There's a scam currently targeting Irish authors & publishers which one of our colleagues recently encountered. They were contacted to be interviewed on US East Coast public radio, WAMC's The Book Show but discovered that WAMC has issued its own scam advisory about it: www.wamc.org/scam-advisory

Delighted to welcome British Ambassador Kara Owen to Trinity today for an enjoyable excursion through the tens of thousands (!) of records shared by with the VRTI by UK partners. From monarchs and bureaucrats in the 1600s, to Nicholas Dillon, a blind piper from Ballinasloe in 1821. @BritEmbDublin

A great evening tour of the @nlireland.bsky.social led by Director Audrey Whitty for Heritage Week! 📖🎉

Today is (online) publication day for Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments, a volume edited by me, @simonajohn.bsky.social and Hannah Lyons. We're so proud to have this volume out in the world! More info here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/contested...

We had a wonderful time at the Tudor Stuart Conference last week! Many thanks to Deirdre and all of the organisers for inviting us to present our VOICES research, and to the great audience for their engagement 📜 @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social

The manuscript of the week is RIA MS 23 P 16, Leabhar Breac. It was written in the 15th century in Irish by Murchadh Riabach Ó Cuindlis at Cluain Lethan and Lothra (Lorrha) in Múscraige Tíre, in north Co. Tipperary. It is the largest Irish vellum manuscript by one scribe.

Delighted to be at the Family History Day in Belfast Central Library today Sat 1 Aug 10.00a.m to 2.00 p.m. Come along and say Hello 🙂

#DIBLives "Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look." Along with disappointment and disillusionment, rage and pain, Maeve Binchy's view of the world also included a reassuring belief in human goodness, resilience and recovery. She died #OTD 2012. www.dib.ie/biography/bi...

Thrilled to present the VOICES project and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social to the delegation of EU ministers yesterday 🇪🇺 A huge thank you to Minister James Lawless inviting us 🙏 @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social

Have you discovered something fascinating in the National Library of Ireland's Reading Rooms? 📚 We're inviting registered readers to propose a 15 min Twilight Talk inspired by the NLI's collections. Successful speakers will receive a €100 honorarium. 🌙 ⭐ Apply by 23 Aug: https://ow.ly/SoSL50ZrgOf

Are you researching your Irish roots? 🇮🇪 The National Library of Ireland welcomes queries from the diaspora. Our free family history service is on hand to assist you and can provide advice on family history research: https://www.nli.ie/family-history

Look at these women gondoliers go - so fast that their hair streams out behind them. Detail from Giacomo Franco, Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane, 1610. Folger Shakespeare Library.

#DIBLives 'Tell them I have done my duty.' General of Antrim & Commander-in-Chief of the United Irish army of the north, Henry Joy McCracken was court-martialled & sentenced to death. He was executed #OTD 1798 having refused to name other leaders in exchange for clemency. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...

It's #ArchiveDiaspora Day! 📜🌎 Today we celebrate the stories of the Irish people & the archival collections that document journeys of migration, identity, belonging & home. Share your records today using #ArchiveDiaspora and tag us so we can help showcase the remarkable collections you hold!

📢 Good news! The deadline to #apply for our Research Studentship has been extended until Friday, 24 July 2026, at 3pm. The NLI, in association with the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences, are currently inviting applications for the Research Studentship: ow.ly/lwfe50ZnFu0

We're hiring a #ProjectManager to lead a multi-year, cross-institutional programme spanning cultural programming, professional development, research, and policy. ⭐ More info + #apply: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland 📅 Closing date: 3pm, 24 July 2026. #Jobfairy