Mar Scannánóir sna 60í, léirigh Éamon de Buitléar scannáin agus sraitheanna ceannródaíocha maidir le fiadhúlra na hÉireann.
Tá cartlann agus bailiúchán leabhar de Buitléar ar fáil in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe.
#CuardaighDoChartlann #EYAFiadhúlra
Éamon de Buitléar's independent filmmaking in the 1960s produced pioneering Irish wildlife films and series for RTÉ and British television
His archive and book collection are held at the University of Galway
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#Archives #DigitalHumanities #research #digitalarchives
Searching the catalogue:
For info on how to carry out a simple page follow this link:
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Discover a more user-friendly interface, bookmark your favourite records, search across physical & digital collections, & browse our collections with greater clarity.
#archives
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Great to have this group from @ballstate.bsky.social English lit study abroad programme visit for a talk and tour, exploring our archives of Irish women playwrights and the theatre, from 1900s to the present.
Congratulations to Archivist @kieran-hoare.bsky.social Hoare, recipient of the Michael McDonagh Award for Irish Traveller Ally Excellence.
Through his leadership of the Mincéirs Archive at @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social , Kieran has championed Irish Traveller voices through our Heritage Collections.👏
Léarscáil de Chonnacht ó 1728
Herman Moll a chruthaigh an léarscáil seo le dúch agus leachtbhrat daite. Ba iad na léarscáileanna seo na chéad léarscáileanna a theaspeáin gréasán boithre na hÉireann go cruinn.
#CuardaighDoChartlann #EYANaisc
Herman Moll's 1728 map of Connacht is part of his Atlas of Ireland, produced using inks and colour washes.
Moll's vibrant maps were the first maps to accurately illustrate Ireland's road network.
#EYAConnections #ExploreYourArchive @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @araireland.bsky.social
Beidh an Dr. Deirdre Ní Chonghaile, Oksana Dereza agus Nicholas Wolf ó Ollscoil Nua-Eabhrac ar Iris Aniar anois ar maidin ag caint faoi seoladh Digiteach an Gaodhal, an chéad nuachtán Gaeilge ar domhan. Éist leis an agallamh anseo:
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#angaodhal
#rternag
Seoladh digiteach an Ghaodhail, an chéad nuachtán Gaeilge ar domhan. 6ú Feabhra 2026, @universityofgalway.bsky.social
An nuachtán féin ar fáil anseo universityofgalway.ie/angaodhal
Preaseisiúint:
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Press release:
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#angaodhal
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Our most recent blog post shares some fascinating items from our Archives and Special Collections, including this beautifully illustrated Atlas of Anatomy printed in 1859.
Follow the link to read our blog:
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From the Mary Robinson archive in @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social the St Brigid’s Peace Cross, presented to Mary while President 🇮🇪 , by member of group visiting Áras an Uachtaráin to highlight fundraising campaign by AFRI , 1990s.
@araireland.bsky.social #brigid #stbrigid #imbolc #láfhéilebríde
Ronnie O'Gorman's book collection at University of Galway holds a number of literary treasures by Lady Gregory, a key figure of the Irish Literary Revival and advocate for the arts.
Read about Lady Gregory's books in the O'Gorman Collection on our blog:
nuigarchives.blogspot.com/2026/01/trea...
Sorry to see the passing of the artist Anne Madden. This image is of an interview she did with Eileen Battersby in 'The Irish Times', photo by Frank Miller, 27 Nov 1997. Press cuttings from the Michael D. Higgins Collection.
Also on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social is this deep dive into the history of Children's Television in Ireland. Materials here include Eamon de Buitléar archive, who made 'Luidin Mac Lu' and 'Amuigh Faoin Spéir'. & Carolyn Swift archive who wrote Fortycoats, Bosco and more!
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Lots more great images taken by George Pickow in 1952 with Wren Boys and Mummers in his wider archive here. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The lead image on this new article on the tradition of the Mummers, Wren Boys, and Straw Boys is from our Ritchie - Pickow archive a beautiful photo from Lios Buí Kilnamartry, Macroom Co Cork, in 1952
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A short history of mummers, straw boys and Wren Boys. From mummers to wren boys, the practice of rambling from house to house in rural Ireland lifted isolation for many communities at Christmas, writes @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Archive material from recent display on the life and work of artist Brian Bourke. Items from a range of collections here including Druid Theatre archive and Galway International Arts Festival archive.
Chun an tseachtain #CuardaighDoChartlann a chríochnú, roghnaigh muid rud a bhaineann le séasúr na Nollag.
Is catalóg álainn í seo ar chartaí Nollag a bhí ar díol i 1938 ag Royal Renaissance Art Christmas Cards.
#EYADoChartlann
To wrap up the #ExploreYourArchive focus week, we are sharing a festive item from our collections.
This is a 1938 sales catalogue of personalised Christmas greeting cards sold by Royal Renaissance Art Christmas Cards.
#EYAYourArchives
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Bhí dhá cheiliúradh againn i mbliana don iarnród ó Ghaillimh go Clochán- comóradh 130 bliain a oscailte (1895) agus 90 bliain a dhúnadh (1935). Tá tógáil an iarnróid le feiceáil san albam Arthur J. Balfour.
#EYACuimhneacháin #CuardaighDoChartlann
2025 marked the anniversaries of the opening (1895) & closing (1935) of the Galway-Clifden railway. Arthur J. Balfour's album documents the railway's construction.
The Balfour album is fully digitised: digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#EYAAnniversaries #ExploreYourArchive
#BookLaunch - Young Offenders: Children and crime in Ireland, 1850–1908 by Geraldine Curtin
Geraldine Curtin is a Library Assistant working in our Archives & Special Collections dept, we asked her what inspired her to write her 2nd book:
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#19thcentury
Is é téama an lae inniu ná #EYACuimsiú
Taispeánann Dr Mary Warde Moriarty grianghraf dá hathair, Edward Warde, dúinn ó chartlann Mincéirs.
Tá cuid den chartlann ar fáil go digiteach anseo:
digital.library.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms/categor...
#CuardaighDoChartlann
Today's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAInclusion
At the 2024 launch of the Mincéirs Archive of Irish Travellers, Dr Mary Warde Moriarty shows a photo of her father, Edward Warde, held in the collection
Credit: Aengus McMahon, August 2024
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Táimid an-bhródúil as na bailiúcháin dhigiteacha éagsúla atá againn.
Inniu, táimid ag tarraingt aird ar Imirce, bailiúchán Kirby A. Miller le litreacha agus cuimhní cinn a chum Éireannaigh i Meiriceá Thuaidh.
#EYADigiteach #CuardaighDoChartlann
We’re proud to hold a range of #EYADigital collections: photos, documents, audio, video and born-digital material.
Today we’re highlighting the Imirce Project, which shares thousands of Irish emigrant letters and life stories.
Explore it here: imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms
#ExploreYourArchive
The Boy Who Drew Cats ó bhailiúchán Ringling North.
Is aithinsint ar scéal sí Seapánach le Lafcadio Hearn é seo. Déanann an leabhar cruthaitheacht agus indibhidiúlacht a iniúchadh.
#EYAPeataí #CuardaighDoChartlann
