📢 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
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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

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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

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...

#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