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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Who is Katie Roche? - From the Archives

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Programme from opening night, 'Katie Roche', 1936, Abbey Theatre Digital Archive The story of the eponymous young woman of the...
Monday, July 31, 2017

The work of an archivist

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In the first blog post I wrote I spoke about the various stages of the work that an archivist does in preparing a collection to make it acc...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Sociologists in Muintir na Tíre

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Muintir na Tíre pioneered and were involved in promoting many new concepts and technologies in its 80 year history. They were involved in r...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Muintir na Tíre's Community Development Officer - A Common Thread

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As mentioned in an earlier post I spoke about getting to be the first to explore an archive. Another perk is getting to see common threads...
Friday, May 5, 2017

The Muintir na Tíre Interest Group

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When the James Hardiman Library was discussing the acquisition of the Muintir na Tíre archive with Tom Fitzgerald, Dr Tony Varley from the ...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

Muintir na Tíre Limited

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Before Muintir na Tíre was founded in 1937 by Canon John Hayes, he established a co-operative society, Muintir na Tíre Limited, in 1931. Mu...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Martin McGuinness - In Conflict and Peace - From the Archives

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The recent stepping away from active political life by Martin McGuinness and from his role as Deputy First Minister, signalled a polemic shi...