Sad news for the Irish museum community with the loss of Mark Leslie, architect, designer and as he said ‘man of screens’ when computer interactives were a new thing and he was ahead of the pack. Martello Media contributed a great deal to many exhibitions and won many awards. rip.ie/death-notice...
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Nigel Monaghan
Профиль VivelyGeologist / palaeontologist in Dublin, retired museum curator National Museum of Ireland, still digging... mostly in 18-19th centuries
Delighted to see (some) politicians standing up for the science, better late than never. Now can we all please get our own countries on board and take action
Leo Hickman++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
Sad news today for Irish music fans as Glen Hansard, singer, frontman of The Frames and Oscar winner, has died aged 56 in a crash in Dublin #SpeirGorm jrnl.ie/7116253
John Healy’s unique insight into the life of someone you would pass by in the big city was brought to the screen in a caring and thoughtful documentary by Paul Duane which you can see at this special screening in Dublin #SpeirGorm
Paul Duane 🥔Back in 1988 John Healy published his memoir The Grass Arena about his life as a wino turned chessmaster. This August the sequel, The Glass Cage, is published. To coincide with this @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social screen my 2011 documentary about Healy. Please share if you can ifi.ie/film/from-th...
Great opportunity for a librarian in Dublin amongst tens of thousands of volumes and a lot of other works, amazing colleagues and interesting job #librarian #library #jobs #museums www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
Vacancies | National Museum of IrelandWelcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitionswww.museum.ieIt’s 19 July- Happy end of the ice age to all who celebrate www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNTI...
The Irish for Count Binface should be ‘Trash Ceann’ - you’re welcome #SpeirGorm
The JournalWe might have to find an Irish translation for Count Binface. Where do we even begin? @darach.bsky.social dives in: jrnl.ie/7105240
The ice age deer #Megaloceros is common in the lake sediments beneath many Irish peat bogs, learn more in this talk in Dublin #SpeirGorm
National Library of IrelandSeamus Heaney and the Bogs 🌿 Celebrate Bog Day 2026 at Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again with Dr Patrick Roycroft (National Museum of Ireland), exploring the bogs that inspired Heaney's poetry through natural history and readings. 📅 Sat, 1 Aug, 2pm https://ow.ly/RaQ150ZnI94
Hardy men from the Blasket Islands off the Irish coast. One of many great prints from a wonderful and witty artist. Check out her website for more (or she’ll send the lads round)
Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨Originally a limited edition linocut print, this giclée print copy is "Men Of The Blaskets", based on a photo by C.W. von Sydow c. 1924 - a reminder that people have lived and survived the toughest of times through the strength of community ✊ Prints: ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
Ireland has several significant observatories worthy of World Heritage status. You could help #jobs #astronomy #heritage #UNESCO
Dublin Institute for Advanced StudiesThe Historic Astronomical Observatories of Ireland (HAOI)seeks a Project Co-ordinator to help lead its UNESCO World Heritage nomination. This 5-year role will coordinate the nomination process for the historic observatories @ Armagh, Birr & Dunsink. Apply by 30 July, 4pm: dias.ie/UNESCO%20job
The discovery at Birr Castle was in identifying the “whirlpool” shape of faraway galaxies and the logical implications this presented for understanding of gravity and masses of gas in space, which led to our understanding of birth, life, death of stars and galaxies. jrnl.ie/7089644
After 16 years of effort, Geological Survey Ireland has completed the ‘Tellus’ national mapping programme to collect geochemical and geophysical data on rocks, soil and water across Ireland. Immense achievement www.gsi.ie/en-ie/progra... #SpeirGorm #geology jrnl.ie/7080991