Deep Mapping the Archival Record – The St. George, Headford, Survey& Maps of Estate, 1775
In 2018 Galway County Council Archives invited 6 artists into the archive to engage with, interrogate and re-imagine chosen items from its collections in order to create new artworks that…
Rescued from Destruction – The Shanbally Castle Papers in The Timothy Looney Collection at UL
In March 1960, the Irish Land Commission completed the destruction, by controlled explosion, of Shanbally Castle, in Clogheen, South Western Tipperary – the largest of renowned architect John Nash’s Irish…
Explore Your Archive 2019
The annual Archives and Records Association campaign Explore Your Archive will run from 23rd November – 1st December, with a launch on Thursday 21st November in the Irish Architectural Archive,…
Delving into Exhibition Development
As part of my final dissertation for the Archives and Records Management program at University College Dublin, I embarked on development of an exhibition for the Irish Jesuit Archives (IJA)….
The Parsonstown (Birr) Union Collection – A Unique Look into Local Past
The Parsonstown (Birr) Union collection covers a large range of records from various different institutions, documenting various different local government and institutional functions. The collection has been sub-divided online into…