Virtual Treasury

A full house today in Belfast to celebrate the launch of PRONI's strategic plan 2026-2031.

Great to partner with such enthusiastic professionals 😊
We have no doubt they will deliver 'A dynamic and engaging citizen focused archive for all.' 👍
PRONI

📢 The National Archives UK events include our very own bsky.social
😀
investigating -

Divided loyalties: Ireland and the American War
Wed 1 Jul • 7:30 PM

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/divided-loyalties-ireland-and-the-american-war-of-independence-tickets-1989899074699

Online - Free

Divided loyalties: Ireland and the American War of Independence Discover how Ireland engaged with ideas of rebellion and liberty in an age of revolutions.

🗓️ Mark your calendars! Our 2026 Research Showcase "Building Collections, Deepening Connections" is approaching on Tuesday 30 June at 10am in the TCD Arts Building. This in-person event will feature fascinating sessions on our latest research, sharing fresh record releases, demonstrating new tools to help explore the collections, and highlighting our busy partnerships!

For more information on how to book your tickets, visit www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-annual-research-showcase-building-collections-deepening-connections

What was the real role of Women in Revolution over the centuries?
📢 Join us online: Thurs 4 June 7.00 - 8.15 pm
Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre
(to consider actual, not allegorical, women.)

Talks by Prof. Jane Ohlmeyer (TCD), Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), and Prof. Lindsey Earner-Byrne (TCD)
Panel Discussion chaired by Dr Joel Herman

This webinar highlights the central role played by women in revolutions across time. Short papers by three leading historians will examine the revolutionary lives of women in the seventeenth century, the Age of Revolutions, and the twentieth-century Irish Revolution.

‘Women in Revolution’ is presented in connection with ‘States of Independence: Ireland and the American Revolution 250 Years Later’, a curated collection to be released on the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland in June 2026.

Free, all welcome, booking required.👇
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What does revolution look like when you put women's role at the centre?

Join us online on Thursday 4 June, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm for
Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre

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Attendance is free, all are welcome.
(Shared posts are welcome too! 😊)

What is the revolutionary view from this vantage point?
Join us online for

Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre

Thursday 4 June 2026
7:00-8:15PM

Attendance is free. All are welcome
👇👇
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📷 Lotherton Hall, W. Yorkshire. Creative Commons

🚀🌝🌔 Early Irish interest in lunar exploration!
In February 1754, available from Mr Richard James at Newton's Head, Dame Street, Dublin:
'A Voyage to the Moon' by Cyrano de Bergerac (trans. Mr Derrick)
incl. a connection with Gulliver's Travels!
👉 https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/DGZ-1754-364

👀 Many more Dublin Gazettes shared by our wonderful partners Houses of the Oireachtas
https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/curated-collections/dublin-gazette
Astronomy Ireland

Wonderful to see this blog from the Medieval Institute at University of Notre Dame on our Deeds of the Guild of Saint Anne collaboration with Royal Irish Academy Library and Irish Manuscripts Commission 😀

👉 https://medieval.nd.edu/news-events/news/new-from-our-research-blog-gold-among-the-ashes-the-deeds-of-the-guild-of-st-anne/

See the online resource here:
https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/guild-of-st-anne

Digital Medievalist

The clocks going forward today made us wonder - what's the earliest reference to a clock in the VRTI? 🤔🕰️

How about this from 1336 - in the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland ! A clock-maker on St Patrick's Street, Dublin 😀

Plans for 1788 at Dublin Castle.
Cotillons + Country Dances but no Minuets.
Ladies - Irish-made dresses please, but no hoops.
(What is 'full dress' for the gentlemen? 🤔🙂)

https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/DGZ-1788-5047

📷 Oireachtas Library /
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