Local history

Then, Then and Now Photographic Projects

April 13, 2012 · 25 comments

in Cataloguing,Collections,Digital Collections,Digitisation,Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Projects

by Pádraig Laffan, Vice-Chairperson of The Federation of Local History Societies The Federation for Ulster Local Studies and The Federation of Local History Societies and The National Library Project Have you ever thought how great it would be to walk along by the Liffey with your grandchildren and to be able to say to them […]

Tagged as: 10x8s, 12x8s, Aoife O'Connell, Catalogue, Cataloguing, Colette O'Flaherty, Dr. Pat Donlon, Dundalk, Federation for Ulster Local Studies, Federation of Local History Societies, Film, Fuji Ireland, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Photographic Collection, Lawrence Photographic Project, Liam Clare, Local history, Local History Societies, National Library of Ireland, Our Own Place, Pádraig Laffan, Photographs, Photography, Prints, Robert French, RTÉ, Ulster Museum, Volunteers, W. Lawrence, William Lawrence

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A lesson on the limits of the Internet

July 14, 2011 · 1 comment

in Collections,Prints & Drawings,Research

by Michael Seery, NLI reader / chemistry lecturer / local historian extraordinaire The problem with the Internet is that it’s really, just, very good. With a few keywords, I can easily compile several books from Google, a few useful blog posts and stack of journal articles that will keep the novice researcher in me busy. […]

Tagged as: Alicia McCormick, Enniskerry, George Cash, Google, Guest bloggers, Honora Faul, Local history, Michael Seery, Prints & Drawings, Samuel Frederick Brocas, Wicklow

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