by Daniel Casey (National Photographic Archive / Dublin Institute of Technology Archival Internship 2014) I completed an internship as part of the annual collaborative partnership between the National Photographic Archive (NPA) and the DIT School of Photography from September to December 2014. The internship provided me with a fantastic opportunity to have practical experience of working […]
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Antrim,
Lawrence Collection,
Lawrence Postcards,
Photographs,
Postcards,
Roche
By Grace Kiernan, DIT NPA Internship, Sept-Dec 2013 In September 2013 I was offered the opportunity to do an internship as part of DIT’s Archiving in Context third year, semester-long module, which is run in conjunction with the National Photographic Archive (NPA). I was keen to put what I had learned about the more theoretical aspects […]
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Denis Tynan,
Donegal,
Elizabeth Kirwan,
Fishing Industry,
Glass Plate Negatives,
Grace Kiernan,
Keith Murphy,
Matthew Cains,
Mylar,
National Photographic Archive,
Photographs,
Preservation,
Sarah Ward,
Vinegar Syndrome
by Nora-Jane Thornton, National Photographic Archive When asked if I would like to relocate from our Manuscript Department to the National Photographic Archive in Meeting House Square in Temple Bar, I was excited by the prospect, and when I heard that the work would involve a thorough stock check of our photographic collections, I was […]
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Ambrotypes,
Barbara Bonini,
British Library,
Cellulose Acetate Film,
Colette O'Flaherty,
Conservation,
Daguerreotypes,
Elizabeth Kirwan,
Flickr Commons,
Glass Negatives,
Glynis Pickett,
Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Collection,
Joanna Finegan,
John Joly,
Joly Colour Process,
Keith Murphy,
Lantern Slides,
Library Management System,
LMS,
Maria O'Shea,
Matthew Cains,
National Photographic Archive,
Negatives,
Nitrate Film,
Nitrocellulose Film,
Nora-Jane Thornton,
NPA,
O'Carroll Collection,
Photographs,
Preservation,
Safety Film,
Stock Check,
Taking Stock,
Tintypes,
Vinegar Syndrome,
Virtua
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1763/41363390280_83fe37dff4.jpg ""Institutional style building in an unknown location" is a convent in Bantry")
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1801/41272611250_7e2399ef21.jpg "Mmmmm "Courtown Hotel"? I don't think so! (it's St Michael's Church, Gorey)")
