Postcards

Lawrence Postcards Roche Collection

June 10, 2016 · 0 comments

in Cataloguing,Collections,Photographs

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 […]

Tagged as: Antrim, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Postcards, Photographs, Postcards, Roche

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Postcards and public history

July 5, 2012 · 3 comments

in Collections,Ephemera,Guest Bloggers,Photographs,Research

by Chantal Sweeney, M.Phil. in Public History & Cultural Heritage at Trinity College Dublin Like many people, I spent the majority of last Christmas holidays lounging around in my pyjamas, watching old movies and eating too much food. I was giving my brain a much-needed break for the first time since embarking on my Masters […]

Tagged as: Achill Sound, Bray, Campanile, Chantal Sweeney, Copper plate, Elizabeth Kirwan, Ephemera, Grafton Street, Gweedore, Internship, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Photographic Studio, Lawrence Postcard Series, Lawrence Postcards, M.Phil in Public History and Cultural Heritage, National Photographic Archive, NPA, Postcards, Robert French, Shop Street, TCD, Trinity College Dublin, William Lawrence

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Family Fragments from the First World War

March 15, 2012 · 10 comments

in Digital Collections,Events,Projects

History as the Sum of Our Stories by Avice-Claire McGovern, Librarian The digital age has caused a shift in our collective remembrance practices. No longer solely the province of professional historians, the great democratization of information production and sharing brought about by the world-wide web means that anyone can contribute to the patchwork of the […]

Tagged as: 12th Battalion, 16th Lancers, 17th Lancers, 1st Indian Expeditionary Force, Avice-Claire McGovern, Battle of Cambrai, Bride Street, Catholic Soldiers' Institute, Curragh Camp, D Squadron, Easter Rising, Europeana 1914-1918, Family History, First World War, France, Frances Brady, Frances Kelly, Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Great War, Home Rule, Inchicore Railway Works, Jack Jenkinson, James Brady, John Jenkinson, John Redmond, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Malta, National Volunteers, Norah Daly, Photographs, Postcards, Royal Garrison Artillery, Sackville Street, Sialkot, Suez Canal, Tablecloth, Trumpeter, War Graves Photographic Project, Western Front, WWI

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