Great opportunity here for #curator or #archivist to work on An Grianán Theatre's 25th anniversary exhibition: proposal to be submitted by 29th April. Please see:
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#jobfairy #Letterkenny

We're really excited about our new exhibition 'Society & State - Ireland Through Its Records' which will open in Dublin Castle's Coach House Gallery on 17 April and run until 8 September. Read all about it at buff.ly/3U2831E! Tourism-Culture-Arts-Gaeltacht-Sport-Media #SocietyAndStateIRL

The Local Government Archivists & Records Managers incl DonegalArchives were delighted to partner with Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage to produce this Exhibition marking the History of modern local government in Ireland. ARA Ireland

'We live in a little world inside our house.'
WATCH: The Late Late Show broadcast #OnThisDay in 1988
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The book of essays by Dr Hilary McLaughlin-Stonham: The Consequences will be Fearful: The Great Famine in Co. #Donegal can be viewed here:
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If you're curious to learn about #housing in the first decade of the Irish Free State, the website accompanying my Royal Irish Academy funded exhibition is now live! Housingthepeople.ie

Prisoners sent for trial for killing of Lord Leitrim in July 1878, part of #Donegal Co. #Archives collection. Donated a few years ago.

This kind donation of #Donegal County Council staff outside County House, Lifford, in 1959 is wonderful; thank you donor for list of names supplied see our Facebook facebook.com/DonegalCountyA…

Some of the #railway photos & items held by #Donegal County #Archives - hope to digitise A. M. Davies' collection soon.

Thanking colleagues who sent publications to #Donegal #Archives - A Very Hard Struggle, Cécile Chemin The Military Archives and Special Issue of Analecta Hibernica (no. 53), The Fire of 1922 IMC & Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Delighted to have such scholarly works in our Collection.

Scanraithe faoina bhfuil i ndan: An Gorta Mór i nDún na nGall, is féidir an leabhar a fheiceáil ar líne anseo:
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#Gaeilge #Cartlann #leabhar
Donegal County Museum

The Consequences will be Fearful: The Great Famine in Co. Donegal, now online in flipbook format at issuu.com/donegalculture…
Donegal County Museum @donegal Donegal County Library

Many thanks to Dr Hilary McLaughlin-Stonham for her brilliant lecture on Donegal during the Great Famine. Thanks also Donegal County Museum for organising, hosting & providing refreshments. Please email for a copy of the book of essays [email protected] (soon to be online also)

Selection of great women from our #Archives including our favourite Bridget Byrne aged 110 c1892
#InternationalWomensDay2024 #IWD2024 #Donegal

⚡️📚 It's a good day for sending Ghostgirl reprints out into the world! Dedicated to the mothers & children of Stranorlar County Home. Available for free, as a gift, through select Donegal County Council outlets! (Or PM me). Designed Paul Guinan #BunreachtnanhÉireann #limitededition

On #InternationalWomensDay we remember all those strong women who have gone before us - our #Workhouses of Co #Donegal exhibition remembers Catherine McGill who in 1851 entered Glenties Workhouse with family #GreatFamine #Donegal #Workhouses DonegalArchives Irish Workhouse Centre Portumna

Happy #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2024 to all women worldwide. Image is from Photojournalist Ann Doherty's stunning collection donated to #Donegal #Archives & subject of an exhibition in Donegal County Museum in 2022. A woman celebrates in Armenia, c. 1990s

Always loved these lovely #labourers cottage plans from early 1900s. This is a detail from one plan, model D. Early #Donegal local authority housing, under 1883 Labourers Act.

As part of National Famine commemoration, DonegalArchives and Donegal County Museum commissioned Dr Hilary McLaughlin-Stonham to research life in the county during from 1845 to 1850. Her book on the issue will be launched in the Museum this Saturday at 2pm.
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1924 people in distress in West #Donegal due to potato crop and fishing industry failure in newly created Irish Free State. Save the Children (Saor an Leanabh) asked govt rep. how it could help women & children. especially in the islands, #Toraigh & #Arranmore