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The official account for Geography, School of History and Geography, University of Limerick. Follow us for news, events, student info and staff research. https://www.ul.ie/artsoc/history-geography
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Pleased to play a part in the latest episode of @rte.ie The History Show, which is dedicated to the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Here I'm talking about one of the sister projects of #OS200, 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage', currently underway in County Limerick.
shorturl.at/jK3PT
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The History Show Sunday 19 October 2025
The Ordnance Survey in Ireland
On this week's programme, we’re looking back at the early years of the Ordnance Survey in Ireland. Just over 200 years ago, the British government launched one of the ...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Pleased to play a part in the latest episode of @rte.ie The History Show, which is dedicated to the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Here I'm talking about one of the sister projects of #OS200, 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage', currently underway in County Limerick.
shorturl.at/jK3PT
shorturl.at/jK3PT
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Yesterday, Sunday, 28 September was #WorldRiversDay !
This sunny photograph of Derryinver River at Renvyle Co. Galway is from the Fáilte Ireland Tourism Photographic Archive Collection, deposited in the DRI by Dublin City Library and Archive: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
#Rivers #EnvironmentalHeritage
This sunny photograph of Derryinver River at Renvyle Co. Galway is from the Fáilte Ireland Tourism Photographic Archive Collection, deposited in the DRI by Dublin City Library and Archive: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
#Rivers #EnvironmentalHeritage
September 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Yesterday, Sunday, 28 September was #WorldRiversDay !
This sunny photograph of Derryinver River at Renvyle Co. Galway is from the Fáilte Ireland Tourism Photographic Archive Collection, deposited in the DRI by Dublin City Library and Archive: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
#Rivers #EnvironmentalHeritage
This sunny photograph of Derryinver River at Renvyle Co. Galway is from the Fáilte Ireland Tourism Photographic Archive Collection, deposited in the DRI by Dublin City Library and Archive: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
#Rivers #EnvironmentalHeritage
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🌊To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the Embassy of France in Ireland is proud to present FLOW – Shannon Estuary 2023–2100: an artistic journey into changing coastlines through photography, video mapping, sound & workshops.
📍 2–31 Oct | Limerick, Kerry & Clare
👉 tinyurl.com/ynk332y5
📍 2–31 Oct | Limerick, Kerry & Clare
👉 tinyurl.com/ynk332y5
September 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🌊To mark the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the Embassy of France in Ireland is proud to present FLOW – Shannon Estuary 2023–2100: an artistic journey into changing coastlines through photography, video mapping, sound & workshops.
📍 2–31 Oct | Limerick, Kerry & Clare
👉 tinyurl.com/ynk332y5
📍 2–31 Oct | Limerick, Kerry & Clare
👉 tinyurl.com/ynk332y5
Great to meet our new first years this week and find out about the geographies they bring with them @unioflimerick.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Great to meet our new first years this week and find out about the geographies they bring with them @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Congratulations to our BSc Social Sciences and BA Arts students who graduated from the @unioflimerick.bsky.social yesterday!
A special congratulations to the 2024-25 Geography FYP Prize winner, Eimear Winters. Her supervisor, Dr Immanuel Darkwa, presented the prize. Well done Eimear! #StudyAtUL
A special congratulations to the 2024-25 Geography FYP Prize winner, Eimear Winters. Her supervisor, Dr Immanuel Darkwa, presented the prize. Well done Eimear! #StudyAtUL
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Congratulations to our BSc Social Sciences and BA Arts students who graduated from the @unioflimerick.bsky.social yesterday!
A special congratulations to the 2024-25 Geography FYP Prize winner, Eimear Winters. Her supervisor, Dr Immanuel Darkwa, presented the prize. Well done Eimear! #StudyAtUL
A special congratulations to the 2024-25 Geography FYP Prize winner, Eimear Winters. Her supervisor, Dr Immanuel Darkwa, presented the prize. Well done Eimear! #StudyAtUL
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Pictured: Researchers from UL’s School of History and Geography at their National Heritage Week 2025 event.
The ‘Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage’ team was joined by archivists and surveyors from Tailte Éireann, who led a surveying demonstration in People’s Park, Limerick.
#StayCurious
The ‘Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage’ team was joined by archivists and surveyors from Tailte Éireann, who led a surveying demonstration in People’s Park, Limerick.
#StayCurious
August 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Pictured: Researchers from UL’s School of History and Geography at their National Heritage Week 2025 event.
The ‘Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage’ team was joined by archivists and surveyors from Tailte Éireann, who led a surveying demonstration in People’s Park, Limerick.
#StayCurious
The ‘Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage’ team was joined by archivists and surveyors from Tailte Éireann, who led a surveying demonstration in People’s Park, Limerick.
#StayCurious
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HERITAGE WEEK EVENT!
1-3pm, Sat 23rd August at People's Park, Limerick.
The event includes a talk followed by a demonstration by @tailteeireann.bsky.social surveyors and a chance to try out the project app and learn how you can record bench marks.
@unioflimerick.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie
1-3pm, Sat 23rd August at People's Park, Limerick.
The event includes a talk followed by a demonstration by @tailteeireann.bsky.social surveyors and a chance to try out the project app and learn how you can record bench marks.
@unioflimerick.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie
August 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
HERITAGE WEEK EVENT!
1-3pm, Sat 23rd August at People's Park, Limerick.
The event includes a talk followed by a demonstration by @tailteeireann.bsky.social surveyors and a chance to try out the project app and learn how you can record bench marks.
@unioflimerick.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie
1-3pm, Sat 23rd August at People's Park, Limerick.
The event includes a talk followed by a demonstration by @tailteeireann.bsky.social surveyors and a chance to try out the project app and learn how you can record bench marks.
@unioflimerick.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie
Wonderful to read of the success of this summer school run by our colleague @idarkwa.bsky.social
School students attending a University of Limerick Geography lecturer’s summer camp completed the programme equipped with ‘in-demand’ digital skills and hands-on experience of top geographical technologies.
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/ul-lect...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/ul-lect...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
August 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Wonderful to read of the success of this summer school run by our colleague @idarkwa.bsky.social
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The story behind the benchmarks hiding in plain sight around Ireland. The Ordnance Survey marks chiselled into buildings, walls & bridges were originally used to measure height across the country. By @catsporter.bsky.social & Margaret O'Sullivan @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The story behind the benchmarks hiding in plain sight in Ireland
The Ordnance Survey benchmarks chiselled into buildings, walls and bridges were originally used to measure height across Ireland
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July 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The story behind the benchmarks hiding in plain sight around Ireland. The Ordnance Survey marks chiselled into buildings, walls & bridges were originally used to measure height across the country. By @catsporter.bsky.social & Margaret O'Sullivan @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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"It's basically like a big treasure hunt"
Margaret O'Sullivan from UL's School of History & Geography spoke to Clare FM about a new UL research project that's seeking the public's assistance to locate Irish heritage relics known as bench marks.
🎧 www.clare.fm/podcasts/ul-...
@ulgeog.bsky.social
Margaret O'Sullivan from UL's School of History & Geography spoke to Clare FM about a new UL research project that's seeking the public's assistance to locate Irish heritage relics known as bench marks.
🎧 www.clare.fm/podcasts/ul-...
@ulgeog.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"It's basically like a big treasure hunt"
Margaret O'Sullivan from UL's School of History & Geography spoke to Clare FM about a new UL research project that's seeking the public's assistance to locate Irish heritage relics known as bench marks.
🎧 www.clare.fm/podcasts/ul-...
@ulgeog.bsky.social
Margaret O'Sullivan from UL's School of History & Geography spoke to Clare FM about a new UL research project that's seeking the public's assistance to locate Irish heritage relics known as bench marks.
🎧 www.clare.fm/podcasts/ul-...
@ulgeog.bsky.social
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Great to see this out in the world! If you like to mix weather with GIS and sentiment analysis then please have a read @irelandmapped.bsky.social
Our latest project publication is out in Irish Geography! In 'Isolated data showers', @catsporter.bsky.social and @zenobiewan.bsky.social explore the early nineteenth-century weather journals recorded by the Ordnance Survey in the OS Memoirs.
doi.org/10.55650/igj...
doi.org/10.55650/igj...
Isolated data showers: exploring nineteenth century weather observations by the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland
| Irish Geography
doi.org
July 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Great to see this out in the world! If you like to mix weather with GIS and sentiment analysis then please have a read @irelandmapped.bsky.social
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Listen again to @mudderofpearl.bsky.social chatting to Joe Nash on Live 95FM about our project to search out Ordnance Survey benchmarks in County Limerick and how you can get involved @ulresearch.bsky.social @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
Margaret O’Sullivan, School of History & Geography, featured on Live 95FM to give an insight into the UL research project aimed at preserving a unique piece of Ireland’s heritage – and how the Limerick community can get involved.
Listen: shows.acast.com/60b372fb-6c9...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
Listen: shows.acast.com/60b372fb-6c9...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
July 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Listen again to @mudderofpearl.bsky.social chatting to Joe Nash on Live 95FM about our project to search out Ordnance Survey benchmarks in County Limerick and how you can get involved @ulresearch.bsky.social @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
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Delighted to have made it, despite ATC strikes, to #IMISCOE2025 as the heat subsides in Paris. Paper on the ongoing transnational lives of 2nd gen returnees. @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulresearch.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Delighted to have made it, despite ATC strikes, to #IMISCOE2025 as the heat subsides in Paris. Paper on the ongoing transnational lives of 2nd gen returnees. @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulresearch.bsky.social
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Researchers at UL are calling on the local community to get involved in a project aimed at locating and recording an important Irish heritage relic via a newly launched app.
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/new-ul-...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/new-ul-...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
July 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Researchers at UL are calling on the local community to get involved in a project aimed at locating and recording an important Irish heritage relic via a newly launched app.
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/new-ul-...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/new-ul-...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
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Thanks to everyone who supported our launch event today for 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage'. If you missed it, you can catch up here: shorturl.at/IBk0m
Scan the QR code below to access the project website and mobile app to start collecting bench marks in County Limerick!
Scan the QR code below to access the project website and mobile app to start collecting bench marks in County Limerick!
June 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thanks to everyone who supported our launch event today for 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage'. If you missed it, you can catch up here: shorturl.at/IBk0m
Scan the QR code below to access the project website and mobile app to start collecting bench marks in County Limerick!
Scan the QR code below to access the project website and mobile app to start collecting bench marks in County Limerick!
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“Locating Benchmarks, Preserving Heritage” project aims to locate and photograph the remaining Ordnance Survey benchmarks in County Limerick, estimate the loss of this important heritage, and move towards better recognition and protection of benchmarks.
More info: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
More info: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
June 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Locating Benchmarks, Preserving Heritage” project aims to locate and photograph the remaining Ordnance Survey benchmarks in County Limerick, estimate the loss of this important heritage, and move towards better recognition and protection of benchmarks.
More info: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
More info: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
We are pleased to advertise for a full-time, 2 year fixed term Associate Teacher in Geography with the School of History and Geography, @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Deadline: 12 noon, 4th July, 2025.
Search the UL job vacancies at shorturl.at/dghws for further details.
#JobFairy #AcademicJobs
Deadline: 12 noon, 4th July, 2025.
Search the UL job vacancies at shorturl.at/dghws for further details.
#JobFairy #AcademicJobs
June 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We are pleased to advertise for a full-time, 2 year fixed term Associate Teacher in Geography with the School of History and Geography, @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Deadline: 12 noon, 4th July, 2025.
Search the UL job vacancies at shorturl.at/dghws for further details.
#JobFairy #AcademicJobs
Deadline: 12 noon, 4th July, 2025.
Search the UL job vacancies at shorturl.at/dghws for further details.
#JobFairy #AcademicJobs
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We are pleased to share details of the Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage launch event at 1-2 pm on Friday, 27th June 2025.
The event is FREE and will be held online via MS Teams. All are welcome!
Please register for the event here: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
Or, the QR code below
The event is FREE and will be held online via MS Teams. All are welcome!
Please register for the event here: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
Or, the QR code below
June 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We are pleased to share details of the Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage launch event at 1-2 pm on Friday, 27th June 2025.
The event is FREE and will be held online via MS Teams. All are welcome!
Please register for the event here: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
Or, the QR code below
The event is FREE and will be held online via MS Teams. All are welcome!
Please register for the event here: ul.libcal.com/calendar/eve...
Or, the QR code below
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Delighted to announce that the 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' community collection app and website are coming soon.
Details of the launch event at the end of June will be released shortly!
Details of the launch event at the end of June will be released shortly!
June 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Delighted to announce that the 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' community collection app and website are coming soon.
Details of the launch event at the end of June will be released shortly!
Details of the launch event at the end of June will be released shortly!
Why not check out our Professional Diploma in Climate Adaptation and Sustainability with Springboard places available
UL secures Springboard funding for new future-focused programmes
The funding, for 218 students, enables learners to access 90-100% subsidised education in areas aligned with Ireland's future workforce needs
Find out more:
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The funding, for 218 students, enables learners to access 90-100% subsidised education in areas aligned with Ireland's future workforce needs
Find out more:
www.ul.ie/news/ul-secu...
#StudyatUL
June 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Why not check out our Professional Diploma in Climate Adaptation and Sustainability with Springboard places available
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Looking forward to this event next week when I’ll be talking about some of the latest research to come out of the #OS200 project @irelandmapped.bsky.social
Join us online on 21 March 12pm (BST) for the another event in our series on Environmental Digital Humanities:
@catsporter.bsky.social will give a talk titled "Exploring the Weather in Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland".
#digitalhumanities #skystorians
@kmcdono.bsky.social
@catsporter.bsky.social will give a talk titled "Exploring the Weather in Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland".
#digitalhumanities #skystorians
@kmcdono.bsky.social
Exploring the Weather in Early Nineteenth-Century Ireland (Dr C. Porter)
Join us for a deep dive into early 19th-century Ireland’s climate, as uncovered through the lens of the first OS digitised records.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Looking forward to this event next week when I’ll be talking about some of the latest research to come out of the #OS200 project @irelandmapped.bsky.social
At last week's @unioflimerick.bsky.social Research Week, @ulgeog.bsky.social's @lizgabbett.bsky.social was awarded the President's Staff Excellence Award for Sustainability, in recognition of her tireless efforts to improve our campus. Congratulations, Liz!
May 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
At last week's @unioflimerick.bsky.social Research Week, @ulgeog.bsky.social's @lizgabbett.bsky.social was awarded the President's Staff Excellence Award for Sustainability, in recognition of her tireless efforts to improve our campus. Congratulations, Liz!
Yesterday, we were delighted to cheer on 2nd year PE & Geography student, James Organ, as he presented his wildlife documentary for the UL Student Sustainability Challenge 24/25, and won! 🥇🎉
Check out: shorturl.at/EuLpT to see James' documentary and the other 4 finalist projects #ULRW25 #StudyAtUL
Check out: shorturl.at/EuLpT to see James' documentary and the other 4 finalist projects #ULRW25 #StudyAtUL
May 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Yesterday, we were delighted to cheer on 2nd year PE & Geography student, James Organ, as he presented his wildlife documentary for the UL Student Sustainability Challenge 24/25, and won! 🥇🎉
Check out: shorturl.at/EuLpT to see James' documentary and the other 4 finalist projects #ULRW25 #StudyAtUL
Check out: shorturl.at/EuLpT to see James' documentary and the other 4 finalist projects #ULRW25 #StudyAtUL