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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 21d
📢 NEXT ROADSHOW: We're headed to the Treaty City! Join us in Limerick on 11 February for our next VRTI Roadshow. We'll be hosted by Limerick City and County Council Archives Services and Library, the Limerick Museum, and the People's Museum of Limerick.

More details here: bit.ly/4r0Ej2M
Finding Limerick in the Virtual Treasury of Ireland
Exploring the history of Limerick and its people through the lens of the Virtual Treasury of Ireland's exciting online resource
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59 items from the 1766 religious census, Ireland's 1st census, survived the destruction of the Public Record Office in 1922.

This return, for the Union of Abington, in east County Limerick, dated 9 April 1766, is one of the finest of these very rare survivors.

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February 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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If you want to escape from thinking about current crisis by thinking about past crises 🤔, Paul Dryburgh and I are giving a @ihr.bsky.social seminar paper on Friday 13 February.

Come for embezzlement scandals, stay for Paul's thoughts on the Mortimer family.

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Responding to crisis: the Irish exchequer, 1318-1331
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February 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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St Brigid in the landscape of Irish history.
Just four of many mentions of abbeys dedicated to St Brigid from our partner's collections.
A land dispute in 1313, surrenders under Henry VIII, and a land grant c. 1619.
#Brigid #Wexford #Meath #Tipperary
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https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-KB-2-5-105-6-1 National Archives Ireland Justiciary Roll, 7 Edward II, roll 105, membrane 6 dorse. Tipperary. The assize came to recognise whether Patrick de Caunteton and Desiderata his wife unjustly disseised the prioress of the house of the blessed Brigid of Moylagh of her free tenement in Moylagh, and whereof she complains that they disseised her of six shillings and eight pence worth of rent with the appurtenances. And Patrick and Desiderata did not come. https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/PROI-PUB-Chancery1-1127 Annual report of Deputy Keeper of Public Records. Surrender of the abbey or monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of Kilcowle, etc. including: 'Surrender of the convent, or house, of St Brigid, of Molaghe, Co Tipperary, by Johanna Powere the Abbesse, with the consent of the convent...' https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/RCBL-Ms-104-1-203 Representative Church Body Library, Dublin. Co. Meath. Surrender of convent of St Brigid of Odder by Margaret Shylke, abbess. 'A surrender by Margaret Shylke, Abbess and the convent of St Brigid of Odder of the order of St Augustine, which with their assent and consent, with deliberate minds, certain knowledge ... of their own accord have granted up and confirmed to King Hen. 8. Defender of the Faith [etc.] ... all the abbey... precinct, church, steeple, and cemetery [and list of land holdings, rents etc.].' https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-Lodge-4-78 National Archives Ireland. Co. Wexford Grant to Sir ADAM LOFTUS of land in Wexford and Dublin. An extensive list of lands granted, including: 'The rectories of ... St Brigid of Tamon [Taghmon], Whitchurch.'
February 1, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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Take a look at the latest blog on @virtualtreasury.bsky.social highlighting the Registry of Deeds Memorial No. 1 registered on March 29, 1708.

Memorial No. 1 is the first official record in Ireland's Registry of Deeds and part of Tailte Éireann’s archives located in Henrietta Street, Dublin.
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116,090 days ago a Limerick land transaction became Memorial No. 1 in the brand-new Registry of Deeds!

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Want to see more?
👉 Come along on Wed 11 Feb to the Limerick Roadshow

Admission free bit.ly/4r0Ej2M

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ROD PR/TB/1/1/1 — Transcript of Memorial 1 (Inman to Hawkins). The original Memorial number is represented in each item reference code. Description created by the Registry of Deeds, January 2021. PUB DS 2/15 — The Barony of Coshlea in the County of Limrick at a scale of 160 perches to 1 inch. 39 x 53 cm. A map showing parish boundaries in the Barony of Coshlea. Each boundary is highlighted in a different colour.
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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116,090 days ago a Limerick land transaction became Memorial No. 1 in the brand-new Registry of Deeds!

🧐 virtualtreasury.ie/hidden-stori...

Want to see more?
👉 Come along on Wed 11 Feb to the Limerick Roadshow

Admission free bit.ly/4r0Ej2M

@tailteeireann.bsky.social
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ROD PR/TB/1/1/1 — Transcript of Memorial 1 (Inman to Hawkins). The original Memorial number is represented in each item reference code. Description created by the Registry of Deeds, January 2021. PUB DS 2/15 — The Barony of Coshlea in the County of Limrick at a scale of 160 perches to 1 inch. 39 x 53 cm. A map showing parish boundaries in the Barony of Coshlea. Each boundary is highlighted in a different colour.
January 28, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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I had great fun bringing together material from @virtualtreasury.bsky.social with the England's immigrants database to look at people immigrating to and between England and Ireland in the middle ages.
thenacbs.bsky.social TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 17d
“Humans have been on the move to and among these islands for as long as we have records and as far back as we can see in the archaeology.”

In the latest for Broadsides, @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social draws on the England's Immigrants Project to explore medieval migration to England & Ireland.
Medieval Migration
“Humans have been on the move to and among these islands for as long as we have records and as far back as we can see in the archaeology.”
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January 23, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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📢 NEXT ROADSHOW: We're headed to the Treaty City! Join us in Limerick on 11 February for our next VRTI Roadshow. We'll be hosted by Limerick City and County Council Archives Services and Library, the Limerick Museum, and the People's Museum of Limerick.

More details here: bit.ly/4r0Ej2M
Finding Limerick in the Virtual Treasury of Ireland
Exploring the history of Limerick and its people through the lens of the Virtual Treasury of Ireland's exciting online resource
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January 19, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Ancient illustration of a mythical figure with intricate designs on a beige background. Bold text reads "WATCH THIS SPACE...".
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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Today is #NollaignamBan so we thought we'd feature Mary Whitshed, from the Guild of St Anne Collection. Her seal below was impressed onto a grant from the Guild for a plot of ground in Cooke Street, Dublin, 1723 — just behind St. Audoen's Church in the Liberties!

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RIA GSA/25/1 — Deeds of the Guild of St Anne, 9 George I, Item 1 (13 February 1723)
January 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Sound the ALARM ‼️ 📢 Two new works authored by VRTI team members have recently been published!

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December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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The VRTI Team were delighted to be awarded @trinitycivic.bsky.social's Civically Engaged Research Award for 2026 for a public history project titled ‘Mapping Memories’.

#PublicHistory #DigitalHistory #ParticipatoryHistory #CivicEngagement #HistoryfromBelow @historytcd.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Thanks for following this week's #TNAConnections series with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy.

The many records shared by TNA on the VRTI can be found on TNA's browse page here: virtualtreasury.ie/browse/The_N...
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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#TNAConnections In September, we collaborated with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy on a series of three talks called 'Finding Ireland' using TNA records shared with the Virtual Treasury. These can be viewed as a playlist on our YouTube channel:

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The National Archives building at Kew, London. Source: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, Wikimedia Commons
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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#TNAConnections @briangurrin.bsky.social, VRTI Census Specialist, joins Dr Jessamy Carlson, Family and Local History Engagement Lead @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy for a discussion about various ways the VRTI can be used for genealogical research.

Watch it here: youtu.be/XCDrFgHEsbw
Tracing your Irish Ancestors (TNA Webinar Series)
Dr Brian Gurrin, VRTI Research Fellow in Census and Population Records, joins Dr Jessamy Carlson, Family and Local History Engagement Lead, The National Archives (UK) for a discussion about various…
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December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#TNAConnections The Home Office (Ireland) Correspondence held at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy — also known as the HO 100 series — letters written by high-ranking officials in Dublin Castle, addressed to the central administration in London.

Jump in here: virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
Ordnance Survey map of 1847. Image taken from Frank Cullen's Book on the 1847 Dublin Ordnance Survey maps.
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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#TNAConnections The Philadelphia Papers — In the 1700s a historian took six volumes from Dublin Castle to write a history of the Plantation of Ulster, but he never gave them back. Later they found their way across the Atlantic to the Library Company of Philadelphia.
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#TNAConnections Our Curated Collection, 'Irish Kings and English Rulers', focuses on the complex relationship between municpal Irish, medieval kings and the English crown. This collection features many documents shared by @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy.

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Artist: Simon Francois Ravenet (1706 - 1774) Title: Richard II, 1367 - 1400. King of England Source: National Galleries of Scotland
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#TNAConnections Dating back to the 13th century and continuing for nearly 200 years, the records of the medieval Irish exchequer are gathered in another of our Gold Seams, called Royal Revenue, 1270–1450.

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Royal clerks often used images (often cartoons) as instantly recognisable common reference markers. Other examples include pointing fingers, heads and faces, animals or, for the Welsh in the same volume, of an archer wearing just one shoe. Liber A, Hibernia (TNA, E 36/274).
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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#TNAConnections Another great Gold Seam you can explore on the VRTI is that of the State Papers Ireland, 1660–1715 (TNA SP 63), an assembled collection of official letters, private papers, and correspondence that is held at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy.

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December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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#TNAConnections Have you had a chance to explore our newest Gold Seam, Parchment Conquest (1171–1307)?

150 years ago Henry Savage Sweetman published the first of five volumes that would become foundational to the study of medieval Ireland.

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December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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This week we'll be highlighting our collaborations with @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy in a series called #TNAConnections.

Check out this video introducing some of the historical collections shared by TNA on the VRTI to jump in and explore Ireland's past! youtu.be/gclHIjJSBW8
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Thinking of the student Mary Young who 106 years ago today 'said "shan't" under [her] breath when told to repeat poor work'.
A page from the Dorney School punishment book showing various students, their offences, and their punishments
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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How have livestreamed funerals and online condolences changed how people mourn? TCD PhD researcher @smora.bsky.social wants to find out.

She is seeking participants aged 50+ to understand how mourning in Ireland has changed.

Learn more: youtu.be/AOtVXYo7llg

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Call for participants: How has technology and Covid-19 transformed grief in Ireland?
YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities
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December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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We are now up to 98,000 (!) names recovered from the lost censuses of Ireland.

We have found people from every county - and the detective work continues… 👀📜🔎

Search for your family between 1766 and 1891 on our Population Portal
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Spread the word ! 😀📢
Image from National Library of Ireland. Carts, dealers, etc, in foreground, crowded grandstand in background Call No: STP_1109 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/8423486930/ Image from National Library of Ireland: Crowd, including soldiers and others in stand, viewing event possibly race meeting Call No: STP_1108 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/8422393425/
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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This deed from the Guild of St Anne Gold Seam contains some beautiful Gothic #paleography.

From Theresa O'Byrne: "The N has an open rose in the center, and the initial stroke ends in light, curled, foliate sprays."

#ExploreYourArchive #EYAMedieval

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RIA GSA/9/81 – Deeds of the Guild of St Anne, 28 Henry VI, Item 81 (4 March 1450). Document Type: Power of Attorney Content: Joan, who was wife of John Stafford, baker, deceased, and David Rowe, executors of the testament of the said John Stafford, make John Brailis of Dublin, clerk, their attorney to place Robert Burnell, Master, William Grampe and William Graas, Wardens of the Guild in possession of two tenements in St Audoen’s parish (1450).
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM