Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
@virtualtreasury.bsky.social
www.virtualtreasury.ie
An All-Island & International Legacy from Decade of Centenaries
Core partners: National Archives Ireland, The National Archives UK, Public Record Office Northern Ireland, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Library Trinity College Dublin
An All-Island & International Legacy from Decade of Centenaries
Core partners: National Archives Ireland, The National Archives UK, Public Record Office Northern Ireland, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Library Trinity College Dublin
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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...
The many records shared by TNA on the VRTI can be found on TNA's browse page here: virtualtreasury.ie/browse/The_N...
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
Sound the ALARM ‼️ 📢 Two new works authored by VRTI team members have recently been published!
virtualtreasury.ie/news/sound-t...
virtualtreasury.ie/news/sound-t...
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
#PublicHistory #DigitalHistory #ParticipatoryHistory #CivicEngagement #HistoryfromBelow @historytcd.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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
#PublicHistory #DigitalHistory #ParticipatoryHistory #CivicEngagement #HistoryfromBelow @historytcd.bsky.social
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...
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
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...
The many records shared by TNA on the VRTI can be found on TNA's browse page here: virtualtreasury.ie/browse/The_N...
#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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December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#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:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#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
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
#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
Watch it here: youtu.be/XCDrFgHEsbw
#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...
Jump in here: virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#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...
Jump in here: virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
#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
#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.
#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.
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#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.
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
#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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December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#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.
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/r...
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/r...
#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.
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/s...
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#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.
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/s...
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/s...
#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.
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/C...
150 years ago Henry Savage Sweetman published the first of five volumes that would become foundational to the study of medieval Ireland.
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/C...
December 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#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.
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/C...
150 years ago Henry Savage Sweetman published the first of five volumes that would become foundational to the study of medieval Ireland.
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/C...
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
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
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
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
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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'.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Thinking of the student Mary Young who 106 years ago today 'said "shan't" under [her] breath when told to repeat poor work'.
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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
@langslitscultures.bsky.social
She is seeking participants aged 50+ to understand how mourning in Ireland has changed.
Learn more: youtu.be/AOtVXYo7llg
@langslitscultures.bsky.social
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
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
@langslitscultures.bsky.social
She is seeking participants aged 50+ to understand how mourning in Ireland has changed.
Learn more: youtu.be/AOtVXYo7llg
@langslitscultures.bsky.social
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
www.virtualtreasury.ie/portals/popu...
Spread the word ! 😀📢
We have found people from every county - and the detective work continues… 👀📜🔎
Search for your family between 1766 and 1891 on our Population Portal
www.virtualtreasury.ie/portals/popu...
Spread the word ! 😀📢
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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
www.virtualtreasury.ie/portals/popu...
Spread the word ! 😀📢
We have found people from every county - and the detective work continues… 👀📜🔎
Search for your family between 1766 and 1891 on our Population Portal
www.virtualtreasury.ie/portals/popu...
Spread the word ! 😀📢
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
virtualtreasury.ie/item/RIA-GSA...
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
virtualtreasury.ie/item/RIA-GSA...
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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
virtualtreasury.ie/item/RIA-GSA...
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
virtualtreasury.ie/item/RIA-GSA...
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Earlier this year, VOICES' own Dr Bronagh Ann McShane (@bamcshane.bsky.social) delivered the opening keynote lecture at the annual Catholic Record Society Conference in Leeds, with her paper entitled: 'Hiding in Plain Sight: Women, Agency and Catholicism in the Early Modern Courts'. Read more here:
Keynote Lecture at the Catholic Record Society Hiding in Plain Sight: Women, Agency, and Catholicism in Early Modern Ireland - VOICES
By Dr Bronagh Ann McShane In July 2025, I had the pleasure of delivering the opening keynote lecture at the annual Catholic Record Society Conference, held at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. My paper, ‘Hiding ...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Earlier this year, VOICES' own Dr Bronagh Ann McShane (@bamcshane.bsky.social) delivered the opening keynote lecture at the annual Catholic Record Society Conference in Leeds, with her paper entitled: 'Hiding in Plain Sight: Women, Agency and Catholicism in the Early Modern Courts'. Read more here:
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Our great thanks to Jane Ohlmeyer who gave the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture on Friday evening.
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane Ohlmeyer delivers the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture - RHS
On 21 November, the Society was delighted to welcome Professor Jane Ohlmeyer to give the 2025 RHS Anniversary Lecture: ‘Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland’. Jane's lecture in...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our great thanks to Jane Ohlmeyer who gave the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture on Friday evening.
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
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It was such an honour to give this lecture about @voicestcd.bsky.social
A huge thank you to the amazing team at @royalhistsoc.org & to everyone who joined us.
A huge thank you to the amazing team at @royalhistsoc.org & to everyone who joined us.
Our great thanks to Jane Ohlmeyer who gave the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture on Friday evening.
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane Ohlmeyer delivers the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture - RHS
On 21 November, the Society was delighted to welcome Professor Jane Ohlmeyer to give the 2025 RHS Anniversary Lecture: ‘Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland’. Jane's lecture in...
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It was such an honour to give this lecture about @voicestcd.bsky.social
A huge thank you to the amazing team at @royalhistsoc.org & to everyone who joined us.
A huge thank you to the amazing team at @royalhistsoc.org & to everyone who joined us.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight in Kilkenny for our local roadshow and the launch of Keith Busby's The Statute of Kilkenny (IMC)!
🕠 6:45 – 9:00 PM
📍 Mayfair Library, Kilkenny
@kilkennycoco.bsky.social
🕠 6:45 – 9:00 PM
📍 Mayfair Library, Kilkenny
@kilkennycoco.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight in Kilkenny for our local roadshow and the launch of Keith Busby's The Statute of Kilkenny (IMC)!
🕠 6:45 – 9:00 PM
📍 Mayfair Library, Kilkenny
@kilkennycoco.bsky.social
🕠 6:45 – 9:00 PM
📍 Mayfair Library, Kilkenny
@kilkennycoco.bsky.social
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A @virtualtreasury.bsky.social panel, 'Digital Approaches to the History of Ireland in the Age of Revolutions'.
The speakers introduce the VRTI, discuss the technology behind the Treasury, and demonstrate how it can be used to study Ireland in the Age of Revolutions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po3T...
The speakers introduce the VRTI, discuss the technology behind the Treasury, and demonstrate how it can be used to study Ireland in the Age of Revolutions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po3T...
Digital Approaches to the History of Ireland in the Age of Revolutions
YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A @virtualtreasury.bsky.social panel, 'Digital Approaches to the History of Ireland in the Age of Revolutions'.
The speakers introduce the VRTI, discuss the technology behind the Treasury, and demonstrate how it can be used to study Ireland in the Age of Revolutions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po3T...
The speakers introduce the VRTI, discuss the technology behind the Treasury, and demonstrate how it can be used to study Ireland in the Age of Revolutions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po3T...
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A second keynote from Prof. Nicholas Canny, 'Interconnections between Ireland and North America in the Era of Revolutions, c1760-c1848'.
A little known Irish book on the revolution is used to weave together a sprawling story of a connected revolutionary Atlantic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Ju...
A little known Irish book on the revolution is used to weave together a sprawling story of a connected revolutionary Atlantic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Ju...
Ireland and the American Revolution Keynote Address 2 | Prof. Nicholas Canny MRIA
YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A second keynote from Prof. Nicholas Canny, 'Interconnections between Ireland and North America in the Era of Revolutions, c1760-c1848'.
A little known Irish book on the revolution is used to weave together a sprawling story of a connected revolutionary Atlantic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Ju...
A little known Irish book on the revolution is used to weave together a sprawling story of a connected revolutionary Atlantic.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Ju...
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Highlighting these one last time:
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.
Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4F...
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.
Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4F...
Ireland and the American Revolution Keynote Address | Prof Eliga Gould
YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Highlighting these one last time:
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.
Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4F...
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.
Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4F...
☁️ Before cloud storage, there was… Thomas Innes of Inistioge. In 1831 he hand-copied the entire parish census into an old enumerator’s notebook, for no clear reason. Good thing he did: the original was destroyed in 1922.
![VRTI M 1/4 — Census of the population of the estates of William Tighe esquire in the county of Kilkenny, taken in 1831, and copied from the government returns [Inistioge]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lpeuvpzstxbn4zomtnfzvwa/bafkreibx7eh557bsb3b345s4twv77sxchciyax3kuq3yutkcoqrhfiv4ra@jpeg)
![VRTI M 1/4 — Census of the population of the estates of William Tighe esquire in the county of Kilkenny, taken in 1831, and copied from the government returns [Inistioge]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lpeuvpzstxbn4zomtnfzvwa/bafkreihmlccwrqr2lzzf2yh6c4ub3qwixmhwcm6v7ol6n6gijcbn2fmuku@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
☁️ Before cloud storage, there was… Thomas Innes of Inistioge. In 1831 he hand-copied the entire parish census into an old enumerator’s notebook, for no clear reason. Good thing he did: the original was destroyed in 1922.
#WomenInRebellion We hope you've enjoyed this series (curated by our colleague @timvrti.bsky.social)! These voices — from courtrooms, safehouses, prison cells, and family rooms — reveal women as actors, witnesses, and narrators in the 1798 Rebellion.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#WomenInRebellion We hope you've enjoyed this series (curated by our colleague @timvrti.bsky.social)! These voices — from courtrooms, safehouses, prison cells, and family rooms — reveal women as actors, witnesses, and narrators in the 1798 Rebellion.