Margaret O Sullivan
@mudderofpearl.bsky.social
MA in Local History. Interests Landed estate and 19th century Irish social history. PhD researcher MIC. Part time tutor MIC and UL.
Thank you to @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social for publishing my article which can be read on the following linkhttps://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/1030/1541287-ireland-history-land-agent-records-tenants-communities/
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Thank you to @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social for publishing my article which can be read on the following linkhttps://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/1030/1541287-ireland-history-land-agent-records-tenants-communities/
Delighted to receive copies of my very first publication hot off the press. Thanks to Michael Potterton @maynoothuniversity.ie and Anthony @fourcourtspress. Without @clodaghtait.bsky.social this work would not have been completed. @ulhistory.bsky.social #miclimerick
September 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Delighted to receive copies of my very first publication hot off the press. Thanks to Michael Potterton @maynoothuniversity.ie and Anthony @fourcourtspress. Without @clodaghtait.bsky.social this work would not have been completed. @ulhistory.bsky.social #miclimerick
Any suggestions where information on the murder of Daniel Quer April 1762 might be found? Headstone records his murderers as John Hutley, John Brien and John Pooer [Power] & others. Daniel a Welsh man was employed in the Killaloe Slate Quarries near Portroe, Tipperary. @clodaghtait.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Any suggestions where information on the murder of Daniel Quer April 1762 might be found? Headstone records his murderers as John Hutley, John Brien and John Pooer [Power] & others. Daniel a Welsh man was employed in the Killaloe Slate Quarries near Portroe, Tipperary. @clodaghtait.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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Go Margaret @mudderofpearl.bsky.social @ulgeog.bsky.social!
If you want to find out more about 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' and how you can get involved in the hunt, please check out our website shorturl.at/eVTWk
If you want to find out more about 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' and how you can get involved in the hunt, please check out our website shorturl.at/eVTWk
July 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Go Margaret @mudderofpearl.bsky.social @ulgeog.bsky.social!
If you want to find out more about 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' and how you can get involved in the hunt, please check out our website shorturl.at/eVTWk
If you want to find out more about 'Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage' and how you can get involved in the hunt, please check out our website shorturl.at/eVTWk
Delighted to be associated with this article. Thank you @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social for sharing.
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: the story behind the benchmarks chiselled into buildings, walls and bridges around Ireland. 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
www.rte.ie
July 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Delighted to be associated with this article. Thank you @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social for sharing.
Reposted by Margaret O Sullivan
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: the story behind the benchmarks chiselled into buildings, walls and bridges around Ireland. 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
www.rte.ie
July 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: the story behind the benchmarks chiselled into buildings, walls and bridges around Ireland. By @catsporter.bsky.social & Margaret O'Sullivan @unioflimerick.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Reposted by Margaret O Sullivan
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
www.rte.ie
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...
Tut tut. Carrying out survey work on the Sabbath. Nenagh Guardian 12 July 1882. How times have changed in 143 years!
June 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tut tut. Carrying out survey work on the Sabbath. Nenagh Guardian 12 July 1882. How times have changed in 143 years!
So much fun making these fidgets for #BallycommonCrafters latest project, #fidgetblankets for people living with #alzheimers in our local communities. #ireland @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
So much fun making these fidgets for #BallycommonCrafters latest project, #fidgetblankets for people living with #alzheimers in our local communities. #ireland @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social
Not in my lawn but a relatives. He was thrilled to discover that his efforts in no mow May have paid off. #beeorchid #biodiversityireland #nomowmay
June 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Not in my lawn but a relatives. He was thrilled to discover that his efforts in no mow May have paid off. #beeorchid #biodiversityireland #nomowmay
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A new project led by Dr Catherine Porter, Associate Professor in Geography at UL, aims to locate, record and move towards the preservation of an ‘important heritage relic’ from nineteenth-century Ireland for the very first time.
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/new-ul-...
#StudyAtUL #StayCurious
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/new-ul-...
#StudyAtUL #StayCurious
April 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A new project led by Dr Catherine Porter, Associate Professor in Geography at UL, aims to locate, record and move towards the preservation of an ‘important heritage relic’ from nineteenth-century Ireland for the very first time.
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/new-ul-...
#StudyAtUL #StayCurious
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/new-ul-...
#StudyAtUL #StayCurious
Portumna Castle garden resplendent in sunshine today @opwireland.bsky.social #visit portumna #discoverloughderg
April 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Portumna Castle garden resplendent in sunshine today @opwireland.bsky.social #visit portumna #discoverloughderg
Potumna Castle kitchen garden is resplendent in the sun today @opwireland.bsky.social #visitPortumna @discoverloughderg
April 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Potumna Castle kitchen garden is resplendent in the sun today @opwireland.bsky.social #visitPortumna @discoverloughderg
Was on this cruise when the unfortunate event occurred. A huge shout out to @norwegiancruise.bsky.social and the staff on the Epic who responded immediately. Thoughts are with the family of the deceased man. eu.floridatoday.com/story/news/2...
Passenger goes overboard from Norwegian Cruise Line that launched from Florida. What we know
The search has been called off for a man who went overboard on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship on the way to the Bahamas. Here's what we know
eu.floridatoday.com
December 29, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Was on this cruise when the unfortunate event occurred. A huge shout out to @norwegiancruise.bsky.social and the staff on the Epic who responded immediately. Thoughts are with the family of the deceased man. eu.floridatoday.com/story/news/2...