Niamh Ní Charra
@niamhnicharra.bsky.social
Professional archivist & multi award-winning musician. Chairperson
ARA Ireland (https://araireland.ie/). On ITMA board (www.itma.ie). Gaeilge 7 Fáilte. Sí/í. Opinions my own. Ally.
https://niamhnicharra.com/
ARA Ireland (https://araireland.ie/). On ITMA board (www.itma.ie). Gaeilge 7 Fáilte. Sí/í. Opinions my own. Ally.
https://niamhnicharra.com/
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An edited tweet 👇 from 12/2020. Seems a good way to start so you know it's me!
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It's release day! My new album #DonnellysArm is now available on 👇
niamhnicharra.bandcamp.com
Fill up those Xmas stockings & #SupportIndieMusic #BuyLocal #IrishMusic
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It's release day! My new album #DonnellysArm is now available on 👇
niamhnicharra.bandcamp.com
Fill up those Xmas stockings & #SupportIndieMusic #BuyLocal #IrishMusic
A pleasure to attend @ictmdireland.bsky.social conference at @mtu.ie yesterday to announce accession of their archive to @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social and to give mini presentation on its new home & the rich archive collections it will be joining. Many thanks to Chair Susan Motherway for the invite.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A pleasure to attend @ictmdireland.bsky.social conference at @mtu.ie yesterday to announce accession of their archive to @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social and to give mini presentation on its new home & the rich archive collections it will be joining. Many thanks to Chair Susan Motherway for the invite.
Calling all archivists, records mgrs, conservators & archive institutions on island of Ireland - if you've any events happening for Explore Your Archive Focus week, 29/11-7/12/25, send in details to either of our wonderful officers, @erinmck96.bsky.social or @rebeccaoneill.bsky.social !
#EYA2025
#EYA2025
If you are hosting any events during the focus week, please let our Comms Officer @rebeccaoneill.bsky.social & Campaigns Officer @erinmck96.bsky.social know
Events may include talks, exhibitions, workshops, book launches
Previous EYA events can be seen ⬇️
www.araireland.ie/explore-your...
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Events may include talks, exhibitions, workshops, book launches
Previous EYA events can be seen ⬇️
www.araireland.ie/explore-your...
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https://araireland.ie/explore-your-a…
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Calling all archivists, records mgrs, conservators & archive institutions on island of Ireland - if you've any events happening for Explore Your Archive Focus week, 29/11-7/12/25, send in details to either of our wonderful officers, @erinmck96.bsky.social or @rebeccaoneill.bsky.social !
#EYA2025
#EYA2025
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Here's the focus week themes. If you're taking part in the social media campaign please remember to tag ARA Ireland in your posts so we can share them!
@nlireland.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @araukie.bsky.social @irisharchives1970.bsky.social
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@nlireland.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @araukie.bsky.social @irisharchives1970.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here's the focus week themes. If you're taking part in the social media campaign please remember to tag ARA Ireland in your posts so we can share them!
@nlireland.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @araukie.bsky.social @irisharchives1970.bsky.social
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@nlireland.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @araukie.bsky.social @irisharchives1970.bsky.social
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🚨Less than a week to go 🚨
Have you got a ticket for our EYA launch night? Join us from 6pm on Nov 27th at the Custom House Visitor Centre for the start of @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Tickets are available ⬇️
www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...
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Have you got a ticket for our EYA launch night? Join us from 6pm on Nov 27th at the Custom House Visitor Centre for the start of @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Tickets are available ⬇️
www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🚨Less than a week to go 🚨
Have you got a ticket for our EYA launch night? Join us from 6pm on Nov 27th at the Custom House Visitor Centre for the start of @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Tickets are available ⬇️
www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...
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Have you got a ticket for our EYA launch night? Join us from 6pm on Nov 27th at the Custom House Visitor Centre for the start of @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Tickets are available ⬇️
www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...
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🚨 Reminder 🚨
The next lecture in the series - The Mincéirs Archive @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social - is at 1pm today.
Want to hear how community engagement helped develop this important archive. Click the link for tickets 🎟
www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...
The next lecture in the series - The Mincéirs Archive @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social - is at 1pm today.
Want to hear how community engagement helped develop this important archive. Click the link for tickets 🎟
www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🚨 Reminder 🚨
The next lecture in the series - The Mincéirs Archive @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social - is at 1pm today.
Want to hear how community engagement helped develop this important archive. Click the link for tickets 🎟
www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...
The next lecture in the series - The Mincéirs Archive @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social - is at 1pm today.
Want to hear how community engagement helped develop this important archive. Click the link for tickets 🎟
www.eventbrite.ie/o/ara-irelan...
Final touches done on my presentation on Mary Robinson Archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social for Irish Society for Archives lecture @dclareadingroom.bsky.social at 6pm. I’ll cover her 60-year legacy of advocacy & activism as evidenced in her archives, & the work to process and make it accessible.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Final touches done on my presentation on Mary Robinson Archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social for Irish Society for Archives lecture @dclareadingroom.bsky.social at 6pm. I’ll cover her 60-year legacy of advocacy & activism as evidenced in her archives, & the work to process and make it accessible.
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For the day thats in it! Check out the inauguration material from the Mary Robinson archive in the Archives & Special Collections Reading Room by @niamhnicharra.bsky.social
#inaugurationday
#presidentialarchive
#presidentofireland
#womenofireland
#historyinthemaking
#inaugurationday
#presidentialarchive
#presidentofireland
#womenofireland
#historyinthemaking
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
For the day thats in it! Check out the inauguration material from the Mary Robinson archive in the Archives & Special Collections Reading Room by @niamhnicharra.bsky.social
#inaugurationday
#presidentialarchive
#presidentofireland
#womenofireland
#historyinthemaking
#inaugurationday
#presidentialarchive
#presidentofireland
#womenofireland
#historyinthemaking
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Don lá atá ann! Tá taispeántas ó chartlann Máire Mhic Róibín leagtha amach ag @niamhnicharra.bsky.social do ábhar atá bainteach leis an searmanas insealbhaithe. Tá sé le feiceáil sa Seomra Leitheoireachta Cartlann agus Bailiúchán Speisialta💜
#uachtaránnahÉireann
#cartlanna
#gaeilge
#insealbhú
#uachtaránnahÉireann
#cartlanna
#gaeilge
#insealbhú
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Don lá atá ann! Tá taispeántas ó chartlann Máire Mhic Róibín leagtha amach ag @niamhnicharra.bsky.social do ábhar atá bainteach leis an searmanas insealbhaithe. Tá sé le feiceáil sa Seomra Leitheoireachta Cartlann agus Bailiúchán Speisialta💜
#uachtaránnahÉireann
#cartlanna
#gaeilge
#insealbhú
#uachtaránnahÉireann
#cartlanna
#gaeilge
#insealbhú
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I was delighted to be given the opportunity to present on Carbon Literacy and the GLAM sector to @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social staff yesterday ahead of #CarbonLiteracyActionDay tomorrow. (I even got to make a Lara Croft Tomb Raider reference!)
This follows on from training I undertook earlier in
I was delighted to be given the opportunity to present on Carbon Literacy and the GLAM sector to @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social staff yesterday ahead of #CarbonLiteracyActionDay tomorrow. (I even got to make a Lara Croft Tomb Raider reference!)
This follows on from training I undertook earlier in
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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I was delighted to be given the opportunity to present on Carbon Literacy and the GLAM sector to @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social staff yesterday ahead of #CarbonLiteracyActionDay tomorrow. (I even got to make a Lara Croft Tomb Raider reference!)
This follows on from training I undertook earlier in
I was delighted to be given the opportunity to present on Carbon Literacy and the GLAM sector to @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social staff yesterday ahead of #CarbonLiteracyActionDay tomorrow. (I even got to make a Lara Croft Tomb Raider reference!)
This follows on from training I undertook earlier in
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On his final day as @president.ie we’d like to acknowledge and thank President Michael D Higgins for his ongoing support for our sector. In Dec 2019 we welcomed him as guest of honour at an event held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of #ARAIreland and its predecessor org…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
On his final day as @president.ie we’d like to acknowledge and thank President Michael D Higgins for his ongoing support for our sector. In Dec 2019 we welcomed him as guest of honour at an event held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of #ARAIreland and its predecessor org…
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⏰ Reminder: ISA AGM & Lecture – 13th November at 6 PM ✨
Don't forget to join us at Dublin City Library for @niamhnicharra.bsky.social's talk on the Mary Robinson Archive! 📚
🕰️ Refreshments from 6 PM
👉 Register now via Eventbrite
#IrishArchives #MaryRobinson #Archives
Don't forget to join us at Dublin City Library for @niamhnicharra.bsky.social's talk on the Mary Robinson Archive! 📚
🕰️ Refreshments from 6 PM
👉 Register now via Eventbrite
#IrishArchives #MaryRobinson #Archives
A Legacy of Advocacy and Activism: An Overview of the Mary Robinson Archive
Niamh Ní Charra discusses her work on the archive of Mary Robinson and her career, and the process of preserving it for future generations.
www.eventbrite.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
⏰ Reminder: ISA AGM & Lecture – 13th November at 6 PM ✨
Don't forget to join us at Dublin City Library for @niamhnicharra.bsky.social's talk on the Mary Robinson Archive! 📚
🕰️ Refreshments from 6 PM
👉 Register now via Eventbrite
#IrishArchives #MaryRobinson #Archives
Don't forget to join us at Dublin City Library for @niamhnicharra.bsky.social's talk on the Mary Robinson Archive! 📚
🕰️ Refreshments from 6 PM
👉 Register now via Eventbrite
#IrishArchives #MaryRobinson #Archives
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On World Digital Preservation Day I'm delighted to re-share DRI's Irish language #DigiPres glossary released earlier this year, for which I was an advisor, and which followed on from a project I led in 2021 to designate over 200 archival terms in the Irish language #WDPD
On World Digital Preservation Day I'm delighted to re-share DRI's Irish language #DigiPres glossary released earlier this year, for which I was an advisor, and which followed on from a project I led in 2021 to designate over 200 archival terms in the Irish language #WDPD
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Join us for the Irish Society for Archives AGM & Lecture!
🗓️ Thurs, 13 Nov 2025, 6pm
📍 Dublin City Library & Archive
🎙️ @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on the Mary Robinson Archive: 60 years of advocacy & activism.
Register via Eventbrite! We hope to see you there!
#IrishArchives #EYA
🗓️ Thurs, 13 Nov 2025, 6pm
📍 Dublin City Library & Archive
🎙️ @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on the Mary Robinson Archive: 60 years of advocacy & activism.
Register via Eventbrite! We hope to see you there!
#IrishArchives #EYA
A Legacy of Advocacy and Activism: An Overview of the Mary Robinson Archive
Niamh Ní Charra discusses her work on the archive of Mary Robinson and her career, and the process of preserving it for future generations.
www.eventbrite.ie
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Join us for the Irish Society for Archives AGM & Lecture!
🗓️ Thurs, 13 Nov 2025, 6pm
📍 Dublin City Library & Archive
🎙️ @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on the Mary Robinson Archive: 60 years of advocacy & activism.
Register via Eventbrite! We hope to see you there!
#IrishArchives #EYA
🗓️ Thurs, 13 Nov 2025, 6pm
📍 Dublin City Library & Archive
🎙️ @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on the Mary Robinson Archive: 60 years of advocacy & activism.
Register via Eventbrite! We hope to see you there!
#IrishArchives #EYA
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Save the Date! 📢
Join us for our AGM & Lecture on Thurs, 13 November 2025 at 6pm in Dublin City Library & Archive.
Featuring @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on “A 60 Year Legacy of Advocacy and Activism – The Mary Robinson Archive.”
More details & registration link coming soon! 👀
#IrishArchives #EYA
Join us for our AGM & Lecture on Thurs, 13 November 2025 at 6pm in Dublin City Library & Archive.
Featuring @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on “A 60 Year Legacy of Advocacy and Activism – The Mary Robinson Archive.”
More details & registration link coming soon! 👀
#IrishArchives #EYA
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Save the Date! 📢
Join us for our AGM & Lecture on Thurs, 13 November 2025 at 6pm in Dublin City Library & Archive.
Featuring @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on “A 60 Year Legacy of Advocacy and Activism – The Mary Robinson Archive.”
More details & registration link coming soon! 👀
#IrishArchives #EYA
Join us for our AGM & Lecture on Thurs, 13 November 2025 at 6pm in Dublin City Library & Archive.
Featuring @niamhnicharra.bsky.social on “A 60 Year Legacy of Advocacy and Activism – The Mary Robinson Archive.”
More details & registration link coming soon! 👀
#IrishArchives #EYA
A potentially over-ambitious start I’ve mapped out for myself on 1st full day #ICABarcelona25 😜
Today I’m happy catching lots of interesting & varied presentations - tomorrow I’ll present on Mary Robinson archive & proudly fly 🇮🇪 as sole Irish archivist at ICA Congress.
@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
Today I’m happy catching lots of interesting & varied presentations - tomorrow I’ll present on Mary Robinson archive & proudly fly 🇮🇪 as sole Irish archivist at ICA Congress.
@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A potentially over-ambitious start I’ve mapped out for myself on 1st full day #ICABarcelona25 😜
Today I’m happy catching lots of interesting & varied presentations - tomorrow I’ll present on Mary Robinson archive & proudly fly 🇮🇪 as sole Irish archivist at ICA Congress.
@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
Today I’m happy catching lots of interesting & varied presentations - tomorrow I’ll present on Mary Robinson archive & proudly fly 🇮🇪 as sole Irish archivist at ICA Congress.
@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
Ercus Stewart, Senior Counsel & Arbitrator, running in #DublinMarathon 35 yrs ago in support of Mary Robinson for President, from her archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social. Vote was 7th Nov in 1990. I wonder if anyone running today was celebrating Catherine Connolly’s win yesterday?!
#Áras25
#Áras25
October 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ercus Stewart, Senior Counsel & Arbitrator, running in #DublinMarathon 35 yrs ago in support of Mary Robinson for President, from her archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social. Vote was 7th Nov in 1990. I wonder if anyone running today was celebrating Catherine Connolly’s win yesterday?!
#Áras25
#Áras25
Now that count is complete in #Áras25 Presidential election I can share this item from Mary Robinson archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social A ballot paper from 35 years ago that went astray, was found when centre was used for local elections in 1991, framed and gifted to MR. Just an idea in case…😜
October 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Now that count is complete in #Áras25 Presidential election I can share this item from Mary Robinson archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social A ballot paper from 35 years ago that went astray, was found when centre was used for local elections in 1991, framed and gifted to MR. Just an idea in case…😜
From Mary Robinson archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social an admission ticket to central count in RDS . I’ve a feeling the count this time around will be a lot faster! Pass was Bride Rosney’s - close friend, campaign committee member & later special adviser to MR
#Áras25
#Áras25
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
From Mary Robinson archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social an admission ticket to central count in RDS . I’ve a feeling the count this time around will be a lot faster! Pass was Bride Rosney’s - close friend, campaign committee member & later special adviser to MR
#Áras25
#Áras25
One of my fav items in a recent accrual to Mary Robinson archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social : a pro @fiannafailparty.bsky.social candidate Brian Lenihan ad in Irish Press day b4 voting day. Subsequently signed by winning Left candidate herself, framed & now in her archive. The shade 🤣🤣
#Áras25
#Áras25
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One of my fav items in a recent accrual to Mary Robinson archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social : a pro @fiannafailparty.bsky.social candidate Brian Lenihan ad in Irish Press day b4 voting day. Subsequently signed by winning Left candidate herself, framed & now in her archive. The shade 🤣🤣
#Áras25
#Áras25
35 years ago Mary Robinson wrote to heads of 3rd level institutions requesting lectures be cancelled on voting day or students not be penalised for missing them to go #HomeToVote, esp those on grants. Sample letter and various responses in her archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
#Áras25
#Áras25
October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
35 years ago Mary Robinson wrote to heads of 3rd level institutions requesting lectures be cancelled on voting day or students not be penalised for missing them to go #HomeToVote, esp those on grants. Sample letter and various responses in her archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
#Áras25
#Áras25
Imagine going to vote for the next President of Ireland and having the choice to vote for your own child?! That’s what Dr Aubrey Bourke had when he (presumably!) voted for daughter Mary Robinson 35 years ago! We have his polling card @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social
#Áras25
#Áras25
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Imagine going to vote for the next President of Ireland and having the choice to vote for your own child?! That’s what Dr Aubrey Bourke had when he (presumably!) voted for daughter Mary Robinson 35 years ago! We have his polling card @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social
#Áras25
#Áras25
What better way to get voting day off to a lively start than to share these alternative lyrics to Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs Robinson, which can be found in the #PresidentialElection material of Robinson’s archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social
#Áras25
#Áras25
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What better way to get voting day off to a lively start than to share these alternative lyrics to Simon and Garfunkel’s Mrs Robinson, which can be found in the #PresidentialElection material of Robinson’s archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social
#Áras25
#Áras25
From Mary Robinson’s archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social #PresidentialElection campaign ephemera, contact sheet for promo photos that didn’t make the cut, & sample and draft posters and taglines covering the various themes and messages the campaign wanted to deliver to public. 1/3
#Áras25
#Áras25
October 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
From Mary Robinson’s archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social #PresidentialElection campaign ephemera, contact sheet for promo photos that didn’t make the cut, & sample and draft posters and taglines covering the various themes and messages the campaign wanted to deliver to public. 1/3
#Áras25
#Áras25
As promised I’ll be sharing material from the Mary Robinson archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social that relates to #PresidentialElection campaign to get us in the mood for tomorrow’s vote!
What better way to kick off than to share not just the iconic poster but it’s Pantone numbers!
#Aras25
What better way to kick off than to share not just the iconic poster but it’s Pantone numbers!
#Aras25
October 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As promised I’ll be sharing material from the Mary Robinson archive @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social that relates to #PresidentialElection campaign to get us in the mood for tomorrow’s vote!
What better way to kick off than to share not just the iconic poster but it’s Pantone numbers!
#Aras25
What better way to kick off than to share not just the iconic poster but it’s Pantone numbers!
#Aras25
A mini exhibition now running in @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social featuring material from Mary Robinson archive covering #PresidentialElection campaign. I’ll be sharing individual items over the next few days to whet the appetite for #Aras25 !
Stay tuned and/or come see!
Stay tuned and/or come see!
October 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A mini exhibition now running in @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social featuring material from Mary Robinson archive covering #PresidentialElection campaign. I’ll be sharing individual items over the next few days to whet the appetite for #Aras25 !
Stay tuned and/or come see!
Stay tuned and/or come see!