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Wikimedia Community Ireland is a non-profit, volunteer-driven organisation that promotes the creation, promotion, and dissemination of free knowledge.
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🧬To promote the #WikiScience, we have launched a collection of bilingual postcards that can be found at libraries, galleries, museums and universities across Ireland now!

✨To enter the contest, submit your photographs to Wikimedia Commons in November.

🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/47v5zf6t

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Tá ár gcomórtas grianghrafadóireachta seo ar oscailt go 30 Samhain. Tá fáilte roimh gach ábhar eolaíochta - ón réalteolaíocht go micreascóip, ó dhúlra na hÉireann go micribhitheolaíocht. Tuilleadh eolais: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There’s still time to enter #WikiScience 2025!📸 🌋

Passionate about science? Work in a lab? Did you manage to spot the Northern Lights last week? Wiki Science is calling you!

The photo contest is open until Nov 3, lots of prizes to be won!

🌍 Upload here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
November 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Save the date! Community Meeting this day next week! 📆

The next Wikimedia Community Ireland monthly online meet-up will be happening on November 25th at 6 pm. 🌟

For more: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/28/n...
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Every monument has a story, celebrating the Winners of Wiki Loves Monuments Ireland 🏛️📸

Entries use a Creative Commons Share-Alike license, which means the images can be used widely for free by everyone around the world ✨
#openaccess #openknowledge #OpenHeritage
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Some inspo for the Wiki Science #photocompetition. This photo of Poolbeg Lighthouse in Dublin was a previous winner under the astronomy category.

✨Find out what other categories you can submit and upload your photos here: tinyurl.com/bddhu5cf
Anthony's astro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📣Wiki Science Ireland 2025 Judging Panel!

Proudly introducing the judges for the #photocontest open until Nov. 30

🧬Dr Ruth Freeman, @researchireland.ie
🔬Mark “the Science Guy” @marklangtry.bsky.social
🌟Shakeela Singh, #scienceweekireland

🔗 Learn more and submit your entries: tinyurl.com/5drdkwkk
Announcing the Wiki Science Ireland 2025 Judging Panel! - Wikimedia Community Ireland
We’re delighted to introduce the expert judging panel for Wiki Science Ireland 2025, part of the international Wiki Science Competition, celebrating the beauty and diversity of science through photogr...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are looking for a new Irish Language Officer to join the team ☘️

Get your applications in before Monday!

✨Tuilleadh eolais anseo: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Job Opportunity: Oifigeach Gaeilge (Irish Language Officer) - Wikimedia Community Ireland
Is é Pobal Wikimedia Éireann, an eagraíocht náisiúnta chleamhnaithe de chuid Fhondúireacht Wikimedia in Éirinn, ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge. Is post lánaimseartha é seo agus deis iontach don iarrthóir c...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🏛️📸 The winners of Wiki Loves Monuments Ireland 2025 are here! Nearly 1,000 entries celebrating Ireland’s built heritage 🌍 Huge thanks to our judges & partners Heritage Keepers @burrenbeotrust.bsky.social 💚

See the winning photos: wikimedia.ie/2025/11/05/w...
November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎈We’ve signed the Open Heritage Statement, a global call to action to advance equitable access to public domain heritage and inform future international policy. @creativecommons.bsky.social

➡ Add your signature: openheritagestatement.org

#OpenHeritageStatement #TAROCHCoalition #CreativeCommons
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🧬To promote the #WikiScience, we have launched a collection of bilingual postcards that can be found at libraries, galleries, museums and universities across Ireland now!

✨To enter the contest, submit your photographs to Wikimedia Commons in November.

🔗 Info: tinyurl.com/47v5zf6t

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November 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
✨Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh!✨🎃
Báirín breac and colcannon were traditionally used for fortune-telling.

Read more on #Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barmbrack
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Éamonn (Vicipéideoir), Amy (an tOifigeach Gaeilge reatha le @wikimediaireland.bsky.social ) agus An Dr @kscanne.bsky.social ag ár seastán ag Aonach @oirnagaeilge.bsky.social

#OnaS25
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Someone needs to write this legend a #Wikipedia page. RIP Mr Manhattan, founder of an amazing Irish business! www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-...
Manhattan Popcorn founder Donal O’Neill dies aged 92
Known as "Mr Manhattan", Mr O'Neill founded the company in his mother's kitchen in 1957
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October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🎃#Halloween & #Samhain traditions: Apple bobbing🍏🍎

Appropriated from the Roman Army, in Celtic times young people tried to bite into apples floating in water. The winner would be the next to get married. Apples were a sign fertility and abundance.

🌟Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_b...
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
♠️The Púca🌙
As the veil grows thin, let’s look back at how our ancestors inspired #Halloween.

The púca (Irish for spirit) is a creature of Celtic folklore. They were said to be shape-changers that could take the appearance of a human disguise.
Creepy!
✨Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🎉 Happy 13th Birthday, #Wikidata!

We’re celebrating the volunteers who connect knowledge — and spotlighting Anne-Karoline Distel, who uses Wikimedia, Wikidata & #OpenStreetMap to document Ireland’s historical forges 🔗

Learn more 👉 wikimedia.ie/2025/10/29/h...

#OpenData #IrishHeritage
Happy 13th Birthday, Wikidata! How one Wikimedian uses Wikidata to document Forges in Ireland - Wikimedia Community Ireland
Happy 13th Birthday, Wikidata! Facts don’t stand alone; they connect, forming the web of knowledge that shapes how we understand the world. Thirteen years ago, Wikidata was created to store and link t...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
👻Ghost Turnips to Pumpkins🎃

#Halloween is a key part of #IrishHeritage

The transformation of the humble turnip to the elaborately carved pumpkins we know & love today has to be one of the biggest glow-ups of all time!

Find out more on #Vicipéid and #Wikipedia 🌏
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-o%...
October 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One week to go! ⚛️🍄📸✨🔭

The Wiki Science Competition 2025 opens on 1 November.
Share your photos of science, nature, and research and contribute to open knowledge worldwide.
Details: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...

#WikiScience #OpenKnowledge#Photocontest#winprizes
October 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Táimid ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge (lánaimseartha) - is deis uathúil í seo chun tacú leis an nGaeilge sa spás digiteach agus le forbairt na Vicipéide! #SíógNabPost #AnGhaeilge

Tuilleadh eolais anseo: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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@wikimediaireland.bsky.social ag earcú. Táimid ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge (lánaimseartha) - is deis uathúil í seo chun tacú leis an nGaeilge sa spás digiteach agus le forbairt na Vicipéide! #SíógNabPost #AnGhaeilge

Tuilleadh eolais anseo:
wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Job Opportunity: Oifigeach Gaeilge (Irish Language Officer) - Wikimedia Community Ireland
Is é Pobal Wikimedia Éireann, an eagraíocht náisiúnta chleamhnaithe de chuid Fhondúireacht Wikimedia in Éirinn, ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge. Is post lánaimseartha é seo agus deis iontach don iarrthóir c...
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October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Do you want to shape the future of the Irish language?☘️

Wikimedia Community Ireland is seeking an Irish Language Officer to lead our efforts in developing the Irish language across Wikimedia projects, with a special focus on #Vicipéid!

For more: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/17/o...
Job Opportunity: Oifigeach Gaeilge (Irish Language Officer) - Wikimedia Community Ireland
Is é Pobal Wikimedia Éireann, an eagraíocht náisiúnta chleamhnaithe de chuid Fhondúireacht Wikimedia in Éirinn, ag lorg Oifigeach Gaeilge. Is post lánaimseartha é seo agus deis iontach don iarrthóir c...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Téigh ar cuairt chugainn ag Oireachtas na Samhna 2025 i mBéal Feirste!☘️

📍Gheobhaidh tú muid ag ár seastán in Aonach an Oireachtais (Halla 1, Leibhéal 1, ICC) ón Déardaoin go Satharn.

Tar agus abair ‘haigh’ linn! 🌐

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Téigh ar cuairt chugainn ag Oireachtas na Samhna 2025! - Wikimedia Community Ireland
Táimid an-sásta a fhógairt go mbeidh Amy (ár nOifigeach Gaeilge) agus Éamonn (Vicipéideoir ón bpobal) i láthair ag Oireachtas na Samhna 2025 i mBéal Feirste ag deireadh na míosa seo! Is féile chultúrt...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
☘🌏The next Wikimedia Community Ireland monthly online meet-up will be happening slightly earlier this month, on October 21st at 6pm. 🎉

All welcome! 🌈
More info: wikimedia.ie/2025/10/15/j...
October 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The FRA survey highlights worsening inequalities and rising discrimination. Read 👉 buff.ly/h6J2vsa #GCNnews
October 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM