Irish Manuscripts Commission

Tonight at 8pm in the Mayfair Library, Parliament St, Kilkenny the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social will be launching the brand new edition & translation of the infamous Statute of Kilkenny.

Hurlers and rhymers beware! And no calling someone 'English hob' or 'Irish dog' either.

22 Nov 1520: At the Armagh consistory court in Termonfeckin. Claims of marriage contract and money for fixing a belt.

For more see the Armagh Act Book, 1518-1522 from @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social

Tailte Éireann were delighted to be invited by the Irish Manuscript Commission to participate in the Doing business in Ireland 1711–1860 seminar on Saturday. With thanks to the Irish Architectural Archive for providing the beautiful lecture venue and all who attended.
#HistFest2025 #VirtualTreasury

Word cloud showing the huge range of business reflected in the Partnership memorials in @tailteeireann.bsky.social

@irishmanuscripts.bsky.social Nicola Morris details the ground breaking introduction of limited liability for investors in order to stimulate business in Ireland in 1782

#HistFest2025 event at 45 Merrion Square this morning, with @tailteeireann.bsky.social and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social

Festival of History — public lecture - Irish Manuscripts The Irish Manuscripts Commission are delighted to present, as part of the Dublin Festival of History 2025: Doing business in Ireland 1711-1860 a public lecture Have you ever wondered how enterprises l...

"Doing business in Ireland 1711-1860" a #HistFest25 public lecture

Explore the origins of Irish businesses through the invaluable records of the Registry of Deeds

4 Oct | 11 am | 45 Merrion Sq

No booking required. First come first served.

irishmanuscripts.ie/foh2025/

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The Eoin MacNeill Lecture 2024 — Records for accountability: archival contributions to justice and human rights - Irish Manuscripts The Eoin MacNeill Lecture was established by the Irish Manuscripts Commission in 2011. It provides an opportunity for an Irish audience to hear distinguished scholars from outside Ireland talk about t...

Now available:

The Eoin MacNeill lecture given last November by Dagmar Hovestädt entitled "Records for accountability: archival contributions to justice and human rights" can be purchased at

irishmanuscripts.ie/product/macneill-lecture-2024/

Today is the 103rd anniversary of the explosion and fire which destroyed the Public Record Office of Ireland in 1922, in the opening engagement of the Civil War. To mark the date, we are releasing over 175,000 historical documents on our site. Read more here:

virtualtreasury.ie/2025-new-rel...

Launching this beauty tonight! @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research

LIST OF THE CLAIMS As they ate ENTRED with the TRUSTEES CHICHESTER HOUSE ON COLLEGE GREEN DUBLIN,

Audience listening to the launch speech

View of Merrion Sq on a sunny evening

A good crowd on a sunny evening @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social for the launch of this handsome volume. See www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/cromwellian-surveys for the prequel 🙂

4 Sept 1626: d. Christopher Holywood of #Artane #Dublin, head of the #Jesuit mission in #Ireland #otd He wrote many of the letters that feature in the
@irishmanuscripts.bsky.social
edition of the #Irish Jesuit Annual Letters 1604-74 (image from
@ucdarchives.bsky.social )