Claire Dunne

Claire Dunne

@clairedunne.bsky.social

Library Assistant @ UCD Special Collections / National Folklore Collection. Books. Archaeology. Crafts. Cats. Not necessarily in that order. She/her.

243 Followers 372 Following 39 Posts Joined Nov 2024
8 months ago

Thank you so much! 😊

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9 months ago
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Mini Moose went off to his new home yesterday in honour of his owners’ wedding. Being able to make something for those you know will treasure it really is a special thing 🐕 ❤️ #crochet #dog

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9 months ago
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Sleepy quackers by the lake 🦆

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9 months ago

So cute! 🐌

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9 months ago
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In recognition of his tireless advocacy for folklore and understanding the human experience, pioneering ethnologist Professor Henry Glassie received an honorary degree from @ucddublin.bsky.social last week 🎻🎶

Read more about the ceremony & celebration
www.ucd.ie/artshumaniti...

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9 months ago
Join our Team | Hiring Poetry Ireland Librarian | Poetry Ireland Poetry Ireland is seeking a passionate, qualified Librarian to lead the development of the new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square. The deadline for applications is Friday 30 May 2025 at 5pm.

The deadline for Poetry Ireland Librarian is coming up on 30 May! Give it a look. 👇👇

www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-...

#LISjobsIE

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9 months ago

Looking forward to checking in from the office 😎 📺

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9 months ago
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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS

PRONI will host an Irish Studies conference on Nov 7th in Belfast, marking 100 years of the 1925 Irish Boundary Commission Report. Full info on the event, topics & submission details can be found - www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/192...

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9 months ago
Composite of photos - black and white shot of brothers Peter and Patrick Kavanagh outside the Four Courts, Dublin. Black and white photo of the brothers threshing hay, and an open book 'Kavanagh's Weekly'.

'A bulletin of abuse and mockery'...In 1952, Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh & his brother Peter published a magazine called 'Kavanagh's Weekly'.

Although it only lasted 13 issues, it launched a scathing critique of Irish society in that short time. ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2025/05/15/a...

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9 months ago

It’s not, Dorota, it was taken earlier today. I was sad to miss the workshop on Monday though, I’m sure it was a good one!

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9 months ago
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Babies on the move 🦢🐦 @ucddublin.bsky.social

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9 months ago
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My favourite time of year on campus ☀️

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9 months ago
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Okay but this 1924 edition of The Scottish Farmer didn’t have to come for me like that 🥾 #oldmagazines #oldbooks #fashion #oldadvertisement

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9 months ago

The latest UCD #CulturalHeritage Collections blog post, written by UCD Library Assistant Maolsheachlann O’Ceallaigh: @ucdarchives.bsky.social @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social @ucdpress.bsky.social @clairedunne.bsky.social @bealoideasucd.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social

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9 months ago
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Delighted to announce the 2025-26 call for Maddock Research Fellowships at Marsh's Library. Full details here: marshlibrary.ie/about/news-e...

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1 year ago

I've created a Starter pack for Irish Libraries & Libraries. It's by no means comprehensive so please let me who I should add to it.
And let's try to build a lovely little Irish Library community like we used to have on the other place.
go.bsky.app/HZuHx7y

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10 months ago
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Love the spring evenings ☀️

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10 months ago
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A new month means a new #ExploreYourArchive / #CuardaighDoChartlann theme! For May / Bealtaine we want to see any archives relating to #EYAFunandGames / #EYASpraoilsSpóirt 🧩♟️🎲🫟 Don’t forget to 🏷️ us and @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts!’

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10 months ago
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May Day vibes 🌺

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10 months ago
Reader looking at an open book on a cushion on a white table with bookshelves in the background.

📢 An exciting opportunity for conservators & archivists!

UCD Library is seeking a Book and Paper Conservator to establish a Conservation Laboratory, part of a new Cultural Heritage Centre to be developed in the James Joyce Library.

Full job description➡️ buff.ly/IqKpdP6 Apply by 19 May
#jobfairy

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10 months ago
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Waiting for the fish to swim past 🐦

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10 months ago
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The Yeats Sisters Symposium celebrating the lives and work of Susan & Elizabeth Yeats

I'm sadly away this year, but this event is wonderful and you should go!

The Yeats Sisters Symposium

www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-yeats-...

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10 months ago
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Slightly obsessed with this fella I came across in an early 19th century scrapbook in work today. Do I know what he is? No. Do I love and treasure him? Absolutely ❤️

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11 months ago
The Final IRA Executive Meeting Attended by Liam Lynch, 23-26 March 1923 The 24 May 2023 will mark 100 years since the IRA Chief of Staff Frank Aiken issued a ‘dump arms’ order to republican forces, bringing an end to the military fighting of the Irish Civil War. It als…

Liam Lynch was killed #OTD 1923. @gerardshannon.bsky.social wrote about the final IRA executive meeting attended by Lynch for the @ucdlibrary.bsky.social cultural heritage blog. The minutes survive in the Papers of Eamon de Valera: UCDA P150/1739.

ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2023/05/05/t...

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11 months ago
Gray-blue book launch graphic with pale blue 'Equity in the Workplace' book cover and the UCD  crest and Library text. Event speakers are listed.

Join us for a Book Launch!📘
22nd April
James Joyce Library

'Equity in the Workplace' is a timely book amplifying the voices of Black and African Irish women in Irish academia/ teaching profession, shedding light on their experiences and fight for workplace equity.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/equity-in-...

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11 months ago
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Folks, we have had 2 spots open up for our workshop tomorrow at the National Archives of Ireland.

If anyone is interested in attending, see the Eventbrite link, or contact us directly at info@araireland.ie

eventbrite.co.uk/e/training-wor…

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11 months ago
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The nice weather has got me wanting these for the park ☀️

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11 months ago
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Wonderful efforts from students and staff at the second annual UCD Archaeology versus Folklore bake off. Tasty AND educational. Now that’s a learning strategy I can get behind 😉 @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social

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11 months ago
An exhibit of items related to Irish Travellers, including a vinyl record photographs and books. An exhibit of items related to Irish Travellers, including books and photographs.

Last chance to view the National Folklore Collection's exhibit, featuring items related to Irish Travellers, now displayed on Level 1 of the James Joyce Library.

We were delighted to launch this exhibit on 18th March - come see it before it's gone at the end of this month!
@ucdarchives.bsky.social

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