Regina Dunne Midlands History

‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.

'A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire. Combining historical records with modern mapping techniques, researchers mapped hundreds of thousands of kilometres of roads. The findings nearly double the known length of Roman roads.'

Haha that's all I think of now when I'm typing it in this report 😅

Looking for reading recommendations for Van Diemens land and the 1820s era 63rd West Suffolk, Regiment of Foot (before they were the merged with 96th Regiment of Foot.
And also for Irish serving in India and Burma.
@irishhistsoc.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social @otdmilhistory.bsky.social

#BiographyoftheWeek from the Dictionary of Irish Biography.

To celebrate Hallowe'en, this week we are featuring some of the spookier entries in the DIB, starting with writer, barrister, and theatre manager Abraham 'Bram' Stoker, born in Clontarf.

Applied History Fellowship launch Event- 19 November 2025: 2.30pm - 4.00pm. Register to join us online: https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/applied-history-fellowships

🎉We are pleased to announce new Applied History Fellowships in partnership with @royalhistsoc.org & @findmypast.bsky.social.

Join us on the 19 November at our launch event to find out more about the Fellowships and how to apply:

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

#TourismJobs

Company: Tourism Ireland
Role: VP Consumer Marketing, USA
Closing Date: Oct 20th

👉Full description www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

Nobody does fashion tips like my Skye Aunt. 'Oh Peigi, that's such a lovely dress. Usually people who carry excess weight try to squeeze it into clothes that are too small.'

Page from a 16th century book showing a hand-coloured woodcut of a bramble bush with text in Latin to the right and below

After the warm summer we've had the blackberries must be plump and ready for devouring! These hand-coloured beauties are from Hieronymus Bock's 1552 herbal #Blackberries #Autumn

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Tbf of we'd a euro for every successful Irish person claimed to be British we'd have cleared our national debt 😅 I do also think it references British sales of her books, but I would presume her accounts are held in Ireland considering she lives in Ireland and is Irish. 🤷‍♀️

Oh really? What Irish laws prohibit this?

An opened book showing full-page colour illustration of horehound, motherwort and hemp nettle, decorated in shades of yellow, pink, purple and green.

Some beautiful blooms to brighten your Friday! 💐

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

📷 Illustration of horehound, motherwort and hemp nettle from ‘The Flowering Plants of Great Britain' (1855) by Anne Pratt [Baring-Gould Library 0691]

#FridayFlowers #FlowerFriday #RareBooks

If you like browsing unexpected collections of medieval MSS, have a look at the Auckland Council Libraries (NZ). The collection includes images of Aristoteles Latinus MS no. 1936 (Metaphysica, Physica, Meteora, transl. William of Moerbeke)! #medievalsky
kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/coll...

16th century book open to a page with hand-coloured woodcut of strawberries

Wild strawberries on a beautiful summer's day!
From Hieronymus Bock's 1552 herbal.

So nice to spend the weekend stuck back into some #genealogy for a client! Love when the records show some insights into the #socialhistory of a family! I love how social history and genealogy go hand in hand!

#IrishGenealogy #FamilyHistory

A person sitting in front of a wall of books. The caption reads, "reading can seriously damage your ignorance."

Image shows a laptop screen with the Virtual Treasury web page open saying Browse the Treasury

When computer science, history, and archivists merge, you achieve a work of art! Hats off to the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social team and all involved!! Down the rabbit hole I go to explore the newly added content 🙌 #Irishhistory

Worldwide interest expected as 19th-century Irish census records recovered and put online Almost all 19th-century census records were destroyed but some have been recovered as part of the Virtual Treasury project

@virtualtreasury.bsky.social Happy new releases day! www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025... #IrishGenealogy

Home - Virtual Treasury Welcome to the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland — an all-island and international legacy for the Decade of Centenaries.

Release day at the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (@virtualtreasury.bsky.social) is fast approaching. Some amazing material coming your way on the 30 June. Stay tuned at virtualtreasury.ie.

Disgusting

Thank you 😊

Thanks so much Liz

Thanks so much Claire. Nice to have time to do some genealogy again now 😅

Mapping Ireland's peatlands to help cut carbon emissions Mapping more accurately than ever Ireland's peatlands, which are vital as carbon sinks but whose boundaries can be hard to determine, could help fight global warming, researchers say.

Mapping more accurately than ever Ireland's peatlands, which are vital as carbon sinks but whose boundaries can be hard to determine, could help fight global warming, researchers say.

Pre-excavation work due at former mother-and-baby home Work to allow for the excavation of a burial ground at the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, will begin next Monday.

Work to allow for the excavation of a burial ground at the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, will begin next Monday.

Bound Thesis on The United Irishwomen of the Southeast 1910 to 1935

Honoured, a little shocked, but delighted too, to be awarded a first class honours for my thesis.
This study traces the hugely pioneering work of the United Irishwomen- the precursor to the well-known Irish Countrywomen's Association and is a fascinating topic!

Welcome to the archives.

We are delighted to be hosting the Kathleen Lonsdale touring exhibition in the Royal Irish Academy this week to tie in with the Kathleen Lonsdale RIA Chemistry Prize Ceremony. Thank you to Riverbank Arts Centre and Kildare Library Service and artist, Maeve Clancy.