Stories from archives across Ireland: collections, projects, and the people who look after them.
Collections
The archival collection was donated in October 2023 to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)’s Heritage Collections by two great-grandsons of Henry Conyngham, Michael and Christopher Shiell, both of whom worked in the company as joint managing directors…
Projects
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and the Nerve Centre were awarded the first consortium grant by the Archives Revealed programme. The “Now We’re Talking” project will catalogue and widen access to the archives of two significant cultural…
ARA Ireland
With some recent committee changes, we thought we would take the opportunity to introduce everyone to ARA Ireland’s current committee. Whether you’re a long-time member or new to our community, we hope this glimpse into the committee inspires you to…
Collections
On Sunday 18th of April 2021, a fire that started on Table Mountain spread to the Jagger Library Reading Room — home to the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) special collections. As an alumna of UCT (based in London at…