Mary Breen

19th century history. Author of ‘Waterford port & harbour:1815-1842’ (Four Courts Press,2019). Researching the Fanning Institution, Waterford. #institutions

[Mary Breen @Mb58736599]

A significant event in the history of the port of Waterford was the Act of Parliament dated 20 June 1816 establishing Waterford Harbour Commissioners to manage the port of Waterford, thereby removing the responsibility for this task from Waterford Corporation.

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Discover the meaning behind the early medieval carved stones of SE Ireland with Dr Kate Colbert this Friday 24/04

[Waterford History News @waterfordmuseum]

SEARCH THE 1926 CENSUS
The Irish 1926 #Census is now live 📜
Have a look and see what your Waterford ancestors were up to 100 years ago — where they lived, worked and who they lived with.

Start your search here 👇
https://t.co/T6YVcfi84k

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Join us on Friday 27/03 in THE GRANVILLE HOTEL for Dr Rachel Finnegan's lecture on life at Whitfield Court. Please note change of venue! @IrishSmuggling @WaterfordLibs @waterfordmuseum @tidesntales @Russ_Parsons1 @jameseogan @clionampurcell @tracy_mceneaney @

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Not for the faint-hearted! Surgical instruments for use on the eyes, from 'Les Oeuvres de chirurgie de Jacques Guillemeau' printed in 1694.

[Dr Patrick McDonagh @pmcdonagh7]

The seal of the Staple of Waterford attached to a charter from 1457 at the @NLIreland. The Staples where the designated entrepots for the export of certain goods in the lands of the Plantagenet kings of England and in Ireland included Waterford, Cork, Dublin, and Drogheda.

[Four Courts Press @FourCourtsPress]

The winner of the NUI Irish Historical Research Prize 2025 is 🥁 …

Edel Bhreathnach for her book Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250!

Congratulations, Edel. What a fantastic achievement!

Book available in all good local bookstores and on our website: https://t.co/I4ZZZT95PR

[Waterfordhistory @WfdHistSty]

#Waterford graves, Waterford families: following our outing last June John Tierney will tell us more about the recording of graves from low-tech to A @WaterfordLibs @historicgraves @tidesntales @Mb58736599 @waterfordmuseum @tracy_mceneaney @jameseogan @IrishSmuggling

[Four Courts Press @FourCourtsPress]

🌟 ‘Show of the Week’ in the RTÉ Weekly Guide 🌟

Emerald Nightingales – Irish Nurses in the NHS is a new documentary telling the powerful and long-overlooked story of a vital pillar of the NHS: the Irish migrant nurses who helped shape its early decades.

A thread 🧵

[Dr Ida Milne @milnem]

Silence is complicity.

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Join us in #Lismore this Sunday 27/07 2pm for our 2nd summer outing!

[Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin]

The release of newly recovered census transcripts is allowing people with an interest in family history to delve further into their past!

The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland has made 175k new historical records available to explore online.

Read more:
https://t.co/oYW9d9lI2R

[Four Courts Press @FourCourtsPress]

Listen to author Louise Ryan on the Thinking Allowed show on @BBCRadio4 at 3.30pm today as she talks about bestselling title Irish Nurses in the NHS: An Oral History.

Listen here: https://t.co/zVOJIlU7fM

@GMB @ITV @thismorning @NursingTimes @BBC @BBCRadioScot @BBCTheOneShow

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@jameseogan @tracy_mceneaney @WaterfordLibs @waterfordmuseum @IrishSmuggling @tidesntales @clionampurcell @Odubhlainn @Russ_Parsons1 Find all the details on the blog https://t.co/ZsshOVJHXA

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Friday 30/05 will be an interesting "slide show" presented by Andy Kelly

[Mary Breen @Mb58736599]

My helper!

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Tonight's lecture sounds intriguing! Join us to find out about a Waterford chaplain in Romanov Russia. .. @IrishSmuggling @tracy_mceneaney @jameseogan @tidesntales @WaterfordLibs @waterfordmuseum

[Julie Ward @JulieWard_]

Dunmore

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Join us this Friday 28/03 EXCEPTIONALLY in Waterford's #Christchurch Cathedral for a lecture in situ by Prof Roger Stalley @waterfordmuseum @WaterfordLibs
@jameseogan @Odubhlainn @IrishSmuggling @tracy_mceneaney @DS_tone

[Mary Breen @Mb58736599]

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