Ciaran Toal

Researcher / Keeper of Collections/ NI museum professional / PhD / #Ireland #NI #history #museums #Lisburn #Linen / #BJJ *Own Views*

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

Updated link: https://t.co/EgItqeP0Au

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

Here's some new research on Lisburn and the Swanzy Riots:

Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914–1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots | Irish Historical Studies

https://t.co/ZrubkvK6zo

[Irish Linen Centre @Lisburn_Museum]

Are you aged 16-24? Interested in heritage and linen? Join our ‘Young Creatives’ programme!

If you have an interest in history, art, textiles or heritage crafts, and want museum experience, then join our new free programme. Learn more here: https://t.co/aHIp5EBHNx

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

@Lisburn_Museum is recruiting a Freelance Community Engagement Facilitator to work on an upcoming @artfund project. It's a great opportunity to work with 16-30 year olds, engage with museums in Scotland and Wales and explore our linen heritage.

https://t.co/3YYeFDBs2u

[Art Fund @artfund]

We’re launching Going Places, a £5.36m programme bringing 40 community-driven exhibitions to life across 20 UK museums! 🎨💥

The largest collab of its kind, thanks to support from @HeritageFundUK + @JuliaRTrust

Read more: https://t.co/0UtQQaCMg5

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

An (authorised) visit to Hilden Mill #Lisburn last week. It's sad to see the state of the site. Linen thread wasn't sexy but it was ubiquitous, and Barbour Threads was a global brand. The buildings are a monument to our great industrial past, and we shouldn't lose them.

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

@jggb1 Very nice!

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

Scale model of #Lisburn railway station built in a cramped attic. 13+ years of work from the owner.

[LCCC @lisburnccc]

A handloom weaver from the Irish Linen Centre in Lisburn has been shortlisted in the prestigious UK Presidents’ Award for Endangered Crafts organised by the Heritage Crafts. Donna Campbell, a linen damask weaver at Lisburn Museum, is one of only three craftspeople to have been shortlisted for the UK award which was created to help secure the survival of endangered and critically endangered crafts.*
Read more https://t.co/RkfxwRBjtR

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

I’ve just spent three days in Wales visiting Carmarthen Museum Service with colleagues from High Life, Scotland. We had a great time exploring the collection and discussing shared challenges!

[The 1798 Belfast & Dublin Walking Tours @1798walkingtour]

🚨 It's happening, Saintfield is UP!

A new @1798Saintfield Walking Tour has been launched. Give them your support and grab a ticket for Sunday 17th November @ 1.30pm...makes for a great afternoon out folks.

🟩 Nowhere in Ulster were the ideas of democracy, steeped in the principles of 'liberty, equality, fraternity', more welcome than in the quaint little village of Saintfield. Co.Down. The reason is not far to seek. The Rev. Thomas Leslie Birch, Minister of the local Presbyterian Church was an apostle of these new ideas and he converted many of his flock.

When Wolfe Tone founded the first Society of UnitedIrishmen in Belfast, Birch very quickly followed suit and formed the very first United Irish Society in Co.Down at his manse, which was named 'Liberty Hall'.

#enlightenment
#democracy #ThomasRussellAnniversary
#HeartsofDown #Saintfield #Epic

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

Enjoyable #1798 tour of Saintfield this morning with Mark @1798Saintfield thanks to @CarryduffCLG for organising. Well worth booking!

[JPCampbellBiz @JP_Biz]

The owners of Hilden Mill, near Lisburn, have filed an application for the demolition of listed buildings, with the part retention of two buildings adjacent to Mill St. The site location plan suggests it would involve demolishing the majority of the mill.

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

@jggb1 @Lisburn_Museum thanks Gavin. Congrats on the book, it looks great!

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

Fascinating. Sgt McCarthy went to the Isle of Man to look out for Swanzy. He settled in #Lisburn. I visited the remains of his house and spoke with family. He continued communicating with Irene Swanzy, living in Fiji, until the 1950s. Correspondence is held in @Lisburn_Museum

[Isle of Man Public Record Office @IsleOfManPRO]

In April 1920, following the murder of the Lord Mayor of Cork, Tomás MacCurtain, RIC District Inspector Oswald Swanzy went into hiding in the #IsleOfMan, pursued by four men from Cork. He was assassinated in Lisburn in August 1920. [Ref: S17/1/101] #HiddenHistories #Archive30

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

@criminographer Very sorry to hear this. Heartbreaking.

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

@jggb1 @heritage_crafts Great yo hear Gavin! Hope you're keeping well.

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

Delighted go have our small team in the weaving workshop recognised with a nomination for the @heritage_crafts President's Award. Damask weaving is critically endangered but we're doing our best to preserve and reimagine the art!

[Heritage Crafts @heritage_crafts]

Following a strong year full of high-quality nominations, the finalists for the first tranche of this year’s Heritage Crafts Awards, have been announced. Further shortlists for other awards will be announced at the end of the summer. https://t.co/mfzPAQLNSR

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

This is brilliant! @mcrartgallery have a cold case section in their exhibition. Visitors/researchers can explore the records of individual objects, make suggestions and help the gallery find out more information on unknown objects.

[Ciaran Toal @toalciaran]

Incredible tour of the South Asia Gallery at @McrMuseum courtesy of @artfund.