Virtual Treasury

29/08/2026

Thank you for your patience. You may now continue with your work. 😊
(And thanks too to all the technical team who got us back online!)

📷 Library of Congress. Creative Commons.
Photographer: Eva Lawrence Watson

29/08/2026

Sorry to interrupt your research!😔
A local power outage in Dublin interrupted normal service.
This was outside our control.
Thanks for your patience while a series of teams get all the servers etc. back online. 🛠️ 🙏

📷 Wellcome Collection. Creative Commons

27/08/2026

01/07/2026

More records, more collections and new research tools in our 2026 New releases.
https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2026/vrti-2026-release/

Hear about some of the stories being made available: 📻️ 👇️ https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22625370/

Go Hunting ! 😊

26/06/2026

Tues 30 Jun Trinity College Dublin. See the huge range of records + research added to the Virtual Treasury.
- Search our New Releases for the history of your locality.
- New interactive map of the 1766 Religious census
and more!
Free, all welcome, book here
https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-annual-research-showcase-building-collections-deepening-connections

23/06/2026

Come along to Trinity College Dublin on Tues 30 June to see the huge variety of records we've been work on.
Grass roots activists for + against Catholic Emancipation.
Radical Irish women + men and the American Revolution.
Free, all welcome, booking essential.
https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-annual-research-showcase-building-collections-deepening-connections

17/06/2026

A full house today in Belfast to celebrate the launch of PRONI's strategic plan 2026-2031.

Great to partner with such enthusiastic professionals 😊
We have no doubt they will deliver 'A dynamic and engaging citizen focused archive for all.' 👍
PRONI

16/06/2026

📢 The National Archives UK events include our very own bsky.social
😀
investigating -

Divided loyalties: Ireland and the American War
Wed 1 Jul • 7:30 PM

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/divided-loyalties-ireland-and-the-american-war-of-independence-tickets-1989899074699

Online - Free

Discover how Ireland engaged with ideas of rebellion and liberty in an age of revolutions.

11/06/2026

🗓️ Mark your calendars! Our 2026 Research Showcase "Building Collections, Deepening Connections" is approaching on Tuesday 30 June at 10am in the TCD Arts Building. This in-person event will feature fascinating sessions on our latest research, sharing fresh record releases, demonstrating new tools to help explore the collections, and highlighting our busy partnerships!

For more information on how to book your tickets, visit www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-annual-research-showcase-building-collections-deepening-connections

02/06/2026

What was the real role of Women in Revolution over the centuries?
📢 Join us online: Thurs 4 June 7.00 - 8.15 pm
Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre
(to consider actual, not allegorical, women.)

Talks by Prof. Jane Ohlmeyer (TCD), Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), and Prof. Lindsey Earner-Byrne (TCD)
Panel Discussion chaired by Dr Joel Herman

This webinar highlights the central role played by women in revolutions across time. Short papers by three leading historians will examine the revolutionary lives of women in the seventeenth century, the Age of Revolutions, and the twentieth-century Irish Revolution.

‘Women in Revolution’ is presented in connection with ‘States of Independence: Ireland and the American Revolution 250 Years Later’, a curated collection to be released on the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland in June 2026.

Free, all welcome, booking required.👇
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