A series of blog posts describing the research collections deposited in the Repository via the 2024 Legacy Data Preservation Pilot Scheme. The Legacy Data Preservation Pilot was launched in February 2024 and ran to the end of the year. Researchers were invited to apply with re
Digital preservation | Data curation | Martin Walsh
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This blog post describes the launch of a new citation format for Cultural Heritage Collections in the Digital Repository of Ireland. This new functionality was proposed and tested as part of DRI's participation in the Horizon Europe funded WorldFAIR Project.
Citation of archival materials | Citation of electronic information resources | WorldFAIR Project
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This blog post announces changes made to the Digital Repository of Ireland website (https://dri.ie) to support navigation in Irish.
Irish language
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This blog is part of a series of posts related to the Cultural Heritage Image Sharing Recommendations Report (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7897244) produced by the WorldFAIR Project Cultural Heritage Image Sharing Working Group. It discusses the origins and concept of Datas
Collection management (Libraries) | Collections as data | Data curation
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This blog post describes the launch of 'A Digital Archive of Ireland's Ordnance Survey.' This digital collection and accompanying website gathers together historical Ordnance Survey maps, name books, memoirs, and letters. The digital resource was created through the collabora
Ordnance Survey Ireland | Research grants | Irish Research Council
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This blog post describes the actions taken by the Digital Repository of Ireland to address and continually improve support for the five key areas of work outlined in the 2023 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy (https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.p841pf82d).
Diversity in the workplace | Equity | Policy update
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This blog post describes the implementation of FAIR Signposting in the Repository. Signposting communicates information gathered from scholarly objects on the web about: "where the persistent identifier of a scholarly object is, where its landing page is, where and what its c
The FAIR Principles | Linked data | Semantic Web
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This is an interview with Tony Killeen of Kilnaboy, near Corrofin, county Clare. Tony is a former Fianna Fáil politician and government minister with various portfolios. The interview was recorded in Kilnaboy by Cuimhneamh an Chláir Cuairteoir Cormac McCarthy on 13 June 2011. I
Ireland--Social life and customs | Country life--Ireland | Ireland--Rural conditions
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This is an interview with Tommy Fahy of Newquay, the Burren, county Clare. The interview was recorded in Newquay by Cuimhneamh an Chláir Cuairteoir Cormac McCarthy on 18 July 2009. In the interview, Tommy describes growing up in the Newquay area of the Burren and the importance
Ireland--Social life and customs | Country life--Ireland | Ireland--Rural conditions
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This is an interview with Paddy Pyne of Kilmaley, near Ennis, county Clare. The interview was recorded in Spanish Point by Cuimhneamh an Chláir Cuairteoir John Hehir on 15 January 2016. Paddy recalls growing up on the farm in Kilmaley, and describes the process of preparing lim
Ireland--Social life and customs | Country life--Ireland | Ireland--Rural conditions
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This is an interview with Chris Droney of Bellharbour, the Burren, county Clare. The interview was recorded in Bellharbour by Cuimhneamh an Chláir Cuairteoir Carmel O'Dea on 18 November 2011. In the interview, Chris recalls stories about the landlord his father worked for as a
Ireland--Social life and customs | Country life--Ireland | Ireland--Rural conditions
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This is an interview with Paddy O'Malley of Feakle and Ennis, county Clare. The interview was recorded in Ennis by Cuimhneamh an Chláir Cuairteoir Tomás MacConmara in 2010 and 2012. The interview includes audio recordings and video recordings of Paddy. In the interview, Paddy ta
Ireland--Social life and customs | Ireland--Rural conditions | Country life--Ireland
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