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@researchirel @TUDublin_SoM PhD Scholar 2022 IGS Desmond Guinness Award | #graphicheritage | Will’s Mam 🤍29/12/14-22/06/24🤍 #spinabifida #hydrocephalus

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Dee Maher Ring

10 months

Delighted and honoured to share that the @dri_ireland has published the KTSSP 2021 audit image collection. Extremely grateful to @lisamgriffith DRI Director, @kilkennylibrary and the @KilkennyNotices Heritage Office for this fantastic opportunity and for making it possible.🧵1/3

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)

10 months

📢 We are thrilled to announce the ingest of Kilkenny Traditional Shopfront Signage collection to the Repository! This collection has been beautifully curated by @signwriteire shining a light on art and letterforms & documenting fascia signs. Read more:

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Dee Maher Ring

4 months

It is with broken hearts and the utmost sorrow that we announce the untimely passing of our pride and joy…our precious, beautiful boy William. Without his radiant light, life will never be the same again.✨

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Death Notice of Will RING (Inistioge, Kilkenny) | rip.ie

The death has occurred of Will RING of Inistioge, Kilkenny Ireland, on 22/06/2024. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Mosaic tiled, decorative, gold #Gaelic letterforms at O Gealbháin, 21 William Street #Listowel #Kerry #Ireland (Images 1-8 31/07/22) Built c1840, renovated c1920. Image 9 (17/11/2005) from #NIAH Reg No 21400257. Categories of Special Interest: Architectural, Artistic, Social.

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Dee Maher Ring

2 years

I am honoured, grateful and thrilled to be this year's recipient of the Desmond Guinness Scholarship. My sincere thanks to the @irishgeorgiansociety committee for this award in recognition of my research. Thanks, as ever, to my supervisor @MaryAnnBolger1 ! @TUDublin @TUDublin_SoM

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Irish Georgian Society

2 years

Well done to Deirdre Ring Maher @signwriteire , who was awarded the Desmond Guinness Scholarship '22 for her research on vernacular hand painted lettering on Irish shopfronts. A commendation was given @DeborahMWhite2 for her research on Irish linen damask.

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Dee Maher Ring

2 years

Happy new year… @signwriteire #topnine #signwriting #signwriter #handcrafted #listowel #dungarvan #wexford #listowel #thomastown #kells #newross #kilkenny #wexford

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Dee Maher Ring

6 months

One of several beautiful traditional #shopfronts and #signs in #Borris County #Carlow …absolutely wonderful interior too.👌 #Joycespub

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Carlow Weather

6 months

Bit early for a pint but not a @PlurBakery treat 😁 #LoveCarlow

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Dee Maher Ring

2 years

A piece I wrote for @RTEBrainstorm on my research into Ireland’s rich heritage of vernacular shopfront lettering. @TUDublin_SoM @WeAreTUDublin @IrishResearch #signwriter #signwriting #heritage #irelandsgraphicheritage

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RTÉ Brainstorm

2 years

Just our type: how Ireland's unique, handcrafted shopfront signs can transform streets by offering character, identity and a sense of place. By @signwriteire @WeAreTUDublin @IrishResearch

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Applied, timber, sans serif capital letterforms at T .Bradley, North Quay, #NewRoss #CountyWexford #Ireland Images 1-3 (14/05/23) Built c1825. Image 4 (21/06/05) Further information would be appreciated. 🙏 #signs #fascia #lettering #graphicheritage

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Dee Maher Ring

8 months

Honoured to have had the amazing opportunity to present my #IRC @TUDublin_SoM #PhD #research at the @IrishGeorgian last night. Sincere thanks to Donough, Emmeline & Elaine for the kind invitation & welcome. Very grateful as always for your support @MaryAnnBolger1 #graphicheritage

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Mary Ann Bolger

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8 months

Such a rich, deep, material history of Kilkenny shop signs presented @signwriteire ’s talk this evening @IrishGeorgian proud PhD supervisor @TUDublin_SoM @WeAreTUDublin

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Attended the excellent “Appreciating & Minding Our Vernacular Architecture” Study Day online yesterday presented by @IrishGeorgian in partnership with @NIAH_Ireland DeptHLGH & @HeritageHubIRE Inspiring event, speakers and discussions.🙌 #vernacular #architecture #heritage #care

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Dee Maher Ring

10 months

✨Happy New Year ✨ #topnine2023 #topnine #signwriteire #signwriting #signwriter #vernacular #letterforms #heritage #shopfront #shopfronts #typographiclandscapes #irelandsgraphicheritage

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Dee Maher Ring

10 months

2 "The partnership between KCC & KTSSP offers a blueprint for other DRI members to proactively engage with organisations, groups & individuals in their regions and provide access to the Repository, digitally preserving arts, history & social sciences materials for the long-term."

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Dismayed to learn yesterday that the applied, raised fascia lettering, possibly original, had been extracted from Cleary, 18 John St. Ever so slowly the unique character of this heritage façade, and this streetscape, is being eroded. Images 2&3 11/01/22 #builtheritage #NewRoss

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Dee Maher Ring

6 months

Beautiful #handpainted #lettering and traditional interior of Joyce’s pub, Borris once again👌 #graphicheritage

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Joyce's pub in Borris, Carlow.

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Thread 1/2 Honoured to share that my first #researchpaper of my #PhD @TUDublin_SoM on #Kilkenny #signwriting has been published in the Special Issue of #InfoDesign Brazilian Journal of Information Design following presentation at #CIDI2023 Intl Conference.

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Dee Maher Ring

5 months

Grateful for the first opportunity to exhibit my @TUDublin_SoM research in #posterpresentation format @IFAC #tecis2024 Technology Culture & International Stability Conference @SETUIreland (29-31/5) & happy to have attended today’s launch event! @WeAreTUDublin #LoveIrishResearch

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Dee Maher Ring

8 months

Extremely grateful to the @IrishGeorgian for this wonderful opportunity to share past #shopfront #signage projects and how they have shaped my current #PhD #research @TUDublin_SoM #graphicheritage #signwriting #signwriters #letterforms

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Irish Georgian Society

8 months

There are still a few tickets left for next Tues (5th March) evening's talk on vernacular shopfront lettering by 2022 Desmond Guinness Scholarship recipient Deirdre Maher Ring @signwriteire This talk is available in person and online For more info go to

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Dee Maher Ring

10 months

Fantastic morning with the All Ireland Heritage Skills Programme #craftspeople discussing #shopfronts , #signwriting & #vernacularletterforms at @HeritageHubIRE yesterday. Great walking tour of #Kilkenny 's #heritage signs too. Thanks for the kind invitation Hugh @ImprctclArchtct

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Dee Maher Ring

5 months

Fantastic second day of @ACHS2024GALWAY @Crit_Heritage Conference #uniofgalway …so many fascinating papers. Honoured to have presented my @TUDublin_SoM #PhD research yesterday. Great to finally meet @SamanthaM0rris @WeAreTUDublin #PhDresearcher & catch up with @ColmMurrayAO too!

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Dee Maher Ring

6 months

“Once you see traditional signage, lettering & #signwriting you wish all shops embraced it. Fill your fascias!” Hear, hear! 🙌 (via @TradSkillsNI )

@TradSkillsNI

Traditional Building Skills NI

6 months

🤓Once you see traditional signage, lettering & #signwriting you wish all shops embraced it. Fill your fascias! Some lovely examples from Longford & Leitrim❤️🖌️

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

“The All-Ireland Heritage Skills Programme 2022-23 is a wrap! Students researched, designed and built a traditional Irish shopfront from scratch including hand forged railings, lettering, and wood-grained door.” 🙌(via @ImprctclArchtct )

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Dee Maher Ring

6 months

Great stuff @thekickart 🙌…then @MaryAnnBolger1 with her family heirlooms and #MattSeaver into the bargain! 👌 @RTEOne #irelandshiddentreasures

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Hand painted, capital serif letterforms by signwriter Derek Bailey at Campbell’s, 9 South Street #NewRoss #Wexford #Ireland (Images 1-3 19/01/22) Image 4 - 8 South Street. Built c1825 (21/06/05) #signs #shopfront #fascia #lettering #graphicheritage

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1 year

#Handpainted uppercase serifs & shadow at M. Ryan, Upr Main St, #graiguenamanagh #kilkenny Images 1-7 10/12/21 & 21/03/22 Built c1900 extant pre1840, NIAH Reg No 12318022, Image 8 17/05/2004 “…pubfront of artistic design interest” #signwriting #signs #irelandsgraphicheritage

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Thanks @SoDesignHistory for an amazing Annual Conference 2023 @esadmatosinhos Inspiring papers, wonderful people with special thanks to my fellow panelists #MuireannCharleton @DesignSligo & #AngelaMehegan @WeAreTUDublin Honoured & grateful for the opportunity #LoveIrishResearch

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Dee Maher Ring

2 years

Very grateful to @RTEBrainstorm for the opportunity to share my research through this article. Thanks so much for the many likes, retweets and comments. 🙏🏻 #LoveIrishResearch @WeAreTUDublin @TUDublin_SoM

@RTEBrainstorm

RTÉ Brainstorm

2 years

Just our type: how Ireland's unique, handcrafted shopfront signs can transform streets by offering character, identity and a sense of place. By @signwriteire @WeAreTUDublin @IrishResearch

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Dee Maher Ring

5 months

Delighted and grateful for the opportunity to speak about the @dri_ireland #Kilkenny Traditional #Shopfront #Signage Project 2021 pilot collaboration with @kilkennylibrary on 21st August for @HeritageWeek as part of the DRI monthly coffee morning series ⬇️

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Online Talk: The Kilkenny Traditional Shopfront Signage Project | National Heritage Week 17th –...

As part of the Digital Repository of Ireland's monthly coffee morning series, join PhD Researcher and consultant Dee Maher Ring for an exploration of the Kilken...

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Officially unveiled - new #heritage street name #signage for Kilkenny city. “The traditional design of the signage was chosen as it is sensitive to the medieval city, featuring the ‘Celtic Gaelige’ font, and this will allow it to match seamlessly with existing heritage signage.”

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Kilkenny Live

1 year

New street signage unveiled in Kilkenny - what do you think?

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Forever grateful to Muireann Charleton and Angela Mehegan for kindly presenting my paper on my behalf, as unfortunately I cannot be there today. 🙏Thanks @MaryAnnBolger1 #irishdesignweek #nationalmuseumireland @TUDublin_SoM

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Mary Ann Bolger

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1 year

Lovely gesture of solidarity as Muireann and Angela present @signwriteire ’s paper on #kilkenny #signwriting based on her #phd research @TUDublin_SoM as Dee cannot be here this evening

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Dee Maher Ring

11 months

John Delaney, Bawnreigh, Ahenny, Carrick on Suir, Co. #Kilkenny E32XR83. Currently for sale. More lettering images and details in the following Instagram post of 08/12/23: ➡️ #signwriting #signwriter #graphicheritage #culturalheritage #vernacularletterforms

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Dee Maher Ring

2 years

Terribly late to the party…thrilled to share that I have been awarded a 2022 @IrishResearch Government of Ireland PG Scholarship for my #PhD @TUDublin to research Ireland's vernacular letterforms. Special thanks to my supervisor @maryannbolger1 ! #niamhannkelly #loveirishresearch

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IrishResearch - becoming Research Ireland

2 years

Congratulations to all the awardees of the 2022 Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships! €27 million in funding to support the next generation of researchers. #LoveIrishResearch

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Dee Maher Ring

6 months

Repainting of @munsterexpress #heritage #sign at Thomas Hill #waterford by #macksigns (Feb 2023)…

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@waterfordmuseum

Waterford History News

@waterfordmuseum

6 months

Retaining the character of a town, village, or city in an era of increasing homogenisation doesn't always have to involve very expensive schemes. A bit of thought and interest goes a long way.

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Dee Maher Ring

2 years

On my recent research trip to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting with Dr Lindsay Lennie @historicshops , Manager @StirlingCHT . I'm very grateful to @IrishGeorgian for making this opportunity possible through the Desmond Guinness Scholarship. 👉

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Some wonderful extant and refurbished signs in #Clonakilty #Cork …home of Master Signwriter Tomás Tuipéar. Thank you for sharing @ClaudiaKinmont1

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Claudia Kinmonth MRIA FSA PhD MA(RCA) BTecHND

@ClaudiaKinmont1

1 year

Some of my favourite shopfronts & letterforms #Clonakilty #Cork @signwriteire are restored (FITZPATRICK's), or original (LUCKY...) or compete in vivid colours: CASH's. Coughlan's (great bookshop!), one of many paired fronts: with early raised timber letters. 1 of 2

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Dee Maher Ring

11 months

As a Friday treat, we’ve released two of this year’s talks to watch on our YouTube channel. First up is ‘Making Impressions: Celebrating the Printing Museums of Great Britain and Ireland’ (via @stbridelibrary )

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Making Impressions: Celebrating the Printing Museums of Great Britain...

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St Bride Foundation

11 months

As a Friday treat, we’ve released two of this year’s talks to watch on our YouTube channel. First up is ‘Making Impressions: Celebrating the Printing Museums of Great Britain and Ireland’ With @NatPrintMuseum @bodleiancsb @CamTechMuseum @NorwichPrinting

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Dee Maher Ring

9 months

@fallon_donal Simon’s Place main fascia sign is the wonderful work of signwriter Syd Bluett. Cinnamon Buns looks like his style too.👌

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

#Handpainted decorative uppercase letterforms, median spurs, blended shadow by #Wexford #Signwriter James Stafford at Simon Lambert & Sons, 37 Sth Main St Y35H725. NIAH Reg 15503052 (05/06/05) Extant c1840. Images 1-7 28/05/23 & 8 #Muralist Lisa Murphy 1/2

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Dee Maher Ring

6 months

“Outlining Gold Leaf lettering . Stencilled Ceiling & Wall Panels. Sacred Heart Church #Limerick ” via @JH_DECORATORS #gilding #lettering

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J.HODKINSON & SONS

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Outlining Gold Leaf lettering . Stencilled Ceiling & Wall Panels. Sacred Heart Church #Limerick

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Dee Maher Ring

6 months

@robertlister73 Close up of Bennett letterforms

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Wonderful to hear Priscila Lena Farias ( @JoDesignHistory Editor) presenting her amazing work in documenting Brazil’s #graphicheritage @SoDesignHistory Annual Conference 2023 in @esadmatosinhos #designhistorysociety2023 #environmentallettering #typographiclandscapes

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Thanks for sharing my final slide @jamesdelaneyie Sincerest apologies I couldn’t be there in person @NMIreland today. Huge thanks to #MuireannCharleton @atusligo_ie & #AngelaMehegan @WeAreTUDublin for delivering my talk on #Kilkenny #signwriting @DCCIreland #IrishDesignWeek2023

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James Delaney

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1 year

Great talk to catch at Collins Barracks as part of Irish Design Week

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Delighted to be part of this #IrishDesignWeek2023 event at @NMIreland along with Angela Mehegan @WeAreTUDublin and Muireann Charleton @atusligo_ie #designhistory #irishdesign

@NMIreland

National Museum of Ireland

1 year

Join us for A Nation on Display: a discussion of how design history can support a new folklore of #IrishDesign at NMI- Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks- 5pm Friday, 17th November as part of @DCCIreland 's #IrishDesignWeek2023 Book your place now

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Dee Maher Ring

6 months

@TradSkillsNI @ClaudiaKinmont1 @NIAH_Ireland Incredibly beautiful and especially concentrated in this region...as recently featured on @RTENationwide . Laura Earley's fascinating research is published in 'Roscommon's Mosaic Tradition'. That said, there are other instances like the fascia of O'Gealbháin Listowel, for example.

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Dee Maher Ring

10 months

Can’t believe a year has passed since this piece was published. Sincerely grateful to @RTEBrainstorm @byjimcarroll for the opportunity to offer an early insight into my #PhD #research @TUDublin_SoM @WeAreTUDublin #LoveIrishResearch #signwriting #heritage #irelandsgraphicheritage

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RTÉ Brainstorm

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Just our type: the story of Ireland's unique, handcrafted shopfront signs. By @signwriteire @WeAreTUDublin @IrishResearch

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

“Fine detailing enhancing the architectural design value of the composition includes diamond-pointed rustication to the wall surface…such surface detailing can be considered a characteristic particular to the architectural heritage of Graiguenamanagh.”

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The Jewellery and Goldsmithing Centre of Excellence of the Design & Crafts Council Ireland has officially opened at the Sessions House, #Thomastown #CountyKilkenny (via @rtenews ). #dcci #dccia #jewellerymaking #goldsmithing #handcrafted

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RTÉ News

1 year

A former courthouse in Co Kilkenny has been given a new lease of life as part of the Government's rural regeneration project. The new home for the Design and Craft Council's jewellery-making courses in Thomastown was officially opened today |

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Fantastic presentation by @DrKerry_Meakin @WeAreTUDublin at @SoDesignHistory Annual Conference Day 3 … #tudublin #ESAD #Porto #designhistory #designhistorysociety2023

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Dee Maher Ring

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Delighted to be attending the @SoDesignHistory Annual Conference 2023 #ESAD Porto today! @WeAreTUDublin @TUDublin_SoM #LoveIrishResearch

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1 year

#Signwriting “Crafts classified as ‘currently viable’ are those which are in a healthy state and have sufficient craftspeople to transmit the craft skills to the next generation. *A classification of ‘currently viable’ does not mean that the craft is risk-free…” #heritagecrafts

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Heritage Crafts

@heritage_crafts

1 year

It's been two years of waiting and six months of intensive research led by Endangered Crafts Manager Mary Lewis and funded by @ThePilgrimTrust , but the 2023 edition of the Red List of Endangered Crafts is out! @jayblades_ @RoyalMintUK #craftsredlist2023

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What I Do: Eóin Madigan is a sixth-generation stonemason in Ennistymon, Co Clare. Video: Bryan O’Brien (via @IrishTimes )

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The Irish Times

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What I Do: Eóin Madigan is a sixth-generation stonemason in Ennistymon, Co Clare. Video: Bryan O’Brien

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Traditional sign painter @AndrewGrundon has won Maker of the Year in the 2023 Heritage Crafts Awards. (Via @heritage_crafts )

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Heritage Crafts

@heritage_crafts

1 year

Traditional sign painter @AndrewGrundon has won Maker of the Year in the 2023 Heritage Crafts Awards. The award and £1,000 prize, supported by @MarshAwards , was one of 14 revealed at the ceremony introduced by Heritage Crafts Co-Chair @jayblades_ .

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Dee Maher Ring

6 months

@robertlister73 Potentially...working on that currently. Yes, faux marbled finish. Another at Bennett, Tinnahinch, Graiguenamanagh.

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

@bighappyhead Gorgeous gold painted Tuscan letterforms by the late Eoin Quigley c1988

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Dee Maher Ring

8 months

“We lose all the little design features we all too often take for granted, but which make each building unique, like sculptures, and tilings and fonts and metalwork.” (Via @is_glasgow ) #graphicheritage #letterforms #vernacular

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This Is My Glasgow

8 months

When we lose an old building, we lose not just the architect's vision for its exterior, but all the other elements as well, like internal layouts, which can reveal so much about our social history. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #urbanregeneration #oldbuilding

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“In this era of plotters and laser printers, De Stefano continues to hand-paint his signs, using ancient paintbrushes on wooden boards, which are then planted in the baskets of all Neapolitan fruit sellers.” (via )

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Typography Ireland

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Pasquale ‘o Nummararo: Running the Numbers In Naples | Culinary Backstreets

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

Wonderful handpainted letterforms on these beautiful #Skibbereen #shopfronts , via @ClaudiaKinmont1

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Claudia Kinmonth MRIA FSA PhD MA(RCA) BTecHND

@ClaudiaKinmont1

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Skibbereen's shops; colour, early typefaces, great woodwork, but rarely all in 1 example. WALSH's sign by John O Sullivan/Glandore; redone by Shane Crowley, like DALY's opposite. CLERKE's featured as a postage stamp! Connolly's is an early, elaborate gem @signwriteire @miclights

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@robertlister73 Oh lovely...Victorian stock ceramic letters that can be found around Ireland in a variety of forms. Similar ones recently renovated in County Kilkenny.

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2 years

@tidesntales 02/01/22

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1 year

#Wexford "...traditional signwriting was everywhere!" #signwriting #traditionalsignwriting #fasciasigns

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Traditional Building Skills NI

1 year

🤓When in Co. Wexford a couple of weeks ago, traditional signwriting was everywhere! Here are a couple of my favourites... but very hard to choose!🖌️🎨 Particularly love P. J. Kenny also for the vintage petrol pumps, rainwater goods & date stone!

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2 years

Great article on the revival of @BorrisLace by @helenedoyle for @RTEBrainstorm … Just a sample of the beautiful work on display at the Borris Lacemakers' exhibition @borrishouse August 2022. #traditionalcrafts #lacemaking #irishlace

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RTÉ Brainstorm

2 years

How the story of Irish lace is adding a new chapter in Borris. The exquisite handiwork of Borris Lacemakers is helping to revive the traditional craft of Irish lacemaking in Co Carlow, explains @helenedoyle @MaynoothUni

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1 year

@MaryAnnBolger1 Oooh freshly gilded, lovely letters…so heartening to see! Thanks @MaryAnnBolger1

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6 months

@TradSkillsNI #Callan County #Kilkenny 👌

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6 months

@robertlister73 Absolutely...and finally, a prior incarnation. Graiguenamanagh Library, “Outside Bennett's Shop,” Kilkenny Digital Archive, accessed April 22, 2024, .

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10 months

“They are such a distinctive element of Ireland’s rural towns that restoration and conservation can only be a positive as we work to revive them as vibrant places to live.” (via The Irish Times)

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10 months

Ireland’s historic shopfronts: Windows into a vanishing world

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1 year

@TradSkillsNI @irishtypography @AG_Signwriter @NIAH_Ireland @HeritageHubIRE Great to hear that signwriting is making its presence felt…long may it last!

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1 year

Image 1 from #NIAH Reg No 15605029 (Date Recorded 21/06/2005) “…fascia having applied raised #lettering , and slate-lined moulded cornice.” Images 2,3,4 18/11/23. Can anyone please help to date these raised letters? @newrossstreetf1 ? #vernacularheritage #graphicheritage #NewRoss

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6 months

@CarlowWeather Incredible! #NorthernLights #inistioge

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1 year

Lovely letters at Gormley's bar, Derrane, Co. Roscommon via @noonan_malcolm 👌

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Malcolm Noonan T.D.

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1 year

Another stop on my heritage travels. I'm finding vernacular gems like this everywhere I go. Gormley's bar, Derrane, Co. Roscommon. #HeritageWeek2023 #shopfronts

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5 months

“Meet… Vanessa Power Vanessa Power, the lettering and mural artist behind Signs of Power, specialises in the creation of unique custom lettering, type-based murals and hand-painted signs.” (via @DCCIreland ) 👏👏👏 #signwriter #signpainter #signwriting

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Design & Crafts Council Ireland

5 months

Meet... Vanessa Power Vanessa Power, the lettering and mural artist behind Signs of Power, specialises in the creation of unique custom lettering, type-based murals and hand-painted signs. Her vibrant style acts as a bridge between the traditional craft of sign painting and the

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10 months

3 "The KTSSP also demonstrates the successful completion of a pilot collaboration where, under their DRI membership, member Kilkenny County Council worked with a community archive to create a pathway to ingest materials into the Repository." #signwriting #irelandsgraphicheritage

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Dee Maher Ring

1 year

“Check out these wonderful postcards of old Kilkenny from the mid twentieth century at ” (via @kilkennylibrary )

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Kilkenny County Council Library Service

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1 year

Check out these wonderful postcards of old Kilkenny from the mid twentieth century at #KilkennyLibrary #LocalStudies

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Dee Maher Ring

2 years

Wonderful Design Kilkenny Conference with inspiring speakers in the stunning setting of @kilkennycastle Parade Tower today. Congratulations & thanks @DCCIreland @KilkennyNotices @Loc_Enterprise

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Design & Crafts Council Ireland

2 years

Such an inspiring & informative morning at Kilkenny Design Conference! The event showcased the past, present & future of how #Kilkenny is positioned to drive design excellence. It celebrated the strong history of design & explored possibilities in the region. #DesignWeekIreland

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8 months

@ImprctclArchtct @AlanOC_Green Walter MacFarlane & Co., Saracen Foundry, Glasgow…the distinctive A. By the way, that reversed U is delightful!

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1 year

@iBri_Photo Just the best!

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10 months

@AlanWilson_SP Mardy Bums by Thomas Paints and Viva Bar on Rose St is Journeyman Signs.

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1 year

@jane_mty Lovely to meet you Jane…safe travels!

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2 years

@VisitNewRoss @TheNormanWay @newrossstreetf1 @visitwexford @ancienteastIRL @Failte_Ireland @DunbrodyShip @BrandonHHotel @HookTourism @hooklighthouse @wexfordcoco Wonderful work of Wexford Signwriter James Stafford.👌🏻

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1 year

@UndisScot Calton Hill

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@OldeEire Oifig an Phoist @Gaelchlo 👌

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1 year

View of Kilkenny from St. John’s Quay (via @kilkennylibrary )

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1 year

Check out this lovely view of Kilkenny from St John's Quay #KilkennyLibrary #LocalStudies

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2 years

✨Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir!✨

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10 months

@noonan_malcolm @DarraghOBrienTD @GemmaTipton @DeptHousingIRL @Trevorfinnegan @IrishTimes @dubcivictrust @AnTaisce @IrishGeorgian @HeritageHubIRE @CommunitiesNI @greenparty_ie Thanks for tagging me @noonan_malcolm . I’d the pleasure of meeting this year’s wonderful cohort and Hugh Kavanagh last Thu at the Heritage Council. Finished up with a walk and talk around Kilkenny’s beautiful #heritage #signs , #shopfronts and #vernacularletterforms 👌

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@HeritageHubIRE @countykerry @DeptHousingIRL Wonderful hand painted lettering on the Harp & Lion by Listowel Signwriter Martin Chute! 🙌

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10 months

@UndisScot Perth

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8 months

@MaryAnnBolger1 @IrishGeorgian @TUDublin_SoM @WeAreTUDublin I really appreciate you being there to support me last evening as my #Phdsupervisor Mary Ann.🙏

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1 year

@MaryAnnBolger1 @TUDublin_SoM Thanks so much Mary Ann…I have no doubt they were both brilliant. Thank you Muireann & Angela!🙏

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2 years

Great online @UCDCfIT Talking Towns seminar earlier today on the topic of #vacancy . Next seminar in the series 03/11/22. @ucddublin #ucdcfit #talkingtowns

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1 year

@ClaudiaKinmont1 More wonderful photos…thanks for sharing! 🙌

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5 months

@UndisScot Grassmarket Edinburgh

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11 months

@Carlow_Co_Co @BorrisLace @ChambersIreland @creativeirl @CreativeCarlow @CarlowPPN @CarlowLibraries @Andreadaltonm Congratulations to Helena and all involved @BorrisLace 🙌🙌🙌

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6 months

@DSM888 Sorry to hear this, David…a King Street institution indeed. Echo @historicshops sentiments on the teapot. Best wishes.

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@MarchmontEtc Lovely fascia sign by @thomas_paints 🙌

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1 year

Thanks @TUDublin_SoM ! #tudublin #designhistorysociety2023 #ESAD #Porto

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School of Media TU Dublin

1 year

Wishing School of Media PhD student @signwriteire and #angelamehegan from #artanddesign @WeAreTUDublin best of luck for their brilliant papers tomorrow @SoDesignHistory #designhistorysociety2023

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2 years

@AlanWilson_SP Wonderful work of Thomas Paints! 👌🏻

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2 years

@timelesscolours @NLIreland Wonderful fascia lettering!

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