Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman
@niamhroisin
Cultural historian. Associate Professor, School of History & Geography, University of Limerick. Current book project -the development of Catholic architecture in Ireland, 1780s-1950s. #CeaseFireInGaza
Lion’s mane jellyfish (I think?) at Clontarf - bí curamach! 🪼 @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social
It’s often said that building at Killarney cathedral came to a halt during the Famine. Its first congregation was the 5000 paupers from the workhouse. When the parishioners complained about them using their chapel (for fear of disease), the bishop offered them the use of the half-built cathedral…
Enjoy the celebrations across the beautiful county of Mayo tonight!!! And across the world! ❤️ 💚
Beautiful Slievenamon. Pics from the most beautiful hike last year. We need to do more to protect our beautiful natural heritage 💔
Why you should always pull over for a look - such a simple church in Recess, but inside, the most ostentatiously stunning altar and communion rails made from slabs of luscious green Connemara marble
A lovely honour to be one of the contributing authors to the new ‘Pivot Points’ book marking 50 years of the Irish Architectural Archive - you can also read my contribution online - irisharchitecturalarchive.ie/pivot-points...
Gorgeous to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Irish Architectural Archive with friends and colleagues this evening! May it prosper!
Lady chapel in St Macartan’s cathedral, Monaghan, with Pieta sculpture by Nell Murphy (1927-2011) and a tapestry designed by Michael Biggs with his unmistakable font
An interesting little detail from St Macartan’s cathedral in Monaghan - a stained glass panel showing well-dressed late 19th / early 20th c pilgrims making their way by boat to Lough Derg
We couldn’t be in a more appropriate venue for the @ssnci.bsky.social conference this year! Lovely to be in the stunning architectural setting of @maynoothuniversity.ie
Enjoyed this sculpted representation of a peal of bells at Knock, Co Mayo
The Gift of Dinis Byrne Stonecutter (⭐️ for anyone who knows where this is!)
What I look for in a handbag - the ability to carry a full @ihtaria.bsky.social map!!
Just finished Indignity by Lea Ypi - a very interesting and memorable book
Glad to have the chance to write about the photography of Mark Walsh in the latest issue of Source magazine - such a beautifully-produced publication. (Also nice to be in the same issue as @yairwallach.bsky.social 👋)
I had not come across St Kentigerna before but there she is in the church of the Assumption in Wexford town! Her bio @dib.ie - www.dib.ie/biography/ca...
Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad, tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár; níl trácht ar Chill Chais ná a teaghlach, is ní bainfear a cling go bráth
What a day at the Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces conference - still just taking it all in but just the most extraordinary research & work shared by scholars, curators, professionals. Such a profound experience - GRMA Ó chroí to all