Ordinary lives – extraordinary times
In the past month You transcribed 352866 characters of which 97% was by the top 20 transcribers. We welcomed 83 new users and we have achieved a new record: Anne Bowes (Annie) from Limerick transcribed 91871 characters! This is almost double what each of Continue reading Progress update: February 2015
Letters of 1916 project awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). The funding will allow the Letters Continue reading Letters of 1916 project awarded a SFI Discover grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)
In the past month You transcribed 233426 characters of which 95% was by the top 20 transcribers. We welcomed 86 new users and we have achieved a new record: Anne Bowes (Annie) from Limerick transcribed 91871 characters! This is almost double what each Continue reading Progress update: January 2015
In the past month You transcribed 312673 characters of which 88% was by the top 20 transcribers. We are overwhelmed by the number of new users and subscribers! Except for one, and well known super-transcriber Philcostel, the majority of transcriptions was completed by new Continue reading Progress update: December 2014
In the past month You transcribed 151537 characters of which 93% was by the top 20 transcribers. Philcostel secured his first place again by doing 22% of all the transcriptions in November! We are delighted to see that the majority of the Continue reading Progress update: November 2014
“Darling Mummie” the Easter Rising was an “awful tragedy” Vicereine’s letters from Dublin to her mother in England in 1916 to be auctioned Article by Michael Parsons | 1 November 2014 | Irish Times online Mementos associated with Ireland’s struggle Continue reading “Darling Mummie” the Easter Rising was an “awful tragedy”
We are delighted to publish our second Progress update – click here to view the first one. In October 2014 we added 14 new letters to the collection and currently we are only 9 letters from reaching 1600. We welcomed 35 Continue reading Progress update: October 2014
We are delighted to publish our first Progress update. We are planning to publish it on a monthly basis to inform you how our work on the project is progressing. Most importantly, we want to acknowledge your contribution to the Continue reading Progress update: September 2014
Article by Sheila Langan on Irish Central, 15 October 15 2014 “Did your ancestors fight in the 1916 Rising? A group of Irish filmmakers want to hear their stories. With the centenary of Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising just under a year and Continue reading Did your ancestors fight in the 1916 Rising?
On 27 September 2014 Letters of 1916 celebrated its first birthday. Since its launch the project has grown rapidly. Our 1,000th letter went public in July 2014 and there are currently almost 1,500 letters available to transcribe in the transcription Continue reading Letters of 1916 celebrates its first birthday!