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Join us on social media<\/h4>\n
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Letters 1916-1923 on Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Letters 1916-1923<\/em> project has a community of circa 1500 active transcribers as well as more than 5000 followers on Twitter<\/a> and more than 2000 followers on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Letters 1916-1923 on Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Your volunteering, your comments, and your questions help us to expand and improve the Letters 1916-1923<\/em> database, so we would like to thank all of you for your time and support. Many of our volunteers are referred to us by volunteering agencies such as Volunteer Ireland<\/a>, whom we would like to thank for their excellent cooperation throughout the years. Most of our volunteers join the project as individuals and do not know each other at first, but our social media accounts are spaces where people from all over the world can connect and share their passion for history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meet our volunteers<\/h4>\n
\"Photo:<\/a> Some of our contributors and transcribers have given us interviews to talk about their motivations, their experiences with the Letters 1916-1923 project, and their favourite items from our collection. In our featured profiles<\/a> we present their compelling stories.<\/div>\n

Besides, Seamus Callagy<\/a>, who did his MA in Digital Humanities in 2016-2017, created a video about Fidelma Carroll<\/a>‘s work as a transcriber for us. On many occasions, Fidelma has been one of the most active Letters 1916-1923 transcribers. Fidelma discovered the project in her local volunteering newsletter and very quickly became engrossed in the stories of everyday life revealed through the letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watch our “Transcriber Tales”<\/a> film and check out other videos from Letters 1916-1923<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/td>\n