Irish Community Archive Network (iCAN), National Museum of Ireland: Seeking participants for my MA Templar Research Study

Originally published on my FB pages and Patreon:

Truly grateful to be supported on my call out for my MA public history research by The 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 (𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐍); a 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 project improving access to Irish history and heritage by helping communities share their collections online.

I am an author and historian, finishing my MA in Public History & Cultural Heritage at the University of Limerick, and currently undertaking research for my MA dissertation titled:

"𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡-𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭"

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲? I’m looking for community members, historians, and those with family connections or stories related to 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 & 𝐂𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 (Co. Waterford) and the 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 (Co. Kilkenny) to contribute to an exciting public history project under my dissertation for my MA in Public History & Cultural Heritage with the University of Limerick.

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞? Anyone with knowledge, stories, documents, or personal connections to these historic sites (anonymously or named).

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝? Interviews, sharing historical materials, or participating in discussions (if preferred, anonymously).

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞? Help uncover and preserve the rich history of these significant sites for future generations.

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞! If you’re interested, contact me here or at my university email 24123943@studentmail.ul.ie.

Share this link to spread the word and help me connect with others who may have important historical knowledge!

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭:

https://www.ouririshheritage.org/content/archive/topics/seeking-participants-for-templar-research-study

https://www.helenabscott.com/maresearch

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭? 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝?

Contrary to much of what is stated in mainstream history, the Knights Templar were a model of an inclusive and tolerant group, one suitable to learn about and to revitalise in today's multicultural world 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.

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A big thank you goes out to Lorna and Chris from iCAN for their invaluable assistance and kindness in posting my call out for public engagement on my my MA dissertation research.

Also grateful to my friend and fellow colleague, photographer Phillip Devereux for some of the photos he has contributed to my dissertation (a few featured in this ad) and also upcoming book on the Knights Templar "The Way of the Rose", the first of a trilogy on the Knights Templar to be released around or after Xmas (delayed by my MA, apologies!).

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