Strangers to Citizens
– Visit the National Library of Ireland’s new travelling banner
exhibition, Photo Detectives, at North Mayo Heritage Centre, created under the
auspices of the EU Presidency of Ireland. Since the NLI began sharing our
remarkable photographic collections on Flickr in 2011, the online volunteer
Flickr community has grown to number 36,900 followers worldwide and has amassed
over 122.6 million views. On Flickr, followers are encouraged to track down the
stories behind the photographs, uncovering information, which is sometimes
personal, often moving and always surprising. This exhibition celebrates the
ingenuity, generosity and humour of the NLI’s Flickr volunteers and the remarkable
stories revealed by their research. The NLI’s Flickr account is available here:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons | Flickr