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This will be done through a programme of online workshops, guest speakers and site visits. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Niamh will bring her knowledge of science, astronomy and space to explore what the skies above Birr looked like and the origins of early astronomy in Birr with the Third and Fourth Earls and Mary, Countess of Rosse, in the middle and late 1800s), and the current work of I-LOFAR at Birr Castle.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Working with the data of the past and present, of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span><span><span><span>astrophysical objects discovered and observed through the Great Telescope, as well as data from I-LOFAR<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span><span><span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span>Niamh and her collaborators will map out historical and contemporary astronomical features and their coordinates.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Maps will be created using the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span><span><span><span>the craft of cross-stitching as a means to not only \u2018map\u2019 women back into the narrative of the night skies but also to create a bridge between an analogue and digital world. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span>Using these coordinates, a suite of physical movements will<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0be choreographed for an outdoor performance. 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