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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

One of the last times I met her was at the same conference in Galway last year, where her kind hearted spirit once again shone through despite her own personal health struggles. The paper she delivered on that occasion can be heard at the below link. Ní bheidh a leithéad arís ann.

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I first encountered @bridmcgrath.bsky.social more than a decade ago when, as a young & t nervous PhD student I attended the Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference to give my first ever academic presentation. Bríd instantly put me at ease with her warmth, kindness and generosity of spirit. 2/3

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Last night I was incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of @bridmcgrath.bsky.social . A formidable scholar with a huge passion for early modern history. But more importantly, a kind and generous person who will be sorely missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing her. 1/2

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Thank you for sharing, Conor, I’m back on Bluesky after a brief hiatus so just catching this now

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

It was a great pleasure to deliver the opening keynote address at the @catholicrs.bsky.social conference last month. I spoke on the subject of Catholic women & the probate courts in #earlymodern Ireland, part of my ongoing research for the @erc.europa.eu funded project @voicestcd.bsky.social

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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

A great keynote by @bamcshane.bsky.social to begin the @catholicrs.bsky.social conference. Loads of food for thought which clearly came through with the well-engaged with Q&A afterwards

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

At a mass ahead of the #papalconclave Giovanni Battista Re, College of Cardinals Dean, called for a pope that can ‘awaken the consciences of all & the moral & spiritual energies in today's society, characterized by great technological progress but which tends to forget God’ @ewtnvatican.bsky.social

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NPR @npr.org · 07/05/2025

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are beginning the secretive process known as a conclave.

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The conclave to choose a new pope is beginning. Here's what you need to know

As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are beginning the secretive process known as a conclave.

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Big day tomorrow, not only start of papal #conclave, but also my workshop on #GenerativeAI & Historical Research. Looking forward to some thought provoking discussions on what this technology means for the discipline of History @tlrhub.bsky.social @discussai.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social

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Near FM @nearfm.ie · 06/05/2025

On Northside Today from 11am Emma speaks to @bamcshane.bsky.social about women in the Catholic Church as the Papal Conclave prepares to convene tomorrow.

Dr Bronagh Ann McShane sitting in a car.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 28/04/2025

"If we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make a culture of encounter: we need this so much. We must meet one another doing good (2013)." #PopeFrancis #SantoSubito

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 26/04/2025

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Who will be the next Pope? My op-ed in today’s @irishtimes.com - ’Race to succeed Francis begins with his funeral’ (subscriber content) #popefrancis #papalfuneral #conclave #catholichurch www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Thank you for sharing, Danielle 🙏

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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

🚨 60% OFF SALE NOW ON! Save on most hardbacks published before July 2024 in our Spring sale! Use BB600 at the checkout to claim your discount. Browse and view the full list of included books > buff.ly/elebpMY #BookSale #History #Music #Literature

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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Check out the latest VOICES blog! Our Research Fellow, Diego Rincon Yanez, explores how Natural Language Processing and AI helps us learn about the lives of women in early modern Ireland: @tlrhub.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @tcddublin.bsky.social

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Blog 5: Giving Voice to the Past: How AI Helps Us Listen - VOICES

NLP on VOICES project

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Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

"Pope Francis appointed more women to leadership roles in the Vatican than any pope before him." @bamcshane.bsky.social (Research Fellow, @voicestcd.bsky.social, @historytcd.bsky.social) explores the legacy of #PopeFrancis in 'The Conversation'. Read now: theconversation.com/pope-francis...

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Pope Francis promoted women to unprecedented heights of power in the church

Women now hold several high-level administrative roles in the Catholic church but not everyone is on board.

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

1448 pp here of Luke Wadding’s Roman dossier on Jansenism & anti-Jansenism from 1652/1653. And this was just volume 3…

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Pope Francis leaves a complex legacy but his moves to promote women in leadership within the Vatican marked a real shift. I explore what his legacy means in light of the Church’s long history of patriarchy; theconversation.com/pope-francis... #PopeFrancis #CatholicChurch #Religion #patriarchy

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President of Ireland @president.ie · 21/04/2025

Statement by President Michael D. Higgins on the death of Pope Francis president.ie/en/media-lib...

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 21/04/2025

Nuns arrives to pray at St. Peter's Square following the death of Pope Francis in the Vatican on Monday. Pope Francis died at age 88 a day after making an appearance at Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday. 📷 Alberto Pizzoli / AFP nbcnews.to/3Gd04KK

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

RIP #PopeFrancis ✝️ sharing my @irishtimes.com article on Francis and women in the Church. ‘Vision of Pope Francis has signalled shift in how Vatican views women in leadership’ www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

A major conference is being held in Rome this May to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Irish Franciscan house, Saint Isidore's College. Registration Deadline: 30 April 2025. For full details: irishstudies.nd.edu/events/2025/... #Catholichist #rome #irishabroad

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The CFP for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference is now open. TSIXIII will take place at University College Dublin on 21-22 August, so please join us. All details are in the link, but get please get in touch if you have any questions. tudorstuartireland.com

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Tudor and Stuart Ireland

Post by @TudorStuartIre.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Will of John Langly, Bandon, Co Cork, 1674: I do leave all my household goods, and farm...to my son, commonly called 'Stubborn Jack'...provided he marries a Protestant woman, but not Grace Kenny or Alice Kenny, who called me 'Oliver's whelp.' #grudge (Bennett, The History of Bandon)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The Artist's Sister in the Garb of a Nun, 1551, Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1535–1625) (Southampton City Art Gallery) I love these - if you can't find a nun sitter, create one. Rubens dressed his son as a #Capuchin

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Planting fruit trees in Ireland, 1653 (Egmont Mss).

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

2 April, feast day of St Bronagh, 6th century holy woman, disciple of St Patrick and abbess of #Kilbroney, Co Down. The bell of St Bronagh still hangs in the local church of #Rostrevor #StBronagh #IrishSaints #FeastDay #nuntastic #catholichistory

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

'Coghill never married although he was reputedly close to marrying...Allegedly he was [jilted] because of a judgement he made in the prerogative court...that a husband could lawfully beat his wife, if it was done with a switch such as that which Coghill was then holding' www.dib.ie/biography/co...

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

An interesting post on the teaching of (women’s) history in schools in England. 🗃️#WomensHistoryMonth

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Thank you for the invitation to speak on the Talking Tudors podcast @onthetudortrail.bsky.social i so enjoyed the conversation!

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Natalie Grueninger @onthetudortrail.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

New episode! It was enlightening to speak with @bamcshane.bsky.social about the lives and experiences of Irish women religious and the impact of the dissolution of the monasteries. A must-listen episode for anyone interested in early modern women. Tune in! talkingtudors.podbean.com

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Crown Imperial fritillary attended by a court of bright tulips, Merrion Square, Dublin

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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Deadline for #cfp for the 67th annual Catholic Records Society conference taking place in Hinsley Hall, Leeds @catholicrs.bsky.social is fast approaching (31 March) For details on submitting a proposal see www.crs.org.uk/conferences #catholichist #histmonast #skystorians #catholicism #reformazing

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Conference | CRS

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Anne Goldgar @annegoldgar.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

28 MARCH: John Gallagher on “The notaries of the Royal Exchange: migration and translation between London and the Low Countries?” IHR Low Countries seminar 5:30 pm GMT (UK clocks not yet changed), online & in person at IHR Wolfson Rm 2. Register here: www.history.ac.uk/events/notar...

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The notaries of the Royal Exchange: migration and translation between London and the Low Countries

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Martin O'Donoghue @martinodonoghue.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Looking forward to this year's @iaphistorians.bsky.social Annual Lecture @nlireland.bsky.social Tuesday 15 April at 6.30pm (after the AGM) - Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social - 'Afterlives of Revolutionary Violence' www.nli.ie/exhibitions-... www.eventbrite.ie/e/afterlives...

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Afterlives of Revolutionary Violence

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

One of my favourite signs in Dublin. St Andrew’s Westland Row.

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The multilingual early modern city!

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