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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

LOOK WHAT I GOT MY HANDS ON @thorntonsbooks.bsky.social! AND, now available Open Access completely free to read and download online! #EarlyModern. Also a lovely arvo catching up with the lovely @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social on Portobello beach! www.routledge.com/Alice-Thornt...

Me in my dirty dogwalking togs on Portobello sea front holding a copy of Alice Thornton's Books: Reassessing the Life Writings of a Seventeenth-Century Woman ed Cordelia Beattie, Suzanne Trill and me

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Prof Deirdre Raftery @draftery.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Well done ICED2026 on supplying a great welcome pack with a fan, fir delegates in Salamanca! Weather hot, but conference excellent. #Salamanca #UCD #ICED26

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Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

One week today: publication day for uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...! My brilliant co-authors Rachel Rich, @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social @adamcrymble.bsky.social & I are excited for the book to be out. It will also be available open access, as our dataset is: zenodo.org/records/8070... #HistFood

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The King’s Dinner

The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...

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Prof Deirdre Raftery @draftery.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Parent robin feeding offspring outside our kitchen… this pair are tireless! Parent has been with us for quite a while. Robin fans will appreciate… @shanedbergin.bsky.social @emmaefarrell.bsky.social

A fledged robin feeds from a parent robin, standing on a stone wall.

Baby robin takes a meal worm from parent robin, standing on a stone wall.

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Marking the 150th anniversary of the rescue of six Fenian leaders from Fremantle Prison by the whaling ship Catalpa. The flag of the Catalpa will be on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, on Saturday, 18th and Sunday, 19th April 2026 only. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

A large historic American flag is laid flat on a white floor inside a museum gallery, surrounded by photography lighting stands and softbox lights, with wall displays and a mezzanine level visible above.

A close view of a large American flag spread on the floor in a museum space, with two people working nearby and studio lights positioned around the flag for documentation.

A person stands on a mezzanine operating a camera mounted on a tripod, photographed from below, with ceiling beams and a large fan visible in the background.

A historic American flag photographed flat against a white background, showing thirteen stars in the canton and alternating red and off-white stripes, with visible signs of age and wear.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Glorious sunshine pouring through the door! We're open 'til 5pm

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A little over halfway through the month but nearly at the halfway point of my run target! Sticking to my schedule, & the Raheny 5 mile run next weekend will help me along! Thanks to all the amazingly generous people who have donated #breastcancer fundraising.breastcancerireland.com/fundraiser/N...

Fundraising target page - 695 euro raised so far!

Goal update page - 30.1 km out of 62km run so far

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year May your 2026 be filled with books that entertain, educate, and inspire

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Prof Deirdre Raftery @draftery.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

The best place for ideas for book gifts… They somehow manage to match books PERFECTLY with readers! It is always a joy to visit @ravenbooks.bsky.social

A bundle of gift-wrapped books, and some unwrapped books, with some bookmarks.

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Musica Secreta @musicasecreta.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

24 hours to go for our crowdfunding campaign! Our final instalment in the MiniMotet series, this one is all about living together in peace and harmony, and burning all your vanities #earlymodern #nuntastic #GirlsGotPolyphony youtu.be/uyCejiKD1sE

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Crowdfunder Week 8, MiniMotet 4 Ecce quam bonum

YouTube video by MusicaSecreta

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Why did so many 19th century Irish women become nuns and head for missionary work overseas? By Deirdre Raftery @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie - The Last Irish Missionaries airs @rteone.rte.ie & RTÉ Player Monday 935pm www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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Why did so many 19th century Irish women become nuns?

By 1901, there was one nun per 400 members of the Irish population and many of these women left the country for missionary work overseas

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Prof Deirdre Raftery @draftery.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

@ciaraioch.bsky.social arrived today - look forward to framing this… beautifully done. Thank you!

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Prof Deirdre Raftery @draftery.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Wonderful celebration of the late Michael Longley, and his legacy to poetry and to this island.

Two men talk about poetry, on a stage. They are writers - Paul Muldoon and John Banville.

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Prof Deirdre Raftery @draftery.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Great to see @ucddublin.bsky.social Emily Pine hosting this evening’s wonderful interview with Judith Hermann & Katy Derbyshire at the International Literature Festival Dublin #ILFD

Three writers are discussing a new book, at a public event in a park Dublin. Interviewer Emily Pine talks with author Judith Hermann and translator Katy Derbyshire.

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padraigkirwan.bsky.social @padraigkirwan.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

200 bottles of Gatorade. 300 bottles of water. 60 Clif bars. 500+ miles. 9 riders. 4 support crew. 3 tribal vehicles. ONE CHALLNGE. Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team starts a huge ride from Missisissipii to Oklahoma tomorrow. Please help us to keep the cycle going. #choctawgift #sharinglands

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Donate to Honouring Choctaw & Irish Ancestors (Official Team Cycle), organised by Padraig Kirwan

The remarkable and ongoing connection between the citizens of… Padraig Kirwan needs your support for Honouring Choctaw & Irish Ancestors (Official Team Cycle)

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UCD School of Music @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The UCD Trad Group were welcomed to the Irish Traditional Music Archives this week. The group had a great time browsing the archive. The visit finished up with a couple of tunes in the library while the archives secretary Bridie Flaherty danced a jig! A great day 😄

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Dr Paul Mullan MRIA @pauljmullan01.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Some fantastic news. Irish Dry Stone Construction (walls) has just been added to the UNESCO representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Ireland now has five inscribed ICH practices.

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Arseny Khakhalin @khakhalin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We need more book announcements on the timeline. For eye-cleansing, heart-cleansing. Book releases, book announcements, with cover page photos and short summaries, that's top escapism, I crave it!

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Everybody, please put up a profile picture, even if it is only a picture of your cat. And write at least a few words in your bio. It is hard to distinguish people from bots otherwise. Thank you. And thanks to those who follow me.

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Joe O'Hara @joeoharadcu.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

So because it is Saturday I created this. Feel free to get in touch if you want to be added - or removed! go.bsky.app/8FJAkMG

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

To celebrate the new thread feature & because it's a good time to remember that doing small things is better than doing nothing, here's my only thread from Old Twitter that went viral. Seven years ago, when I moved in, I inherited what I thought was an overgrown tip at the bottom of my garden...

An open gate by a brick wall leads somewhere green

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 13/10/2024

It was during the height of the pandemic and the nicest person from NPR was like “we want to interview you about your tweet.” She didn’t have to say which one. It’s the cheese tweet.

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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

Hello blue sky land. Still trying to find my way to my #histmed #histsci #envhist peeps. Follow me for research, writing and curating - mostly sleep and the Victorians but sometimes also empire and museums!

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

It's a warm sunny day in Blackrock Village and we are open for business

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Dr Sara Barker @sarakbarker.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Colleagues at History UK have put together this report on EDI, History and Pedagogy - it will be useful reading for anyone involved in UKHE History teaching (and possibly others too). An initial step, not the end point, but lots on things we can do & fight for. www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-uk-h...

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History UK: History, Pedagogy and EDI project report

EDI is integral to the teaching and making of history. Between Spring 2021 and Autumn 2023, History UK undertook an EDI pedagogy project including focus groups and contextual literature review work…

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Annmarie Valdes, PhD @avaldes725.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

The CfP for the next ISCHE conference is online now. En Brasil !! www.ische.org/ische-confer...

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