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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For anyone who might need this: Contact details for the Samaritans. Options include calling, texting, and online help. Back to being offline. www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-h...

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

It is National Infertility Awareness week - a week to acknowledge the impact of infertility on millions of people around the world. An appropriate time to share the programme for the Locating Loss conference, which will take place @unioflimerick.bsky.social on 27 May

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We will also have an amazing panel for our closing roundtable including Dr Beth Wilson, Éabha Gallagher, @drdeefoley.bsky.social & Prof Kathryn Hurlock

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

For our final week after a hiatus for football :-( we welcome @drdeefoley.bsky.social to @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social to discuss her work on an iconic #dublin #factory. Come for the #irishhistory stay for the biscuits! @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social please RT

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

organizing gets the goods

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Claire Dagger @clairedagger.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Great talk by Deirdre @drdeefoley.bsky.social and the fascinating lens into female labour history. Pretty cool venue too @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social #woodquay

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This quote from Micheál Martin is striking but not surprising. It is fairly common among commentators of his age. But what did it really mean to live through the Troubles in Cork? I can imagine this sentiment is fairly offensive to people in Belfast or Derry. www.independent.ie/irish-news/r...

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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Additional tickets have been released for Dr Deirdre Foley's talk on Wednesday 25th March from 6-7pm in the Wood Quay Venue, 'Women and Girls in Jacob's Biscuit Factory, c.1911-1977'. Reserve your spot at the link below!🔗 @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/women-and-...

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thanks to all who joined us this evening to launch #womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ Toolkit. It's out in the world 🥳 & download your copy 👇. Incredibly grateful to members of @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social @womensinstitute.bsky.social #ICA & WI Northern Ireland who made this project happen 🙏.

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Women's Grassroots Activism Toolkit 100+

Helping to enhance the lives of women and girls for another 100+ years

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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Tá ríméad orainn an clár a fhógairt d’aoichainteanna Oidhreacht Bhaile Átha Cliath d’Earrach/Samhradh 2026 ag Ionad Ché an Adhmaid, le haoichainteanna ó @drdeefoley.bsky.social, @aoifeb.bsky.social, Mícheál Ó hAodha agus Anthony Delaney. www.eventbrite.com/cc/dublin-ci...

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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We are delighted to announce the line up for the Spring/Summer Dublin City Heritage Talks 2026 @ the Wood Quay Venue, featuring talks from @drdeefoley.bsky.social, @aoifeb.bsky.social, Mícheál Ó hAodha and Anthony Delaney. All talks will be ISL interpreted. www.eventbrite.com/cc/dublin-ci...

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Our @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social Spring Lecture Series is live. Theme is 'Work and working in 19th & 20th century #Dublin' - please RT. Speakers @antoniahart.bsky.social @dublincity.bsky.social @drdeefoley.bsky.social & Conor Dodd formerly Glasnevin.

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Dr Leeann Lane @lloislanel.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Just no @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social This is horrendous. There are so many great tours with deeply knowledgeable human tour guides. Why would you do this?

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Texas cops tried to find an abortion patient by using data from an automatic license plate reader (ALPR), which gave them access to over 83,000 cameras across the country. The dystopian future feminists have been warning about is already here. www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...

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A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion

The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

www.ria.ie/2025/05/22/2... The WHAI is delighted to see that Prof. Maria Luddy has been elected as an Honorary member of the RIA. Prof Luddy's contribution to women's history in Ireland has been significant. And this is an acknowledgment of that contribution to historical debate.

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28 new members admitted to the Royal Irish Academy - Royal Irish Academy

On 23 May 2025, the new members of the Royal Irish Academy were admitted for their exceptional contribution to the sciences, humanities and social sciences as well as to public service.

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Dr Leeann Lane @lloislanel.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... This is an intense, revealing, well-researched and often compelling biography. Lane … has made a profound contribution to our understanding of the republican women of that generation and their intimate and public lives. @ucdpress.bsky.social

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Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane: A revealing, well-researched and compelling biography of this patriot

Diarmaid Ferriter: A layered overview of what drove the formidable republican and how she was perceived

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Catherine Sloan @csloanox.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Amazing opportunity and ACE @drdeefoley.bsky.social as cosupervisor!

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Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Amazing history PhD opportunity at Trinity College Dublin to work on women’s experiences of maternity care in Dublin, 1950-2020. Dream supervisory team of @drdeefoley.bsky.social and @earner.bsky.social. 🤩Closing date 23 May. #histmed

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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Funded PhD working with @drdeefoley.bsky.social on experiences of pregnancy and giving birth in Ireland 1950-2020. Begins September 2025; apply now! 🗃️ www.tcd.ie/history/asse...

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

PhD opportunity at TCD under the supervision of Dr Deirdre Foley and Dr Lindsey Earner Byrne.

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Dr. Morgan Wait @mwait13.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I am beyond delighted to share that my first book Rediscovering Women in Early Irish Television 1957-73 is officially under contract with @livunipress.bsky.social and will be part of the brilliant Reappraisals in Irish History Series. I am so excited to be able to get this work out in the world.

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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A week after the TCD modern Irish history symposium, I'll be in London for this gathering on British History. Featuring a panel on Irish environmental history, with me, @erikahanna.bsky.social and @momoulton.bsky.social. Very much looking forward to it - not least because Julia Laite is the keynote.

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Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Looking forward to seeing you (and your paper), Kevin! Very excited about this. Thanks @drdeefoley.bsky.social and @earner.bsky.social for putting such a great programme together.

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Dr. Morgan Wait @mwait13.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Really looking forward to speaking at this at the end of the month.

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Dr Deirdre Foley @drdeefoley.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Booking now for this symposium on 25 April, featuring @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social @mwait13.bsky.social @tortietabby.bsky.social @brian-hanley.bsky.social and others working on Ireland in the 1970s beyond. Hoping for some interesting discussion! @iaphistorians.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social

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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

To mark international Single Parents Day, One Family together with Trinity College Dublin and Glasgow Caledonian University launches new campaign highlighting the history, experiences and misconceptions facing one-parent families @onefamilyireland.bsky.social @mediacoops.bsky.social #singleparentday

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Time for a Change

Find out more about the work of our partners supporting One Parent Familes

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 22/02/2025

How did fascist movements in 1930s Britain appeal to women and even former suffragettes? Martin Durham, in a rediscovered talk given to History Workshop in 1983, and Daniel Jones (@narson.bsky.social) on the continued resonance of these insights in today's world. www.historyworkshop....

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Women in the British Union of Fascists | History Workshop

Why are women drawn to fascist ideologies and movements? The timely rediscovery of Martin Durham's talk - given to History Workshop in 1983, looking back to the 1930s - speaks to pressing questions today.

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Lucy Rebecca Cannon @queerarchivist.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Poster advertising the conference on welfare organized by the New York Wages for Housework Committee on April 24th,1976. Silvia Federici Papers, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Thinking of Ann Lovett today, ##otd 1984, 15yrs old & pregnant, she went to the grotto in Granard where she gave birth to a still born baby boy, she was found sometime later but died shortly after of hypothermia & blood loss. Her story shocked the country #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/readme/ann-l...

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Dr Mary McAuliffe: The details of Ann Lovett's tragic death are still harrowing 40 years on

The historian looks back at the loss of the teenager who died after giving birth in a grotto in Granard, 40 years ago today.

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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Happy publication week! Delighted (& slightly terrified) my first book is out in the wild for everyone to read 😂 Had so much fun going down the rabbit hole researching these families and hope that’s evident on the page #histfam

Image of four copies of Siblinghood and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster by Shannon Devlin and some lovely flowers.

A copy of Siblinghood and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster by Shannon Devlin against a blue sky.

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Irish Association of Professional Historians #IAPH #Skystorians @iaphistorians.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🙌Funded PhD Opportunity!🙌 Please do share widely. The DCU School of History and Geography is currently advertising paid PhD opportunities esp in Medieval Ireland, the history of Irish towns and cities, legal history and women’s and gender history www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...

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PhD Scholarship Opportunities | School of History and Geography

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Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I am really excited to announce now it is official that I will be publishing my first monograph with MUP, ‘Women’s welfare activism: Everyday power and politics in twentieth-century Britain’. Thank you to the many many people who have encouraged me along the way. I really appreciate all the support.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

One of the most single-minded anti-Treaty women refusing to compromise on her allegiance to the 2nd Dáil, leading deValera to describe her as ‘incorrigible’. This biography seeks out a deeper understanding of a richly complex woman, too often written off as a virago Out Feb 25

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