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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Looking forward to reading this! Great cover too

Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Freethinker periodical rejecting a poetry submission in 1890: ‘the verse is meritorious in its sentiment but defective in workmanship’ - nicely succinct rejection! A rather entertaining journal to read, despite the frequent jokes at expense of the Irish in its ‘Profane Jokes’ section.

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Realising however the importance of looking at digitised handwritten return - transcription had listed one great-grandfather aged 34 rather than 54 - my father became worried about possible teen marriages!

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

There’s something special about finding grandparents as young children in the 1926 census. Finding little details too like Great grandad Francis Kelly was a ‘rationalist’ and being reminded of my grandads lost little brother among the Pugin-Meldons in the divergence between children born and living.

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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 08/03/2026

Happy #InternationalWomensDay Founded to investigate science, literature and antiquities, @ria.ie encouraged debate between scholars of diverse background & interests so long as they were male. Our blog, 'Skirting the issue', looks at the first women of the Academy www.dib.ie/blog/skirtin...

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I’m starting the week of 19 May with a paper to War Studies @ucddublin.bsky.social and finishing it on 24th with a paper to the @whaireland.bsky.social 2025 conference in Carlow College! Looking forward also to co-hosting papers by @caitbeaumont.bsky.social and Eilis ni Dhuibne in between!

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Excited about a busy week 'doing history' in Dublin/Carlow later this month. On 22 May I am speaking about AHRC Funded #WomensGrassrootsActivism project at @ucddublin.bsky.social, thanks @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social for the invite. This open to all & full details are below. @whaireland.bsky.social

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Excellent letter in the Irish Times reminding us that Irish builders did not build the White House as indicated by the Taoiseach this week. It was build by slaves including those owned by the Irish architect James Hoban.

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

My books finally arrived! Very grateful to the team at @cambridgeup.bsky.social for the superb production and supporting the project. Thinking today of the late David Fitzpatrick who began this project and to whom it is dedicated, and also of my mother who would have loved to see it in print.

Book titled America in Ireland: Culture and Society 1841-1925, published by Cambridge University Press.

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I’m very much looking forward to receiving my copy of this though It think bittersweet is a very apt word for the emotions arising from it’s publication. Great to see it is out in the world, I’m very grateful to Ciarán and the other contributors for sticking with it over the years.

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National University of Ireland @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Fionnuala Walsh, UCD School of History, examines the contribution of NUI women to the war effort in her chapter contained in the Roll of Honour. Available in all good bookshops and online from www.fourscourtspress.ie.

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National University of Ireland @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Our recently published 'Roll of Honour' features the Honour Rolls of both NUI and RCSI. Read all about Emily Anderson, in a chapter by @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social, who worked in University College Galway, and in the Foreign Office as a codebreaker and was awarded an OBE for her service during WWII.

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I listened to this interview while on my commute this morning and found it v moving. So much resonated with my experience of losing my mother to cancer in August. Tom’s comment re his Grandad eating ready meals now reminded me so much too of the stuff my little nephews and nieces have said since.

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 06/04/2024

It was a busy week in work with teaching, planning a workshop, applying for funding, presenting to programme board, recording a podcast, giving a history society talk, PhD advising, writing a peer review report, and many many meetings but I think my greatest success was finishing the jigsaw!

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

I really enjoyed giving this paper and the excellent questions afterwards were very helpful for my research! Thanks so much to @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social for the invite and to Galway history department.

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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Beautiful. Davis's coda:

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Just finished reading Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting. Much darker than I expected! Definitely one that will take a while to mull over.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Come and work with us! We are recruiting for a new post of Training Fellow in History & the Humanities. Full-time, fixed term for 36 months. Details and how to apply here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #HistoryJobs #Skystorians

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Kristina Decker @kristinadecker.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

The Women’s History Association of Ireland is now on Bluesky! 🗃️ @whaireland.bsky.social

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Welcome to @whaireland.bsky.social - great for the women’s history association of Ireland to have a presence here now! More and more people joining us from the site formerly known as Twitter

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

After a busy first three weeks of the teaching semester in UCD, it’s nice to be London bound for a history conference at Kings College. And especially good to have some enjoyable reading for the journey!

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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Looking for some interesting listening? Judy Bolger has a two-part podcast on the history of breastfeeding, in connection with modern pumping in the workplace (with special reference to academia). buff.ly/3OKAHld

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Fionnuala Walsh @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

Decided to check this place out before the other one collapses entirely…any other twitterstorians about?

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