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Georgina Laragy

@geolug.bsky.social
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Historian @Trinity College Dublin and Dublin Cemeteries Trust / Glasnevin Cemetery since 2015. Researching 19th and 20th century Irish history especially death, burial and poverty. Also Public History

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Highlighting Ireland's defense problems, David Murphy from @maynoothuniversity.ie
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dr @brian-hanley.bsky.social has published a new article in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, on Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘Muscle Memory’? Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine in Historical Context
The belief in a ‘natural’ Irish sympathy with the Palestinian people, based on a shared history of colonisation, is a very widespread one. Indeed, many suggest that the legacy of resistance to Brit...
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thanks @donalh.bsky.social
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 08/09/2026
Opinion: Patient records are a vital part of our history. Destroying them is wrong
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Opinion: Patient records are a vital part of our history. Destroying them is wrong
DPC ordered the HSE to audit stored records and ‘safely destroy any containing personal data that are no longer needed’. But these records have immense value
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
So excited to receive & read, this new memoir by Lesley Bond, an alumni of our @historytcd.bsky.social Masters #publichistory programme in 2017. Lesley did her diss on the Blasket islands, and with her partner became caretaker on the Islands in 2019. We are so proud of this amazing book and alum!
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 01/05/2026
Ukrainian diplomat on Irish neutrality: ‘Security is something you need to discuss, but which makes you very nervous’
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Ukrainian diplomat on Irish neutrality: ‘Security is something you need to discuss, but which makes you very nervous’
First deputy head of Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office warns of Russian mission’s ‘subversive activities’ in Dublin
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Having taught about Fenianism this term to first years @historytcd.bsky.social the story of the Fenian's escape from Freemantle Prison in Australia is fascinating! Anyone who can go along to this talk about Brenda Malone should do so! Looks fascinating.
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Curator Brenda Malone speaks with @ronanmcgreevy.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com about the dramatic Catalpa escape & its historic flag. See the flag in person 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🕒 Sat 18 April from 12:00 🕒 Sun 19 April from 13:00 🔗 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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The flag that saved six Fenians from a ‘living tomb’ to go on display for the first time
Presence of an American flag 150 years ago made the Catalpa one of the most celebrated prison breaks in history
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Having taught students about the Fenians this year, I'm fascinated to hear more about the Catalpa escape in the @nmireland.bsky.social Looks like a great event!
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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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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This week the fascinating research of @antoniahart.bsky.social at @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social . Learn about #womenshistory #businesshistory and #labourhistory from the author of www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10..... All welcome. @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social please RT
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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Looking forward to speaking tomorrow in the @tlrhub.bsky.social at the Contemporary and Modern Irish History seminar. My title is From Ballynascreena to Front Square: The Colonial Public Histories of the Trinity Estates and their Tenants www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
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From Ballynascreena to Front Square: The Colonial Public Histories of the Trinity Estates and their Tenants
A lecture by Dr Patrick Walsh (TCD) as part of the Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series.
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Ooh, Dr Morgan Wait @mwait13.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social speaking @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social this Thursday! Please come along to hear her research about women, work and @rte.ie this week. Places free, but booking advised! @historytcd.bsky.social #dublin #irishhistory #history #rtehistory
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Really looking forward to hearing former @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social colleague Dr Conor Dodd speak about his research on the history of Glasnevin Cemetery - our series should be of interest to #dublin historians #labourhistorians #irishhistory and historians of death. Please come along.
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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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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
How did the US become the main threat to the future of NATO? America's departure from the multilateral principles that NATO was founded upon will force the organisation to redefine its future strategy, writes David Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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How did the US become the main threat to the future of NATO?
America's departure from the multilateral principles that NATO was founded upon will force the organisation to redefine its future strategy
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FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 01/12/2025
Pourquoi l'Irlande ferait une proie de choix dans la guerre hybride menée par la Russie
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Pourquoi l'Irlande ferait une proie de choix dans la guerre hybride menée par la Russie
Faible militairement, non membre de l'OTAN mais stratégique pour les communications en Europe, l'Irlande semble le maillon faible de l'UE face aux tentatives de déstabilisation orchestrées par Moscou. Alors que Dublin s'apprête à occuper la présidence de l'UE, la classe politique irlandaise sonne le rappel des troupes. 
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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Launch details for Catherine Healy’s excellent new monograph, based on her brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social PhD: happening tomorrow evening in Dublin www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
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Book launch: Intimate Connections
Join us at EPIC to celebrate the publication of a new book on Irish female migration
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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Required reading of the most welcome sort in IHS this morning. 'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century
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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Anyone who buys clothes from Tesco, M&S, Dunnes or Penneys/Primark (Dunnes in particular) should watch @rte.ie Primetime's meticulously researched expose of forced labour in cotton production in China and how it gets into Irish and UK shops. You'll find it on RTE player.
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Delighted to see this new publication released today. I know what a labour of love and care this was for my Donegal friend and historian @angela-historian.bsky.social . Congratulations!!
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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
It was good to co-author alongside @clarekelly.bsky.social & Caitríona Leahy & with the input from Harun Šiljak & Norah Campbell. We are clearly not the only ones thinking like this, both within Trinity & beyond, so let's build community to #resistAI www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Wonderful piece by colleagues in @historytcd.bsky.social and @tcdpsychology.bsky.social
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
great piece by colleagues @kbruisch.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social on GenAi and high Ed. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
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Hannah K. Smyth 🍉 @smythh.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
With many thanks to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social and all our contributing authors
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Really delighted to see this out. Great work by colleagues and alumni of @historytcd.bsky.social #publichistory masters programme. #openaccess as well. Thanks to everyone involved. @smythh.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social @ciaranon.bsky.social
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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Delighted to see our (Brendan Twomey and myself) new Curated Collection on the Registry of Deeds up on @virtualtreasury.bsky.social virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll.... @historytcd.bsky.social
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Virtual Treasury
Virtual Treasury
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
@shelbyzimme.bsky.social
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Great work by one of our @historytcd.bsky.social #publichistory students Morgan Hansen as part of her internship with the excellent @virtualtreasury.bsky.social thanks for facilitating our students on your project, helping them do public history.
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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Check out #ThePeoplesDispensary – our free new online resource about charitable medicine in Edinburgh. It includes a fully transcribed and digitised archive of over 10,000 pages of Georgian patient case notes from the Edinburgh Public Dispensary 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/peoplesdispe...
Promotional image. Text reads: The people's dispensary digitised archive
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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
🧑🏽🏫 Inclusive history in the classroom means acknowledging previously excluded voices and empowering teachers to share them. We're fundraising for a GRT Teacher Fellowship in memory of Helen Snelson, who advocated for inclusive, rigorous history. 💛 Support us here: shorturl.at/2wGcW #HACommunity
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Good to chat with Ciara Doherty about a women's museum for Ireland.
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Anna Collins @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social tour guide and @historytcd.bsky.social public history student is leading a new #pride #LGTBQ tour in Glasnevin cemetery this weekend for @dublinpride.bsky.social . More info here. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...
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Glasnevin Cemetery’s Queer History Tour: ‘If you’re here for the drama, you’ll get it’
Guide Anna Collins on the radical characters who feature on a tour introduced to mark Dublin Pride
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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
There are still tickets left for Oein DeBhairduin's (@nmireland.bsky.social) talk 'Challenging the Narrative: Reclaiming Traveller History in Ireland's National Collections' which will explore the importance of co-curation & community-led approaches. More info here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/reclaiming...
The image gives details for the talk on Wednesday 21st May from 6 to 7 pm in the Oak Room of the Mansion House, an abstract and a bio for the speaker, Oein DeBhairduin.
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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
My open access article on the public history of allyship and solidarity between Native American and Irish people has just been published. It draws on thousands of comments published on a GoFundMe page between 2020 and 2024. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Our wonderful student Anna Collins works in @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social while also studying part-time on our M.Phil in Public History and Cultural Heritage programme @historytcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social . Her experiences are worth a read here. www.independent.ie/business/in-...
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This Working Life: ‘I love doing the Glasnevin Cemetery tour – I get to add new elements to it’
So many go straight from school into college and hate it. I took some time out and did some work and then found out what I was interested in.
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
#pubhist students from @historytcd.bsky.social took a fieldtrip to Belfast ysty. We enjoyed glorious sunshine, nuanced conversations with Rebecca Laverty from Ulster Museum & Paul Donnelly of @dctoursbelfast.bsky.social. Walking the ground is a great way to learn about Belfast's contested history.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 31/03/2025
Women's and gender history is thriving in HE, but very little of this new work appears in schools history. Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians
Opening page for Natasha Hodgson's new RHS blog post 'Finding Women's History in Schools - challenges for the curriculum review'.
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
From David Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie on the historic and strategic reason for Vance's trip to Greenland tomorrow.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
History of LGBT Activism in Ireland (3rd April,UCD) the @researchireland.bsky.social LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973–2023 workshops 🔗 Register for Workshop 1 (April 3rd): lnkd.in/epC2rAwG We’re looking forward to this important gathering of activists, advocates, and scholars. #speirgorm
Poster for the LGBT activism workshop at UCD April 3rd - register using QR code in poster
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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
A wee reminder, if you want to know more about Ireland’s last witch trial, the #islandmageewitches, check out our (with Dr Victoria McCollum) website: links to books, podcasts, a free graphic novel, original documents, animation, VR app, and info about our play, exhibition and hub: w1711.org
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Witches of Islandmagee
This site is dedicated to uncovering the importance of the witch trial that took place in 1710–1711 in Islandmagee, Ireland.
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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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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
One of our fabulous @bbkhistorical.bsky.social MA students, Laura Aitken-Burt, is a teacher & had been conducting research into the underrepresentation of women's history in schools. She's discovered that less than 10% of named individuals in school history courses are women! She's founded...
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
This Wednesday @ 7.30 @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social we have Dr Susan Flavin from @historytcd.bsky.social talking about her foodcult.eu project and making early modern beer. All are welcome @dublininquirer.com @tlrhub.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social Please Repost.. .
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FoodCult – The FoodCult website
Welcome to FoodCult, a five-year project funded by the European Research Council. This project brings together history, archaeology, science and information technology to explore the diet and foodways...
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Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
New article by me on the Women's Right to Choose Group and abortion rights activism in 80s Dublin. I loved working on this. Thanks to my interviewees,reviewers & special issue editors Gayle Davis & Linda Bryder. Please DM if you'd like a copy. #histmed #reprorights muse.jhu.edu/pub/424/arti... [1/2]
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Project MUSE - The Women's Right to Choose Group and Abortion Rights Activism in Early 1980s Dublin
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Gillian O'Brien @gillianobrien.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Conor McGregor speaks for no one but himself. His views do not reflect Irish society or culture. #stpatricksday
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Why Ireland needs to consider our security and military capabilities. By @patrickbury.bsky.social & David Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie @simonharrisireland.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2025/03/no-t...
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No Time to Spare: Irish Defense and Security in 2025 - War on the Rocks
Two years ago, we wrote in these pages about the sorry state of Irish defense and security that, we have on good authority, prompted a question on the
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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We're hiring 2 new colleagues @historyatgalway.bsky.social - Lecturer A (.4FTE; 4-year post) in History (Ireland in Global Context) - Lecturer A (1FTE; 6-month post) in History (Irish Economy and Society, 1750-1900) Go here and click 'Academic Vacancies' www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ 🗃️
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Jobs - University of Galway
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This week @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social we have Mairtin Mac Con Iomaire from @tudublin.bsky.social speaking about the making of @ria.ie 'Irish Food History: a companion' w/Dorothy Cashman. Winner of the @anpostcommerce.bsky.social Irish Book Award 2024, all welcome to Glasnevin 7.30 this Thurs!
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
French yogurt cake for a Sunday snack!
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