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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
PhD student Andrew Nurkin writes about the incident that forms the basis of his thesis research: www.theassemblync.com/news/culture...
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The Incident at Little River
The brutal crime that catalyzed the LGBTQ movement in North Carolina 45 years ago has never been fully chronicled—until now.
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John Marshall @jmarshallmed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Very much looking forward to this next Saturday. Chaired by Dr Audrey Whitty (NLI), I’ll be speaking alongside Dr Paul Dryburgh (The National Archives, UK) on all things Norman, charters and IMC editions - all are welcome! @historytcd.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Michaelmas Term schedule, Seminar in International History
Centre for International History Seminar Series
Michaelmas Term 2026
All seminars will be held on Mondays between 1300-1400 in the Long Room Hub.
5 October The U.S., “Stability,” and the 1949 Husni Za‘im Coup in Syria
Nathan Citino, Rice University
12 October “Cold War Nutrient Bonds: Occidental Petroleum’s 1973 Fertilizer
Deal with the Soviet Union and Why It (Still) Matters”
Katja Bruisch, TCD
19 October Co-sponsored with the Centre for Environmental History
The Archive of Decolonization in North Africa, Idriss Jebari, TCD
9 November 
Modernisation of Piracy: Colonial Hong Kong and Its Dangerous
Maritime Connections, c. 1890-1950, Dexter Tse, TCD
23 November 
Histories of Orphan Trafficking in East Africa and the West, Andreana Prichard, University of Oklahoma
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Jay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wow, this is an absolutely fascinating article and does what all good history should do - complicated simplistic narratives to reveal a more holistic understanding of the past. Kudos @brian-hanley.bsky.social!
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here is the schedule of talks for the Environmental History ResearchSeminar this term. www.tcd.ie/tceh/events/
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TCEH Environmental History Research Seminar TCEH - Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities - Trinity College Dublin
Environmental History Research Seminar event details and speakers is available here.
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Daniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Kiddo attended an academic orientation @tcddublin.bsky.social w/ n address given by the chair of @historytcd.bsky.social Professor Lindsey Earner-Byrne. A substantial part of it was about the probs w/ AI and the need to avoid it and Kiddo said the speaker received a loud ovation when she was done.
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Energetic Crowd Doing a Reverse Cheer
Alt: Energetic Crowd Doing a Reverse Cheer
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Michel Summer @leafandstream.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"While I do think the book has something to contribute to the ongoing/revived conversations about societal change at the beginning of the second millennium, it also [...] provides an entirely new paradigm to think about elites within medieval societies [...]." #MedievalSky
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Publication Day!
It’s finally here! At long last, my very first book – Social Elites in medieval France; Status, wealth and power in the Loire valley, c. 850 – 1150 – has been published in t…
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The schedule for the Early Modern Research Seminar is here 👇 lots of great talks! @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dr Niall Ó Súilleabháin has published his book, Social Elites in Medieval France: Status, Wealth and Power in the Loire Valley, c. 850-1150 (Manchester UP). The book had its genesis in Niall's PhD here at Trinity manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187185/
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Manchester University Press - Social elites in medieval France
Social elites in medieval France - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Social elites in medieval France by Dr Niall Ó Súilleabháin
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Looking forward to returning to Dublin in November to speak at @historytcd.bsky.social seminar series & an honour to be in great company incl: @shannondevlin.bsky.social & @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social. Will be focussing on research emerging from @ukri.org #AHRC #womensgrassrootsactivism network.
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This term's schedule for the Research Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Irish History is here www.tcd.ie/history/rese...
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Trinity Research Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminars - Department of History - Trinity College Dublin
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This term's schedule for the Early Modern History Research Seminar is here: www.tcd.ie/history/rese...
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Early Modern History Research Seminar - Department of History - Trinity College Dublin
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Proposals for papers are invited for the annual conference of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland to be held at Trinity College Dublin on 4 & 5 Dec. Abstracts of 300 words should be sent to adolan@tcd.ie by 23rd Oct. 2026. All aspects of Irish economic and social history are welcome.
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Friends of Medieval Dublin @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UPCOMING EVENT Dear Friends, Join us on Saturday 3 October in the JM Synge Theatre (Room 2039), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, for our 27th Medieval Dublin symposium, organised with the support of @historytcd.bsky.social as part of the Dublin Festival of History [1/2]
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Congrats to our MPhil students: Constantia Maxwell award, Nora Mulvehill, Public History & Cultural Heritage; bursaries to Murphy McDonald Bradshaw, PHCH; Eva Hendley, Medieval; Laurie Seiters, Early Modern ; Regan Grogg, Modern Irish; Finn Purdy, Environmental; Isabelle Steuver, International
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Prof. Patrick Geoghegan interviews Andrew Gorman, Research Programme Officer, Trinity Long Room Hub, about his new book on the Irish who served in the British Army : www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
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The Irish Who Served In The British Army | Newstalk
In this episode: we'll begin beneath the waters of Dublin Bay where hundreds of shipwrecks tell t...
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John Marshall @jmarshallmed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Delighted to see my article in Analecta Hibernica in print, which provides a full edition and translation of the 1247 partition of the transnational Marshall estate @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dr @geolug.bsky.social, together with colleague Dr Aiofe Bhreatnach, has published an opinion piece in the @irishtimes.com about recent fine imposed on the HSE for not taking care of sensitive patient records with medical, legal and historical value. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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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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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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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Welcome to the new academic year! Welcome to permanent appointments Drs. @brian-hanley.bsky.social, @roztan.bsky.social, and Diogo de Carvalho Cabral. Welcome new staff members Drs. Lewis Bremner, @joelherman.bsky.social , Niall Ó Suilleabháin, and @mwait13.bsky.social.
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Webinar! Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre 7:00-8:15, Thursday 4 June 7:00-7:45 Talks: Prof Jane Ohlmeyer (TCD), Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), Prof Lindsey Earner-Byrne (TCD) 7:45-8:00 Discussion chaired by Dr Joel Herman 8:00-8:15 Q&A events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Dr Sparky Booker spoke in a podcast on Dublin's Medieval Boom: open.spotify.com/episode/7EyW...
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Trinity Talks: Dublin’s Hidden Histories – Dublin’s Medieval boom
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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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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Congratulations to our graduates Dr Coleman and Dr Toomey!
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
5 May conference at Trinity on the Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland and the US. Sponsored by TCD, UCD, QUB, UG. Great lineup of speakers! www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
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We Shall Overcome: Civil Rights Struggles in Northern Ireland and the United States
A one day conference organised by the School of Histories and Humanities.
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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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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Great new piece on RTE Brainstorm by my @historytcd.bsky.social PhD student Ciana Devitt on long colonial history of seaweed extraction in Ireland and It’s contemporary resonances www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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The long but largely forgotten history of Irish seaweed disputes
Current controversies over access to Irish seaweed are a reminder that such disputes are a vivid part of Ireland's colonial past
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Dr Tess Wingard edited a special issue of the Journal of Medieval History on ‘The Medieval Church: From Margins to Centre’
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The Medieval History Research Seminar and the Trinity History Workshop organised a roundtable ‘From Thesis to Book’ featuring our recent PhD grads who have published monographs: Michel Summer (now Univ of Heidelberg), Ronan Mulhaire (Hibernia College), and Niall Ó Sulleabháin (Kings College London).
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
For students currently enrolled for a postgrad History degree at TCD, or planning to enrol, or TCD History grads enrolling for a postgrad degree elsewhere: Cluff Memorial Studentship www.tcd.ie/history/post...
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Funding Opportunities - Department of History - Trinity College Dublin
Applications for an award under the Cluff Memorial Studentship scheme are invited for 2026-27.
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Conference on Gender in Chinese History to be held at UCC, 25 March, featuring @isabellajackson.bsky.social as keynote, and Ezra Kücken, Yuxuan Lang, and Dr Yushu Geng also speaking.
Poster for conference at UCC, in the format of an oldfashioned newspaper. 'A Gender Lens on Interdisciplinary Research in Chinese Studies', March 25, 13:00, UCC, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex 302. Keynote and five other talks.
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
New publication announcement! Rethinking Childhood in Modern Chinese History, co-edited by our own @isabellajackson.bsky.social and her former postdoc Dr. Yushu Geng: www.routledge.com/Rethinking-C...
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Rethinking Childhood in Modern Chinese History
At the cutting edge of the growing field of the history of childhood, this book shows how placing children at the centre of historical analysis enables the past to be viewed in new ways. Demonstrating...
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Dr. @isabellajackson.bsky.social gave a talk for the Dublin Lunar New Year festival on classical Chinese gardens, including the one in Dublin's St Anne's Park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFOV...
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Isabella Jackson (TCD) -- Classical Chinese Gardens through the Centuries
YouTube video by TCAS: Trinity Centre for Asian Studies
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Another media appearance by @brian-hanley.bsky.social: speaking about Father Coughlin and the American far right in the 1930s in this documentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaFJ...
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John Marshall @jmarshallmed.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Next Friday, I will be speaking at the Ó Cléirigh seminar on my forthcoming article in the Proceedings of the RIA, which analyses surviving letters sent by Irish kings and provides a full edition and translation of them. All are welcome! @historytcd.bsky.social
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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Honoured to receive an award on behalf of our team from our Equality Office for the contribution our colonial legacies project has made to EDI initiatives in college as part of a wonderful celebration this morning. @historytcd.bsky.social
Thriving at trinity celebrating EDI
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Just listened to a fascinating paper by @drmishaewen.bsky.social on ‘Gender, Race and Kinship in Early Barbados’ at the @historytcd.bsky.social Early Modern History Research Seminar. Leaving with much food for thought.
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Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I'll be speaking on 25 Feb @historytcd.bsky.social about capitalism and agriculture in 20th century Irish history - based on my work with the Sites of Fracture project. www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
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"If land were to be sacrificed...": Industrial dairy pollution and the more-than-human history of Irish global capitalism - Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute | Trinity Colleg...
A lecture by Prof Mo Moulton (University of Birmingham) as part of the Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series.
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
For themed sessions of three speakers, provide a proposal for each paper (+ optionally name of session chair). Proposals also invited for roundtable sessions of 50 min addressing major issues in a field: short description of purpose of roundtable, name of chair, list of agreed participants. 4/4
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Proposals to Dr Immo Warntjes (iwarntje@tcd.ie) by 12 March 2026. Each submission should include the following details: Name | Institutional Affiliation (if any) | Email Address | Paper Title | Abstract (c.100 words). 3/4
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
We invite proposals from Ireland and abroad for papers of no more than 20 min. on any aspect of medieval studies, including but not limited to: History, Art History, Literature, Linguistics, Archaeology, Theology, Philosophy, Palaeography. Cuirfear fáilte roimh pháipéir as Gaeilge 2/4
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Call for papers, Irish Conference of Medievalists! Trinity College Dublin, 28-29 May (in person) Registration €40 (students €20). 1/4
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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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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This series of talks and tastings at Dublin Castle orgsnisec by my brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social colleague Dr Susan Flavin will be excellent. highly recommend signing up
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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This documentary was so much fun to make. It’s compiled from audio we gathered across a couple of years and follows two amazing women - Meg and Dympna - all the way to Jamaica, in search of Meg’s ancestor: an Irish Catholic enslaver and coffee planter, Peter Daly www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
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Jamaica Daly
An Irish family learns about their ancestor's past as a slave-owner.
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Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Join us for a #BehindTheHeadlines discussion on shifting global norms and the changing international order. Experts in history, law, environmental humanities, and politics will explore recent tensions and their implications for Europe and the world. 🎫 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1981570379...
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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
24th September 2025 - Dr Patrick Walsh @historytcd.bsky.social, 'Cultivating Virtue? Trinity College Dublin's Colonial Legacies' youtu.be/exe-Us9tgQo?...
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Cultivating Virtue? Trinity College Dublin's Colonial Legacies | Oak Room Talks 2025
YouTube video by Dublin City Heritage
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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Our term has started and we've got another round of great Environmental History Research Seminars scheduled in Dublin. Come and join us! Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for supporting and hosting the series! #envhist @historytcd.bsky.social 👇
The seminar programme of the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities for Hilary Term 2025/06
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Ramazan Hakkı Öztan @roztan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Upcoming talk next week by Dr Seçil Yılmaz (University of Pennsylvania): "Love in the Time of Syphilis: Medicine, Sex and the End of Ottoman Empire" Trinity College Dublin, @historytcd.bsky.social Long Room Hub, Neill Lecture Theatre, 27 January 2026 Tuesday, 16.00-18.00 www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Indeed, the legal historian known as Sparky, because that is her name.
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