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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨Now available to listen: The VOICES team talk from the 14th Annual Tudor & Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference! Find links at our website: @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
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14th Annual Tudor & Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference  - VOICES
The 14th Annual Tudor & Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference took place in Trinity College Dublin on 13 and 14 August 2026. The conference was organised by Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh from TCD Depar...
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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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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
To speak about women & war in 1640s Ireland & our ERC VOICES project at the Hiroshima memorial peace museum is a huge privilege. I’m so deeply grateful to the organisers of the BEACH conference for the invitation. 🇮🇪🇯🇵 @voicestcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If you happen to be near Tokyo University next Wednesday-16 September- at 2pm, do join us. See the QR code for details or for the zoom link (if you are awake - it’s 6am) 🇮🇪🇯🇵 @voicestcd.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📻 Listen back to Women in Revolution by @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, Catriona Kennedy & @earner.bsky.social. Available now on YouTube! @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
For those who weren’t able to attend a video of the ‘Women in Revolution‘ webinar is now live on YouTube (link below). Many thanks to @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, @earner.bsky.social, and Catriona Kennedy for taking part. Very grateful to our partners as well.
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just loved the exhibition that celebrates 50 years of SOF Heyman. Its mission is as relevant today as it was back in 1975. Especially delighted to see the TCD hub collaboration mentioned. Congratulations to Eileen Gillooly & team. @sofheyman.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@tlrhub.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @drdpatterson.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We had a wonderful time at the Tudor Stuart Conference last week! Many thanks to Deirdre and all of the organisers for inviting us to present our VOICES research, and to the great audience for their engagement 📜 @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thrilled to present the VOICES project and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social to the delegation of EU ministers yesterday 🇪🇺 A huge thank you to Minister James Lawless inviting us 🙏 @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
@tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A great week for @virtualtreasury.bsky.social and VOICES! Over half a million Irish records now freely available incl thousands more early modern women 🎉 @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social www.irishcentral.com/roots/histor...
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Over half a million Irish historical records are now free to explore online
A major expansion of the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland opens up nearly 200,000 new records while a new project will uncover Ireland's forgotten stories in French archives.
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Join @virtualtreasury.bsky.social & VOICES 30 June to learn about lots of different records & new technologies! @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social will discuss Hidden VOICES, New Technologies: Women in Early Modern Ireland 🇮🇪 @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcdahss.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What a great day! Congrats all 🥳 @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcdahss.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
VOICES is delighted to be participating in this event on 30 June with our partners @virtualtreasury.bsky.social. Do join us: www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-... @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social
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clairemcnulty.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Thank you so much @nlireland.bsky.social for having us! We had a great time sharing our research on the Funeral Entries aka early modern RIP. ie. A wonderful collection w/ so many women 📜 @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This looks like a great event on ‘Women in Revolution’ with @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, Dr Catriona Kennedy, and @earner.bsky.social. Happening 4th June 🗓️ Register here 👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This looks fantastic and has a strong historical component. The Belfast leg opens with a conversation on 'Empire: Ireland, India and the Making of the Modern World' featuring @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, @willdalrymple.bsky.social, @rentravailer.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.com/e/jlf-island...
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JLF Island of Ireland 2026
JLF Island of Ireland, is slated for 22 -31 May 2026, supported by the Government of Ireland & Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Check out our latest article on ‘Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence in Women’s History: The VOICES Project (Ireland)’! By Lucy McKenna @bamcshane.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social Declan O’Sullivan @drdpatterson.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social voicesproject.ie/impact/digit...
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'Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence in Women's History: The VOICES project (Ireland)' published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Gender and Women's History - VOICES
This chapter written by the VOICES team, offers a brief introduction to the ‘digital windfall’ of Irish historical data (Part I) and also discusses the innovative technologies and methods that the VOI...
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clairemcnulty.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
“Edinburgh’s Unruly Women” is coming out in paperback this summer 😎 You can preorder here: www.routledge.com/Edinburghs-U... for hundreds of case studies of individual women who navigated their local church courts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🩵📜 @routledgebooks.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @voicestcd.bsky.social
Author holding book on Edinburgh’s Unruly Women in the Old Library of Trinity College Dublin
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Join @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social on Wednesday 20th May as part of Dublin’s Hidden Histories. Learn about Catherine Strong, Dung Queen of Dublin, responsible for running sanitation teams to clear the streets of human & animal waste! Book your spot here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/catherine-...
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Catherine Strong, Dung Queen of Dublin
Series 2 of ‘Dublin’s Hidden Histories’, a collaboration between the Trinity Long Room Hub, Near FM and Unit18 (Trinity in the Community).
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Very much looking forward to hearing from @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, @earner.bsky.social, and Catriona Kennedy on the revolutionary lives of women from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. All are welcome and you can register using the link below: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
So looking forward to JLF island of Ireland starting 22 May. Do join us - it’s free but booking is essential 📣 @tlrhub.bsky.social
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A magical evening in Hollywood at the LA screening of From that Small island in the iconic Linwood Dunn cinema. Heartfelt thanks to the incredible audience, our amazing team at the Irish consulate in LA & to David Nihil who had us all in stitches!
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Be sure to tune in on Monday 11 May 2026 for “Women, War and Sexual Violence in Early Modern Ireland” by Prof @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social. One of a number of upcoming talks so stay tuned 🙏 @tlrhub.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @clairemcnulty.bsky.social @drdpatterson.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
An even earlier Census from 1650s Dublin detailing Irish names & physical descriptions of women 💚 Check out this new VOICES blog ahead of the 1926 Census release: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-... @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
An early modern map of Dublin. Colours are beige, green with some reds and blues
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Thrilled to speak at Holy Cross college with the wonderful writer Cauvery Madhavan. 🇮🇪🇮🇳 Also found some time to check out the fabulous collections in the American Historical Society in Worcester Massachusetts. @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Explore the extraordinary stories of injured veterans, widows and orphans of the British civil wars that have been uncovered through the work of the Civil War Petitions Project! 🔗 Use the link below to access the key findings of the project by Professor Andrew Hopper and Dr Ismini Pells
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Extraordinary lives of ordinary men, women and children revealed by the Civil War Petitions Project - The World Turned Upside Down
Professor Andrew Hopper and Dr Ismini Pells reveal some of the key findings from this study which opens a window on the impact of the British Civil Wars
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clairemcnulty.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Check out the latest @voicestcd.bsky.social newsletter on digital technologies, St Brigids Day, and new publications by Jane Ohlmeyer (she/her) and the VOICES team 🥳 @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Some fascinating sessions at the “world turned upside down” conference at Christ Church, Oxford. Delighted to talk about our VOICES Project @voicestcd.bsky.social
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Fascinating week at Miranda House & Delhi University discussing Ireland, India & Empire & especially the women often so lost from this history. @voicestcd.bsky.social
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Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ndirishstudies.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Speakers included Ambassador of Ireland to India Kevin Kelly as well as scholars including @catherine-healy.bsky.social, @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, @markdoyle.bsky.social, @jayroszman.bsky.social, @rosulli.bsky.social, and more. Thank you to @adawink.bsky.social for writing the recap!
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Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
A Cork accent heard around the world 🇮🇪🇯🇲 When TD Thomas Gould’s speech went viral in Jamaica, listeners noticed similarities between his Cork accent and Jamaican speech. Trinity historian Prof @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social explains the deeper colonial history. theconversation.com/what-irish-p...
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What Irish politician Thomas Gould’s accent going viral in Jamaica reveals about colonial history
In the late 1600s, hundreds of Irish people were transported to Jamaica as labourers.
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Congratulations Jessie Buckley on her big win! Great to see a focus on 17th century women. Check out this article on Irish women alive during the time of Hamnet 💚 @clodaghfinn.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @tlrhub.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social
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Clodagh Finn: The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet
Voices is using AI and Knowledge Graph technologies to bring together myriad sources so historians and computer scientists can recover the lives of ordinary Irish early modern women
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
@tcdlibrary.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @nlireland.bsky.social
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Fascinating week at Miranda House & Delhi University discussing Ireland, India & Empire & especially the women often so lost from this history. @voicestcd.bsky.social
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy international women’s day 💚
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Happy international women’s day to all - especially my feminist comrades still fighting the good fight. #internationalwomensday2026
Happy international women’s day to all
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clairemcnulty.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A great insight into the project on recovering VOICES of women - from Ireland’s “dung queen” to the alleged 118 yr old Mrs Valentine 💌 @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @voicestcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
From ‘the dung queen of Ireland’ to Jessie Buckley: @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social recently discussed with Clodagh Finn the importance of sharing early modern women’s stories, advances in AI tools, and how VOICES is leading the charge on both fronts. A special thank you to Clodagh for the article!
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Clodagh Finn: The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet
Voices is using AI and Knowledge Graph technologies to bring together myriad sources so historians and computer scientists can recover the lives of ordinary Irish early modern women
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
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clairemcnulty.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Brigid Spotlight #5 (& final): Brigitt Doyne accused of stealing 100 English sheep during the 1641 Rebellion 🐑 @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social #StBrigidsDay
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Really looking forward to the 2026 Lahore Lit fest & to talking about Making Empire & VOICES.
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
On 30 June 1642 Briggett Drewie recounted her experience of the 1641 rebellion. At the hands of the rebels, she was left a pregnant widow: ‘being left in that miserable state & predicament great with chyld’. Learn more about her story and others here: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-...
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clairemcnulty.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Brigid Spotlight #4: Briggett Drewie was left a pregnant widow after the 1641 Rebellion. She was ‘left in that miserable predicament great with chyld’. From @tcdlibrary.bsky.social #StBrigidsDay @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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clairemcnulty.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Brigid Spotlight #2: Bridget Bermingham whose mother died of smallpox on Merchants Quay Dublin 1685 from the @nlireland.bsky.social Funeral Entries @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
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