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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 · 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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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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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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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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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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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A fabulous trip to Toronto & Ottawa where we celebrated St Bridget’s day & screened From that Small Island. Huge thanks to our amazing Ambassador Concannon & his team & to the warm welcome from our audiences despite Baltic conditions (minus 22 today 🥶). 🇮🇪🇨🇦

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

2026 JLF was simply fantastic - 4 days of debate, discussion, conversation & fun. So excited that JLF island of Ireland is coming to our shores in May. 🇮🇳🇮🇪 @anitaanand.bsky.social @beerowlatt.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social #Jaipur #JLF @michellegallen.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

If you are at the Jaipur Literary Festival this year do join us at 3pm for what will be a fascinating discussion with Fintan O’Toole & Sam McBride. Michelle Gallen & Niamh Campbell were wonderful yesterday. 🇮🇪🇮🇳

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Four fascinating pictures by Isaac Mendes Belisario dating from c1840 showing Kelly’s vast plantation. Edmond Kelly of Lisduff Galway was attorney general 1720s & 1740s his son Denis was chief justice w/ an estate of 20,000 acres & 360 enslaved people. His dau Elizabeth married Westport Brownes.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Visited St Katherine’s church in Spanish town/St Jago de La Vega where William O’Brien earl of Inchiquin was buried in 1692. As governor of Jamaica he lived in the town & lorded it 717 grandees, 10% of Irish extraction. His will is in Island Record Office - he died a v wealthy man.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

A fascinating few days working on the 17C wills in Jamaican archives. Found lots of Irish women & men -Archdeckanes, Butlers, Burkes, Connollys, Dalys, Devereux, Dillons, Dohertys, Donovans, Fitzgeralds, Fitzpatricks, Fitzwilliam, Frenchs, Kellys, Kennedys, Kirwans, etc etc @voicestcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The Hornbill festival in Nagaland is incredible. I’ve never experienced anything like it. So happy to be part of the Irish delegation 🇮🇪

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

A fantastic evening in Boston. A big🙏🏼to our audience, the the team at @bostonirish.bsky.social & Boston Irish film festival - you guys are amazing 🇮🇪🇺🇸 @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

An incredible evening in NYC for our screening. A huge thank you to the amazing team @irelandhousenyu & @irelandnyc 🇮🇪🇺🇸 @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A wonderful evening at the Logan Centre at university of Chicago for our screening. A huge thanks to our fabulous audience, the Irish consulate, the Irish film society & everyone who made it all happen. 🇮🇪🇺🇸 @voicestcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A night to remember. Delighted to welcome @willdalrymple.bsky.social to Trinity for our annual Edmund Burke Lecture on the East India Company in a packed Edmund Burke theatre. 🤩🤩🤩 @tlrhub.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

What a privilege to screen From that Small Island at the iconic Cine Brasilia designed by Oscar Niemeyer. It was simply fabulous. 🤩 @voicestcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I was so delighted to see the Portuguese translation of Making Empire. A huge thank you to the press & the team of amazing translators at USP who made it happen. Obrigado. 🇮🇪🇧🇷 @voicestcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Ambassador de Burca got the ‘Turns of the Centuries’ conference at UNAM in Mexico City off to a great start as he overviews the many historical & literary connections between Ireland & Latin America. Then Clare Connolly gives a cracking keynote on the writing of Irish women.🇮🇪 🇲🇽

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Save the date. 👇 Really looking forward to visiting Brazil again later this month. Do join us if you can. All welcome. 🤗

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

A fantastic performance of Translations at Dunlewey as part of the Friel festival with a visit to the deserted village of Glentoran before the play. Stunning evening in magnificent Donegal.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The National Museum of the American Indian esp the gallery on Treaties - later “bad paper” - tells an extraordinary story of conquest, expropriation & assimilation (aka ‘civilisation’). Sound familiar? Also noteworthy that Andrew Jackson’s parents were “Ulster Scots” who left Ireland in 1765.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Found the battlefield sites at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville & Bull Run to be very moving. Men from Ireland served on both sides & 1000s died or were wounded. ☘️

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Great exhibits on women at the Jamestown museum in Virginia. Of the 900 colonists in 1620 census 200 were women & children. With time the number increased. @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social @voicestcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The National park at Appomattox Virginia - where the American civil war finally ended - is incredibly well done. So enjoyed our time there.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Inspiring doesn’t begin to capture just how amazing the national museum of African American history & culture is. I loved everything about it esp the coverage afforded to women. Lonnie Bunch was the creative genius & it was my pleasure to welcome him to @tlrhub.bsky.social @voicestcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Delighted to visit Daniel O’Connell’s beautiful house in wonderful Derrynane in Kerry.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

On 12/22 July 1691 the battle of Aughrim was fought resulting in the defeat of the Jacobite forces by the Williamites. One of the bloodiest battles on Irish soil w 7000 being killed. Also took the opportunity to visit the well preserved castle & the impressive Dominican priory at Athenry.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I am reviewing Reforming Galway, the last wonderful book by the late Raymond Gillespie. I was thrilled to visit St Nicholas church to see it, esp the font & the only cherub to escape Cromwellian iconoclasm. The memorial to Jane Eyre is also fascinating for our @voicestcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

So excited to see the feature of From That Small Island at the Galway Film Festival. Thanks to the great audience who joined us on such a sunny afternoon for our screening & Q&A. ☀️🤩☀️ @voicestcd.bsky.social @galwayfilm.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The Strokestown Famine Museum is so worth a visit.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Delighted to speak at the Hinterland festival in the beautiful town of Kells, home to two magnificent High Crosses. Thrilled to catch up with @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social @voicestcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Can’t tell you how much I enjoyed our session on Making empire with the fabulous @anitaanand.bsky.social & @willdalrymple.bsky.social Speaking in the @britishlibrary.bsky.social as part of the Jaipur Lit Fest made it even more special. 🙏🏼🇮🇪🇮🇳 @voicestcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

On the look out for women from early modern Ireland in the College of Arms, housed in an incredible 17th building in the heart of historic London & beside St Paul’s. Delighted to see this wonderful portrait of William Camden, historian & herald. @voicestcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

An Irish artist in 18thC India - Thomas Hickey. Tipu Sultan’s summer palace at Srirangaptna near Maysore has some amazing drawings of Tipu’s family & servants. His Indian bibi is in @nationalgalleryirl.bsky.social 🇮🇪🇮🇳

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Tipu Sultan’s summer palace at Srirangaptna near Maysore has the most remarkable wall murals showing defeat of clean shaven troops from East India Co (in red) vs Tippu’s men & French (in red & facial hair). Tippu (w/ rose) & Count Lally from Galway w/ telescope. Amazing 🤩 🇮🇪🇮🇳

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

WOW. 🤩 Can’t tell you how much I enjoyed seeing Everyman performance of MAKING HISTORY & meeting the amazing actors & production team. Congratulations Des Kennedy & the whole team. A must see. I do hope it will travel. 👏👏

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

What a great event to celebrate the latest book by Tom Truxes & John Shovlin.👏👏 I’ve had the pleasure of visiting @gihnyu.bsky.social for over 30 years. It’s an amazing place that has gone from strength to strength. Well done @kevinkenny.bsky.social Catching up w/ Loretta was so special. 🇮🇪🇺🇸

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Irishtown at the Irish rep is simply hilarious. Loved it. A must see if you can. 👏👏👏

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Really enjoyed the evening & the setting is amazing. 🙏🏼 If you are free join us tomorrow evening in @gihnyu.bsky.social for a conversation about some remarkable letters seized in 1690 & edited by Tom Truxes & John Shovlin. My favourites are by 2 women @voicestcd.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Excited to be in New York next week. Join me at the Irish American Historical Society on Tuesday at 6.30pm and at Glucksman Ireland House NYU on Thursday at 7pm.👇 @tcddublin.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @voicestcd.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

An inspiring day with fantastic talks by Prof Maria Leptin, President of @erc.europa.eu & other ERC award holders. Thrilled to present our @voicestcd.bsky.social Now we need to double the ERC budget & treble Ireland’s investment in research across all disciplines & career stages.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Dating from 12th century Carrickfergus castle was where William III landed with his army on 14 June 1690. Looked stunning today in the sunshine.

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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Was on the trail of Hugh O’Neill. I visited the site of his castle in Dungannon Co Tyrone. Strategically located it oversaw landscape from Navan Fort to Tullyhogue -a magical place - where the O’Neills were inaugurated. @anitaanand.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social @empirepoduk.bsky.social

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