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Margaret Ward

@marg50.bsky.social
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Feminist historian. Latest book ‘Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim 1914-1924’ - contact publishers info@beyondthepalebooks.com.

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Luke Butterly @lukejbutterly.bsky.social · 11h
The public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane is being prevented from access to millions of intelligence documents. Government funding for a secure computer system has yet to be agreed, more than two years after the investigation was first announced.
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Finucane inquiry blocked from secret files over funding delay
The inquiry is still waiting for secure infrastructure to handle sensitive intelligence documents
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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Spent the afternoon with friends on the Garvaghy Road, listening to stories of local people’s grief and trauma from the last time around. This is no way to live. Love and solidarity, peace and progress to all. We have come so far. We are one society, one community. We cannot go back.
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Ashley Nova — Unfiltered, Unhinged, Uncaring @ashleynova.space · 27/09/2026
Today's Labour party would have supported Mosley's fascist march through Jewish areas of London and condemned the anti-fascist coalition who stood in their way.
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘All acts of sedition originate in Beal Feirste’ - fantastic t shirt designed by @saraoneill.bsky.social of Eadach fame. My outfit for the panel discussion on Fianna Fáil, Festival of History, Mansion House, Dublin on Sunday at 3 with @mcculld.bsky.social & others. It’s online too!
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Paddy Hillyard @paddyzemia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Pat Finucane Inquiry heard today that it will investigate "the extent to which his killers were encouraged, assisted, protected or directed by the British state". It will also consider the role of state agents in MI5's counter insurgency strategy. For more details see my book: Decades of Deceit
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Statement from President Connolly: We are in a world facing the existential threat posed by war and climate change, both of which are inextricably interlinked. I conveyed the strong view of the Irish people that the normalisation of war and genocide can never be accepted.
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Alex Pigot @alexpigotireland.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Do you want to protest any welcome being given to Donald Trump in Ireland this weekend? Well then here are some options (pictured below): (And do stay safe peaceful and happy. We want frightened USA citizens to know we stand with them against Trump.) #TrumpsNotWelcomeInIreland
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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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Cormac Moore @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today’s Irish News article on how ambiguous wording has allowed British governments to trick Irish nationalists in the past and could do so again with the Border Poll clause in the Good Friday Agreement, www.irishnews.com/opinion/corm...
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CorkBeo.ie @corkbeo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He might see it from his plane or chopper 👀
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Giant 'Eff Trump' under flight path for Air Force One at Shannon Airport
It's one way to get your message across
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Impossible to overstate how important Gloria Steinem was to women of my generation. One of our first role models who became an icon to so many in the succeeding decades.
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is some absolute nonsense impacting one of my favourite sandwich places in Belfast
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Just finished Maggie O’Farrell’s masterpiece and feeling bereft. Such wonderful descriptions of the land and the centuries of change endured by conquest and climate change so beautifully interwoven with the story of a family ✍️⭐️
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Irish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The arrogance of a British PM who didn't get a single vote in Ireland, telling Irish people in Ireland that an instrument of international law is 'off the table'. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
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British PM Andy Burnham says border poll on united Ireland ‘off the table’
‘I see how referenda can really take you backwards because it turns people in on themselves,’ Burnham says in Belfast
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Mobeena @mobeena.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I don’t know what the library equivalent of dimming our lights is but whatever it is, we should be doing it for Dolly because what that woman did for literacy deserves so much more recognition than it got
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
An extraordinary woman. We are all the poorer for her loss but hopefully her philanthropic work will continue.
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One minute silence for Roger Casement at the annual Commemoration ceremony held at Murlough Bay. The campaign to have his remains returned to Murlough, in accordance with his wishes, is gaining pace #rogercasement
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CMJohnston @cmjohnston.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
*Shares appreciated* Dear BlueSky, our drinking water comes from just beside here (Lough Neagh, County Antrim) Otters, kingfishers, swans, cormorants and more call this home Due to a near-collapsed local government there are few solutions Please raise awareness @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Boat on algae-covered river Football on algae on river
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Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This “silence breaking” book, long in the making, is entering the world. Preorder here: www.routledge.com/Women-Violen...
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Great research. They were terrible times. Women everywhere faced indifference by the Pensions Board. Many lost their jobs and could not find other work. Single women had no entitlements by the state. Their heroic contributions ignored. My research on Country Antrim reveals a similar picture.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
‘I have just returned from my first visit to the West Bank since 2023. What I saw then was deeply disturbing, but today the situation is far worse. It is now an emboldened and aggressive process of Israeli annexation of Palestinian land unfolding in plain sight’. theelders.org/news/what-we...
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What we saw in the West Bank: Palestine is disappearing
Mary Robinson reflects on her recent trip to the Middle East and the realities she witnessed in the West Bank
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
With welcome recognition of the work of women in Belfast.
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Joe O’Brien @pnamblath.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Powerful from #Fleadh26 on @tg4.bsky.social “My heart is low,my heart is so low As only a mother's heart can be" Róisín El Cherif, Leen, Áine Tyrrell, Aoife Scott, Gráinne Holland, Sive, Aziz Abushark & Mothers Against Genocide Choir ag casadh 'A Mother's Heart for Palestine' #Gaza #FreePalestine
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
After 10 years at the helm of Irish Studies at QUB, with various ups and downs over the last decade, I’m handing over to our new leadership team from Monday. Many thanks to Peter and @siobhraaiken.bsky.social for stepping up to take forward Irish Studies in Belfast! www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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New Irish Studies Leadership
After 10 years as Director of the Institute of Irish Studies, Prof Peter Gray is handing over to a new leadership team from the start of August 2026.
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The happy lundays! Well done @clairemitchell.bsky.social for all your courage and good humour. May there be many more happy lundays to join you as we work together for a better and shared future.
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The stunning portrait of Glen Hansard by Colin Davidson sums up the grief I feel hearing the tragic news of the musician’s untimely death. He has made such an important contribution to Irish culture and will be badly missed. My deepest condolences to his family. RIP Glen 💔
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
MAYO!!! My cousins in Crossmolina are going to have one hell of a night. So long in the waiting and so well deserved! 👏
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
WELL DONE SPAIN. Trump insulted you - and now he has to hand you the World Cup trophy. GO SPAIN!!!
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Absolutely!!!
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 17/07/2026
#DIBLives 'Tell them I have done my duty.' General of Antrim & Commander-in-Chief of the United Irish army of the north, Henry Joy McCracken was court-martialled & sentenced to death. He was executed #OTD 1798 having refused to name other leaders in exchange for clemency. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It’s hard to be shocked these days but this is a whole new level of misogyny and depravity.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 12/07/2026
Erling Haaland and the rest of the Norwegian men's team are paid the same as the women's team. In 2017, they took a voluntary pay cut to allow the women's pay to be increased. The move came from the players' union, not management.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Irish Labour History Society and the Women’s History Association of Ireland are hosting a conference, 24/25 July, Lissadell, Sligo to mark the centenary of the death of Eva Gore-Booth. Early booking is advised for what will be a gathering of historians & feminists to consider Eva’s legacy. 👇🏼
Eva gore booth conference booking
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Fergus Kelly @ferguskelly.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Anaka fundraiser is still going, almost £260,000 now chuffed.org/project/1854...
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Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks
We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I really don't love how now the Jeffrey Donaldson headlines are "he had sex with men!!!!!" and not "he abused children, sexually assaulted at least one woman, and is a gigantic hypocrite".
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I love him! He always does the right thing, and with such coolness. 😍
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A beautiful way to go 💚💜
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
At last. Justice for two very brave women. We now need our society and all institutions to look again at how it can meaningfully respect and protect girls and women and listen to them when they speak up. We believe them.
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Very timely in view of the Reavey case today and the eventual admission that the 3 murdered brothers were totally innocent victims of the murderous Glenanne Gang which included RUC members.
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Mike Tomlinson @miketqub.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"The most recent survey evidence shows that many people are joining the march towards Irish unity. It is Prof Shirlow’s case for maintenance of the union that rests on an outdated picture." Mike Burke
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 12/06/2026
Elaine is great and you should all definitely follow her
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Northern Ireland has a very high level of gender based violence, mainly committed by white Northern Irish men. I’ve yet to see riots after a woman has been violently attacked or killed. Seems like the issue isn’t qwhite about violence but who gets to commit it! www.ulster.ac.uk/research/res...
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Research uncovers eye-watering levels of violence against women and girls in NI
Based on responses from more than 540 women, the report also found seven out of 10 experienced some form of violence or abuse in the last 12 months.
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Christl @christl.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Based in North #Belfast, #Anaka is a women's collective dedicated to empowering and supporting migrant women as they build their lives in #Belfast. They ask for support for all affected by #MuskRiots #MuskMob #Donate www.instagram.com/anakacollect...
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Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks
We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
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Rita Wild @ritawild.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This Belfast womens collective is raising funds to help victims. chuffed.org/project/1854...
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Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks
We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility" They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Seriously?? I was really looking forward to Playboy of the Western World’ tonight. Ok, it’s middle class problem for me, but I worked in QFT during the conflict and I don’t remember ever closing for something like this.
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Paddy Hillyard @paddyzemia.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The Pat Finucane inquiry opened today. It will explore the role of state agents involved in his murder. Ironically, they were drawn from the loyalist communities, the same communities who created mayhem last night. The ‘legalised lawlessness’ of the past continues to have consequences today.
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
When you get an emergency school closure message and have to sprint at the end of giving parliamentary evidence to find the children, you know you live in what should not be normal times. My heart in the last twenty minutes of that committee session. Wired.
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