MIC History @michistory.bsky.social · 28/07/2025www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...rte.ieThe story behind the benchmarks hiding in plain sight in IrelandThe Ordnance Survey benchmarks chiselled into buildings, walls and bridges were originally used to measure height across Ireland 000
MIC History @michistory.bsky.social · 03/06/2025The Department of History, MIC, is now accepting applications for a funded Departmental Assistantship in History beginning in September 2025. They will be provided with a fee waiver and an annual stipend of €6,900. www.mic.ul.ie/research/res...mic.ul.ie 010
MIC History @michistory.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Wonderful to see that Brian Griffin's Crime and the Criminal Classes in Ireland, 1870-1920 (CUP, 2024) was highly commended by @bairishstudies.bsky.social Edited by Richard McMahon @micireland.bsky.social and Ciara Molloy @sheffielduni.bsky.social irishstudies.co.uk/2025/05/15/b...irishstudies.co.ukBritish Association for Irish Studies Awards and Bursaries 2025We are pleased to announce the winners for our 2025 awards and bursaries, which will be presented at the Embassy of Ireland on 22nd May. BAIS would like to acknowledge the valuable support of the E… 000
Reposted by MIC History Bring Your Own Hammer @bringyourownhammer.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Fantastic to hear 'Hesperus' by @sjmcardle.bsky.social on @rteradio1.bsky.social show - Folk on One with @muireannnic.bsky.social last night. The whole show is great and worth a listen. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...rte.ieFolk on One Saturday 26 April 2025Broadcaster and singer Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh brings us a golden hour of folk music both old and new, acoustic and traditional from across Ireland and beyond. 022
Reposted by MIC History Centre for Early Modern Studies, Limerick @cemslimerick.bsky.social · 18/03/2025We are pleased to welcome Dr Imke Lichterfeld to @unioflimerick.bsky.social where she will deliver a seminar on Shakespeare on 25th March at 12. All welcome! @michistory.bsky.social @oralhistoryul.bsky.social @ulenglish.bsky.social 044
Reposted by MIC History Mike Smalle @mikesmalle.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Shipwrecks and storms in the 19th Century. Out today on Dimple Discs as part of the music and history project @bringyourownhammer.bsky.social Collaborations with Simon Fisher Turner, Stephen Murray & a track from Adrian Crowley & Sean O'Hagan bringyourownhammerpresents.bandcamp.com/album/speak-... 042
Reposted by MIC History Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 21/03/2025All welcome on Tuesday 8 April at 6pm in the People's Museum, to the Limerick CEMS Máire Ní Chrualaoich lecture by Prof Tríona Ní Shíocháin on 'From Thomond to Muskerry: An Exploration of Munster Women’s Song-making and Poetic Practices from the 17th to the 19th Century'. 197
