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Tara MsFrugalone

@msfrugalone.bsky.social
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M.A. #HistFam (UL). Likes incl. Genealogy, #AncestryHour, Sport, Current Affairs, Feminism. Mo thuairimí féin RT≠endorsement. She/Her/Sí/Í

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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks Martine!
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
One of the cousins has dropped in a bottle of wine with a request for more information and wants to share with another cousin... sounds like she's caught the #Genealogy Virus! 😂 #ResistanceIsFutile
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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ok Bluesky it's rare I ask for help. But this time I need huge help from the #osint community and #speirgorm #speirghorm, and everyone who follows me. I have a goal to raise up to €100,000 for a long time friend and colleague who is going to leave us.
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 23/09/2026
To mark Dublin Festival of History, Dr Andrew McDiarmid and Adam Kane (PhD candidate at UCD) will explore how ordinary Dubliners engaged with systems of savings and commercial speculation in the nineteenth century. 📅 7 Oct 2026 🕐 1pm-2pm 📍 RIA Book your tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/investing-...
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It was - tiring but a great success. I'm sure you'd find that there are survivors but they may not carry the Burke name
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Famine-era ancestry - This weekend, descendants of two couples, married during the Irish Famine, reunited. Distant cousins from both lines convened, with Dad's help, to explore ancestral places & share stories with my American half-cousin (related via her mGF to my pGM & mGM to my pGF). #Genealogy
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Mish J Holman @mishjholman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some parents had not yet decided on a name for their child when the the census came. Robert and Ethel Evans came up with the novel name 'XYZ' for their child. Elsewhere, parents were told they could use 'Baby' or 'Tootsie'! Find out more in 'A History of the Census Takers' - #GenHour #Ancestry
On a dark grey background, the book cover for 'A History of the Census Takers' and the words 'Discover More Stories...' Also in the frame is a clipping from the 1901 Census showing Robert and Ethel Evans including their children and young son XYZ Evans.
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
That's too bad Mish - Hopefully you'll do a second volume on Ireland, I know you had plenty of material.
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is fantastic news Mish. Congratulations! I know you've poured yourself into the research.
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Mish J Holman @mishjholman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Coming soon to Waterstones, Amazon and Pen & Sword. For the genealogy community, it is my greatest wish for this book, that it might help you untie the knot in your research to reveal that elusive relative. #Genealogy #Ancestry
A promo image for the book A History of the Census Takers by Mish J Holman for Pen & Sword. The book jacket features a coloured illustration of an enumerator visiting a gypsy encampment. The book cover is shown against a grey background with the words A History of the Census Takers: Recording the Nations shown in white, with the author's name Mish J Holman shown in pale green.
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
That's fantastic. Congratulations!
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm rarely here and the difference between your time zone and mine means we rarely overlap. How have you been? How is your research going?
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Sorry - was offline and only getting to check back now - glad you got your answer.
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
10 dates for your diary: a veritable feast! #Genealogy #LocalHistory #MicroHistory #Archives
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Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) @igrs1936.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Free online Irish genealogy talk: ‘Aspects of Migration’ - THURSDAY 27TH AUGUST 2026, 20:00-22:00 (IST/BST) on Zoom. Full details: www.irishancestors.ie/aspects-of-m...
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I really appreciate every share on this episode - I’ve known Cindi for over a decade and this is her first time ever speaking publicly about what happened to her in Bessborough.
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Nadine Attewell @nadineattewell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Officially out in the world! SUP’s 40% sale is sadly now over, but the code ATTEWELL20 can still be applied for a (smaller) discount.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 09/07/2026
Why was a twentieth-century doctor deeply involved in the radical birth control movement so interested in an eighteenth-century reproductive scandal? @karl-haohaozhang.bsky.social explores an unlikely connection between doctor Edward Griffith and the Mary Toft affair.
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Mary Toft and the Radical Birth Control Movement
Why was a twentieth-century doctor deeply involved in the radical birth control movement so interested in an eighteenth-century reproductive scandal?
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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
#ThrowbackThursday: Singing #ballads about working conditions in #17thCentury Britain at the University of Exeter for their Forms of Labour #Conference in 2022. #earlymusic #earlymusicensemble #earlymodern #labour #musicianlife #musicianslife
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The feeling is mutual! I've been meaning to get in touch but was out of commission for a few months earlier in the year, and I'm still playing catch up.
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@anfearbui.bsky.social
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Jan Murphy @packrat74.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
#GenHour If you register for the Gaylord Archival webinar, they'll send you a link to the recording. So if you can't attend live but want to see the webinar, you still can. They also have an on-demand webinar library. info.gaylord.com/resources/we...
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Webinars On Demand | Gaylord Archival
Explore on-demand webinars led by industry experts covering preservation techniques, exhibition planning, and more. Enhance your knowledge and skills in cultural heritage preservation today.
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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This is a totally shocking read about St. Monica's Maternity Home, Kendal, Cumbria, Church of England home & the brutal regime that existed for teenage girls & women sent there /1👇 BBC News - Death records at Kendal's St Monica's reveal mothers' home horror - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Death records at Kendal's St Monica's reveal mothers' home horror
St Monica's painted itself as helping women but the reality was far worse, as records reveal.
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Emmaaargh 🧟 @betaburns.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Hey lovely people, especially all you lovely Tipperary / Munster /Midwesht types. Any chance you could give @tippforchoice.bsky.social a quick follow or a boost? It seems hibernation was never an option so we're trying to rebuild our repeal gang here on Bluesky. Thanks for any help you can give us!
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Dr Rachel Murphy @rachelmurphy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Here's a short article I wrote for @uk.theconversation.com : Four top tips for tracing your ancestry theconversation.com/four-top-tip... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Genealogists
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Four top tips for tracing your ancestry from a family historian
Studying the stories of our ancestors, whatever their background, is a deeply enriching experience.
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Not bad considering I started life in a workhouse 😜
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
@whoamiftr.bsky.social This is the comedian I was trying to remember at the weekend - the one who doted on me when he met toddler me in the building lift. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_...
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Norman Wisdom - Wikipedia
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Hmmm €64.99 EUR I think that will go on the wish list, I've enough gin for now. That will go on the list...
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I looked for that gin in Duty Free - not on sale there... Oh well. I'll see if I can find it in Ireland.
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
ah dammit!! We dropped that ball! Definitely need to make new arrangements!
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Ah! Well it might help you if you fancy a good gin some time. I'll be looking out for it. Great to see you today Jane, I seem to have missed saying a proper goodbye to you! Hope you got home safely.
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
And rather good gin at that - www.masterofmalt.com/gin/deaths-d... You were spot on about the aniseed/liquorice element (Fennel)
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
So many potential rabbit holes
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Back at almost 2 a.m. I was just heading to bed to try and catch up some of the sleep I'd missed last night but I've been dipping in and out today. Are you having fun with it?
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
It didn't crash and it went live at 12.01!! #Genealogy
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Rob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Just encountered one that looked "reasonable" at first glance, but deeper in the fine print it started attacking IPAS provision and support for Ukrainian refugees. Rapidly approaching 10k signatures
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Sean Vanderfluit @deckofancestors.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
An excellent article about @megansmolenyak.com in the Saturday Evening Post (@satevepost.bsky.social). #Genealogy #FamilyHistory www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/03/the-...
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The Woman Who Refuses to Let History Disappear | The Saturday Evening Post
Genealogist Megan Smolenyak is a “history detective” who can spend decades piecing together clues to bring a long-forgotten life back into view.
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Delighted to have an essay in this new volume - the narrative around early 19th c relationships between Catholic & Protestant communities is often one of tension & conflict, so I really wanted to highlight the many examples of cooperation across denominations as part of the story here #speirgorm
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Brian Gurrin @briangurrin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
In 2006 I told the late (great) Prof. Ray Gillespie that I wanted to publish every surviving scrap from the 1766 religious census, by 2016. I missed the 🎯by 10 yrs, but 😃 to report that on the 260th anniv. it's done. Everything, >50k names & population details, now online. @maynoothuniversity.ie
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Fantastic achievement Brian - Bravo and míle buíochas! #Genealogy
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 06/03/2026
YOU ASKED FOR THIS! Downfall. Kristi Noem Edition:
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I'm reading about Kathryn Gleadle's Borderline Citizens and I'm curious about how her surname is pronounced - does it rhyme with Ladle or Wheedle?
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
@saytheirnamesir.bsky.social
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Those were the days - Friday evenings sitting on the kerb with the bells of Christchurch ringing, and a packet of the best chips ever made.
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
For #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience, we’re highlighting #MaryKingWard (27 April 1827 – 31 August 1869), an Irish naturalist, microscopist, author, artist and astronomer from Co. Offaly. 📷 : Mary Ward with her #microscope, c.1860 (public domain)
Mary Ward portrait
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Cécile Archives @cecilearchives.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
6 FEB: @msp-archive.bsky.social will be releasing over 2,580 new files in the public domain. The files relate to 1,089 individuals/veterans who served during the Irish Revolution (1916-1923). This release brings the total nominal entries on our database to 22,032. share.google/fodhyupD9nE7...
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Military Archives | File Releases
Since 1990, the Military Archives has been the official place of deposit for records of the Irish Defence Forces, the Department of Defence and Ireland's…
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
@mikeobdublin.bsky.social
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Was hoping to go but I'm in bed ill. Best of luck with it Lorraine!
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
oh wow, that's useful. The closest I think I've seen to that is the 1851 census which recorded deceased and absent household members. If only that census had survived!! www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/c19/00...
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Tara MsFrugalone @msfrugalone.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Ah. It sounds like Ireland, as with other developments, was the testing ground for this innovation. I must pull up some of the statistical reports on the Irish census for 1901 and 1911 and see whether it featured.
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