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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Delighted to share a new article in the special issue Women Making Fashion, edited by @serenadyer.bsky.social The article explores how women in the Cong Lace Industries used philanthropy and lacemaking to engage with Unionism and Irish nationalism in nineteenth-century Ireland. #WomensHistory

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Cong Lace Industries 1884–1899: philanthropy as political propaganda

The Cong Lace Industries were established in the west of Ireland in 1884 under the initiative of Martha Dawson and the subsequent management of Alice Elwood. Conceived as a philanthropic social ent...

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Very grateful to John Morley at Galway Bay FM for interviewing me about my upcoming lecture for the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, and my thanks to the society for organising it. You can listen back here: open.spotify.com/episode/2e2H...

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Galway Talks with John Morley (Wednesday, 5th November 2025)

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Delighted to be presenting some new research on the Headford Lace industry to the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society next Monday (10 November) at 8pm in the Harbour Hotel. All welcome! gahs.ie/next-lecture/

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Next Lecture (10 November 2025) – Cumann Seandálaíochta agus Staire na Gaillimhe

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

#fridayfinds from the archives: 'Many people are of the opinion that it never yet rained toads or frogs, but ...' (Saunders's News-Letter, Dublin, January 06, 1778). 🐸🐸🐸

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

A lovely way to start the academic year!

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Delighted to share our Research Seminar Series for this semester! We're starting off next Wed 10 Sept @ 4pm by welcoming our new colleague, Dr Ciarán McCabe, who will be speaking on 'Privacy, Respectability, and Working-Class Domestic Spaces in Dublin's Tenements, c.1910-c.1960'!

Poster for Dr Ciaran McCabe's seminar paper entitled 'Privacy, respectability and working class domestic spaces in Dublin's tenements, c.1910-60'. Wednesday 10 September at 4pm in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Delighted to be in Dublin for THREADS: Stitching Together the History of Irish Dress ##THREADS2025

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Huge thanks to @erinannmcc.bsky.social for the invitation to join the @stemma.bsky.social hackathon last week, which finished on a high with our team's proposal winning the prize for Most Potential (details in thread). Grateful to team mates John Lavagnino, Julian Neuhauser, and Akash Ragupathi.

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

What a privilege to participate in this innovative research collaboration. Working with these amazing people from such diverse backgrounds has been a truly rewarding experience. @stemma.bsky.social

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Another wonderful #networkanalysis presentation at today's #STEMMAhackathon from Prof. Jing Chen on a co-citation network of early modern Chinese poetry. @stemma.bsky.social

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STEMMA: Systems of Transmitting Early Modern Manuscript Verse @stemma.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Kicking off the STEMMA hackathon here at The Portershed in Galway with a Design Thinking talk for our hackers! @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @portershed.bsky.social #STEMMAhackathon #DH #ERCfunded

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Looking forward to attending the @whaireland.bsky.social conference this weekend. As well as numerous interesting papers, I am particularly looking forward to the ECR/PGR workshop, which was really excellent last year, and also to the publishing workshop.

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

What a surprise I got while studying some lacemaking literature: I opened a second-hand book purchased online and found an old piece of lace between the pages!

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Imirce imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms is an archive History students can examine at the University. Containing letters of Irish emigrants, here is our colleague Breandán MacSuibhne accepting a grant of $300,000 from Carnegie Corporation @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

There is a special place in hell for people who do this to books. Especially library books. 😭

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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We're hiring 2 new colleagues @historyatgalway.bsky.social - Lecturer A (.4FTE; 4-year post) in History (Ireland in Global Context) - Lecturer A (1FTE; 6-month post) in History (Irish Economy and Society, 1750-1900) Go here and click 'Academic Vacancies' www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ 🗃️

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Jobs - University of Galway

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Erin A. McCarthy @erinannmcc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Spring 2025 #DH seminars at the University of Galway. Join us in person or online! Register for remote access here: forms.office.com/r/pSBmNN2TFU.

A flyer offering details of digital humanities seminars to be held on 24 March, 2 April, and 8 April 2025.

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Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) @adho-org.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We are very excited to officially announce that the University of Galway will host the DH2027 conference in Ireland from June 28 to July 3, 2027. More information will be coming soon. Congratulations to the Galway team! We look forward to joining you in 2027! #DH2027 #digitalhumanities #Galway

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Fabulous talk by our colleague Shannon Devlin at history seminar today followed by wonderful celebration and launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) @shannondevlin.bsky.social

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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

We're running a workshop @historyatgalway.bsky.social next week (10 Feb) on 'Decolonising the Curriculum', featuring contributions from @ciaranon.bsky.social and @egeertsphd.bsky.social. It's in person, but all are welcome to Galway. Seems like a pretty good time to be having these conversations.

Decolonising the Curriculum in the Humanities - Workshop 1

Keynote speakers:
Dr Evelien Geerts, University College Cork
Dr Ciarán O'Neill, Trinity College Dublin

AS203 (the River Room), Arts/Science Concourse, University of Galway

Monday, 10 February 2025

Full programme and registration details available at:
https://tinyurl.com/decolworkshop

This workshop is organised by the School of History & Philosophy.

For further details, contact Professor Alison Forrestal (alison.forrestal@universityofgalway.ie)

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Reminder History Seminar is by our colleague Shannon Devlin tomorrow Wednesday, 5 Feb at 4pm in Room GO10 the Hardiman Research Building. The launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) follows. For those on Zoom universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Is this evidence of the earliest relic of St. Brigid? Follow the journey of her name from a Swiss abbey to a must-see exhibition in Dublin! Don’t miss this rare chance to see history up close. #CuratorBlog #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog Read more: 🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

Vellum fragment from Saint Maurice d’Agaune CHN 64/2/88 with kind permission of l’abbaye de Saint-Maurice d’Agaune.

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

MA History graduate, Irene McGoldrick, will present to the Old Tuam Society tonight thursday 30 January on the 1814 collapse of Lord ffrench's bank in Tuam and Dublin. This free event takes place at 7pm in the Miller's Cottage on Shop St, Tuam @normaowens.bsky.social

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/ The WHAI Anna Parnell Travel Grant & the McCurtain/Cullen Prize are now open. Closing date for the Travel Grant is 14 February. The Closing date for the Essay Prize 1 March.

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Grants and Prizes

The WHAI offers important prizes in the field of Irishwomen’s/gender history 1. The Anna Parnell Travel Grant The Anna Parnell Travel Grant was established in 2011 to promote research among e…

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

"Workshop on 'Religion on the Ethnic Frontier' to take place in Galway on 28-29 April 2025 with deadline for paper proposals on 31 Jan. 2025."

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The WHAI are delighted to announce the call for papers for our 2025 Conference. See our website for more details. retweets appreciated.

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

We’re putting together an Irish Women’s and Gender History starter pack. It’s very much a work in progress as we figure out who is here! go.bsky.app/Bk1ULub

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 24/07/2024

I am overjoyed and so grateful to have been awarded the Galway Doctoral Research Scholarship, which will enable me to pursue a funded PhD at the University of Galway under the supervision of Dr. Róisín Healy. I will be researching pre-Famine Irish lacemaking networks with continental Europe.

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

Wonderful weekend in Belfast for the @whaireland.bsky.social conference. Some fascinating papers and inspiring panel discussions. Thanks to the organisers and hosts.

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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

Another great paper to look forward in our History seminar series! Next week, our colleague @erinannmcc.bsky.social will talk about 'Manuscripts at the Margins'. Join us in-person, 4pm, Wed 13 March, in Room G010, Hardiman Building. Or register here for the Zoom link forms.office.com/e/QmgxeDyxst 🗃️

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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

Lecturer in History (History of Race and Ethnicity) - permanent, full-time - at University of Galway. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFX478/l... Please share! 🗃️

Screenshot of advertisement for the role of Lecturer in History (History of Race & Ethnicity). Full text here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFX478/lecturer-in-history-history-of-race-and-ethnicity-contract-type-b

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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Really looking forward to this. Next week, @carolinepennock.bsky.social will speak to our History seminar about her book On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe. Wed 14 Feb 2024. This seminar is online; for the Zoom link, register at forms.office.com/e/Ji5c8Q3UQJ. All welcome! 🗃️

Poster for University of Galway History Seminar, 14 Feb. 2024.

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

Being interviewed tomorrow morning (10:40ish) on Galway Bay FM about the Headford Lace Trail audio tour, produced by @edcoulson.bsky.social for Headford Lace Project & WINNER of the international SWS23 award! I was honoured to contribute to the team as historical advisor. More here: dlvr.it/T1FLcN

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

Nollaig na mBan sona do mhná na hÉireann!

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

I think I contributed more than my fair share 😁

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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Strong editorial from the Guardian on the (UK) Ministry of Justice's stupid and ignorant proposal to destroy original wills: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #History 🗃️

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

Really looking forward to this!

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