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Sarah Roddy

@seroddy.bsky.social
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Social historian of modern Ireland based at Maynooth University.

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
History / Irish Studies job at Boston College, applications for a senior scholar to serve as the inaugural Jane B. and Thomas E. Hachey Professor invited The appointment will be a tenured position at the rank of full Professor of History #irishhistoryjob apply.interfolio.com/194167
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Michelle McCann, PhD. @mcgoffmccann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Did your grandmother have egg money? For most Monaghan farm women, 1910-1950, egg money was often the only money they controlled. It paid for the boots, the schoolbooks and the shop. Get in touch: Eggmoneyinmonaghan@gmail.com A Monaghan County Council Commemorations History Bursary project
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Myself, Seán Fearon and Pat Brodie have published a report today examining the exaggerated benefits and significant costs of data centres to Ireland. Below is a short thread on some of the key takeaways. Read the full report here: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/21... 1/6
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Really enjoyed taking part in the annual CHSI (Catholic Historical Society of Ireland) conference in DCU on Saturday - wonderful lecture on stained glass by David Caron & a tour on site of some beautiful examples.
Close up of Dalle de Verre glass in DCU chapel Patrick Pye window in private prayer room Close up of Angel coming in to guide Vatican II Virgin Mary holding up Christ child in Dalle de Verre in main chapel porch
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Irish Historical Society @irishhistsoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A reminder that the next IHS meeting will take place Tuesday, 22 September 2026, at 7:00 p.m. This will be a panel discussion on ‘New Directions in the Study of 19th Century Ireland’, featuring papers from Dr Peter Hession and Dr Sarah Roddy (Chair: Prof Peter Gray)
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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland takes place this Saturday (19 September 2026). Several papers will relate to nineteenth-century Ireland (as well as many other fascinating papers about Irish Catholic Spaces)! www.eventbrite.ie/e/chsi-annua...
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CHSI Annual Conference, 2026. Irish Catholic spaces: pasts and futures
Join us for the annual conference of the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland.
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Jay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Looking forward to my first event as an Irish citizen at Culture Night – giving a lecture on O'Connell and Global Reform at the University of Notre Dame Dublin. The event is free, all are welcome, there is also an open house and reception. Booking here: www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-ni...
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Proposals for papers are invited for the annual conference of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland to be held at Trinity College Dublin on 4 & 5 Dec. Abstracts of 300 words should be sent to adolan@tcd.ie by 23rd Oct. 2026. All aspects of Irish economic and social history are welcome.
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Irish Studies Assistant Prof post available at @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social apply.interfolio.com/191724
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Andrew Popp @andrewpopp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My department (Business Humanities & Law at Copenhagen Business School) is currently offering two PhD Scholarships, the first in Responsible Entrepreneurship. Very good pay and conditions in a highly welcoming and interdisciplinary dept. Historians welcome! Spread the word. Feel free to email me.
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PhD scholarship in Responsible Entrepreneurship
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Julie Hardwick @juliehardwick.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The third round of formal reflection for for Karin and I (along with a lifetime of constantly talking about it)! Please share widely. Please circulate widely to anyone who might be interested. We will be welcoming people who would like to attend and join the dialogue as well as paper givers.
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Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ndirishstudies.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It’s been a delight working with @seroddy.bsky.social of @maynoothuniversity.ie on PARISH (Preserving and Recording Ireland’s Sacred Heritage). We’re excited to see this project’s impact grow as a free, online source of genealogical information. thecatholicherald.com/article/init...
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Initiative to preserve Ireland’s sacred heritage launches next month
The Parish project aims to create a freely accessible online archive of Ireland’s Catholic churches, preserving their history while providing a valuable resource for researchers and family historians
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I loved this. Recommended!
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Delighted to say that the PARISH database of Irish Catholic Church inscriptions is now live. New data being added all the time. We will have a launch at the Catholic Historical Society conference on 19 Sep. All welcome. See link in next post. parishproject.nd.edu
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PARISH | University of Notre Dame
PARISH | University of Notre Dame
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Catholic Historical Society's annual conference 2026 is on 19 Sep at DCU-St. Pat's. Theme 'Irish Catholic Spaces: Pasts and Futures. Details and registration here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/chsi-annua...
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CHSI Annual Conference, 2026. Irish Catholic spaces: pasts and futures
Join us for the annual conference of the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland.
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Reposting this full-time permanent post in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. The deadline has been extended to 13 July (as below). The date has yet to update on jobs.ac.uk so please do share and spread the word. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
@niamhroisin.bsky.social @salvadorryan.bsky.social @jdmccafferty.bsky.social @bamcshane.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @sophcocooper.bsky.social
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Catholic Historical Society's annual conference 2026 is on 19 Sep at DCU-St. Pat's. Theme 'Irish Catholic Spaces: Pasts and Futures. Details and registration here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/chsi-annua...
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CHSI Annual Conference, 2026. Irish Catholic spaces: pasts and futures
Join us for the annual conference of the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland.
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Eloise Moss @ladyburglar.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We're hiring a permanent Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Manchester: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚨 Permanent Job in Early Modern History in lovely Limerick🚨
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Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
My letter to Minister Lawless about Research Ireland's decision to devolve the awarding of doctoral scholarships & postdoctoral fellowships to universities. A disastrous move. Please consider raising this issue in your own institutions and with elected representatives and the media.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
the Women’s History Association of Ireland (WHAI) has teamed up with the Women’s History Network to offer a joint annual book prize which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 31 July 2026. womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...
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Women’s History Network/Women’s History Association of Ireland Joint Book Prize
We are delighted to announce that the WHN has teamed up with the Women’s History Association of Ireland to offer a joint annual book prize which awards £500 for an author’s first single-autho…
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We are delighted to announce that Irish Studies at QUB will host @acirishstudies.bsky.social in 2028. The dates will be June 12-15; CFP to follow.
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Almost 2,000 academics and researchers have signed a letter saying the new €4.55 billion funding strategy of Research Ireland is too focused on areas that are “industry-centred, commercially-focused, and profit-seeking”. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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University staff say €4.55bn research fund ignores arts and humanities
Letter to Min Higher Ed
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A real honour to receive this prize for my book - the list of past winners includes some of my favourite people and some of my favourite books in Irish history.
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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Full-time, permanent lectureship in Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie. Application deadline 26 July 2026. Tar ag obair linn i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Extended CFP deadline to 15 June 2026: Please do share widely!! "Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care" - 1 day conference 4 September 2026, keynote @janehamlett.bsky.social to be held at Wilton's Music Hall [1/9]
Sir Frederic Leighton's 1895 painting "Flaming June" with the words "Belonging to the Victorians?  Community, Collections, and Care" - *Extended CFP Deadline to 15 June 2026* - A One-Day Conference, 4 September 2026 - Registration and lunch free for delegates, courtesy University of Hertfordshire.
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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Very sorry to hear of the recent death of Don MacRaild. Don was Professor of History at Northumbria, Wellington, Ulster, Roehampton, and London Met, where he was a PVC before his recent retirement. A leading historian of Ireland’s diaspora, he will be much missed by all who knew him.
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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Very sorry to hear that Elizabeth Malcolm has died - an inspirational scholar and leader of Irish Studies in Australia. isaanz.org/the-passing-...
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The passing of Elizabeth Malcolm
19 May 2026. Elizabeth Malcolm died peacefully in Melbourne following a long illness aged 77. Elizabeth was the inaugural Gerry Higgins professor of Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne. Sh…
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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Two more week to submit your proposal for a special issue on gender, crisis and childhood! #childhood #gender #history
Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World Gender & History: Special Issue
Edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward Call for PapersCall continues 
If you are interested in contributing an article to this special issue, please send a proposed title and short abstract (max. 250 words) along with your name, affiliation details, and email contact to katie.barclay@mg.edu.au. The closing date for receiving abstracts is 31 May 2026.
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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Don't forget you can see our provisional conference schedule and register for #ssnci2026 on our website! See this link ssnci.org/annual-confe...
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Annual Conference 2026 | The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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News Blog
​It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the recent passing of Dr Dympna McLoughlin, long-serving lecturer in History at Maynooth University.   Dympna, a graduate of Maynooth and Syracuse...
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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Our annual J.C. Beckett Lecture will be held on 14 May at 6pm. Please do join us at PRONI for Prof. Roisín Higgins' lecture on 'Embodied Conflict: Sensory Histories of the Troubles'! This will be an in person event and will no doubt be fascinating! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roisin-hig...
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Roisín Higgins, 'Embodied Conflict: Sensory Histories of the Troubles'
You're very welcome to join us for the annual USIHS J.C. Beckett Lecture by Professor Roisín Higgins. This will be held at PRONI.
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Karina Bénazech Wendling @karinabwendling.com · 20/04/2026
Join us May 19th at 4 PM @sidneysussex.bsky.social for an insightful roundtable discussing my new book, Converting Ireland: religious education, language & colonialism! @manchesterup.bsky.social Link in the comment below. #ConvertingIreland #BookLaunch #RoundtableDiscussion #IrishHistory #MUP
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Like everyone, I'm enjoying digging into the 1926 census. Has anyone else noticed that the household form for Eamon de Valera (though not the rest of his family) links to that for Sydney Beardmore... manager of the Swastika laundry?! nationalarchives.ie/collections/...
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Census Record | The National Archives of Ireland
Access census records from various years in the National Archives of Ireland. Explore historical population data and genealogical insights.
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Ciara Breathnach @ciarab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In advance of tomorrow's release here is a short piece on the historical Irish censuses based on my past and ongoing research #spéirgorm theconversation.com/80-million-p...
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80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentus
Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.
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Benjamin Casey @benjamin-casey.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Excited to announce that my journal article on women printsellers in early nineteenth-century Dublin has been published in @eshsi.bsky.social It explores the gendered dynamics of the family print shop and how labour was divided in these domestic and commercial spaces.
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Nice retrospective on the origins (and continued relevance!) of the women's committee of the Economic History Society: x.com/i/status/204...
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Women’s Committee of the EHS on X: "As part of the @EcHistSoc centenary, the Women’s Committee will screen a retrospective, featuring women economic historians, in their own words, on the past, present and future of women in EH. Screening Friday, 10 April, 18:25, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE. Short clip 👇 https://t.co/tFwN1BinfX" / X
As part of the @EcHistSoc centenary, the Women’s Committee will screen a retrospective, featuring women economic historians, in their own words, on the past, present and future of women in EH. Screening Friday, 10 April, 18:25, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE. Short clip 👇 https://t.co/tFwN1BinfX
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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Great to see the new combined book prize for a first book in women's history, from @womenshistnet.bsky.social and @whaireland.bsky.social. Entries can be made for research-based books published in 2025, until 31 July 2026. Spread the word! womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...
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Women’s History Network/Women’s History Association of Ireland Joint Book Prize
We are delighted to announce that the WHN has teamed up with the Women’s History Association of Ireland to offer a joint annual book prize which awards £500 for an author’s first single-autho…
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
10 grants available (up to €300) for travel and expenses to join us in Trento, Italy, 16-18 September, for postgrads and ECRs working on a topic related to 'Circulating Faith: Christian Missions in a Global Perspective (1500–2000)' deadline 30 April isig.fbk.eu/it/news/deta... #earlymodern 🗃️
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CALL FOR TEN (10) PARTICIPATION GRANTS | Circulating Faith: Christian Missions in a Global Perspective (1500–2000)
International Conference — 16–18 September 2026 Fondazione Bruno Kessler – Italian-German Historical Institute (FBK-ISIG) Trento, Italy
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Niamh Wycherley @niamhwycherley.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
☘️Did you know that St Patrick's own words are the only surviving Latin narrative texts of his age to have been composed outside of Roman imperial territory? Have a listen to the latest episode of the podcast with brilliant lexicographer Dr Anthony Harvey @ria.ie 1/3☘️ open.spotify.com/episode/3ffC...
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St Patrick and the joys of Hiberno-Latin with Dr Anthony Harvey
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Ulster Museum @ulstermuseum.org · 17/03/2026
✋The Shrine of St. Patrick’s Hand dates from the fourteenth or fifteenth century. It is still used to hold a relic believed to belong to Saint Patrick. ☘ 600 years later, the shrine is still in use today during St. Patrick’s Day mass at St. Patrick’s Church, Belfast. Learn more → bit.ly/4s8lFaj
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Sharing some more research pictures on #LáFhéilePhádraig - here is the Irish chapel in San Gioacchino in Rome. A late 19th-century building which celebrated the idea of Catholicism spreading across the world - ideas of ‘spiritual imperialism’ very evident in the mosaic in the decoration!
Painting of St Patrick enthroned and surrounded by Irish saintsMosaic on church exterior with figures representing global spread of Catholic faithDetail from decoration of the altar in the Irish chapel - a ‘Celtic’ cross against marble Painting showing an Irish bishop being inspired by light shining through a Celtic cross in the sky (not so subtle symbolism!)
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A selection of the many Catholic church and cathedral buildings all over the world, big and small, named in honour of St Patrick! Limerick, Mayo, Montreal and London! #LáFhéilePhádraig
Interior of the early 19th century church of St Patrick in Limerick city Hiberno modernism in Mayo - St Patrick’s in Newport, late 1910sInterior of the very grand late 19th century church of St Patrick in Montreal St Patrick’s church, Soho, London - this is a rebuilding of the original church on the site from the late 18th c - associated w Fr Arthur O’Leary
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Lovely to hear Department stalwart (with 45 years service) and Irish history legend Prof Jacqueline Hill give a paper about her father's experience as a POW in WWII this evening.
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Economic & Social History Society of Ireland @eshsi.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We are excited for the Society's Distinguished Lecture, which will be delivered tomorrow by Prof. Tyler Abinder. There is still time to register here: www.eshsi.org
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/02/2026
We are very sorry to learn of the death of Frank Prochaska, historian of philanthropy and monarchy, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 1990.
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Timely piece given recent anxiety about the security of access to Google books...
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Fellowship opportunity in Dublin for early modernists:
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Tom Gleeson @tggleeson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church Youghal which have been carbon dated to 1170. Likely built by shipwrights so essentially an upside down boat. www.patrickcomerford.com/2021/08/sain... #speirgorm
The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church  (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2021)
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