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Shannon Devlin

@shannondevlin.bsky.social
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Historian of siblings, the family, gender and sexuality, and 19th-century Ireland. Belfast-Galway commute enthusiast. Lecturer in Irish History @ U of Galway. All my own thoughts. She/her

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Looking forward to returning to Dublin in November to speak at @historytcd.bsky.social seminar series & an honour to be in great company incl: @shannondevlin.bsky.social & @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social. Will be focussing on research emerging from @ukri.org #AHRC #womensgrassrootsactivism network.
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thank you @shannondevlin.bsky.social for chairing the seminar & to @historyatgalway.bsky.social for having me. It has been a great week so far at @uniofgalway.bsky.social in my Visiting Fellow role. A brilliant scheme & looking forward to 2 more days of working in the archives on #ICA ❤️.
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fantastic paper by @historyatgalway.bsky.social Visiting Fellow @caitbeaumont.bsky.social this afternoon full of family history, archival silences, tough ethical questions, and the myriad of amazing feats determined Irish women can achieve beyond that one moment of activism.
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Happy Week 1. Intro week means I’ve just attempted to teach Home Rule to the Civil War in 48 minutes. Don’t think I drew breath 🫨🫨 annnnd no one laughed at my Canvas buttons, a devo blow to morale 🫠😂
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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We're kicking off our Seminar Series this week with @caitbeaumont.bsky.social's paper, entitled 'The Wedding Photo, 22 August 1921: women's embodiment of lived citizenship in the wake of the Irish Revolution, 1920s-1970s'. All welcome. Hardiman Building, THB G011, Wednesday 9 Sept. at 4pm!
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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Real privilege to be here in Galway this week as Visiting Fellow in College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies (CASS). Thanks to @shannondevlin.bsky.social for supporting my visit & looking forward to meeting @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social again. Perfect start to week with swim at Blackrock 🏊‍♀️ ❤️
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Today, the National Health Service (NHS) celebrates its 78th birthday. With the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can access hundreds of records on the history of the NHS and its evolution over the past eight decades.
Black and white informational poster about the NHS at its founding.
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Errol 🦇🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This especially hurts to read in a world where people are still pushing the “historians will say they’re roommates” narrative. Total erasure of very, very hard work.
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 30/06/2026
#DIBLives #OTD 1922 a huge explosion at the Public Records Office in the Four Courts destroyed centuries of Irish administrative, legal & genealogical records. @virtualtreasury.bsky.social has spent years recreating many of these records & made them freely available to the public. virtualtreasury.ie
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This will get lost in today's national news, but the finding that Jeffrey Donaldson is guilty on all counts, only after decades of multiple people having concerns, speaks to how powerful abusers can use their status in a small society like NI to deflect attention: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...
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Jeffrey Donaldson: Found guilty of all sex abuse charges including one count of rape
Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson faces 18 sex abuse charges, including one count of rape, all of which he denies.
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Off to @ssnci.bsky.social today! I’ll be speaking about single ‘spare’ siblings 👫, best friend roommates 👀, family intimacy, and what to do when all your sisters marry off and leave you at home ❤️‍🩹
Three cdvs from a Belfast photography studios featuring ‘cousin Mary Gibson’ and three different relatives. c. 1870s. Author’s own collection.
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Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Northern Ireland is considered one of the most dangerous regions in Europe for women. The ones getting all fizzed up about the North Belfast stabbing never question the culture here that they want people to assimilate to 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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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I've never heard shaky-voiced angry speeches in the chamber about these murders, let alone demands to shut down cities and international attention.
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 03/06/2026
Happy #WorldBicycleDay. To protect his son from the jolting caused by the solid rubber tyres of his tricycle on the cobbled streets of Belfast, John Boyd Dunlop improvised an air-filled rubber tube tacked-on with linen cloth which became the basis of the Pneumatic Tyre. www.dib.ie/biography/du...
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We are delighted to have partnered with @womenshistnet.bsky.social to offer this award. Please do spread the word
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The next of our Emerging Scholar's Blogs is now online. Thanks to Stella Billo for putting together this fascinating piece on Huguenot women and early modern Ireland. womenshistoryassociation.com/whai-emergin...
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Forgotten Voices: French Huguenot Women in Early Modern Ireland
In 2022, an article written by Frances Nolan and Bronagh McShane in the Irish Historical Studies celebrated thirty years since the publication of ‘An Agenda for Women’s History in Ireland’ which in…
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Feeling a bit like Christmas morning but there’s a present missing. So excited for the release of the 1926 Census but will forever mourn the loss of the NI equivalent. No g-grandparents to find this morning. My gripe with the boundary commission lives on 😂 nationalarchives.ie/collections/...
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Search the Census | The National Archives of Ireland
Search through historical census records with The National Archives of Ireland, offering access to essential data for genealogy and historical research.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Yep. In fact, the real failing of students was when we stopped requiring them to regularly search a library catalogue for their reading and instead produced lists with hyperlinks that students simply had to click. As soon as they have to go off list, they’re lost.
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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Attempting to track down the owner of 105 Union Street - where Sunday's city centre fire is believed to have started - has taken The Bell from Pollokshaws to South Lanarkshire, and given us insight into a retail sector regulated in the loosest sense of the word. But we think we've done it anyway.
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Who owns 105 Union Street? A journey into the rabbit warren
As the smoke subsides, a complex picture of poorly regulated businesses emerges
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
100,000 trans people & allies fill central London for Trans Pride. Mainstream media: nothing Thousands of trans people & allies fill Wembley Arena for pro-trans gig with massive names like Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Sugarbabes. Mainstream media: nothing. This is what extreme media bias looks like.
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Would anyone have access to this and be willing to send me a copy? www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
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Lesbianism in/and the Family: Eva Gore-Booth and the Making of Feminist Modernism (Chapter 8) - Interrogating Lesbian Modernism
Interrogating Lesbian Modernism - June 2023
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University of Galway Library @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
1/2 The Archives Strategy Committee officially launched the NEW Archives Catalogue today! Discover a more user-friendly interface, bookmark your favourite records, search across physical & digital collections, & browse our collections with greater clarity. #archives @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Honouring International Women’s Day with a look back at how far we’ve come. In 1922, Irish women finally won full voting rights—thanks to the tireless efforts of those who fought for equality and democratic participation. Their voices shaped our future and continue to inspire us today. #IWD26
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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#IWD2026 A nice find among the records in the Public Record Office of Ireland (before the fire of 1922!) Katherine Bayly's 'domestic accounts books'. Her daily life with her daughters in 18th-century Dublin. Read more 👇️ virtualtreasury.ie/hidden-stori... Help page👇️ virtualtreasury.ie/help
From ‘A Prospect of the City of Dublin, from the Magazine Hill’ (1753) James Mason, after Joseph Tudor. Yale Centre for British Art.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Well this is interesting news. ‘Women's museum planned to replace International Rugby Experience in Limerick’ #spéirgorm www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
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Women's museum planned to replace International Rugby Experience in Limerick
The six-storey building on O’Connell St, Limerick, has been donated to the State by billionaire businessman JP McManus
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Julia Varley, expert flipper of pancakes, was also a suffragette and trade unionist. She was active in the National Federation of Women Workers and the Workers' Union, serving as chief women's officer of the TGWU from 1929 to 1936. #ShroveTuesday #PancakeDay
The strike at Bliss’s Tweed Mill. Miss Varley and the pickets frying pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. 
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Looking forward to speaking about one of my favourite families, the Taylors of Coleraine, tomorrow at the first Coleraine Museum Fireside Talk of the year! All online, get in touch for more details.
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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Bridget Arthur was one of nine children born to Barbara Cusack and alderman Edward Arthur. Bridget’s mother died and was buried in Saint Michael's Church in Dublin on 4 September 1643.Learn more about her story and others here: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-...
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 29/01/2026
We are delighted to announce the publication of our first quarterly newsletter LifeLines: News from the Dictionary of Irish Biography. You can read it here: mailchi.mp/ria.ie/grang... And sign up here: mailchi.mp/d44f57115e53...
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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Lovely to see so many abstracts winging in today for the @whaireland.bsky.social conference in Limerick in May 😍 cfp closes 30 January so keep em coming! #WomensHist #GenderHist sites.google.com/view/whai202...
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WHAI2026
Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference. Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The conferenc...
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Our Irish Studies seminar programme for Spring 2026 www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A genuine threat to people's safety, which needs effective regulation fast. News media obsessing over who uses which bathroom should prioritise this sort of thing instead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online
So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok.
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Gender & History Journal @genderandhistory.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
CFP for a Special Issue of Gender & History on childhood and crises to be edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward. Abstracts due 31 May 2026; then hybrid workshop; full articles due 31 Jan. 2027. Please share widely. #Skystorians #GenderHistory #HistChild 🗃️
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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
📣You now have until Friday 23 January to get your proposals in - we look forward to seeing many of you in Lancaster in July!✨
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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Killing Women: Femicide in Northern Ireland, 1922-2000 Funded #Phd with Prof Leanne McCormick @qubhistory.bsky.social What a fantastic project! #JobFairy #ECR #AcademicChatter tinyurl.com/2zpejwmf
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Killing Women: Femicide in Northern Ireland, 1922-2000
Killing Women: Femicide in Northern Ireland, 1922-2000
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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Looking forward to this semester‘s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar series which starts this Friday! Drinks and snacks provided as usual. All welcome!
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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
📣The deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference closes TOMORROW! We really look forward to seeing many of you there!
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If you’re at a loose end tonight, come along to the first Galway Archeological and Historical Society lecture of the year! I’m speaking on tangled knots of sibling obligation, guardianship, unravelling family reputation and the nephews caught in the crossfire (poor Edmund). The Harbour Hotel at 8pm!
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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Lots more great images taken by George Pickow in 1952 with Wren Boys and Mummers in his wider archive here. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
As I sit in Dub airport for the last time this year… a gal can only dream of that Galway-Belfast line 🥲
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Sonja Tiernan @sonjatiernan.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Honoured to have been elected President of the WHAI. Impressive shoes to fill following Diane Urquhart. Wonderful association to represent.
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Intl Federation for Research in Women's & Gender History @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We'll introduce our new board on our socials in the next weeks. But first up, our new President: Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social She is a historian of the family & sexuality in C18th-19th Ireland. Leanne is based at @unioflimerick.bsky.social which is where our next conference will be!
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Intl Federation for Research in Women's & Gender History @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
On Saturday night we voted in our next Executive Board (2025-30). Big welcome to our new members & welcome back to those continuing with us 😀 We also thank our outgoing board members for all their service #WomensHist #GenderHist www.ifrwh.com/contact-the-...
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The International Federation for Women's History
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
On behalf of the committee and all of the members of the WHAI we would like to thank Diana Urquhart for her support as president of the association over the past five-years. Congratulations too to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social our new WHAI president.
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
We had a really great catch up yesterday. Thanks again to @melissashiels.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on how Regency women dressed.
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026. sites.google.com/view/whai202...
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WHAI2026
Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference. Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The conferenc...
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Looking forward to this year’s @whaireland.bsky.social Christmas event on Saturday! If you’re about in Dublin, call in and raise a merry glass 🍷 More info here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/whai-chris...
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
#CfP for next year’s SHS conference! Drop me a line if you have any Q about the ‘Lifecycles, Families, and Communities’ strand 📣
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Our annual Christmas event and AGM is happening on 6 December. Click on link to register. emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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