Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Very much looking forward to chairing this on Thursday. Do come down if you're in Dublin! 041
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganKeough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ndirishstudies.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Congrats to @susiedeedigan.bsky.social of @arinsproject.bsky.social on joining Young Academy Ireland! She is one of 21 new members from Ireland and Northern Ireland who were selected to join @yai.ie through a competitive process launched by @ria.ie. 👉 Read more: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/arins-s...irishstudies.nd.eduARINS Programme Manager Susie Deedigan joins Young Academy IrelandYoung Academy Ireland is an all-island network of early-career researchers and innovators. Deedigan is one of 21 new members from Ireland and Northern I... 0102
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 05/05/2026This event is almost fully booked, don't miss out on attending. Register here: www.ria.ie/events/arins... @ihrec.bsky.social @nihrc.bsky.social @cjharvey1.bsky.social @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social 044
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 05/05/2026New #ARINS research asks a simple but important question: Who is Better Off? Updated cross-border analysis by the @esri.ie finds widening gaps in income, education, health outcomes, and overall quality of life, North and South. Read the research here: bit.ly/4nlm8UP 066
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganUCU @ QUB @ucuatqub.bsky.social · 02/02/2026In response to the news that @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social has cut ties with Senator George J. Mitchell, following new information that suggests he remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, we have released the following statement. 1/5 12419
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 08/01/2026🎧 New #ARINSPodcast out NOW! Beyond Identity and Ideology: How Deliberation Can Reframe Constitutional Debate 🔗 Listen now: Spotify: bit.ly/44XSsW2 SoundCloud: bit.ly/3L5HYx7 @ria.ie @shelleydeane.bsky.social @dcuresearch.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social 047
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 17/12/2025🍾Our Spotify wrapped most listened to episodes of the year: For My Identity, the ever wonderful and dearly missed @manchanmagan.bsky.social For The ARINS podcast, @idamilne.bsky.social and Ian d'Alton Follow and subscribe for next year: www.ria.ie/research-pro... 061
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Fascinating insights at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and Hume Foundation's Anglo-Irish Agreement conference. Earlier @susiedeedigan.bsky.social chaired a panel on historical context, now Rory Montgomery discusses the political & diplomatic journey to the AIA. @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social 062
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 24/10/2025We are thrilled that our publication For and Against has been shortlisted! 🗳️ Vote here: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/ @fotoole.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie #APIBA #ReadersWanted #StoriesMakeUs 096
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Thank you so much to @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social and particularly @donalh.bsky.social for the invite to present to the seminar this evening. Great to catch up and to meet some new faces. Always lovely to be in Maynooth in Autumn. 040
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganDónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 08/10/2025We are delighted to welcome @susiedeedigan.bsky.social to Maynooth tomorrow evening for a research seminar entitled '"Hardly serious”: the detention of republican women in wartime Ireland, 1939-45'. The seminar is open to the public and will take place in Roque Lab, Rhetoric House 17:00-18:00. 1219
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 07/10/2025🎧 Sneak peek: Tomorrow on the #ARINSProject Identity Podcast, Leo Varadkar joins Colin Graham to discuss national identity, religion, family, and his book Speaking My Mind. Stay tuned for the full episode available soon on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & SoundCloud. #MyIdentityPodcast #LeoVaradkar 032
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The wisdom that goes with Manchán is an immeasurable loss. Thoughts with all who loved him. 021
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Convening this series is such an interesting part of my role @arinsproject.bsky.social and this seminar is set to be especially interesting! Book now @ ARINSproject.com ! 020
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Yesterday at the NI members’ lunch in Belfast, Dr Susie Deedigan shared an update on the ARINS project with the RIA North-South Committee. RIA President Pat Guiry also presented Ulster University VC Prof Paul Bartholomew with a copy of For and Against a United Ireland 📘 Pre-order👉 arinsproject.com 022
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Thrilled to be invited to speak to the Maynooth seminar and even more so to be in such good company on this term card 🥳 060
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 03/09/2025A vital conversation ahead: For and Against a United Ireland, chaired by Sarah Carey. Experience the book brought to life at the National Concert Hall, November 30th. 👉 bit.ly/4p6klU8 @fotoole.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.socialbit.lyNCH | Live Music & Events | The Home of Music in IrelandThe National Concert Hall is a national cultural institution and the designated home of music in Ireland. 088
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2025📢 New #ARINS podcast out now! Host Rory Montgomery talks with Esther McGuinness, Desmond Ryan & Rory O’Connell about employment law North & South, 100 years after partition—shaped by Brexit & the Windsor Framework. 🎧 Episode 46 out now: Spotify: bit.ly/3VwvorZ Apple Music: bit.ly/3JLxx0u 024
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Write up of our recent Shared Media event, which you can also watch back. Thanks to Amanda Ferguson @eamonquinnnews.bsky.social Eoin Brannigan and @saraita101.bsky.social for participating and to our host Sarah Carey www.ria.ie/2025/07/25/s...ria.ieShared Media & A Divided Island - Royal Irish AcademyA century after partition, Ireland’s media still struggles to speak across borders. This July, five journalists asked whether it’s time to imagine a truly shared media landscape across the island, and... 003
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025I'm finally on Linked In should anyone wish to connect there! 🔗https://www.linkedin.com/in/susiedeediganlinkedin.com 000
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Our two incredible interns at the close of MacGill2025: Jane Palmer and Emmie O’Neill. 👏🤩 We have been very lucky to have you on the team this summer. Thanks for all your hard work and best of luck for your final year @notredame.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @macgillschool.bsky.social 032
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 19/07/2025It's such a joy to work and collaborate with these wonderful women. It's been particularly fantastic to learn from our amazing interns Jane Palmer and Emmie O'Neill this summer. 040
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganMacGill Summer School @macgillschool.bsky.social · 18/07/2025This afternoon's final panel, chaired by Pariac O'Brien, discusses masculinity, media and power. Kate McDonald, journalist at RTÉ. EamonMcGee, Columnist, Father, and Donegal All-Ireland Winner. Prof. Ian Robertson, TCD Emeritus Professor of Psychology @ianhrobertson.bsky.social 011
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Interesting discussion at MacGill on the toxic influence of social media on young men. 12 years ago at a centenary event of Emily Wilding Davison's death I first met reps from @ukfeminista.bsky.social who have amazing resources for teachers, students and parents - highly recommend for educators. 020
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 16/07/2025📣 call for applications 📣 Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop. Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team. Please share widely! www.historyworkshop....historyworkshop.org.ukCall for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians. 13034
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganMacGill Summer School @macgillschool.bsky.social · 17/07/2025‘What is beyond dispute is that the republic is the wealthy part of the island, astronomically so’ When asked how much they are willing to compromise economically to achieve unity 51% of tonight's audience says a little; 29% a lot; 10% nothing and 9% almost nothing. @arinsproject.bsky.social 002
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Amazing to have NI children’s commissioner Chris Quinn and Ireland’s ombudsman for children Niall Muldoon discussing children’s rights, housing & education. From our first meeting months ago in our office to a huge and packed room listening today in Donegal - these conversations are vital. 020
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Delighted to be at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties. Very much looking forward to the next panel on making Ireland a better place for all children, to Sam McBride discussing the upcoming For&Against book this evening and to many more panels over the next few days! @arinsproject.bsky.social 080
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganKeough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ndirishstudies.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Mary Gallagher, dean of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, kicked off the 45th @macgillschool.bsky.social this morning in Glenties, County Donegal. “Notre Dame has a long and special connection with Ireland. And today, Notre Dame is more committed than ever to that relationship.” 053
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Sarah Creighton: “Conflict is such a difficult subject and often not treated with the nuance it deserves.” LIVE from O'Connell House #ARINS #SharedIsland #sharedmedia @saraita101.bsky.social 051
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Fascinating #ARINS discussion at O’Connell House this afternoon on shared media on the island of Ireland. @amandaferg.bsky.social talks about awareness of demographic change in the media and the need for nuanced coverage @arinsproject.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie 030
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 03/07/2025🎤 Live at the National Concert Hall 30th November 19:00 Join Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride in conversation around their new book For and Against a United Ireland, exploring the questions, challenges, and hopes behind this pivotal topic. 🎟️ Secure your tickets: bit.ly/4nwI1A4 📘 Out this October 046
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 07/07/2025What do people in Northern Ireland really think about Irish unity, Brexit, and their political institutions? A landmark new survey by Professor Peter Shirlow & Professor Jon Tonge reveals surprising shifts in identity and attitudes. 📊 Read more: www.ria.ie/2025/07/04/n...ria.ieNorthern Ireland: What the numbers tell us - Royal Irish AcademyWhat do people in Northern Ireland really think about Irish unity, Brexit, and their political institutions? A landmark survey, conducted by Professor Pete Shirlow and Professor Jon Tonge of the Unive... 184
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganCaitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Brilliant new article out by @susiedeedigan.bsky.social in @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social & fully OA #Afterlives #womensgrassrootsactivism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com‘It is to be assumed that members of C. na m Ban cannot be kept out of such a body!’: women, Irish republicanism, and prisoner support work 1939–45The historical consensus on Cumann na mBan, Ireland’s republican women’s organisation, suggests that by the period of the Second World War (or Emergency as it was known in independent Ireland) it w... 043
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganWomen’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Congratulations to our committee member @susiedeedigan.bsky.social on the publication of her first article. 041
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 09/07/2025LIVE: Happening now at O'Connell House: "Can our shared island have a shared media?" Join leading journalists, editors, thinkers as they explore how the border still shapes what we see, hear & read — 100 years after partition. 🎤 12:30–13:45 | Light lunch after 🎥 Report and Recording to follow 001
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Serendipitous to be sitting in the final panel of the Future of Irish Studies conference and get the email that my first article has been published - open access - in Women’s History Review. 😍 @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com‘It is to be assumed that members of C. na m Ban cannot be kept out of such a body!’: women, Irish republicanism, and prisoner support work 1939–45The historical consensus on Cumann na mBan, Ireland’s republican women’s organisation, suggests that by the period of the Second World War (or Emergency as it was known in independent Ireland) it w... 5388
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Had a great first day at the Future of Irish Studies in Leuven! @emmamurphy.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social 0122
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025My review of Oisín Wall’s, Prisoners’ Bodies: Activism, Health, and the Prisoners’ Rights Movement in Ireland, 1972-1985 is out today in Social History of Medicine - spoiler: it’s a great book. academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...academic.oup.comOisín Wall, Prisoners’ Bodies: Activism, Health, and the Prisoners’ Rights Movement in Ireland, 1972-1985Histories of imprisonment in Ireland are surprisingly scarce given the centrality of political imprisonment to state formation. As a history of imprisonmen 021
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Pre-order now and book to attend our accompanying events with Fintan and Sam - 17 Nov in Belfast and 30 Nov in Dublin at arinsproject.com @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.socialarinsproject.comARINS - Royal Irish AcademyARINS: Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South Authoritative, independent and non-partisan analysis and research on constitutional, institutional and policy options for Ireland, north and south. Coming soon: For and against a united Ireland by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride. Pre-order now More about what we do Read the research Who we are 074
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 25/06/2025This afternoon’s event is underway with Profs Pete Shirlow & @jontonge.bsky.social discussing “The 2024 Northern Ireland General Election Survey” @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 24/06/2025This morning representatives from the ARINS project were invited to meet with the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee to discuss the project’s research Read our research: www.ria.ie/research-pro... podcasts: open.spotify.com/show/08pJYRf... @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie 0106
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 07/06/2025I won't give advice to Leaving Cert students this week, but that's mostly because I don't really know what the Leaving Cert is. On the invisible borders between north and south, and the eternal mystery of Peig. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...irishexaminer.comSéamas O'Reilly: Many of the tropes of standard Irishness are not universally applied both sides of the borderEvery single pale and freckled ancestor of mine since 1800, Irish farmers to a soul, was born and raised in something called the United Kingdom. This is true for a large number of Irish people in the ... 1014029
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 05/06/2025This is an excellent holiday read. Thanks to Sarah Mason for mentioning it in her @whaireland.bsky.social paper! Setting and spritz also not bad… 😏☺️ 020
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 05/06/2025The latest #ARINS podcast is now available! Listen to Paul Anderson, Coree Brown Swan, and Rory Montgomery on European Perceptions of Scottish Independence Before and After Brexit. 🎙️ spoti.fi/3HsW0GG 🎙️ bit.ly/3FyMzFb arinsproject.com @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social 046
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganIrish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Thanks again to everyone who supported our academic programme in #IrishStudies this year. You can find recordings of most of our events on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@QUBIrishStu...youtube.comQUB Irish StudiesPosting talks, public lectures and other events given at the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University Belfast. 02816
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganLaura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 30/05/2025My PhD student Monique Lerpiniere is looking for oral history participants for her @sgsah.bsky.social project on South Asian medical practitioners in Scotland. Please see the poster for info and share if you know anyone. Thank you! @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social #histmed 24054
Reposted by Dr Susie DeediganThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 02/06/2025Housewife of the Year review: A reminder that Ireland of the 1970s and 80s was no country for women of any ageirishtimes.comHousewife of the Year review: A reminder that Ireland of the 1970s and 80s was no country for women of any ageTelevision: Contrast between picture the women presented beside ‘Uncle Gaybo’ and present-day selves is striking 03414
Dr Susie Deedigan @susiedeedigan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Subjecting Dom to a treasure hunt for these Second World War signs around Bologna. US being “Uscita di Sicurezza”, safe routes and shelters 🤓 110