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On a mission to seek out women's histories, prehistories and mythologies and share our adventures. Interested in under-told stories of all women 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Check out our blog: thewildgees.com

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Protests and Suffragettes @scotsuffragette.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Fight Against Misogyny Didn't Begin Today When Scottish suffragettes took to the streets, chained themselves to railings, endured imprisonment and hunger strikes, it wasn’t simply demanding the vote.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
‘These are her people’: Friends and neighbours remember ‘Queen of the Liberties’ Brenda Fricker The street-lined crowd claps as the funeral cortege passes. Inside the church the service is simple but beautiful www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
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‘These are her people’: Friends and neighbours remember ‘Queen of the Liberties’ Brenda Fricker
The street-lined crowd claps as the funeral cortege passes. Inside the church the service is simple but beautiful
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 04/08/2026
#NewLives 'The voice of a saint trapped in a glass harp.’ From an early age, Dolores O’Riordan used her lyrics and songwriting to reflect and process her emotions; her words provided the framework for the band, but her voice that gave The Cranberries their unique sound. www.dib.ie/biography/or...
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 07/08/2026
#DIBLives A master portraitist & fierce force for culture, painter, stained-glass artist, art activist & founder of An Túr Gloine, Sarah Purser was the first woman admitted to the RHA. She died #OTD 1943 from a stroke precipitated by the 'bad art' on a commemorative stamp. www.dib.ie/biography/pu...
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irishfamilydetective @irishfamilydetective.ie · 07/08/2026
Born #Onthisday 1875 in #Dublin Kate Meyrick was an entrepreneurial trailblazer who defied the laws of the land. Her clubs were infamous & defined the 'roaring twenties' in London including the 43 Club, her most famous venture @RTElyricfm www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
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irishfamilydetective @irishfamilydetective.ie · 01/08/2026
Mother Jones baptised in #Cork #onthisday 1837. The union organiser & activist was described as 'the most dangerous woman in America' but is pictured here with President & Mrs Coolidge & Theodore Roosevelt Jr in 1924 womenshistory.org/education-re... B&W📷LOC
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Feargal McKay @cycologies.com · 01/08/2026
The Tour de France Femmes rolls off today + @clodaghfinn.bsky.social in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social has the story of Mayo's Millie Robinson 🇮🇪, 'The Greatest Woman Cyclist of Them All', who won a precursor of today's #TdFF2026, 1955's Tour Féminin aka 'the First Tour de France Femmes'. #SpeirGorm
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Clodagh Finn: The Mayo woman who won the first Tour de France for women
The memory of the last time the Sam Maguire went west, 75 years ago, is etched in local consciousness, yet a remarkable international win by a Ballina cyclist just a few years later remains little-kno...
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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The time Walt Disney arrived at the Irish Folklore Commission proposing a film on leprechauns, and the folklorists tried to divert him towards something more worthy like The Táin (Bríd Mahon, While green grass grows)
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Looking for a unique summer evening in Dublin? 🌆 #DublinByDusk returns tomorrow Thursday, 30 July with Guided tours, live music, and behind-the-scenes insights across Collins Barracks & Kildare Street. Find out more: www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/D...
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 30/07/2026
#DIBLives "Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look." Along with disappointment and disillusionment, rage and pain, Maeve Binchy's view of the world also included a reassuring belief in human goodness, resilience and recovery. She died #OTD 2012. www.dib.ie/biography/bi...
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Gillian Murphy @gillianmurphy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New blog for The Women's Library at 100 by Grace Parker, student at LSBU on environmental activism and the Women's Institutes. Thank you Grace! blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2...
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Women and environmental activism: the National Federation of Women’s Institutes - LSE History
The WI is the UK's largest women's organisation, and has been campaigning to protect the environment since the 1920s. Grace Parker explored its archives at The Women's Library, to find out more.
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
One of the joys of Grange Stone circle in Co Limerick is that you are more than likely going to be joined only by a few curious cows on your visit! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Magic circle: Stonehenge offers lucky visitors 20 minutes alone in monument
Handful of ticketholders will be selected at random for up-close visits to ancient site throughout August
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Yer da writes “who?” Under posts mentioning female celebrities
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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 29/07/2026
Wrote this piece about the 1926 Census! Thank you to @familywiseltd.bsky.social for the opportunity! family-wise.co.uk/2026/07/22/t...
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The 1926 Irish Census: A New Window into Ireland’s Past |
Written by Daniel Loftus The 1926 Irish Census: A Landmark for Irish Family History It has just been over two months since the 1926 Irish Census was released for public inspection by the National Arch...
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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Lady Mary Bailey #Irish aviator. 1931 "personally guided from England to nether tip of S Africa & back", prob'ly 1st woman 2 take aerial photos of archaeological sites in #Egypt d. #OTD 29 Jul 1960 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ba... & @trowelblazers.bsky.social post trowelblazers.com/lady-mary-ba...
Lady Mary Bailey in cropped B&W photo sitting in open cockpit of plane. Wearing flying leathers, goggles pushed up onto forehead, smiling broadly
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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“Our unofficial tagline at the moment is: we’re here, we’re queer, and we’re volunteers.” Read 👉️ buff.ly/JykuzbG #GCNnews
A person in a sequin shirt and hat wears a white t-shirt reading "Cork Community Pride". It has a blue and purple gradient with the GCN logo and the article's title that reads: "Cork Community Pride shares importance of grassroots organising ahead of first celebration". At the bottom of the image, a message says: "Read more on www.gcn.ie at the link in bio".
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Amina Samee @aminasamee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now?
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Visa for Gaza students
I'm calling on Jim O'Callaghan to approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities. Will you add your name to the petition now?
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We need more like this now
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Deirdre O'Shaughnessy @deshocks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“Do not bury our history beneath concrete” www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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'Do not bury our history beneath concrete', mother of last baby to die at Bessborough tells Government
Bessborough survivor Cindi Bonny says her daughter was the last baby to die at the Cork institution and urges the Government to halt redevelopment
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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Least surprising factoid ever, because truly and honestly they do not care about women.
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 27/07/2026
Today's newsletter also has a link to join us for this Wednesday's Tuatha Talk with the brilliant Mary Cahill on the Ballinesker Hoard. Only a handful of tickets left if you fancy joining us in Bronze Age Ireland! www.tuatha.ie/newsletter/
The golden artefacts that make up the Ballinesker Hoard
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 28/07/2026
The 'feminists' are going after yet another actual feminist for not doing feminism to their liking.
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irishfamilydetective @irishfamilydetective.ie · 28/07/2026
Died #Onthisday 2021 Muriel McCarthy 'the first female and first Roman Catholic keeper of Marsh’s Library, Ireland’s oldest public library' more @IrishTimes www.irishtimes.com/life-and-sty...
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Lynn O'K @lynnok.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
'They include; not supplying original bank statements, a failure to account for gaps in their education & a failure to supply strong evidence that they will return home once their course of study is completed.' When the bank has been bombed & the gap in education is obvious. This is Jim O'Callaghan
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I really did naively hope that the weekend papers might see some attention towards the clerical child abuse Reports in NI, but no. Folk who shout loudly about the supposed threat of "alien cultures" have little interest in live safeguarding risks to kids in faith settings: dflw.ie/clerical-chi...
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Causeway Pride @causewaypride.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
@mams4transni.bsky.social @ppni.bsky.social
Following last night’s tragedy in Berlin, we invite everyone to join us in an act of remembrance at 1:30pm on Saturday, 1 August, at the Amphitheatre in Portrush, before our event begins.

We will stand together in silence, in solidarity, and in remembrance of those whose lives were lost.

There is no distance between our communities when one of us is attacked.

Still Here. Still Proud.
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History Ireland Magazine @historyireland.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Given the week that's in it, a good time for a Mayo focus! In this piece by Elizabeth Malcolm, Captain Boycott is taken on by the women of Mayo. historyireland.com/captain-boyc...
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CAPTAIN BOYCOTT V. THE WOMEN OF MAYO - History Ireland
By Elizabeth Malcolm The boycott in late 1880 of Captain Charles Boycott, the English-born agent for the earl of Erne’s Lough Mask estate in south-east Mayo, is still remembered today mainly because i...
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Solidarity with the queer community in Berlin tonight as thier pride parade is cancelled following a ramming incident. Watch who speaks up in support of them, and who chooses to remain silent, and vote accordingly. We all habe to choose our side, and I know which one I'm on.
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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 26/07/2026
You can read more about her and listen to my podcast episode on her at www.infinite-women.com/women/rosali... Hers is also one of hundreds of women's stories in my book Uncredited: www.infinite-women.com/books/
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Rosalind Franklin - Infinite Women
Chemist whose x-ray diffraction studies provided crucial clues to the structure of DNA and quantitatively confirmed the Watson-Crick DNA model
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Remembering Sinéad O'Connor, who died three years ago, on July 26, 2023. Photo by Andreas Larsson. #sineadoconnor
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Sharon Slater @limerickslife.com · 26/07/2026
Why do we still need Pride they ask. www.bbc.com/news/live/c3...
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One dead, 16 injured at Berlin Pride event, police say, after vehicle driven into crowd
Police launch an intensive manhunt in the German capital and tell people to avoid the area.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 26/07/2026
Two Aer Lingus pilots made history earlier this week after becoming the first mother and daughter to operate a commercial flight together for the airline
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Pilots become first mother and daughter to fly together
Two Aer Lingus pilots made history earlier this week after becoming the first mother and daughter to operate a commercial flight together for the airline.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A wonderfully impressive commemorative sculpture, titled ‘Spioráid Ban Chiarraí’ was unveiled in Tralee Town Park yesterday. It honours the revolutionary women of the county - I was honoured to be on the committee which choose this particular submission. Isn’t she formidable, as were those women.
Spioráid Ban Chiarraí’
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 24/07/2026
Some monuments really are monumental – and Ballycrovane Ogham Stone is certainly one of those! You can find it near Ballycrovane Bay, not far north of Eyeries on the beautiful Beara Peninsula in West Cork. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺 #DiscoverIreland
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irishfamilydetective @irishfamilydetective.ie · 25/07/2026
Died #Onthisday 1865 Dr James Barry, born Margaret Ann Bulkley in #Cork c1794, Surgeon & who performed the first caesarean section in British Empire & described by Florence Nightingale as ‘the most hardened creature I ever met throughout the army’ blog.epicchq.com/herstory-ire...
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Radical Anthropology @radicalanthro.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Odysseus Lout, by Dennis Knight. He was a noted war poet of his experiences in the WW2 antifascist Tank Frontline. This is his take on the real Homer text. bsky.app/profile/radi...
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Rape Crisis Ireland @rapecrisisireland.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The recording of our #BeyondTheMargins event is now available to watch! This event brought together policymakers, researchers, advocates & colleagues from across the NGO sector to examine the experiences of #SexualViolence survivors whose voices are too often overlooked >> youtu.be/jIaxO3rhYZM?...
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Beyond the Margins
YouTube video by Rape Crisis Ireland
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Seems familiar.
Expressing a feminist opinion on social media... and you?"
Witches being dunked
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"You can’t fully understand what they’re going through. You can only try to meet them with humanity. Ultimately, the question becomes: who are you in that moment? What can you bring?” observer.co.uk/style/featur...
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‘To hold his drawings again was the most precious gift I ...
When Sara Alqataa’s architect husband was killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza, his artworks seemed lost for ever – until a British aid worker embarked on a daring rescue mission
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Delighted to be speaking at this event - on the life & legacy of Eva Gore Booth, Lissadel, this comimg friday and saturday - all welcome. A suffragette, Labour actvist, poet, writer & sister of Countess Markievicz, it is fantastic that Gore Booth is remembered. www.independent.ie/county/sligo...
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Eva Gore-Booth’s legacy as suffragist, trade union organiser and poet to be honoured at Lissadell House event
Conference will be held on Friday and Saturday July 24 and 25
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irishfamilydetective @irishfamilydetective.ie · 23/07/2026
#Onthisday 290 years ago Dr Steevens’ Hospital was founded in #Dublin by Griselda Steevens under the terms of her brother's will. Griselda was involved in managing the hospital until she died aged 93. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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UCD Archives @ucdarchives.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
If anyone is considering editing something from our collections, we will happily supply a digital copy at no cost. Please contact Kate (archives at ucd dot ie).
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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Sarah Doherty, a woman who dedicated her life to equal pay & workplace rights for women whilst working at a shirt making factory in Derry, Northern Ireland honoured with a blue plaque. 👇 BBC News - The campaigner who gave shirt factory women a voice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sarah Doherty: The campaigner who gave shirt factory women a voice
Trade unionist Sarah Doherty, who fought for Derry's women workers, is being honoured with a blue plaque.
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Mary Magdalene, tired out at the end of her feast day, which was today. As painted by Artemisia Gentileschi in 1625. Good night!
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 23/07/2026
'We can start to tell their story': Forensic works to begin to identify remains of children in Tuam jrnl.ie/7110368
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'We can start to tell their story': Forensic works begin to identify remains of children in Tuam
The opening of a new facility means investigators can begin to forensically examine the remains of children found at the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam.
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 22/07/2026
Ardgroom Stone Circle • Cork This fine stone circle is another example of the wealth of Bronze Age wonders on the Beara Peninsula. It is beautifully positioned overlooking Kenmare Bay, making it a wonderfully evocative place to experience. #Ireland #DiscoverIreland #WestCork #Archaeology 🏺
A small, but elegant, stone circle on a green ridge above the waters of Kenmare Bay, with distant mountains fringing the background
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 21/07/2026
The Sex Matters event has been dropped by Féile an Phobail www.facebook.com/story.php?st...
Statement from Féile an Phobail

An event application was submitted to this years Féile programme by a group called the Women’s Rights Network.

Féile an Phobail was unaware from the initial submission that this event would promote campaigns against rights for the Transgender community.

Féile an Phobail takes pride in standing up for those who are marginalised and attacked.

Féile was formed in 1988 at a time when the community of West Belfast was being attacked and demonised, and as a positive response to that demonisation.

In recent years Féile has organised discussion events with the Transgender community, providing a platform to raise issues of pressing concern, and we fully support the right of the Transgender community to be treated with equality and respect.

On that basis, Féile an Phobail has informed the organiser of this event that we are withdrawing their event.

This event is no longer part of the Féile programme.
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Discover the Museum after hours at #DublinByDusk for Evening Discovery Tours. Join us and explore remarkable objects, including the iconic Tara Brooch. 📍National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street 📅 Thursday, 30 July 🕔 Tours: 17:00 & 18:30 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/D... #TaraBrooch #Archaeology
The Tara Brooch featured in a promotional poster for Dublin by Dusk: Evening Discovery Tours at the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin. Evening tours on Thursday 30 July at 17:00 and 18:30.
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Constant War & Death Just Easier Than World Peace, Conclude World Leaders waterfordwhispersnews.com/2024/08/2…
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Alliance for Choice @all4choice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Belfast Dyke March! 📆 Friday 24th July ⏰ 6:45 pm 📍 Writers Square
Belfast Dyke March!
📆 Friday 24th July
⏰ 6:45 pm
📍 Writers Square
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