What the Doctor Ordered Herbs, humours and a bit of dung - a look at some of the odder corners of the medieval Irish medicine cabinet

A world where alcohol was good for you and dung was medicine… open.substack.com/pub/medieval...

Is mian le TG4 Eagarthóirí Coimisiúnaithe Ábhair a earcú! 📺 #SíógnabPost 🧚🏼

Tuilleadh eolais ⬇️
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Comhghairdeachas leat, warm congrats Daniel.

Many thanks.

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

Good piece here from @ciarab.bsky.social explaining more about why this census release is so important
theconversation.com/80-million-p...

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous

Dr @ciarab.bsky.social, Professor of Irish Gender History, writes ahead of the release of the 1926 census. @csoireland.bsky.social

I think that will come soon Kieran. Hope all is well.

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

Maybe use this link, wee typo in previous theconversation.com/80-million-p...

GRMA Tim, hope all is well.

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

Wee typo corrected now theconversation.com/80-million-p...

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.

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...

Gerald the Rhymer The remarkable life of Gearóid Iarla: aristocrat, poet, sorcerer, son of a goddess, defender of women, and possibly the medieval man I would most like to invite to a party

To lighten the mood a little I wrote about my first historical crush. A lover AND a fighter and quite literally a legend. It’s Earl Gerald of Desmond. A man taught the dark arts by the devil himself and possibly turned into a goose by his mother. open.substack.com/pub/medieval...

GRMA Daniel.

Best wishes for your research.

Best wishes for your research.

📣Out now on #firstview

Ciara Breathnach @ciarab.bsky.social @ucc.ie on 'Newspapers as Surrogate Archives: A Case Study of the Early Twentieth-Century Dublin City Coroner’s Court'

#Archives #Newspapers #Press #Ireland #Legal #History 20thc📰🗃️

👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

GRMA to all @historicaljnl.bsky.social @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social and to the reviewers.

Newspapers as Surrogate Archives: A Case Study of the Early Twentieth-Century Dublin City Coroner’s Court | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Maith thú!

Call for STSM candidate at Lancaster University: “A Demographic Kernel Framework for Predicting Psychosis Risk Across Urban Space.” Autumn 2026, up to 2 months, funding up to €2,500 via GREATLEAP COST Action.
Apply with CV + motivation to c.drysdale@lancaster.ac.uk by 4 March ⬇️

Join the panel discussion on Dr Averill Earls’ book: Love in the Lav on January 23rd at the Irish Georgian Society, 18:00-19:30pm

More information here ⬇️
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📚 Book available at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
@templeunivpress.bsky.social
@aearls.bsky.social

Comhghairdeachas Claire!

Help! To my #academic and #history and #genderstudies friends: THE INTERMEDIARIES is exactly the kind of book the current admin don’t want you to teach— #trans history, #LGBTQ fight against nazis, real 🧪 science. Knowing y’all, you may be teaching it anyhow (yay!) if so TELL ME. I will come.

Photograph of a display of prints, surrounded by Christmas decorations and fairy lights, against a white fluffy background #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #Christmas #ArtistsOnBluesky #BuyLocal #ShopIrish

Cartoon of a little rook building a snowman in the shape of a crow, and a photograph of the same image as Christmas cards against a red brick background - there's one free with every order.

📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm

Collage of prints from my site #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

One of the handwritten gift notes that I can include for free with all orders, if desired.

First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

Programs - School of Advanced Study

🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉

universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/

(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)

Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.

www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

Green and red poster with History Workshop Journal printed in the corner, black and white illustrations in the corner, and the title ‘Can you help us?’. The main text reads: This year our partner History Workshop Journal is celebrating the publication of its 100th issue. If you have ever used any HWJ articles in your teaching practice we would love to hear from you! Please let us know by emailing hwoeditors@historyworkshop.org.

📣 Call for participants 📣

Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice?

We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ!

Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.

Amazing experience to bring Dr Bot to Cheltenham Festival on stage with technology journalist Lara Lewington + chaired by the BBC's Claudia Hammond. Great discussions, and a lively audience.
@yalebooks.bsky.social

Reminder to the #histSTM #skystorian crowd that there's an online, free seminar this pm UK time which feels like it might speak to a lot of contemporary interests (including #EnvHist - see you there!