It is National Infertility Awareness week - a week to acknowledge the impact of infertility on millions of people around the world. An appropriate time to share the programme for the Locating Loss conference, which will take place @unioflimerick.bsky.social on 27 May

We will also have an amazing panel for our closing roundtable including Dr Beth Wilson, Éabha Gallagher, @drdeefoley.bsky.social & Prof Kathryn Hurlock

Catch @drdeefoley.bsky.social's talk on our YouTube channel now! youtu.be/a1ElI56O6Bc?...

For our final week after a hiatus for football :-( we welcome @drdeefoley.bsky.social to @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social to discuss her work on an iconic #dublin #factory. Come for the #irishhistory stay for the biscuits! @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social please RT

Academics object to development on mother and baby site Human rights academics have written to An Coimisiún Pleanála expressing their objection to the construction of a large-scale residential development on the site of the Bessborough Mother and Baby inst...

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Fighting the brainrot: The importance of listening to albums in full… It’s no wonder so many of us feel anxious and fatigued by life; we live like everything is an emergency, and we are running out of time. So dust off that…

Great article from Kerrang www.kerrang.com/fighting-the...

organizing gets the goods

Loved doing this, love the Jacob’s factory girlos! Thank you @dublincityheritage.bsky.social @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

Great talk by Deirdre @drdeefoley.bsky.social and the fascinating lens into female labour history.

Pretty cool venue too @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social #woodquay

Brothers in Pain: New Series Preview | Irish History Podcast The IRA in a Revolutionary World

Thanks to Fin Dwyer and the Irish History Podcast for the opportunity to make this

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This quote from Micheál Martin is striking but not surprising. It is fairly common among commentators of his age. But what did it really mean to live through the Troubles in Cork? I can imagine this sentiment is fairly offensive to people in Belfast or Derry.

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Additional tickets have been released for Dr Deirdre Foley's talk on Wednesday 25th March from 6-7pm in the Wood Quay Venue, 'Women and Girls in Jacob's Biscuit Factory, c.1911-1977'.

Reserve your spot at the link below!🔗

@dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

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Women's Grassroots Activism Toolkit 100+ Helping to enhance the lives of women and girls for another 100+ years

Thanks to all who joined us this evening to launch #womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ Toolkit. It's out in the world 🥳 & download your copy 👇. Incredibly grateful to members of @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social @womensinstitute.bsky.social #ICA & WI Northern Ireland who made this project happen 🙏.

Tá ríméad orainn an clár a fhógairt d’aoichainteanna Oidhreacht Bhaile Átha Cliath d’Earrach/Samhradh 2026 ag Ionad Ché an Adhmaid, le haoichainteanna ó @drdeefoley.bsky.social, @aoifeb.bsky.social, Mícheál Ó hAodha agus Anthony Delaney.

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We are delighted to announce the line up for the Spring/Summer Dublin City Heritage Talks 2026 @ the Wood Quay Venue, featuring talks from @drdeefoley.bsky.social, @aoifeb.bsky.social, Mícheál Ó hAodha and Anthony Delaney. All talks will be ISL interpreted.

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Our @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social Spring Lecture Series is live. Theme is 'Work and working in 19th & 20th century #Dublin' - please RT. Speakers @antoniahart.bsky.social @dublincity.bsky.social @drdeefoley.bsky.social & Conor Dodd formerly Glasnevin.

‘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 1939–45 The 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...

Serendipitous 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

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Just no @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social
This is horrendous. There are so many great tours with deeply knowledgeable human tour guides. Why would you do this?

A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...

Texas cops tried to find an abortion patient by using data from an automatic license plate reader (ALPR), which gave them access to over 83,000 cameras across the country.

The dystopian future feminists have been warning about is already here.

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28 new members admitted to the Royal Irish Academy - Royal Irish Academy On 23 May 2025, the new members of the Royal Irish Academy were admitted for their exceptional contribution to the sciences, humanities and social sciences as well as to public service.

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The WHAI is delighted to see that Prof. Maria Luddy has been elected as an Honorary member of the RIA. Prof Luddy's contribution to women's history in Ireland has been significant. And this is an acknowledgment of that contribution to historical debate.

Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane: A revealing, well-researched and compelling biography of this patriot Diarmaid Ferriter: A layered overview of what drove the formidable republican and how she was perceived

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This is an intense, revealing, well-researched and often compelling biography. Lane … has made a profound contribution to our understanding of the republican women of that generation and their intimate and public lives.
@ucdpress.bsky.social

Listen to @drdeefoley.bsky.social on the RDS podcast talking about her research on Irish women's craft work:
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How did the housewives of rural Ireland make money? Census categories camouflaged the multi-faceted and often profitable nature of many women's work within the home

Recently published by @drdeefoley.bsky.social: how did the housewives of rural Ireland make money? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Amazing opportunity and ACE @drdeefoley.bsky.social as cosupervisor!

Amazing history PhD opportunity at Trinity College Dublin to work on women’s experiences of maternity care in Dublin, 1950-2020. Dream supervisory team of @drdeefoley.bsky.social and @earner.bsky.social. 🤩Closing date 23 May. #histmed

Thanks Leeann 🥰

Funded PhD working with @drdeefoley.bsky.social on experiences of pregnancy and giving birth in Ireland 1950-2020. Begins September 2025; apply now! 🗃️

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Thanks Catherine! Hope all’s good, love the Simpkin pic 🐈‍⬛