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For those interested in Welsh #devolution, or standards regimes within parliaments, this is an interesting piece on the myriad of legal, constitutional and human rights Qs posed by the Member Accountability and Elections Bill that was recently passed by the #Senedd. consoc.org.uk/senedd-accou...
Catherine is just one of the women in the Usk Gaol books who was born in Ireland. Following on from our previous post on St Patrick’s Day, these women’s experiences further highlight the devastating history of Ireland in this period and hardships faced by Irish communities across Wales.
Cardiff Irish Billiards and Bagatelle team
Fully-funded AHRC PhD studenship at Swansea on Childhood, Play & Policymaking in Wales, 1945 to the present
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For a medieval Monday, a magnificent hidden treasure of Welsh legal history- a beautifully illustrated manuscript of the Welsh text of the laws of Hywel Dda dating from the 14th century Reference: NLW MS 20143A #medievalsky
Old Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury (exhibited 1795), painting by J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851 (Whitworth Art Gallery).
A very useful digitised archival resource. "The Penrhyn Estate Archive reflects nearly 700 years of the Pennant family’s involvement and management of their estates across North Wales, Jamaica and England." #Wales #Jamaica
Heard about the Nottingham Chartist caught running guns into South Wales? George Black’s story is one of 42 told in Chartist Lives
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When Helen Macfarlane produced the first translation of the Communist Manifesto in English it began “A frightful hobgoblin stalks throughout Europe. We are haunted by a ghost, the ghost of Communism…”
Session 2: Politics, Society and Internationalism
Thank you to both our speakers:
Dr Marion Löffler on ‘Merthyr’s European Connections’
and Dr Martin Wright on ‘James Kier Hardie MP: Merthyr, Wales and the World’
And we finish the day with the Cyfarthfa Foundation Public Lecture given by Dr Stephanie Ward on ‘The Women of Merthyr: Town, Region and Nation’
Session 1: Industrial Beginnings
Diolch yn fawr to:
Dr Marian Gwyn on ‘Iron and Empire - Anthony Bacon and the global roots of Cyfarthfa’.
and Huw Williams on ‘A Crawshay come to life town!’
Keynote, Geraint Talfan Davies, has started the day off with ‘Cyfarthfa - which stories to tell?’
Ymunwch â’n prosiect ymchwil newydd, yn astudio doethuriaeth am hanes meddygaeth lysieuol yng Nghymru.
Ar y cyd â @librarywales.bsky.social, @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social a Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru, mae’r prosiect yn cynnwys lleoliadau gwaith a mynediad i gasgliadau’r sefydliadau uchod.
My review of Lewis Darwen and Don Macraild's excellent book 'The Removal of Irish Paupers from Britain'
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3JECK...
Many insights here for social and political historians.
#skystorians #IrishHistory bsky.app/profile/tand...
Congratulations, Claire.
An important analysis of a traumatic event that has new resonances since Covid.
As predicted Cousin Brendan has returned - waiting at #Holyhead #Anglesey again after #StormClaudia #Ireland #Wales #envhist #IrishSea #migration #Diaspora
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My latest blog on the @librarywales.bsky.social blog on the #WelshPoliticalArchive lecture by @richardwynjones.bsky.social #PlaidCymru100 @plaidcymru.bsky.social www.library.wales/news/article...
I'm excited to reveal the cover of a new book on the history of Muslims in Wales.
The culmination of years of research that shows how long Islam has been a Welsh religion.
If this sounds interesting, register to be kept up-to-date linktr.ee/MuslimWales
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Tan Gwyllt / Fireworks #Aberystwyth #Ceredigion #Cymru #Wales
A conference in London on 7 November explores the scientific legacy of Thomas Pennant (1726–1798) from Holywell, Flintshire - an internationally renowned naturalist whose specimens form a core part of the Natural History Museum’s collections. Read more here:
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/confere...
Amserol iawn: Pam y Sefydlwyd Plaid Cymru
Very timely: Why Plaid Cymru was established
Online, simultaneous translation
A dyma'r llyfr ei hun!
Do share! The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland’s annual conference is on Daniel O’Connell and his Legacies - 22 Nov in @dculibrary.bsky.social - all welcome! (Small fee on the day) @nmireland.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @jdmccafferty.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/oconnell-a...
The Welsh National Memorial at Langemark, Belgium. It is a large red dragon atop a stone plinth. The photo was taken just after sunrise, so the dragon is mostly silhouetted against the sun, although it's possible to make out the red colouring of the dragon.
The Welsh National Memorial at Langemark, Belgium.
Photo taken last week on a trip to the battlefields by my son Ryan.
