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In the early 1970s epidemiologist Beulah Bewley conducted a study over 5 years examining the effects of juvenile smoking on primary age children. It was the first to establish robust data pointing to diminished respiratory health outcomes for children who smoked. www.dib.ie/biography/be...

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One of the most decorated officers in NYPD history with sixty-five medals and citations, including the NYPD medal of valour, Dubliner John Timoney displayed a compassionate morality in his concern for the victims of crime, especially sexual and violent crime. www.dib.ie/biography/ti...

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Artist Barbara Warren's paintings contain a meditative quality, occasionally incorporating dreamlike elements. Her elongated human figures – passive, reflective and largely faceless – communicated her recurring theme of loneliness and alienation. www.dib.ie/biography/wa...

#OTD 1914 the inaugural meeting of Cumann na mBan took place. It aims were to 'advance the cause of Irish liberty...organise Irishwomen in furtherance of this object...assist in arming & equipping Irishmen for the defence of Ireland...and form a fund for these purposes.' www.dib.ie/biography/ca...

I didn't know that. Thanks so much for the information.

#DIBLives Known to a generation of Dubliners as 'The Diceman', street performer, gay activist & icon Thom MgGinty (b. #OTD 1952) introduced a high level of theatricality and wit that spawned a legion of imitators. He often appeared in character at political protests. www.dib.ie/index.php/bi...

#DIBLives “OK, one last time. These are small but the ones out there are far away. Small… far away… " Best known for his role as Father Ted, comedian Dermot Morgan (b. #OTD 1952) was one of Ireland's foremost humorists and debunkers of hypocrisy & pomposity. www.dib.ie/index.php/bi...

“The whole worl's in a state o' chassis”
(Sean O'Casey, Juno and the Paycock)

B. #OTD 1880, writer Sean O'Casey's best known plays gave voice to Dublin's working class, the rhetoric & dangers of Irish patriotism, and the realities of tenement life and survival. www.dib.ie/biography/oc... #DIBLives

#DIBLives Born #OTD 1839 in Glenavy, Co Antrim, John Ballance was elected prime minister of New Zealand in 1891. He strongly opposed landed interests, religious intervention in education & political life, and in 1893 introduced a bill to allow adult women to vote. www.dib.ie/biography/ba...

#DIBLives In 1866 Anne Jellicoe (b. #OTD 1823) founded Alexandra College, the first university-style institution for women in Ireland. In 1869 it was influential in persuading TCD to set up examinations for women so that they could be examined in university subjects. www.dib.ie/index.php/bi...

#DIBLives In 2021 Mary Lavin (d. #OTD 1996) became the first female Irish writer honoured with a public space named after her. She wrote about the ‘vagaries and contrarieties’ of the human heart, and lives not of quiet desperation but of evasion and wish-fulfillment. www.dib.ie/biography/la...

In honour of #WorldTuberculosisDay read all about Dr Noel Browne, who lost his father, mother and older brother to TB, and who spent months in hospital suffering from the disease. As Minister for Health he launched a campaign to eradicate TB from Ireland. www.dib.ie/biography/br...

#DIBLives Born #OTD 1731, Elizabeth Rawdon's Dublin residence was described as ‘the gathering place of people of genius.’ In 1783 she was the 1st woman published in 'Archaeologia' when she submitted a discourse on the remains of a human skeleton discovered on her estate. www.dib.ie/biography/ra...

Because of his longevity he is the only United Irishman to have been photographed.

#DIBLives Although only 18 years old, during the 1798 United Irishman rebellion Miles Byrne (b. #OTD 1780) took command of the Monaseed corps and rallied them at Fr. John Murphy's camp on Carrigrew Hill. He was later a prominent figure in Robert Emmet's insurrection plot. www.dib.ie/biography/by...

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"Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren’t go a-hunting
For fear of little men..." ('The fairies' by William Allingham)

One of Ballyshannon's most famous sons, poet William Allingham was born #OTD 1824. www.dib.ie/biography/al...

#DIBLives Armed with a blunderbuss, a brace of pistols, and a dagger, highwayman William Crotty (d. #OTD 1742) was a deadly shot with both hands. He was popular with the people of Waterford who claimed he killed only in self-defence & shared his spoils with the poor. www.dib.ie/biography/cr...

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! And today also marks the 6th anniversary of our website going #openaccess. Thank you all for reading our #DIBLives over the past years, and we look forward to sharing many more with you. You can read about the real St Patrick here: www.dib.ie/biography/pa... #DIBLives

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'In you each virtue brighter shines,
But my poetic vein declines;
My harp will soon in vain be strung,
And all your virtues left unsung...'

Each year on her birthday Jonathan Swift composed a poem to Esther Johnson, aka 'Stella'. She was born #OTD 1681.
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#DIBLives Charles Boycott (b. #OTD 1832) believed Irish peasants were prone to idleness and required firm handling. Following an attempt to evict tenants he was subjected to the ostracism advocated by Parnell and the word 'Boycott' entered the English language. www.dib.ie/biography/bo...

#DIBLives Placed in St Vincent's Industrial School, Goldenbridge at the age of 4, nurse and advocate for survivors of childhood abuse Christine Buckley (d. #OTD 2014) was assigned the number ‘89’, which replaced her name for the 13 years she was a resident in St Vincent's. www.dib.ie/biography/bu...

#DIBLives Happy #InternationalDayofWomenJudges Judge Mella Carroll forged a path for women in Irish law: she was the first female chair of the Bar Council of Ireland and the first female High Court judge. Her rulings are regularly cited in judicial reviews. www.dib.ie/biography/ca...

#DIBLives In June 1866 800 Fenians, led by John O’Neill (b. #OTD 1834), launched an invasion of Canada, hoping to exploit Anglo–American tensions & perhaps spark a war. Part of the plan was to capture Quebec & make it the seat of the Irish Republic-in-exile. www.dib.ie/biography/on...

Happy #InternationalWomensDay Founded to investigate science, literature and antiquities, @ria.ie encouraged debate between scholars of diverse background & interests so long as they were male. Our blog, 'Skirting the issue', looks at the first women of the Academy www.dib.ie/blog/skirtin...

#DIBNewLives For most of the 1920s Paul Murray was one of the foremost names in London theatre & even his trademark moustache was a talking point. He revelled in his stardom, talking up his innovations in staging, booking and pricing arrangements. www.dib.ie/biography/mu...

#DIBNewLives ‘[He] would arrive at the Shelbourne in a top hat and cape...So flamboyant a sight was he...that I wanted to cheer.' Patron of the arts & founder of Claddagh Record Garech Browne made an enormous contribution to the preservation of Irish culture. www.dib.ie/biography/br...

Illustration is a water colour by Louisa Beaufort, entitled a Connemara net-maker. It shows a lady and gentleman on the quays with nets, water, cobbled, stone, clouded sky. Uploaded to Wikipedia by JaneMaxwell63

#DIBNewLives Born in July 1781 and at a time when women’s intellectual contributions were rarely publicly disseminated, Louisa Beaufort was among the first in Ireland to publish in her own name and to contribute original antiquarian research. www.dib.ie/biography/be...

#DIBNewLives Educational researcher Tom Kellaghan was integral to the 1969 establishment of the Special Education Centre which aimed to better prepare local children largely from highly disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds for the demands of formal schooling. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...

#DIBLives Deeply committed to social justice & alleviating the burdens of poverty & ill-health (which she noted fell heaviest on women), with characteristic modesty Maura O'Donohue (b. #OTD 1933) described her own career as merely ‘getting other people to do their bit’. www.dib.ie/biography/od...

#DIBLives 'There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold.' Music promoter 'Gentleman Jim' Aiken (d. #OTD 2007) lured international bands to play in the north even while the Troubles raged. In 1971 Led Zeppelin debuted 'Stairway to Heaven' in Belfast. www.dib.ie/biography/ai...