The @shamrockclubwis.bsky.social Nollaig na mBan celebration on January 6 at Mulligan's Irish Pub.

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#Mulligan's
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During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...

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During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...

#NollaignamBan
Arrested & tortured for her part in the French Resistance during WWII, Sr Kate McCarthy endured 3 years of interrogation, solitary confinement & imprisonment before being sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. She was liberated on 25 April 1945. www.dib.ie/biography/mc... #DIBLives

A fascinating scientist, Agnes Mary Clerke was the first woman admitted to the all-male Royal Astronomical Society. Enjoy this post from our colleagues in the Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie as they celebrate #NollaigNamBan all week

Pippin was eagerly awaiting the women to arrive at our Nollaig na mBan gathering last night. She wasn't disappointed! #Nollaignamban #spéirgorm #spéirghorm

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The first woman admitted to the all-male Royal Astronomical Society, Agnes Mary Clerke's analyses were so reliable, thoughtful & wide reaching that she became a revered authority. The Clerke lunar crater was named to commemorate her. www.dib.ie/biography/cl... #DIBLives

Nollaig na mBan was always a big day for my mother - a day to celebrate women, and a day to enjoy with friends and family.

And she made sure we'd never forget it, by leaving us on Nollaig na mBan four years ago.

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Here she is in about 1956 -

A book telling the events of Jan 6th 1839, The Night Of The Big Wind, Irelands greatest natural disaster.

Today is #NollaigNamBan or #LittleChristmas in Ireland but it’s also the 187th anniversary of Ireland’s greatest natural disaster, The Night Of The Big Wind an often overlooked or forgotten piece of history. A cataclysmic storm that brought death & destruction across the Island in a single night.

For Nollaig na mBán :: Ivor Cutler and Linda Hirst - 'Women Of The World' (1983, @roughtrade1976.bsky.social 7in) #nollaignamban #speirgorm

Nollaig na mBan mór maith dúinn a mhnáibh na hÉireann. We stand on the shoulders of all the women who went before us

#nollaignamban #spéirgorm #womenschristmas

Nollaig na mBan inniu
Cumhacht na mBan gach lá
#NollaignamBan #speirgorm

Painting of Rohesia De Verdun, a Dutch lady who was the beneficiary of substantial lands near Dundalk and constructed Roche Castle just outside the town to protect it from native Irish.......

Mural of Brigid of Faughart in Dundalk.

A blue shutter painted with Aur Lassie in pink and oulined in yellow and black

19.00 Tue 6 Jan 7.3 with Libre 3 Plus 8.0 with Dexcom 18.59 6.1.26 7.8 with contour next meter

Ar D6 #100daysofwalking #365daysofwalking 
#NollaignamBan shona daoibh ó cúpla mná as Dún Dealgan #Dundalk 😉

#GaeilgeGachLá #SpéirGhorm 

D8 #T1D comparison #CGM & meter readings w/ #FreeStyleLibre3Plus (w/ #CamAPS FX) #Dexcom #G6 & #ContourNext 

#iredoc #MyT1DiabetesLife

The most mythical fairytale is that one about moms being behind all the Christmas magic. Can you believe it?!
Happy Women's Christmas... even if it's totally based on a legend 🪄
#littlechristmas #NollaignamBan #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensillustration #fairytales

Nollaig na mBan shona daoibh agus leis na mná íontacha a bhíonn ag obair linn lá i ndiaidh lae ach go háirithe!

Cé go bhfuil deireadh tagtha leis an Nollaig táimid ag tnúth go mór le raidhse deiseanna 2026!

#trálí #trálílegaeilge #gaeilge #womenschristmas #nollaignamban

The True Origins Of Nollaig na mBan In Ireland Nollaig na mBan is being celebrated today.

Celebrated for generations in Cork and Kerry, Nollaig na mBan is a comparatively new custom elsewhere.
#Midlands103News #Laois #Offaly #Westmeath #NollaignaMban
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agelast - a person who never laughs. 1600s. From Greek a (without) and gelastos (laughter).

#mysteryword day 6 - agelast - a person who never laughs. 1600s. From Greek a (without) and gelastos (laughter).
#etymology

Also happy #NollaignamBan (Irish Women's Christmas) to you all!

a woman with a crown on her head has black lipstick on her lips Alt: a woman with a crown on her head has black lipstick on her lips - Queen Energy

Nollaig Na mBan Shona Daoibh! 👸

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But remember you can only enjoy Nollaig na mBan once you have taken down the 🎄. Happy #NollaignamBan

Nollaig na mBan shona daoibh 💙 Wishing all the women across Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim a very happy Women’s Christmas. #NollaigNaMBan #MSLETB #WomensChristmas

The roots and traditions of Nollaig na mBan There are many Irish folk rituals associated with 6 January, the last day of Christmas and the day known as Nollaig na mBan

Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: the roots of the rites and traditions associated with January 6th, the last day of Christmas and the day known as #NollaignamBan. By
@marionmcgarry.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Nolliag na mBán |

The important #NollaigNaMban info at the end:

“Camille O’Sullivan will perform on Tuesday at the Nollaig Na Mban festival in Dublin, a community festival held on January 6 every year to celebrate the lives and achievements of women from Dublin’s North Inner City.”

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Wishing all our friends and colleagues a very happy Little Christmas / Nollaig na mBan! ❄️✨

#NollaigNaMBan #WomensChristmas #BookSky #IrelandiaPress

RIA GSA/25/1 — Deeds of the Guild of St Anne, 9 George I, Item 1 (13 February 1723)

Today is #NollaignamBan so we thought we'd feature Mary Whitshed, from the Guild of St Anne Collection. Her seal below was impressed onto a grant from the Guild for a plot of ground in Cooke Street, Dublin, 1723 — just behind St. Audoen's Church in the Liberties!

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“Strange Stories by Irish Women” #NollaigNamBan

Anna Maria Hall
Lady Wilde
Charlotte Riddell
Rosa Mulholland
L. T. Meade
B. M. Croker
Lady Gregory
Katharine Tynan
Clotilde Graves
Ethna Carbery
Dora Sigerson Shorter
Beatrice Grimshaw

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In Ireland, 6 January marks a very unique Irish celebration known as #NollaignamBan (Women’s Christmas).

In Irish tradition, the day was regarded as a respite from household duties for women in recognition of their work during the busy festive season 🎁❄️

Two women stand in a clothing store, with one woman trying on a dress and the other helping her, surrounded by hanging clothes and hats.

#NollaignamBan shona daoibh go léir! 🎊

📷Two women clothes shopping at a boutique in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon in 1968.

This photograph doi.org/10.7486/DRI.... (accessed: 2026/01/05) comes from the Fáilte Ireland collection deposited by @dclareadingroom.bsky.social in the @dri.ie.

For the day that’s in it, I thought I’d share my personal essay which featured in the Winter 2025 issue of Trasna. I wrote about Nollaig na mBan, the birth stories we share, and the ones we don’t:

bit.ly/3YW758z

#nollaignamban #nollaignamban2026 #littlechristmas #epiphany #braidedessay

Happy Nollaig na mBan! I will not be doing housework today in celebration of my cleaner back tomorrow for the first time in 2 weeks! 😃

#speirgorm
#nollaignamban
#womenschristmas
#littlechristmas

Nollaig na mBan shona duit 🤶

Tá sé in am do scíth a ligean inniu agus suíochán a thógáil cois tine agus leabhar deas a léamh duit féin. 📚

#LoveLeabharGaeilge #LeabhairGhaeilge #Gaeilge #NollaignamBan

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