What does it mean to call Ireland 'home'?

This is what I'm trying to find out - still looking for suitable participants!

Please get in touch if you or someone you know might be interested in sharing their story.

#identity #ireland #spéirghorm

Still recruiting!

Born in Ireland?
Parents who migrated here?
Grew up in Limerick or the Mid-West?

I'm doing a research project on second-generation identity and would love to chat with you.

Please share with anyone who might be interested - it would mean a lot 🙏

Delighted to have made it, despite ATC strikes, to #IMISCOE2025 as the heat subsides in Paris. Paper on the ongoing transnational lives of 2nd gen returnees. @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulresearch.bsky.social

For the #geographyteachers on Valentines (Werner's cardioid projection)

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COMPAS Seminar Series, Hilary Term 2025!
People make sense of the world through stories. This series examines how narrative shapes how we think about migration and what we can do to measure, visualise, and help societies assess and respond to migration narratives. www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/can-we...

Using modern technology to allow us to continue to witness something the people of this island built in connection with the seasons and the universe thousands of years ago is pretty cool, actually

Call for papers! - Migration, Place/making and Belonging conference @ UCC June 2025 www.ucc.ie/en/iss21/res...

New UL research finds that many voters who used the app WhichCandidate – founded by Dr Rory Costello, lecturer in UL’s Department of Politics & Public Administration – switched their initial voting preference in favour of a different candidate
ul.ie/news/whichca...
#GE24 #Election24 #SpeirGorm

🌍 NEW ISSUE ALERT! 🌍

📚 Volume 4 Issue 2 of #Routes is now available, open access for all to read.

✍️ Routes showcases original research from high school and undergraduate #geographers.

👇 See below for details on contributions.

routesjournal.org/current-issue/ @rgsibg.bsky.social

Hey teachers (you brilliant people, you) - if you want to introduce the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries to school students aged 5 to 18 in a playful, embodied and adaptable way, we've got some great tools for you... pls RT! doughnuteconomics.org/foundational...

Maggie O’Farrell: Being Irish in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s wasn’t easy. I mean, I had a teacher at school who took the register, called my name and then said to me, “Are your family in the IRA?”

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

14/ Stunning image of the current eruption in Iceland.

Image ID: 2YMA922 / Marco di Marco / AP Photo

Fascinating #GeoWeek lunchtime talk today from @lizgabbett.bsky.social focusing on the navigation histories and human impact on the River Shannon @unioflimerick.bsky.social

Our next event for #GeoWeek @unioflimerick.bsky.social takes place at lunchtime tomorrow when @lizgabbett.bsky.social is hosting a 'walk and talk' at 1pm on the banks of the River Shannon. All students and staff welcome #LoveUL

It was a packed house for the School of History & Geography table quiz @unioflimerick.bsky.social & the perfect way to begin GeoWeek! Congratulations to 'In Last Place' who won the coveted #GeoWeek mugs & to all who supported & participated @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social #AAG #LoveUL

Geography Awareness Week has arrived! We kick off with the inaugural #UL School of History and Geography table quiz this evening! All are welcome 😀 #LoveUL #GeoWeek
#GeoWeek2024 @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social #GeographicalSocietyOfIreland #UniversityOfLimerick