Leanne Calvert
@leannecalvert.bsky.social
Historian of the Family @UL Like dogs? Meet Frank 🐶 Belfast 🔁 Tipperary
Out Now! *Pious & Promiscuous. Life, Love & Family in Presbyterian Ulster* https://shop.ria.ie/products/pious-and-promiscuous
Out Now! *Pious & Promiscuous. Life, Love & Family in Presbyterian Ulster* https://shop.ria.ie/products/pious-and-promiscuous
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Leanne Calvert
@leannecalvert.bsky.social
· Jul 27
Pious and promiscuous
Pious and promiscuous – Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster will be published on 15 October 2025. Pre-orders will be sent out the week of publication. Step into the intimate worlds of Presby...
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My book is now available for pre-order on the @ria.ie website shop.ria.ie/products/pio... Isn't it beautiful 😍 #PiousPromiscuous #PromiscuousPresbyterians #HistFam #IrishHist #Family #HistSex
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We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 #ExploreYourArchive ambassador is @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social, historian, lecturer and Director of Gender Studies @ucdgender.bsky.social.
Mary will be joining us for the launch of the #EYA focus week at the Custom House Visitor Centre this Thursday!
Mary will be joining us for the launch of the #EYA focus week at the Custom House Visitor Centre this Thursday!
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 #ExploreYourArchive ambassador is @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social, historian, lecturer and Director of Gender Studies @ucdgender.bsky.social.
Mary will be joining us for the launch of the #EYA focus week at the Custom House Visitor Centre this Thursday!
Mary will be joining us for the launch of the #EYA focus week at the Custom House Visitor Centre this Thursday!
& 'Meet the runaway husbands & wives of 18th century Ulster' #HistFam #HistSex #PiousPromiscuous
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www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Meet the runaway husbands & eloping wives of 18th century Ulster
Elopement advertisements were placed by aggrieved spouses to notify the public that their partners had deserted the marital home
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
& 'Meet the runaway husbands & wives of 18th century Ulster' #HistFam #HistSex #PiousPromiscuous
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www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
With @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social 'Sex and surveillance in 18th and 19th century Ulster' #HistSex #HistFam #PiousPromiscuous
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www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Shh! Sex and surveillance in 18th and 19th century Ulster
The stories of sex and surveillance captured in church records reveal much about how communities attempted to monitor one another's behaviour
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
With @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social 'Sex and surveillance in 18th and 19th century Ulster' #HistSex #HistFam #PiousPromiscuous
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www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
And #ICYMI With @theconversation.com 'The sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th & 19th century Ulster were surprisingly colourful' theconversation.com/the-sex-live...
#HistSex #HistFam
#HistSex #HistFam
The sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th- and 19th-century Ulster were surprisingly colourful
The Presbyterian church closely regulated the intimate lives of its members through a system of church court discipline.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
And #ICYMI With @theconversation.com 'The sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th & 19th century Ulster were surprisingly colourful' theconversation.com/the-sex-live...
#HistSex #HistFam
#HistSex #HistFam
Have had a busy & enjoyable October/November zipping about for my book! More to come in the next few months 😉#PiousPromiscuous #NewBook #HistFam #HistSex
@unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
@unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
Celebrating the launch of Pious and promiscuous by @leannecalvert.bsky.social
The book offers a previously unseen glimpse into how ordinary people navigated life’s most significant events as members of a closely knit religious community. Their stories may make you laugh, gasp or even shed a tear
The book offers a previously unseen glimpse into how ordinary people navigated life’s most significant events as members of a closely knit religious community. Their stories may make you laugh, gasp or even shed a tear
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Have had a busy & enjoyable October/November zipping about for my book! More to come in the next few months 😉#PiousPromiscuous #NewBook #HistFam #HistSex
@unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
@unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
We were in Dublin yesterday for our History of Family field trip 😊 Many thanks to Henrietta Street & @nlireland.bsky.social for hosting us. Pictured with permission some of the MA History of Family & MA History students who take my module @ulhistory.bsky.social So lovely to meet in person!
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We were in Dublin yesterday for our History of Family field trip 😊 Many thanks to Henrietta Street & @nlireland.bsky.social for hosting us. Pictured with permission some of the MA History of Family & MA History students who take my module @ulhistory.bsky.social So lovely to meet in person!
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The Royal Irish Academy was delighted to take part in this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with two events.
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Royal Irish Academy was delighted to take part in this year’s @dublinbookfest.bsky.social with two events.
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On 6 November, RIA hosted ‘Women, Struggle and Resilience’, where authors @leannecalvert.bsky.social (Pious and Promiscuous, RIA 2025) and Susan Marie Martin joined historian Mary McAuliffe to explore women’s experiences in Ireland from the 1700s to today.
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
On 6 November, RIA hosted ‘Women, Struggle and Resilience’, where authors @leannecalvert.bsky.social (Pious and Promiscuous, RIA 2025) and Susan Marie Martin joined historian Mary McAuliffe to explore women’s experiences in Ireland from the 1700s to today.
Ah thanks, hope you enjoy it!
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ah thanks, hope you enjoy it!
Have the absolute best students. One for my wall 🥰 with some of the History of Family folks who came last night 🤓
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Have the absolute best students. One for my wall 🥰 with some of the History of Family folks who came last night 🤓
Great time last night at the Dublin Book Festival with @susanmariemartin.bsky.social talking about our books 😊 Thanks to the @ria.ie for hosting us & @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social for chairing. And the audience for the giggles & craic @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Great time last night at the Dublin Book Festival with @susanmariemartin.bsky.social talking about our books 😊 Thanks to the @ria.ie for hosting us & @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social for chairing. And the audience for the giggles & craic @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
In Dublin so popped into Hodges & Figgis to say hello to my book 👋Signed some too 👀 #PiousPromiscuous #NewBook
November 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In Dublin so popped into Hodges & Figgis to say hello to my book 👋Signed some too 👀 #PiousPromiscuous #NewBook
On my way to Dublin to take part in a book panel discussion on "Women, Struggle & Resilience". We're covering women's lives from c18th Ulster to c20th Dublin. It's almost sold out, last tickets here dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-... #WomensHistory #GenderHist #WomensHist
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
On my way to Dublin to take part in a book panel discussion on "Women, Struggle & Resilience". We're covering women's lives from c18th Ulster to c20th Dublin. It's almost sold out, last tickets here dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-... #WomensHistory #GenderHist #WomensHist
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November 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"Ssh! Sex and Surveillance in 18th and 19th century Ulster". #HistSex
Read about how Presbyterians gossiped & spied to expose the naughty behaviour of their neighbours 👀👀
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@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
Read about how Presbyterians gossiped & spied to expose the naughty behaviour of their neighbours 👀👀
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
Shh! Sex and surveillance in 18th and 19th century Ulster
The stories of sex and surveillance captured in church records reveal much about how communities attempted to monitor one another's behaviour
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Ssh! Sex and Surveillance in 18th and 19th century Ulster". #HistSex
Read about how Presbyterians gossiped & spied to expose the naughty behaviour of their neighbours 👀👀
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
Read about how Presbyterians gossiped & spied to expose the naughty behaviour of their neighbours 👀👀
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social @ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
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Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam from UL's School of History spoke to Tipperary Live about the Celtic roots of Halloween, and explains how over time the traditions of Halloween have diverged from their Samhain origins.
Watch: www.tipperarylive.ie/video/home/1...
#StudyAtUL @historiankarol.bsky.social
Watch: www.tipperarylive.ie/video/home/1...
#StudyAtUL @historiankarol.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam from UL's School of History spoke to Tipperary Live about the Celtic roots of Halloween, and explains how over time the traditions of Halloween have diverged from their Samhain origins.
Watch: www.tipperarylive.ie/video/home/1...
#StudyAtUL @historiankarol.bsky.social
Watch: www.tipperarylive.ie/video/home/1...
#StudyAtUL @historiankarol.bsky.social
Hope you enjoy!
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hope you enjoy!
Hope you enjoy!
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hope you enjoy!
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Bought some new books today. @leannecalvert.bsky.social @ulsterhistory.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Bought some new books today. @leannecalvert.bsky.social @ulsterhistory.bsky.social
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Not in Belfast this evening, but toasting the new book by my @ulhistory.bsky.social colleague @leannecalvert.bsky.social from home! It’s an amazing book & so beautifully produced - congrats Leanne! #skystorians @ria.ie
October 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Not in Belfast this evening, but toasting the new book by my @ulhistory.bsky.social colleague @leannecalvert.bsky.social from home! It’s an amazing book & so beautifully produced - congrats Leanne! #skystorians @ria.ie
Thanks to OMahonys in Limerick having me down yesterday to sign copies of my book ❤️ first time I've personally seen it in a bookshop! @ria.ie @ulhistory.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanks to OMahonys in Limerick having me down yesterday to sign copies of my book ❤️ first time I've personally seen it in a bookshop! @ria.ie @ulhistory.bsky.social
Róisín Ní Neachtain has written the first of a series of blogs about my new book titled 'Unveiling women's lives and the family' Many thanks 😊 Read it here www.ria.ie/blog/unveili...
#NewBook #WomensHistory #Family #FamilyHistory #HistSex
@ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
#NewBook #WomensHistory #Family #FamilyHistory #HistSex
@ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
Unveiling Women’s Lives and the Family in Presbyterian Ulster - Royal Irish Academy
This is the first in a series of blog posts on Leanne Calvert’s new book, Pious and Promiscuous: Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Róisín Ní Neachtain has written the first of a series of blogs about my new book titled 'Unveiling women's lives and the family' Many thanks 😊 Read it here www.ria.ie/blog/unveili...
#NewBook #WomensHistory #Family #FamilyHistory #HistSex
@ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
#NewBook #WomensHistory #Family #FamilyHistory #HistSex
@ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social
Today is #InternationalStammeringAwarenessDay This is your reminder that it's estimated that 1% of the population stammers. If you work in education, chances are you've a student in your class who stammers. Odds are someone you work with stammers. We're the 1%. It's how we/I talk
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Today is #InternationalStammeringAwarenessDay This is your reminder that it's estimated that 1% of the population stammers. If you work in education, chances are you've a student in your class who stammers. Odds are someone you work with stammers. We're the 1%. It's how we/I talk