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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 20d

Another great project developed by the Centre for Public History at QUB

Lisa Rea Currie appointed AHRC Community Innovation Practitioner on BeHere Project

Queen’s has been awarded a Community Innovation Practitioner (CIP) Award for 2025-26, as part of the Creative Communities programme, funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and ...

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National Trust Research @researchnt.bsky.social · Sep 9

🎨 Apply by 29 Sept 2025 for a £10,000 Artist Residency at Mount Stewart, Co. Down! Part of the Historic Houses, Global Crossroads research, the 6-week residency (May–June 2026) invites artists to explore global plant networks & reimagine the site’s ecological legacy🌿See link in thread.

A green garden with a circular pond in the centre, with stairs leading up to a large house in the backdrop. - View of the house from the Spanish garden at Mount Stewart, County Down ©National Trust Images/James Dobson

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Aug 1

Alongside the stone memorial, they also installed an information panel right at the entrance to what is now Mid-Ulster Hospital.
It gives a succinct overview of the site's history & shows the layout of the workhouse.

A large panel on Magherafelt workhouse with text on the left, a map in the middle and a key on the right.

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Aug 1

Another week, another workhouse!

Last night I attended the unveiling of a new memorial at Magherafelt workhouse.

The Loup & District Historical Society, with the expert guidance of Dr Ciaran Reilly, did an excellent job with this project.

A granite headstone sits on grass. The words read "Magherafelt workhouse site. To the memory of all those who sought shelter within these walls 1842 - 1945"

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 24

It is a beautiful example of a workhouse repurposed to help the local community while also acknowledging and remembering the lives of those affected by the institution.
If you're in the area, definitely give it a visit.
discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do...

Limavady Workhouse - Limavady

Opened in 1842, the Limavady Union Workhouse is reported to be one of the best preserved buildings of its type in the whole of Ireland.

discovernorthernireland.com

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 24

You can visit the entrance block, dormitories and dining area of this workhouse which have been extremely well maintained. You can also see up into the added ventilation towers.
It is open on Mondays and tours are available.

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 24

Today, it is home to the Limavady Community Development Initiative. The activity of the Initiative is very impressive with a community cafe, garden and adult and children services. When I visited yesterday I saw the kitchens which provide meals on wheels and a baby bank.

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 24

Like many other Ulster workhouses, Limavady had transformed into a mainly medical institution by the 1930s and officially became Limavady District Hospital in 1932. The remaining paupers were transferred to Coleraine workhouse at this time.

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 24

Had a great excuse this week to revisit a workhouse.
Limavady (or Newtownlimavady) was opened in 1842 as a medium model capable of holding 500 paupers.
It is now better known in the area as Roe Valley Hospital where some outpatient services are still in operation.
#workhouse

A long two storey brick building with 3 story blocks either ends. Green grass in front.

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 15

Absolutely love your deep dive into the first female graduates from QUB. Really great historical detective work!

Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 14

You may have heard me on Radio Ulster yesterday morning chatting with Anna Curran about a very interesting Belfast woman - Flora Lewis.

The full story of this woman and her life is now up on my website.
#womenshistory

www.robynatcheson.com/articles/flo...

Florence Augusta Hamilton: mother and mathematician — Robyn Atcheson - Historian

Florence Augusta Hamilton Lewis Mother and mathematician

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Reclaim the Agenda @reclaimtheagenda.bsky.social · Jul 11

We are closed 11-14 July.
While we are away, here are some important things to remember!

NOTE
TO
SELF
It’s OK
to Start Over and TRY AGAIN

You are
doing the BEST you can
You are WORTHY and LOVABLE
It’s OK
to ask
for Help
You are capable of AMAZING things
Your boundaries are
IMPORTANT
Your
FEELINGS
are Valid
You are ALLOWED to say
NO

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 11

Awesome stuff! Congrats.

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 11

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, I chatted sex history & the Georgians earlier this year for a new podcast -
Austen After Dark

This is very NSFW and also NSFMF (Not Suitable For My Family)

(You've been warned)

open.spotify.com/episode/0zQJ...

Sex in Jane Austen's World with Dr. Robyn Atcheson

Austen After Dark · Episode

open.spotify.com

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jul 11

Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025

History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 9

I worked as historical consultant on a community-based short film on a little-known aspect of local social history in NI. would that be the kind of thing you'd be interested in?

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 9

#impact made me choke on my tea

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 8

Finished up exam marking today and fitted in some prep for a radio interview tomorrow.
Pre-recording some women's history for BBC Radio Ulster. Looking forward to chatting about women's education in Belfast & a special mathematician.

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 8

It's only Tuesday and I think this is the most interesting thing of the week.
My husband has also just told me about the Disney-inspired bomb developed in WW2 so I'll be in a Disney rabbit hole for the foreseeable.

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 8

This was before Snow White even. Mind. Blown.

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Kim Mawhinney @kimcmawhinney.bsky.social · Jul 8

I got an enquiry from a US academic about an exhibition held in Belfast in 1935. We had the catalogue in our archive. Who knew the Belfast Museum & Art Gallery @ulstermuseum.org
were so forward thinking! #WaltDisney

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 8

This is so cool!

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Jul 8

BIG EMBROIDERY-NOT-A-TAPESTRY NEWS! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bayeux Tapestry to return to British Museum on loan after 900 years

Bayeux Tapestry will be shown at the British Museum, which will lend treasures to Normandy museums.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 2

Appreciation post for my wee man Ben, pictured here helping me prepare a chapter a few years ago.

We had to say goodbye on Friday and I miss him so much already.
My husband had him for 9 years (a rescue of indeterminate age) & I was lucky enough to become his second human.

A black and white Springer spaniel has his mouth around the top edge of an A4 page with typed text on it. POV of a person trying to read the page.

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Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social · Jul 2

Couldn't agree more. The pathways do not exist. The care is spread over so many departments.
If you're unlucky enough to get an "old school" rheumatologist, there is zero help.

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