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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 13d

Anyone who buys clothes from Tesco, M&S, Dunnes or Penneys/Primark (Dunnes in particular) should watch @rte.ie Primetime's meticulously researched expose of forced labour in cotton production in China and how it gets into Irish and UK shops. You'll find it on RTE player.

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 18d

Delighted to see this new publication released today. I know what a labour of love and care this was for my Donegal friend and historian @angela-historian.bsky.social . Congratulations!!

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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · Sep 4

It was good to co-author alongside @clarekelly.bsky.social & Caitríona Leahy & with the input from Harun Šiljak & Norah Campbell. We are clearly not the only ones thinking like this, both within Trinity & beyond, so let's build community to #resistAI

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI

Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI

www.irishtimes.com

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wonderful piece by colleagues in @historytcd.bsky.social and @tcdpsychology.bsky.social

Clare Kelly @clarekelly.bsky.social · Sep 4

Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Sep 4

Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Sep 5

great piece by colleagues @kbruisch.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social on GenAi and high Ed. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI

Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI

www.irishtimes.com

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Hannah K. Smyth 🍉 @smythh.bsky.social · Aug 11

With many thanks to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social and all our contributing authors

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Aug 11

Really delighted to see this out. Great work by colleagues and alumni of @historytcd.bsky.social #publichistory masters programme. #openaccess as well. Thanks to everyone involved. @smythh.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social @ciaranon.bsky.social

Hannah K. Smyth 🍉 @smythh.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔊 Very pleased our book about public history is out and gold open access: Public History in Global Perspective
Inquiry, Exchange and Practice. @ciaranon.bsky.social @geolug.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mafs2wrx

Public History in Global Perspective

Where should public history sit within the matrix of global, international, (trans-)national, and more local histories? Since its emergence in the 1970s, Public History has typically been read as comm...

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · Jun 19

Delighted to see our (Brendan Twomey and myself) new Curated Collection on the Registry of Deeds up on @virtualtreasury.bsky.social virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll.... @historytcd.bsky.social

Virtual Treasury

virtualtreasury.ie

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Jul 17

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Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social · Jul 17

Applying for this job was one of the best decisions I've ever made!

Drop me a message if you're interested and want to learn more about our current team and how it all works.

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jul 16

📣 call for applications 📣
Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop.

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

Please share widely!

www.historyworkshop....

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Jul 17

Great work by one of our @historytcd.bsky.social #publichistory students Morgan Hansen as part of her internship with the excellent @virtualtreasury.bsky.social thanks for facilitating our students on your project, helping them do public history.

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · Jul 17

What began as a simple search in the archives led our @historytcd.bsky.social intern Morgan to the rediscovery of Mary Molesworth’s tragic life, her enduring legacy, and the vibrant community efforts to remember her today.

Read more in Morgan's hidden story here: virtualtreasury.ie/hidden-stori...

An engraving of a woman posing for a portrait and wearing a ruffled dress, feathered hat, and holding a wreath of flowers. The only known portrait of Mary Molesworth, Lady Belvedere. Image: Wikimedia Commons.

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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · Jul 11

Check out #ThePeoplesDispensary – our free new online resource about charitable medicine in Edinburgh. It includes a fully transcribed and digitised archive of over 10,000 pages of Georgian patient case notes from the Edinburgh Public Dispensary

👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/peoplesdispe...

Promotional image. Text reads: The people's dispensary digitised archive

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Jul 10

I recognise that beach I think!!

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · Jul 10

🧑🏽🏫 Inclusive history in the classroom means acknowledging previously excluded voices and empowering teachers to share them.

We're fundraising for a GRT Teacher Fellowship in memory of Helen Snelson, who advocated for inclusive, rigorous history.

💛 Support us here: shorturl.at/2wGcW #HACommunity

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Jul 3

Good to chat with Ciara Doherty about a women's museum for Ireland.

Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · Jul 3

www.newstalk.com/podcasts/new... Does Ireland need a national women’s museum?And should we put it in the GPO? excellent points from my women’s museum advocate colleague @geolug.bsky.social -what can I say about Finn (‘women’s history is boring’)McRedmond but how banal & silly can you be! #speirgorm

Does Ireland need a national women’s museum? And should we put it in the GPO? | Newstalk

Politicians are fighting over the future of the GPO on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, now that An...

www.newstalk.com

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Jun 19

Anna Collins @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social tour guide and @historytcd.bsky.social public history student is leading a new #pride #LGTBQ tour in Glasnevin cemetery this weekend for @dublinpride.bsky.social . More info here. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

Glasnevin Cemetery’s Queer History Tour: ‘If you’re here for the drama, you’ll get it’

Guide Anna Collins on the radical characters who feature on a tour introduced to mark Dublin Pride

www.irishtimes.com

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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · May 13

There are still tickets left for Oein DeBhairduin's (@nmireland.bsky.social) talk 'Challenging the Narrative: Reclaiming Traveller History in Ireland's National Collections' which will explore the importance of co-curation & community-led approaches. More info here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/reclaiming...

The image gives details for the talk on Wednesday 21st May from 6 to 7 pm in the Oak Room of the Mansion House, an abstract and a bio for the speaker, Oein DeBhairduin.

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · Apr 14

My open access article on the public history of allyship and solidarity between Native American and Irish people has just been published. It draws on thousands of comments published on a GoFundMe page between 2020 and 2024. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Apr 11

Our wonderful student Anna Collins works in @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social while also studying part-time on our M.Phil in Public History and Cultural Heritage programme @historytcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social . Her experiences are worth a read here. www.independent.ie/business/in-...

This Working Life: ‘I love doing the Glasnevin Cemetery tour – I get to add new elements to it’

So many go straight from school into college and hate it. I took some time out and did some work and then found out what I was interested in.

www.independent.ie

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Apr 9

#pubhist students from @historytcd.bsky.social took a fieldtrip to Belfast ysty. We enjoyed glorious sunshine, nuanced conversations with Rebecca Laverty from Ulster Museum & Paul Donnelly of @dctoursbelfast.bsky.social. Walking the ground is a great way to learn about Belfast's contested history.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Mar 31

Women's and gender history is thriving in HE, but very little of this new work appears in schools history.

Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians

Opening page for Natasha Hodgson's new RHS blog post 'Finding Women's History in Schools - challenges for the curriculum review'.

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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · Mar 26

From David Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie on the historic and strategic reason for Vance's trip to Greenland tomorrow.

RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · Mar 26

How JD Vance's visit reflects decades of US interest in Greenland. There's a long and contentious history of US interest in the Arctic island, but it seems to have entered a new phase under Donald Trump, writes David Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How JD Vance's visit reflects decades of US interest in Greenland

There's a long and contentious history of US interest in the Arctic island, but it seems to have entered a new phase under Donald Trump

www.rte.ie

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · Mar 26

History of LGBT Activism in Ireland (3rd April,UCD) the @researchireland.bsky.social LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973–2023 workshops
🔗 Register for Workshop 1 (April 3rd): lnkd.in/epC2rAwG
We’re looking forward to this important gathering of activists, advocates, and scholars. #speirgorm

Poster for the LGBT activism workshop at UCD April 3rd - register using QR code in poster

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Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · Mar 23

A wee reminder, if you want to know more about Ireland’s last witch trial, the #islandmageewitches, check out our (with Dr Victoria McCollum) website: links to books, podcasts, a free graphic novel, original documents, animation, VR app, and info about our play, exhibition and hub: w1711.org

Witches of Islandmagee

This site is dedicated to uncovering the importance of the witch trial that took place in 1710–1711 in Islandmagee, Ireland.

w1711.org

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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · Mar 21

To mark international Single Parents Day, One Family together with Trinity College Dublin and Glasgow Caledonian University launches new campaign highlighting the history, experiences and misconceptions facing one-parent families @onefamilyireland.bsky.social @mediacoops.bsky.social #singleparentday

Time for a Change

Find out more about the work of our partners supporting One Parent Familes

www.vopfn.org

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · Mar 18

One of our fabulous @bbkhistorical.bsky.social MA students, Laura Aitken-Burt, is a teacher & had been conducting research into the underrepresentation of women's history in schools. She's discovered that less than 10% of named individuals in school history courses are women!

She's founded...

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