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Judy Bolger
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Historian. 19th century Irish social history: poverty, motherhood, breastfeeding 🤱
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I'll be speaking at the @historytcd.bsky.social Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar tomorrow, Wednesday 12 November at 2.30pm in @tlrhub.bsky.social. I'll be speaking on O'Connellite politics in south Ulster from 1824 to 1844. More information here: www.tcd.ie/history/rese...
Trinity Research Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminars - Department of History - Trinity College Dublin
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November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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We are delighted to have another book review up online this evening. Thanks to @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social for taking the time to review it for us.

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Margaret Ward Rebel Women. Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim, 1914-1924, Beyond the Pale Books, Belfast, 2024
Frances ‘Frank’ Brady is one of the few members of Cumann na mBan who went on hunger strike during the War of Independence, and more unusually, for whom a photograph exists of her in bed, in jail, …
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October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Our latest book review is now online. Thanks to Dr Elaine Callinan for taking the time to review it for us.

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Review of Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from Below, 1917-23, edited by John Cunningham and Terry Dunne (Dublin: Four Courts Press,2024)
The Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from Below, 1917–23 offers a genuinely refreshing perspective on Ireland’s revolutionary period. Each of the fourteen chapters thoughtfully align with the book’s t…
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September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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We are looking for a book reviewer for this brilliant publication by @leannecalvert.bsky.social. Please contact Judy at [email protected] if you are interested.

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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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September 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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We are delighted to publish our third WHAI Emerging Scholars Blog. Thanks to Susan Curley Meyers for sharing her insights into doing a PhD.
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When do we become the ‘expert in our chosen topic?’
When do we become experts in what we choose to research extensively? ‘Becoming an expert on your topic,’ is a phrase I have heard many times, and while intended to be complimentary, as a final stag…
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September 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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I’m absolutely delighted to receive my contributor copy of ‘Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain’. Thank you to the editors, Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard, and congratulations to all contributors. I can’t wait to read all the other chapters!
A hardback book is held up against a green landscape. The first page of a chapter and its heading.
June 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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We are delighted to announce that our second Emerging Scholars Blog is now available to read on our site. Congratulations to Dr Caitlín Smith for writing this wonderful piece. #spéirgorm #womenshistory

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Regulation of midwives in Belfast in the first half of the twentieth century
Between 1907 and 1929, Mrs Sarah C. was taken to court on three occasions and brought before the Maternal and Child Welfare Committee of the Belfast Corporation on six occasions for misconduct and …
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June 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Next week! 👻👻👻
clodaghtait.bsky.social Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · Jun 9
Just over two weeks to go to our ghosts 👻 in Britain and Ireland, 1500-1950 conference in Mary Immaculate College Limerick! Places available - programme and registration at www.mic.ul.ie/Ghosts-Confe...
Ghosts in Britain and Ireland 1500-1950 History Conference | Mary Immaculate College
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June 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Many thanks to @judybolger.bsky.social , Ciara and all at #carlowcollege who worked to make the @whaireland.bsky.social conference such a rich and dynamic gathering. Brava! 👏🏻
May 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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@caitbeaumont.bsky.social. remembers giving her first paper to the WHAI 35 years ago. Delighted to have her giving the key note today.
May 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Attending the 1st panel on medieval history of the #whai2025

One woman's response to theft in Early Medieval Ireland by Dr Aogán Ó hlarlaithe

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May 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Please do register as soon as possible for what promises to be a really exciting conference in Carlow this year.
chendirl.bsky.social Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #SciComms #Interdisciplinary #COSTActions @chendirl.bsky.social · May 12
#WHAI2025 almost at full capacity - register soon so you can join us @whaireland.bsky.social

REGISTRATION OPEN 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s
Option to book CONF DINNER if already registered, details on conf site 👇

#History #Skystorians #GenderHist #IrishStudies #Speirgorm #HealthHist #HigherEd #Ireland
May 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Delighted to say that the first of our WHAI Emerging Scholars Blogs is now online. Thanks to Lucy Wray for writing this fascinating piece
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The ‘Lost’ Photographs of Mary Alice Young
A girl perched in a windowsill, peers down at her needlework. The soft light rests on her long hair and the fabric she examines (Fig. 1). This image is of a daughter, taken by her mother. A differe…
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April 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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#WHAI2025 REGISTRATION OPEN 👉 BOOK NOW 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s 👇 Conf site QR Code 👇 Brilliant program made possible by our brilliant ⭐ #skystorians @whaireland.bsky.social #WomensHist #History #GenderHist #RevolutionaryHist #IrishResearch #Speirgorm #HealthHist #Carlow #Ireland
April 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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WG3: #CFP Proposal for The History of the Family
THEME: HISTORIES OF MATERNITY IN CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE: IDEAS, PRACTICES, & EXPERIENCES
SUBMIT: 15 May 2025
👉https://tinyurl.com/4umbdr3w
#HistMed #MedHums #HistNursing #HistMaternity #Skystorians #CA22159 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#History Students in #Ireland make sure you sign up to #IHSA Irish History Students Association. Going strong for 75+ years it is a brilliant space to get your presenting nerves out of the way amongst other scholars like you 👉https://1950ihsa.jimdosite.com/ 👈 #ECR #Undergrad #Students #Skystorians
April 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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chendirl.bsky.social Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #SciComms #Interdisciplinary #COSTActions @chendirl.bsky.social · Apr 27
One of my absolute FAVE things about #Ireland is how community comes together. Thanks to our local #Carlow #WHAI2025 sponsors #CCSP, Carlow Historical & Arch Soc, Carlow Co Co + Carlow #Tourism 4 their support 💜@whaireland.bsky.social #IrishResearch #Skystorians #WomensHist #RuralIreland #DaBest
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April 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Hello lovely scholars! If you are a #WHAI2025 speaker you will receive an email with the final program to your inbox shortly. Please check the details are correct. Registration will open to all interested #Skystorians on Monday 28 April. @whaireland.bsky.social @judybolger.bsky.social #WomensHist
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April 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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#WHAI2025 Registration opens April. Delighted to welcome Prof Caitríona Beaumont as our keynote. @caitbeaumont.bsky.social is an expert on Female Activism in the early 20th century so you won't want to miss it 😎 #SaveTheDate 23 -24 May 2025 #Skystorians #Historians #GenderHist #WomensHist #History
March 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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REMINDER to please check your SPAM folder for email update on #WHAI2025 abstracts. Thanks to all who sent in submissions, please confirm acceptance by 15 March.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Thanks to all the scholars who sent abstracts in for #WHAI2025, huge response! Please check email/spam folder for submission updates. For those coming along, please send your acceptance by 15 March. It's going to be so good 😎 @whaireland.bsky.social @judybolger.bsky.social @tanyahiggins.bsky.social
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March 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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chendirl.bsky.social Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #SciComms #Interdisciplinary #COSTActions @chendirl.bsky.social · Feb 16
The #CfP is now closed, thanks to all who submitted an abstract, the OC will be in touch shortly. It is going to be an excellent program - keep the date in your diary, reg opens end March. @judybolger.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social #Skystorians #Twitterstorians #Historians #AcademicChatter
Save the date 23 and 24 May 2025 for Womens History Conference Ireland at Carlow College for Women & Loss through the Ages
February 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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The #CfP is now closed, thanks to all who submitted an abstract, the OC will be in touch shortly. It is going to be an excellent program - keep the date in your diary, reg opens end March. @judybolger.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social #Skystorians #Twitterstorians #Historians #AcademicChatter
Save the date 23 and 24 May 2025 for Womens History Conference Ireland at Carlow College for Women & Loss through the Ages
February 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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To give people more time to get their applications in we have decided to extend the deadline for another two weeks. The new deadline is 28 March at 5 pm. please share widely.
February 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Still time to submit!!!
February 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM