Mary Breen
@mabreen.bsky.social
19th century history. Author of ‘Waterford port & harbour:1815-1842’ (Four Courts Press,2019). Researching the Fanning Institution (1843-1970), Waterford. #institutions
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Here’s one thing to look forward to this year: the release of the 1926 census - really looking forward to exploring the census when it comes online - how and where will many of my Cumann na mBan women appear, I wonder? #exploreyourachives #speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Diarmaid Ferriter: Here’s one thing to look forward to this year – the release of the 1926 Census
Opening of this material will facilitate much research, and for many the chance to place our own family story in context
www.irishtimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Here’s one thing to look forward to this year: the release of the 1926 census - really looking forward to exploring the census when it comes online - how and where will many of my Cumann na mBan women appear, I wonder? #exploreyourachives #speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
The Wolfson History Prize - Celebrating Outstanding History
The Wolfson History Prize is awarded annually to promote and recognise outstanding history written for a general audience.
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.
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Delighted that our co-authored paper on Woodstown is in good company in the new Journal of Irish Archaeology! Thanks to Dr Kerri Cleary, Wordwell & @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social
It details what the recent geophysical surveys have revealed about Woodstown ... including *spoiler alert* 61 structures!
It details what the recent geophysical surveys have revealed about Woodstown ... including *spoiler alert* 61 structures!
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Delighted that our co-authored paper on Woodstown is in good company in the new Journal of Irish Archaeology! Thanks to Dr Kerri Cleary, Wordwell & @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social
It details what the recent geophysical surveys have revealed about Woodstown ... including *spoiler alert* 61 structures!
It details what the recent geophysical surveys have revealed about Woodstown ... including *spoiler alert* 61 structures!
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Our great thanks to Jane Ohlmeyer who gave the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture on Friday evening.
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane Ohlmeyer delivers the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture - RHS
On 21 November, the Society was delighted to welcome Professor Jane Ohlmeyer to give the 2025 RHS Anniversary Lecture: ‘Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland’. Jane's lecture in...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our great thanks to Jane Ohlmeyer who gave the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture on Friday evening.
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
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St John Henry Newman, declared Doctor of the Church 1 Nov 2025.
Founder of the Catholic University at Dublin, 1854. Quasi-ancestor institution of today’s University College #Dublin. Newman was canonised on 13 Oct 2019.
Founder of the Catholic University at Dublin, 1854. Quasi-ancestor institution of today’s University College #Dublin. Newman was canonised on 13 Oct 2019.
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
St John Henry Newman, declared Doctor of the Church 1 Nov 2025.
Founder of the Catholic University at Dublin, 1854. Quasi-ancestor institution of today’s University College #Dublin. Newman was canonised on 13 Oct 2019.
Founder of the Catholic University at Dublin, 1854. Quasi-ancestor institution of today’s University College #Dublin. Newman was canonised on 13 Oct 2019.
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Gone way too soon. May he rest in peace. suaimhneas síoraí dá anam.
Manchán Magan: writer and documentary maker dies aged 55
Manchán Magan: writer and documentary maker dies aged 55
Author spoke of terminal illness in recent radio interview, saying he did not feel despair
www.irishtimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Gone way too soon. May he rest in peace. suaimhneas síoraí dá anam.
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Postscript by Seamus Heaney who died twelve years ago today
August 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Postscript by Seamus Heaney who died twelve years ago today
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#FiantFriday in 1587 Waterford: 'Forasmuch as foreign invasion may be doubted from beyond seas, and if any such happen their landing-place likely to be at the haven of Waterford; the commissioners are to view and muster the able men in the city...'
View it here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-Fi...
View it here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-Fi...
August 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#FiantFriday in 1587 Waterford: 'Forasmuch as foreign invasion may be doubted from beyond seas, and if any such happen their landing-place likely to be at the haven of Waterford; the commissioners are to view and muster the able men in the city...'
View it here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-Fi...
View it here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/VRTI-Fi...
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I'm reading @drjoannepaul.bsky.social's new book on Thomas More and I was really struck by this line: "Those who are willing to destroy anyone who stands in opposition to their will...rule today as they did 500 years ago...The unconstrained power of petty, insecure men remains deeply dangerous."
June 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'm reading @drjoannepaul.bsky.social's new book on Thomas More and I was really struck by this line: "Those who are willing to destroy anyone who stands in opposition to their will...rule today as they did 500 years ago...The unconstrained power of petty, insecure men remains deeply dangerous."
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G, by Zaffar Kunial
May 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
G, by Zaffar Kunial
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"I am hesitant to comment broadly on what it’s like for scientists now in America because I have only limited information about what is going on outside of this detention center. What I do know is that my colleagues, many of whom are, like me, foreign scientists, are terrified"
'I did not complete a customs declaration for frog embryos (...) this would normally result in a warning or fine. Instead, my visa was revoked & I was sent to a detention center in Louisiana, where I have spent the past 3 months with roughly 100 other women. We share one room w dormitory-style beds'
Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
"I am hesitant to comment broadly on what it’s like for scientists now in America because I have only limited information about what is going on outside of this detention center. What I do know is that my colleagues, many of whom are, like me, foreign scientists, are terrified"
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Look in the top right-hand corner!
We have several copies of Paolo Sarpi's 'History of the Council of Trent' from 1619, but this one was owned by a certain Jonathan Swift who wrote his name on the title page.
We have several copies of Paolo Sarpi's 'History of the Council of Trent' from 1619, but this one was owned by a certain Jonathan Swift who wrote his name on the title page.
February 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Look in the top right-hand corner!
We have several copies of Paolo Sarpi's 'History of the Council of Trent' from 1619, but this one was owned by a certain Jonathan Swift who wrote his name on the title page.
We have several copies of Paolo Sarpi's 'History of the Council of Trent' from 1619, but this one was owned by a certain Jonathan Swift who wrote his name on the title page.
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Photographed #OnThisDay 7 February 1907: Jones' #Chemist shop on the Quay, Waterford. Purveyors of Blood Mixture, Hydrochloric Acid, Bay Rum, Jewsbury & Brown's Oriental Toothpaste, Tablets of Compressed Drugs, and more...https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591910.
February 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Photographed #OnThisDay 7 February 1907: Jones' #Chemist shop on the Quay, Waterford. Purveyors of Blood Mixture, Hydrochloric Acid, Bay Rum, Jewsbury & Brown's Oriental Toothpaste, Tablets of Compressed Drugs, and more...https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591910.
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I’ve made the leap and reached for the sky so looking forward to meeting old friends, followers and followees. More about prehistoric gold and archaeology to come like the Shannongrove gorget from Co. Limerick
January 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I’ve made the leap and reached for the sky so looking forward to meeting old friends, followers and followees. More about prehistoric gold and archaeology to come like the Shannongrove gorget from Co. Limerick
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The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has been updated with 3,736 new records. About the BBIH: https://buff.ly/3L7a33B
January 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has been updated with 3,736 new records. About the BBIH: https://buff.ly/3L7a33B
Best spot in the house!
January 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Best spot in the house!
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Are you looking to get out to stretch the legs after the recent cold snap?
The Anne Valley of County Waterford combines lovely scenery with fascinating monuments, like the ruin of Dunhill Castle.
The Anne Valley of County Waterford combines lovely scenery with fascinating monuments, like the ruin of Dunhill Castle.
January 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Are you looking to get out to stretch the legs after the recent cold snap?
The Anne Valley of County Waterford combines lovely scenery with fascinating monuments, like the ruin of Dunhill Castle.
The Anne Valley of County Waterford combines lovely scenery with fascinating monuments, like the ruin of Dunhill Castle.
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Have you browsed through our newest gold seam yet? The Fiants of Tudor Monarchs are all here, organised by reign:
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/f...
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January 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Have you browsed through our newest gold seam yet? The Fiants of Tudor Monarchs are all here, organised by reign:
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/f...
virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/f...
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I knew about the plaque for Frederick Douglass, but I never knew there was one for Raymond Chandler.
Waterford is such a cool city.
Waterford is such a cool city.
December 8, 2024 at 8:25 PM
I knew about the plaque for Frederick Douglass, but I never knew there was one for Raymond Chandler.
Waterford is such a cool city.
Waterford is such a cool city.
Tramore this morning.
November 25, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Tramore this morning.
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The Waterford Museums (Ireland) offer an Epic Walking Tour of the Viking Triangle. Officially, it takes 45 min, but since we were the only guests and asked many questions, our tour took a bit over 1h. Fantastic! #Waterford #Ireland backpackandsnorkel.c...
November 16, 2024 at 12:55 PM
The Waterford Museums (Ireland) offer an Epic Walking Tour of the Viking Triangle. Officially, it takes 45 min, but since we were the only guests and asked many questions, our tour took a bit over 1h. Fantastic! #Waterford #Ireland backpackandsnorkel.c...
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Author Alice Taylor: ‘I don’t ever buy any books from Amazon. Bookshops are vital for the mental health of the country’ www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
Author Alice Taylor: ‘I don’t ever buy any books from Amazon. Bookshops are vital for the mental health of the country’
Alice Taylor is an author and poet who has published more than 20 novels about life in rural Ireland. She lives in the village of Inishannon, Cork.
www.independent.ie
November 16, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Author Alice Taylor: ‘I don’t ever buy any books from Amazon. Bookshops are vital for the mental health of the country’ www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
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Another great starter pack for all working or interested in Women’s and Gender History
I made a Starter Pack for Women's and Gender History because when I looked yesterday I couldn't seen one - sorry if it's now been superseded.
You know the drill by now: please just let me know if you'd like to be added, and equally if you'd prefer not to be listed, just shout.
go.bsky.app/KR9qXhj
You know the drill by now: please just let me know if you'd like to be added, and equally if you'd prefer not to be listed, just shout.
go.bsky.app/KR9qXhj
November 15, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Another great starter pack for all working or interested in Women’s and Gender History
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I'm going to hang out here for a bit! Cover reveal for my new book (& first standalone). Can't seem to share the gif so here's a still. There Came a-Tapping publishes in UK & Ireland on 27th March 2025! With massive thanks to the brilliant @davidhheadley.bsky.social & @goldsborobooks.bsky.social
November 14, 2024 at 10:46 AM
I'm going to hang out here for a bit! Cover reveal for my new book (& first standalone). Can't seem to share the gif so here's a still. There Came a-Tapping publishes in UK & Ireland on 27th March 2025! With massive thanks to the brilliant @davidhheadley.bsky.social & @goldsborobooks.bsky.social