#OTD 1914 the inaugural meeting of Cumann na mBan took place. It aims were to 'advance the cause of Irish liberty...organise Irishwomen in furtherance of this object...assist in arming & equipping Irishmen for the defence of Ireland...and form a fund for these purposes.' www.dib.ie/biography/ca...

For our final week after a hiatus for football :-( we welcome @drdeefoley.bsky.social to @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social to discuss her work on an iconic #dublin #factory. Come for the #irishhistory stay for the biscuits! @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social please RT

I don’t know how @johncreedon.bsky.social manages to make his show the best ever every single night but I’m here for it! 🙏🙏

This is wonderful- truly engrossing.

The #ReadIrishWomenChallenge26 aims to highlight the great range of women writers in Ireland, past & present. Don't miss the anniversary edition of @sonjatiernan.bsky.social's biography of the Irish radical poet, rebel & reformer Eva Gore-Booth. Available from all good bookstores & online! #booksky

When de Valera left Sinn Féin in March 1926 Mary MacSwiney informed hin that the ‘descent into hell is easy once the first step has been taken’. #fiannaFáil1926

Gillian O’Brien discusses the pros and cons of the proposed Irish Women’s Museum in Limerick www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Listened to so many accounts of demoralisation and distress around the DCU promotion policy to Associate Professor at the @ifut.bsky.social branch meeting. Lots of talk around the toll on mental health.

The @johncreedon.bsky.social show finishing with Cyprus Avenue 🤩🙌

I tagged along with the wonderful UCD Press team today to view the Michael Davitt exhibition in TCD Long Room. Well worth seeing and lovely to be part of the outing 🙏

🌍 UCD Press was delighted to visit ‘Character is Better than Wealth: the Enduring Legacy of Michael Davitt’, an exhibition in the Long Room at Trinity College Dublin – now showing as part of the Book of Kells tour.

Happy International Women’s Day from UCD Press 💐 We’re proud to have published a variety of books showcasing important women and their often overlooked stories in Irish history, from biographies to gender studies to social justice. Browse them all on www.ucdpress.ie

The fifteenth of the #MiniMná is Dundalk's Dorothy Macardle. A historian, writer, activist, and fan of the occult, she was commissioned by De Valera to write "The Irish Republic", spoke out against misogyny in the 1937 Constitution, and passionately rallied against fascism.

Many thanks to brilliant @clodaghfinn.bsky.social in @irishexaminer.bsky.social for highlighting our #womensgrassrootsactivism project on eve of #IWD2026. Great to have work of @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social & #ICA acknowledged & remembered @whaireland.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

On eve of #IWD2026 am delighted to share project webpage for #womensgrassrootsactivism & link to download #Activism100+ Toolkit ahead of launch on Tuesday 10 March, 5.30pm via Zoom. Take a look to find out more. @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social learn.lsbu.ac.uk/womens-grass...

Really great ‘Women in War in Britain, France and Ireland’ organised so wonderfully by Dr Raphael Willay, Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale. The hospitality was also amazing - no soggy sandwiches 🙏 @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @caitbeaumont.bsky.social @gerrioneillhist.bsky.social

Looking forward to this ‘Women in War’ conference and participating on the panel with my colleagues @caitbeaumont.bsky.social and @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

à la The Pet Shop Boys, let’s all drink more “tea like Tony Benn”.

Every @johncreedon.bsky.social show is the best show ever. 🙌 so enjoying tonight - as always 🙏

“Dry your eyes” - The Streets - on the @johncreedon.bsky.social - brilliant!

Nowhere is like Cork ❤️

Viva = defended 🍾 thank you @lloislanel.bsky.social

My wonderful PhD student @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social aced her viva today: beyond proud.

Was a Corkman first to use the phrase the 'United States of America'? Delighted with my new RTÉ Brainstorm piece on Stephen Moylan. Read on to find out why a Cork person is always in the thick of it👇🏻 My thank to Jim Carroll and all at @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social

In DCU Sch of His and Geog @dublincityuni.bsky.social there is NO female historian employed above Assistant Professor level. Figures for female historians in other Irish universities employed above Ass Prof level: UCC 2 Maynooth Univ 6 UCD 5 UL 3 TCD 5 Univ of Galway 3 @ifut.bsky.social

In DCU you can be deemed promotable but they may not promote you. If such is the case they offer you the option to enter the hunger games arena once again - “may the odds be ever in your favour” You have failed, try again, fail again, fail better. @ifut.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Happiness is being in @ucdarchives.bsky.social

Handing in three monographs re the promotion application, having successfully managed a programme stripped of staff, having an increasing number of PhD student - being deemed promotable but not promoted. This was so hard. But now I am just focusing on my teaching and the research I want to do.

I am looking forward to going back to @ucdarchives.bsky.social tomorrow to continue my research for my biography of Sighle Hunphreys. My university does not rate the work I do in terms of promotion to Associate Professor but I am still going to enage in this type of long-term research. I value it.

Glowing review in today's Indo for @gerardshannon.bsky.social newly released Rory O'Connor : To Defend the Republic . Signed (via bookplate) copies available now at www.thebookdhop.ie €20 (delivery included)

“Disapproval” - Paris (1969) 📷 by Henri-Cartier Bresson

Sighle Humphreys married Donal O'Donoghue on 19 February 1935. This writer wishes Donal had 'waited until this unfortunate country was free' before marrying, as many married patriots 'eventually ignored the ills of the Motherland in the tranquillity of the domestic hearth.' #ValentinesDay

Next Friday, I will be speaking at the Ó Cléirigh seminar on my forthcoming article in the Proceedings of the RIA, which analyses surviving letters sent by Irish kings and provides a full edition and translation of them. All are welcome! @historytcd.bsky.social

In this episode, NLI Podcaster in Residence @zoecomyns.bsky.social's guest is writer @nualaoconnor.bsky.social – they discuss writing historical fiction and specifically the case of An Cailín Bán – Ellen Hanley. 🎧 Listen here: on.soundcloud.com/pddR057jUPNu...

100 years ago today it all kicked off at the Abbey - enjoyed writing this for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social 👇

With the release of my new book 'Rory O'Connor: To Defend the Republic' the same day, tomorrow morning I will be discussing the book and Rory O'Connor on Today with David McCullagh on RTÉ Radio One at 10.30am. Do tune in! ... and available to listen on RTÉ website and streaming services thereafter.

The old county gaol #Cork c1900 now part of the UCC Campus #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸NLI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Weekend sorted

No @johncreedon.bsky.social show on @rteradio1.bsky.social tonight - how less than good!

Living with a recalcitrant corgi in these days of endless rain is a constant series of negotiations re the necessity to go outdoors 😩

⭐️ Today marks the birthday of Irish writer and republican activist Dorothy Macardle. On this bank holiday Monday in honour of St Brigid, browse a variety of biographies about women in Irish history under the Gender Studies category on www.ucdpress.ie

Remembering Ann Lovett who tragically died 42 years ago today after giving birth alone in a grotto in Granard. The Statue of the Virgin at Granard Speaks -Paula Meehan "and though she cried out to me in extremis I did not move, I didn’t lift a finger to help her, I didn’t intercede with heaven

The best gang.

What a joy it is to be in the National Library of Ireland. It lifts my spirit.

'All the best spies eat at Gaj's'. B. #OTD 1919, Margaret Gaj’s eatery in the heart of 'Baggatonia' welcomed a diverse clientele. Garda special branch often dropped in to check who was there, leading the restaurant to advertise 'All the best spies eat at Gaj's'. www.dib.ie/biography/ga... #DIBLives

A sign that January is finally coming to an end- @johncreedon.bsky.social is back on @rteradio1.bsky.social 🙌

The Long Valley on Wintrop Street many years ago.

Teresa Deevy, the playwright once described as 'the Irish Chekhov', died #otd in 1963. Teresa lost her hearing when she was 19 but learned to lip-read in the theatres of London. She returned home to write plays that gave voice to women in the margins. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...