Brilliant @johncreedon.bsky.social Christmas Day Show from start to end 🙏

Let Christmas begin

Here I am on the radio! Talking to @mylesdungan.bsky.social about “From Crown to Harp” on the History Show… www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Died #Onthisday 1958 Dorothy McCardle, writer & republican and as she says herself 'a propagandist, unrepentant and unashamed’ historyireland.com/dorothy-maca...

🎄A Mary MacSwiney double-page spread in the Holly Bough! How wonderful to see this feature on a book written by a Cork author (@lloislanel.bsky.social) about an important figure in not only local Cork history but also revolutionary Irish history.

I arrived into the BL 3 days after the cyber attack to see some precious material I'd ordered weeks in advance & cried all over the librarian who offered tea & sympathy & later emailed me photos they had taken on their own phone of any of 'my' material they manually retrieved. Support the strike!

TBT this day 2019 ❤️

In writing about the life of this remarkable but overlooked Corkwoman, historian Leeann Lane has performed a great service. A meticulously researched & engrossing portrait of the Republican activist, suffragette and educational pioneer @lloislanel.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Our gender studies books include an array of biographies, letters & diaries, feminist perspectives, histories of social movements, inspiring speeches and more. ⭐️ This is only a small selection of books in our catalogue now available for 20% off through 25 December. Shop the sale at www.ucdpress.ie

#Onthisday 1913 the Cork Corps of the Volunteers was born. The RIC Co Insp reported that on 29 Dec, 150 Vols were drilled by ‘an ex Military Sergeant ... this movement does not appear to have any public opinion behind it and will ... die out again so far as Cork is concerned.’

The Long Valley Wintrop Street Cork

Can Christmas please be over right now.

Yvette lives around the corner from me; we regularly say hello as we walk our dogs. That she cannot access help without giving up her beloved dogs is … no words!

Patrick Street and French Church Street Cork earlier today.

Cork City in the 1960's

Ryan's Buildings Cork.

My father is in CUH with a stroke. Cannot say enough good things about every single person we have engaged with in the hospital. The empathy, the agency given to elderly patients, the kind voice and tone from staff to patient. I couldn’t do it. I am in awe and so very thankful.

Cork ❤️

Cork ❤️

Have a publication date for my new book, FIVE EVIL WOMEN; 1 March! Why do certain women become icons of evil? Explores Myra Hindley, Rosemary West, Aileen Wuornos, Karla Homolka and Karla Faye Tucker. Spread the news please because I need publicity 😅 reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/five-ev...

Honoured to have been elected President of the WHAI. Impressive shoes to fill following Diane Urquhart. Wonderful association to represent.

When you make the “Cork” Examiner 🙏 @ucdpress.bsky.social

A daughter is very happy, on visiting Oxford, to find my book in Blackwell's. It would make a great Christmas present everyone! 'BBC Women Reporting the World: Conversations with Foreign Correspondents'.

Woman and cat, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 1964, photo by John Bulmer.

Thanks @ciaranon.bsky.social - it was such an honour to write this with Carole and Roisin, two scholars and friends I’ve learned so much from. Thanks to @irishhistsoc.bsky.social, in particular @elainefarrell.bsky.social & @clodaghtait.bsky.social

First year selling my art at Christmas without the Other site, where most of my sales came from, as well as losing US orders to new tariffs, so it'll be a tough one - I put huge work into every order, so even if you can't buy, shares help get them in front of eyes. GRMA! www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

Just finished @mcculld.bsky.social ‘s From Crown to Harp. Definitely, in my opinion, the Irish history book of the year.

Required reading of the most welcome sort in IHS this morning. 'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Patrick's Quay from Patrick's Street #Cork c.1900 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸Lawrence www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

Very much looking forward to Leeds next summer! @historytcd.bsky.social

George Gilmore to Sighle Humphreys, 28 Mar 1984: ‘… as for what ‘we’ were fighting for – no two people, I am sure, had exactly the same view of life. … Sorry for all this rambling. I am really very ill and want only quietness. Glad to hear that you are still a little bit alive’.

Love how the @johncreedon.bsky.social show is always fresh and different every evening and yet we also get to hear the classics - loving Dylan tonight! 🙏

Dog boss energy!

End of the day and end of the teaching semester. Looking forward to the @johncreedon.bsky.social show. Loved James Taylor last night 🙏

Resting up in anticipation of the @johncreedon.bsky.social show

🎓 Honouring Excellence | NUI 2025 Honorary Degrees Let's take a look at our 2025 Honorary Graduates: 🔹 Professor Robert Savage, historian, Boston College – Doctor of Literature (DLitt) Robert Savage teaches Irish, British and Atlantic World history at @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social.

I know I am manifesting Scrooge or Oliver Cromwell aka 1647 but seriously it is not Christmas as I think I have heard at least three people proclaim today. It is the 22 November!!

Died #OnThisDay 1943 Winnie Carney, Suffragette, president of Cumann na mBan in Belfast, aide de camp to James Connolly #EasterRising & 1 of 2 women to stand in the 1918 elections B&W📷Mgt Kelly (seated) with her bridesmaid Winnie (via grandaughter of Kelly)

Our Christmas tree is up at Kennys Bookshop! 📚🎄💫

My exhibition on the afterlives of Cork republican women who did not go on to marry is now up in the O’Reilly Library, Dublin City University @dculibrary.bsky.social

My dog (the corgi) had a little kiss in the Phoenix Park 😘

This Boy’s Heart is particularly wonderful. It is so evocative - and real - the brutality of some teachers stayed with me after reading it.

If you're thinking of books for Christmas, you might wish to consider ordering one of these. No pressure. Jus' sayin'. #Christmas #Books #BlackFriday #ShopLocal #BuyIrish

‘Quinn’s perspective offers a significant contribution to our understanding of the role of County Wexford in the rebellion and further expands upon the legacy of this seismic event.’ – Dr Kevin Whelan, leading historian of 1798, University of Notre Dame 🔗 Order now www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

📚 Located in Dublin? Visit your local bookshop to pick up a signed copy of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social! ✍️ Find them in @booksupstairs.bsky.social Connolly Books @gutterbookshop.bsky.social @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social Dubray Grafton St

Looking forward to getting my @kennysbookshop.bsky.social order. This parcel arriving will be so much better than any Amazon Black Friday “deal” - no postage fees and an independent bookshop!

Patrick Street #Cork between 1864 and the late 1890s #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸LOC buff.ly/3UbJA7n

The #Cork Brigade outside the office of the Freeman’s Journal in Dublin; back row: Daithí Cotter, Seán Murphy, Donal Barrett, Terence MacSwiney, Pat Trahey; front row: Tadgh Barry (Died #Onthisday 1921) Tomás MacCurtain & Pat Higgins B&W📸RTE Archives www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

We are very grateful to the National 1798 Rebellion Centre for hosting yesterday evening’s special event in Enniscorthy to celebrate the publication of Bloody Summer by James Quinn. Wexford historian Kevin Whelan spoke about author James Quinn’s significant contributions to this historical period.