Best part of the day: @johncreedon.bsky.social playing Van Morrison! 🙏

Nora Giles O Daly Nationalist member of Cumann na mBan. The Black and Tans described her as a very dangerous woman she took the pro treaty side in the Civil War. She became secretary of the Dail Courts . She died. May 1943 aged 59.

Bodenstown June 1963

Peg Duggan from Thomas Davis Street Cork had a flower shop with her sister by Parliament Bridge they were members of Cumann na mBan. Peg's shop was a hot bed of activity during the war of Independence. She supported the treaty. There was a Peg Duggan branch of Fine Gael.

Digitization alert! We recently digitized materials by and about Irish patriot and suffragist Maud Gonne. The materials include correspondence, photo, articles, Women's Prisoners' Defence League records, and more. Check them out: https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/254/digitized

It’s here! We’re elated to share that WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell has arrived in the world. Learn about the story behind this groundbreaking feminist movement. 🔗 Order at bit.ly/WTF-Happened or bookstores nationwide

#MSPC Realising you can't write a good reference to support someone's military pension claim....

Died #Onthisday 1970 Nora Wallace who with her sister Sheila ran a small in the shadow of St. Augustine’s Church, in the centre of #Cork City, central to Volunteer activities during the #IrishWarofIndependence as were the sisters www.rte.ie/culture/2020...

Michael D’s finest moment: the President of Ireland calls for Israel to be excluded from the UN. Why can’t other leaders speak the truth about Gaza like this? www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGsZ...

#EverydayWelfare co-ed collection by @ruthdav.bsky.social @evecolpus.bsky.social & me offers a renewed & revised history of welfare in modern Britain by focussing on how people sought to 'fare well'. Fully #OA join the 20k who have already taken a look. Enjoy! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Brilliant @johncreedon.bsky.social show. Welcome back John; you were missed!

Looking forward to talking about the performativity of hunger striking during the revolutionary period through the lens of Mary MacSwiney in my keynote at the Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School on 20 September. Thank you to @eleanorhooker.bsky.social and Una Johnson. @ucdpress.bsky.social

Looking forward to giving this talk on Culture Night in the Cregan Library, DCU. Thank you to Orla Nic Aodha @dculibrary.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

Dr Leeann Lane joins us in Cregan Library on Culture Night this Friday, 19th September, to talk about her fascinating exhibition Revolutionary Afterlives. We’re excited to host the exhibit later this month! 🔗 www.dcu.ie/culture-night

Kate wrote about a small collection of letters by Muriel MacSwiney to Margaret Corcoran (née Moriarty), UCDA P339 on the @ucdlibrary.bsky.social Cultural Heritage Blog: ucdculturalheritagecollections.com/2022/03/31/p...

Paula Mela, Finnish illustrator known for her fairytale-like works #WomensArt

Muriel MacSwiney

My life as a woman is most certainly better and happier.

South Mall & the National Monument on Grand Parade #Cork c1900 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸NLI www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

My exhibition on the afterlives of Cork revolutionary women who did not marry is in the final stages. I want to thank so much @sostudiodesign.bsky.social for all their work - brilliant design and attention to detail - a truly positive experience. Thank you the @ria.ie for funding this.

Heading to speak on Mary MacSwiney at the Irish Conference of Historians @irishhistorians.bsky.social in Maynooth University earlier today #Drumcondra

Sense!

Douglas Street Cork in the early 1970's you couldn't go directly from Summerhill South to Langford Row I remember it like this you had to turn on to Douglas Street and right by the horse trough and on to Langford Row as traffic got busier 22 house were demolished to widen the road.

Fiachna O’ Braonain playing Michael D on the @johncreedon.bsky.social show. Yes!

My exhibition on the afterlives of Cork revolutionary women who did not marry is in the final stages. I want to thank so much @sostudiodesign.bsky.social for all their work - brilliant design and attention to detail - a truly positive experience. Thank you the @ria.ie for funding this.

Finally got to watch this on the player as was in Malaga for my sins when first episode aired so had to catch up. As expected, sharp and incisive and an exemplar of what constitutes a great documentary. Congratulations David. Looking forward to your new book.

Looking forward to getting back to @ucdarchives.bsky.social tomorrow to look at the Sighle Humphreys Papers.

In Cork the sun sets on the Northside. #sunsets #Ireland

#Onthisday 1936 the #Cork City Hall was reopened by Dev, 16 yrs after its destruction by British Forces #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸Capuchin Archives irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

I wrote a light version of a longer paper in preparation. Proving War Crimes: Archives, Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice. medium.com/p/archives-a...

@evepatt.bsky.social @deschocks.bsky.social @aidanbeatty.com @dralicekelly.bsky.social @ianduhig.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social @lcollins232.bsky.social @rabarr.bsky.social @fotoole.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social @jesstraynor.bsky.social @maryburke.bsky.social

Join us 13 October (6pm Irish Time) for an EFACIS Roundtable Discussion on "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing", a special issue I'm editing for Humanities Topics will range from the marriage bar and unmarried revolutionary women to Edna O'Brien, Mary Lavin, & more! 🔗👉 www.efacis.eu/content/efac...

Pleased to be Programme Curator for the 3rd annual #ThomasMacDonaghHedgeSchool, which takes place September 17-20 in the Thomas MacDonagh Museum, Cloughjordan, Co. #Tipperary. Details below, would love to see you there! www.facebook.com/macdonaghmus...

Now that I have your attention… heres a taste of Wednesday’s Dev documentary… vimeo.com/1114161566?s...

Solidarity ✊

This evening!!

Madness on the @johncreedon.bsky.social show 🙌

✊ School secretaries & caretakers are not “second-class staff.” They keep our schools running and deserve equal rights. IFUT stands with @forsatradeunion.bsky.social in their fight for fairness. Solidarity across the movement. 👉 www.ifut.ie/content/no-s...

Wow - brilliant photo.

I have pre-ordered this book from @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social Support great Irish writers and Irish indie booksellers.

Is there anything better than the @johncreedon.bsky.social show? Answer: no.

Chappell Roan, C.M.A.T., Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Sandy Denny, Andy Irvine, Woody Guthrie, Zach Bryan, Future Islands, Kingfishr and more, tonight on the Creedon Show. Doors open 7.30pm and you're on the guest list. Bring a friend. @rteradio1.bsky.social

Seeing books you wrote on a bookshop shelf never gets old. #dorothymacardle #marymacswiney @ucdpress.bsky.social

Grace Gifford wife of Joseph Plunkett withe her niece Maeve and her sister Katherine

I was delighted to speak on Mary MacsSwiney and her connection to St Luke’s at the St Luke’s 200 festival. It was a lovely event. Lovely to be in the company of such wonderful Cork authors as Conal Creedon. Thank you for inviting me. @oliver.ie @ucdpress.bsky.social #purecork #lovecork

Author and historian Leeann Lane’s new biography (pictured here next to Terence’s bust in Cork City Hall) situates this standout figure in the context of her tightly knit family, tracing her political evolution from suffrage and cultural revival activism to advanced nationalism.

📌 Whether you’re visiting or local to Cork, you’ve probably noticed traces of the MacSwiney family’s legacy. Murals, street names, portraits, plaques and busts decorate Cork city in honour of Terence MacSwiney.

Happy Birthday E. Nesbit! You can learn about her extraordinary life by reading my biography.

I am out of Dublin for the weekend. Have just got an update of my dog enjoying chilling while listening to Oasis 😂