Well, apparently hare coursing.

Corgis are such wonderful dogs - yes, all dogs are wonderful.

It was a lovely and sunny Friday evening for the launch of Celibacy in Irish Women’s Writing in The James Joyce Centre ☀️ Two UCD Press authors, Leeann Lane (Mary MacSwiney, Dorothy Macardle, Rosamond Jacob) and Anne Fogarty (co-editor of Voices on Joyce) are contributors to the special collection 👏

Brilliant @johncreedon.bsky.social show tonight - it always is though 🙏

Please join us for the launch of "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing", a new special issue dedicated to the untold history of Ireland's unmarried women James Joyce Centre Dublin, Fri 10 July 5pm Refreshments will be provided The event is free but booking is essential www.eventbrite.ie/e/launch-of-...

To mark the centenary of radical poet, feminist & trade unionist Eva Gore-Booth, read @sonjatiernan.bsky.social's "Sex Is an Accident: Heterosexual Celibacy in the Political Writings of Eva Gore-Booth"; published in our special issue Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing! 🔗👉 www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/15...

Please join us for the launch of "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing," a new special issue dedicated to the untold history of Ireland's unmarried women edited by @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social, on Friday, 10 July at 5pm. The event is free but booking is essential. www.eventbrite.ie/e/launch-of-...

💥OUT NOW!💥 "‘I Hope Now You Will Do Something for Her, as She Is a Great Burden to Me’: The Impact of Economic Dependency on the Afterlives of Cork Single Women Active in the Irish Revolutionary Period" by Leeann Lane Article #8 in "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing"! 🔗 www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/15...

Pet insurance is … I understand that any congenital issue is not covered but to deny 800 euro in probative scans … Anyway focusing on bonus days with my beautiful Lola.

#OTD 1922, The armed forces of the Irish Provisional Govt, opened fire on the anti-Treatyites in the Four Courts in central Dublin, kicking off the Irish Civil War. Some shots had been exchanged before, but this marked the start of all out civil war. www.theirishstory.com/2017/06/28/t...

Here's the link to pre-order my upcoming novel A WINTER WEDDING at a SPECIAL 15% OFF price Reposts will be greatly appreciated. Thank you! share.google/squlRiikDyHm... #spéirgorm #booksky 📚💙 @bookstationeire.bsky.social

And DCC have threatened residents with no back yard/entrance with action if the bins are on the street. Where are they supposed to go @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social This is not 1913; residents in the inner city are entitled to live safely and without the hygiene issues that the council are imposing

DCC are just the worst - making us have wheelie bins all over our streets and closing lovely, vibrant hang outs! ‘Popular food market and sauna in Dublin fighting to stay open after Council deny planning’ - please sign the petition to keep Cowtiwn Yard open, link in article 👉🏼 jrnl.ie/7083719

A bookshop event begins with panic, chairs and someone saying, “Do we have enough room?” Then people arrive, the bookshelves become the backdrop, and the shop turns into a tiny republic of stories. This is culture at human scale. #Indiebookshopweek @booksaremybag.bsky.social

Brilliant @johncreedon.bsky.social show tonight as always but so missing my listening companion - my beautiful corgi 🦊Lola who is in UCD vet hospital tonight. Dogs do not live long enough.

Through a review of histories on institutional complicity in the Nazi regime, author Lauren Arrington reminds us that fascism is enabled by individual choices—and that “every person might choose—at any moment—to refuse.”

My beloved dog Lola is in UCD veterinary hospital for the second night with what seems to be heart failure and some lung issue. I am broken hearted. In other news I got promoted. I am delighted but I just want my lovely dog to be back sitting alongside me at my desk at home. 🦊

Trying to get into and out of Cork on a day you didn’t realise there was match “down the field” 🤦‍♀️😩

Sighle Humphreys lifelong republican member of Cumann na mBan niece of the O Rahilly and grandmother of Manchan O Magan

I know, I know, football … but I missed the @johncreedon.bsky.social show.

In 2026 @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social is forcing people in small dwellings with no back entrance or space in inner city Dublin to live in tenement conditions as per 1913. A caddy is a a bin by another name. It still has to be dragged through living areas with dog and other dirt on it. 1/2

The former Scoil Ita (Blue building)founded by Mary and Annie MacSwiney in 1916 Belgrave Place Wellington Road Cork

Patrick Street #Cork in 1902 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike

Warm welcoming atmosphere here at the Summer Conference @whaireland.bsky.social 2026 at Mary Immaculate University Limerick We have a stand near the teas and coffees so pop by for a chat about book ideas and grab our flyer on Women in History. @ucdgender.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

Sonja Tiernan’s acclaimed biography reclaims Eva Gore Booth's place as an unsung hero of British, Irish & LGBT+ history A FREE event with Tiernan during Pride Month & to mark the centenary of Gore-Booth’s death Irish World Heritage Centre Friday 19 June https://ow.ly/sBh550Z4Avv

NEW EPISODE of Three Castles Burning. Thanks to my friend John Gibney (co-editor of new book on 1926 Census) for joining me for a look at the census, from the revolutionary generation to the language in the capital..... threecastlesburning.libsyn.com/back-to-the-...

Just 4 days left to the conference. This year @ucdpress.bsky.social & @manchesterup.bsky.social are offering discounts on women's hisTtory book for the conference. @sonjatiernan.bsky.social anniversary edition of her book on Eva Gore Booth which will also be discounted.

What great news! Congratulations Leanne and Elaine! www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...

‘MacSwiney’s life is richly detailed and observed’ 💐 A big thank you to @jenniferredmond.bsky.social and @irishhiststudies.bsky.social for an illuminating review of Mary MacSwiney by @lloislanel.bsky.social 📰 Read the full review: doi.org/10.1017/ihs....

Historian Margaret Ward’s books Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Fearless Woman highlight the fascinating life of a pivotal figure in feminist, labour and nationalist movements in Ireland. 🔗 Browse on www.ucdpress.ie

Today marks the 149th birthday of Irish activist and politician Hanna Sheehy Skeffington ⭐️ Hanna Sheehy Skeffington was the most significant feminist in twentieth-century Ireland. An advocate of feminism, socialism, and republicanism, her writings transcended national boundaries.

The idea of Vote Left, Transfer Left was pretty strongly adhered to in Dublin Central as the count went on. What happened was that the voters didn’t consider SF to be left. The SF candidates big transfer moments came from Steenson and Hutch.

If the vote in Dublin central is as predicted the constituency will have three left wing TDs - and Mary Lou McDonald.

Listening to the @johncreedon.bsky.social show en route home from voting - the best two hours of the day 🙏

#dogsatpollingstations #dublincentral

#Onthisday 1971 members of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement boarded the 8am train from #Dublin to #Belfast to buy contraceptives, legal under UK law & returned to Dublin highlighting the hypocrisy of Irish law More rte.ie/archives/201...

Thank you so much to Dr Jennifer Redmond @jenniferredmond.bsky.social for such a positive and thoughful review of Mary MacSwiney in @irishhiststudies.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/ihs.... So wonderful to see @ucdpress.bsky.social getting the recognition it absolutely deserves.

Motion 4 passed. Conference reaffirmed the importance of fair and open sabbatical policies for staff balancing teaching, research and administrative commitments. #IFUTADC2026 #HigherEducation

Conference has passed Motion 1 calling for fair and transparent promotions policies across Irish universities that properly recognise and reward staff contributions. #IFUTADC2026 #HigherEducation #WorkersRights

Lovely to attend @dculibrary.bsky.social History In Your Hands prize giving today. Some great research projects. This is a wonderful initiative to help second level students locate and evaluate primary sources and to write a research paper - well done to all involved. @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social

Sinn Féin 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Sinn Féin now rebranding as We Ourselves And Tough Luck The Rest Of Ye, presumably.

I guess “the lads on the tractors” who Mary Lou MacDonald alleged made women in her constituency feel “safer” will approve. Horrible. Sinn Fein is not a left wing party!

People who fought for Repeal would be stunned to see the approach Sinn Féin are taking to abortion reform and our legislation, the Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill. It's appalling to see a self-proclaimed progressive party turn heel on progressing women's healthcare.

‘The best part of independence: The independence of the mind’ ⭐️ Today marks the birthday of pioneering feminist and nationalist activist Anna Parnell, whose account of the land war was acutely sensitive to Irish political developments and challenged male authority.

On the establishment of FF and the potential of a united republican front in June ‘27 GE, Mary MacSwiney’s sense of despair was palpable: “I seem these days to be living again through the agony of the early months of 1922. You will remember how anxious everyone was then to bring about a Pact”.

@dubcitycouncil.bsky.social what of those of us in terraced houses who have no back entrances? Also, why not consult with residents and not just the waste companies about the need for compactors. This change should be rolled out with compactors in all areas. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

Public exhibitions at UCC Library - FREE and OPEN TO ALL. Sonic Experiments - March to June Cork Afterlives - March to June Printed in Defiance - April to September