Currently in the process of filling out a DPIA for my PhD project, and the last seven sections, spanning four-ish pages, have me effectively repeating the same two pieces of information over and over with marginally different wording each time and hey why is my eye twitching?

Really looking forward to attending this and speaking on methodological approaches to researching the Irish LGBTQ+ diaspora!

🏳️‍🌈A new guide from Crosscare Irish Diaspora Support Project aims to help LGBTQI+ Irish citizens who are returning to Ireland - includes key information to help plan a smooth transition back, developed in consultation with TENI – Transgender Equality Network & LGBT Ireland 👇 https://ow.ly/g09850Zi7Cv

Just under two weeks left to submit proposals for our Queer Studies Symposium! The response so far has been amazing. Get in touch if you’d like to get involved.

Huge thanks to everyone who made the 2026 @oralhistoryie.bsky.social Annual Meeting at Meadowlands Hotel Tralee a massive success! 🎉Fantastic 2 days with Mary Stewart, amazing presenters and showcases. Full recap coming to our newsletter soon! oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/about-us/new... #OHNI2026

Excited to announce that myself and @altirishhistorian.bsky.social are organising a Queer Studies Symposium in the University of Galway on August 4th 2026. See the Call for Papers below if you'd like to get involved! For any questions, please DM me or email [email protected].

A while back I created my own note-taking application by using code + Obsidian. It's a way of organising research grounded in social networks/collective biography. I've since refined it and I'm working on an open source version I'll share more widely. Here is a quick preview:

Presented at the @oralhistoryie.bsky.social annual meeting today about how oral history can unlock the hidden histories of the Irish LGBTQ+ diaspora. Really wonderful experience, though I remain incapable of taking a normal photo!

My wife’s doing a study on rural LGBTQ+ community engagement as part of her degree. If you’re LGBTQ+ and live in Co. Galway and surrounds, please fill in this short survey to help her out! forms.office.com/e/4axxJipWsF

In the grand scheme of things it isn’t a huge deal, but I was looking forward to doing a keynote on gender/queer histories & archives at a conference in Belfast tomorrow - and it has to be rescheduled because of the riots/actions of the racist gobsh*tes - 🤬🤬🤬

📣 Join OHNI's #oralhistory meeting in Tralee with keynote Mary Stewart, FREE Kerry Writers' Museum panel & fascinating papers including @gallenator85.bsky.social on Irish LGBTQ+ migrants in London (1967-1993). 📅 18–19 June 📍Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee Co. Kerry www.tickettailor.com/events/oralh...

Really looking forward to speaking at this next week!

The ‘Critical Enough?’ Gender and Sexuality PGR conference is at Queen’s University Belfast on 12 June 2026. Six panels, a keynote from Dr Mary McAuliffe, and a plenary workshop from Prof Dina Zoe Belluigi. Attendance is free and open to all! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977719171...

Delighted to announce the CFP for the fourth series of the Irish History Students' Association podcast. Any questions please email [email protected] 1950ihsa.jimdosite.com/podcast/

Join us tomorrow for our last seminar of the semester! Elliot Gallogly will be speaking on “Urban Standards on Rural Behaviour: Expectations vs Lived Experience of Queer People in Rural Ireland”, on Wednesday, 1 April at 4 pm in Room THB-G010. All welcome!

Finally got a chance to watch this and it’s really good. Sarah’s stuff is always excellent, but this is a phenomenal exploration of how we can (and in many cases “must”) imagine the past by examining the negative space in the historical record. Personal, emotional, and empathetic to its subjects.

Seems like a surprisingly narrow definition, all things considered. Like, does it have to be Churchill? Does it have to be a beaver? What if the beaver is a conservative? Much to ponder.

Had to look up the spelling and plural of something in a dictionary, and trying real hard not to think about what the Top Lookup says about our current historical moment. I’m sure it’s fine.

When my wife and I were planning our wedding, we were both heavily involved and each had opinions about what we wanted. So many times when we met with vendors, I was basically ignored. Not even for things that were specific to her (dress, flowers, etc) but like venues and photography. It was wild!

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

Call for papers for our new special issue on 'Nocturnal London', edited by Maurizio Cinquegrani, Yihong Zhu, and @mcmccluskey.bsky.social. Abstracts due in by 31 March 2026. All submissions and reposts much appreciated.

New catch-all term for AI companies:

Open to anyone from any discipline. Please share with anyone who might be interested ❤️

NEW QUEER HISTORY ARTICLE from me & @charlielynch.bsky.social! muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

Delighted to be presenting some new research on the Headford Lace industry to the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society next Monday (10 November) at 8pm in the Harbour Hotel. All welcome! gahs.ie/next-lecture/

Interested in doing a MA in History? Find out more at University of Galway's Postgraduate Open Day on Tues., 11 Nov. 4-6pm in Bailey Allen www.universityofgalway.ie/postgraduate... For a preview our exciting MA, take a look here youtu.be/SIKBbxm0K1o

Have a history paper or research turning into a paper by June 2026 ? If so consider submitting a panel or individual paper to the Queer/Trans History 2026 conference! #QTHC26 Submission deadline is November 1st! To learn more please visit: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I’m assembling a team… #spéirgorm #Áras25

Love logging into a website and clicking “remember me”, then coming back later and having it be like “wtf? Who the hell are you?!” Perfect. Wonderful. No notes 🙃

Hi everyone! I'm currently looking for participants for interviews for my PhD research. I'm working on the history of the LGBT+ community in rural Ireland, the way being in rural Ireland impacted the community and how the community impacted rural Ireland, 1970-2000.

Delighted to share our Research Seminar Series for this semester! We're starting off next Wed 10 Sept @ 4pm by welcoming our new colleague, Dr Ciarán McCabe, who will be speaking on 'Privacy, Respectability, and Working-Class Domestic Spaces in Dublin's Tenements, c.1910-c.1960'!

Calling all historians, social scientists & humanities scholars! Our conference, 'Opposition to Thatcher', has its webpage live with all speaker and topic info. An unmissable interdisciplinary event. Links to attend are coming soon. Please Share! #Conference #UKHistory #PoliSci

Today was my first official day as a PhD student with @historyatgalway.bsky.social and I’m looking forward to getting stuck in properly!

The #CFP for the Queer/Trans History Conference #QTHC2026 is live, and submissions are due in November. We hope you can all join us in Michigan for a fantastic conference! lgbtq-ha.org/conferences/...

Amazing day at Galway Pride! Bowser was once again everyone’s favourite doggo ❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I’ll be forever mad that use of the em dash has become a “telltale sign” of GenAI responses. As someone who frequently uses the em dash - and has since before GenAI was a thing - it feels like it’s muscling in on my turf. Back off, robot! The em dash is mine!

I’m delighted to have unknowingly carried on the long and proud tradition of Donegal people coming to Galway to get degrees in the university. If you’re from Donegal and interested in history, then it’s really your duty to do the MAH in UofG! Sorry, I don’t make the rules.

Hey, everyone, London’s first and phenomenal gay bookstore @gaystheword.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Give em a follow.

Calling all historians and history practitioners 🗃️ - can you help a #History MA candidate? For my dissertation I'm exploring the motivations, influences and ambitions of those who practice* history. Will you fill in (and share!) my 10-question survey, please? forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn 1/2

The WHAI are delighted to announce the call for papers for our 2025 Conference. See our website for more details. retweets appreciated.

The top 5 of my Spotify Wrapped this year was the Pet Shop Boys’ “Go West” and then all Broadway musical soundtracks, so I may have some news for my wife’s gender identity.

I remember learning about the Age of Exploration in secondary school and just being in awe at the idea that an Atlantic crossing went from being a months-long gruelling endeavour to something you could do in a few hours in relative comfort. Dunno why exactly, but I was hooked from then on.

CFP - Irish History Students Assoc conference at UCC 28/2-1/3/25 #IrishHistory

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) Queer Irish emigration in late c.20 London 2) History of Irish “alternative sexualities” (BDSM, polamory, swinging, etc)

Just had some canvassers for #GE24 call to the house. They didn’t knock, just tried to quietly post their leaflet in the letterbox. I managed to catch them before they moved on, and it really felt like they didn’t want to be chatting at all. What’s the point in canvassing, so?

Reposting because lots of names have been added since I created it 3 days ago and new arrivals to BlueSky may not have seen it yet. There’s still room for more before we reach the 150 limit, so please spread the word and let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/DF3FYCh

We’re putting together an Irish Women’s and Gender History starter pack. It’s very much a work in progress as we figure out who is here! go.bsky.app/Bk1ULub

Polls for the Irish Book Awards close in just over 24hrs. Lemme tell you, especially now as I hurtle towards the end of my temporary contract, I would REALLY appreciate your vote. This is a practical (and free!) way for you to help me continue being a historian www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/