Delighted to have our next book review up online this morning. Thanks to Berni Dwan for taking the time to review it for us. womenshistoryassociation.com/book-reviews...

Over the moon to be part of @winterpapers.bsky.social. It’s a joy to be sharing my essay ‘Mid-Life Music Lessons’ as part of this beauty alongside so many whose work I admire. The launch is @dublinbookfest.bsky.social next Sat, Nov 8. Here’s to music, winter reading & dreaming the future.

“Old age is supposed to be the time when one finds a resolution, intellectual and moral. My old age isn’t like that; it’s full of complications, questions, mystification & uncertainties…it’s exciting all the same.” Nathalie Zemon Davis 2010 The Social Historian magazine.utoronto.ca/people/faculty…

Book launch 📢🎉 Join LSE Press editors to mark the publication of The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century - free to read #OpenAccess. 🔻Tues 28th Oct, 6.30 www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu... @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social

Tickets for my talk on the letters of sympathy sent to Canon Begley and his parishioners following the 1926 Dromcollogher cinema fire are now available through the link below. The talk is on Sunday 28 September in Newcastle West county Limerick. register.enthuse.com/ps/event/Mar...

Why did Dublin authorities try to ban street trading in the 1920s? The move to ban women traders selling fruit, vegetables and fish at Dublin street markets was led by a group of 'substantial ratepayers', writes @susanmariemartin.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Tuesday in the stacks. My happy place (&sentiment) in the wake of a public school board in Alberta banning 200 books. One is Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale 4 sexually explicit content. Apparently the sexual exploitation of women should not be part of the curriculum. Tragic. #TorontoReferenceLibrary

Today’s read is a revisit picked up last summer from @fourcourtspress as part of my research for ‘civic evil’ and civil disobedience. I had discovered that Sarah Cecilia Harrison was a strong advocate of women street traders and other pro-poor food supply chains including allotments….

The cover of my forthcoming book features this gorgeous photo of the mkt at St. Patrick’s Close (late 19thC) generously provided by the @nlireland.bsky.social . Jonathan Swift (satirist, Dean of St. Patrick’s) was a regular there & recognized how critical earnings were for women street traders.

The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Simon & Schuster, 2018).

Dublin’s housing crisis isn’t new - one in four lived in cramped one-room tenements in 1911, new CSO data shows jrnl.ie/6752501

Spotted during this afternoon’s reference shift @ransomcenter.bsky.social: T.E. Lawrence’s copy of #Ulysses, signed by #JamesJoyce! (A bit early for #Bloomsday, but impressive nevertheless…) #humanities #literature #modernism #speccolls #LawrenceOfArabia #booksky 🗃️📜📚

As a #researcher, do you want to connect with funders, the media, the public or policymakers? Start by thinking like a storyteller, writes Erin O'Dwyer of @sydney.edu.au: ow.ly/HpfS50VZ2WV #research #academicsky #impact #scicomm

Many thanks to @judybolger.bsky.social , Ciara and all at #carlowcollege who worked to make the @whaireland.bsky.social conference such a rich and dynamic gathering. Brava! 👏🏻

Digitalisation of 1926 Census one step closer as Cabinet to hear next steps So excited about this, April 2026 release - not just seeing my own family returns, but it’ll be really intetesting the returns of the Cumann na mBan women I research - or the absence of returns! #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6709077

How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks ed. David Luke publishes #OpenAccess on 22nd May 2025. This book will be free to read and download from our website. 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse... @africaatlse.bsky.social #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #Africa #Trade #Agriculture #Sustainability

For anyone interested in Irish food culture now + in the recent past, health, wellbeing + how we might design approaches to consumption + dietary behaviours, this event is not to be missed eventbrite.ie/e/university-c…

Delighted to be presenting at the @whaireland.bsky.social conference at Carlow College St. Patrick's next weekend. It will be great to catch up with colleagues and learn from such a broad and accomplished list of scholars. Well done to the conference organizers!

Finishing up writing my paper today as we speak! Really looking forward to the conference & being back at @whaireland.bsky.social where I kick-started my conference paper giving way back in 1990 😮. Can't wait to hear fab line-up of papers indicating women's history is alive & well. #womenshistory

Love my job. Love all the ethical questioning it swims in. Love that it is so embedded in society. Love that it is about public and common good. Love that its independence is a sign of a working democracy. #Archivist

Very enjoyable evening at Connolly House this evening, talking about Rebel Women from West Belfast, in exact place they lived & worked. Engaged audience & lots of questions. Many thanks to @siobhraaiken.bsky.social for taking part and @btpbooks.bsky.social for supplying the books.

@torontobluejays.bsky.social Mad Max 👏🏻🙌🏻

My research into Nanny Morgan has been one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done. Ann Morgan's story highlights the importance of honouring historical legacies in folkloric narratives. She deserves to be remembered. nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann... #Folklore #Witches

⚠️A single plastic tea bag releases billions of microplastics into your drink!⚠️ interestingengineering.com/health/tea-b...

Shared from the Irish Say No to Direct Provision site - thinking of all those in Gaza, West Bank, Sudan, Ukraine - wherever war prevails - wishing and hoping for peace on this earth for all

For anyone who is uninterested in an extremist troll account, you might want to report. I have already done so. Life is too short for these agitators who are looking to undermine civil discourse by sticking ‘parody’ on their anonymous bios [check replies]

Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in South Korea. What does that mean, and what has happened so far?: Legislators have voted down the President’s order and told the military to stand down, as a political standoff grips Seoul and spreads alarm around the world. Check back here for the latest…

Top three suppliers of paper to the US: Canada, China, Mexico. This is a post about books.

Make your transition from academia as informed as your research. My recommended books provide the insights you need for your career pivot. Check out my full list for more.

Meet George Ryan, the Tipperary Don Quixote in 18th century Peru. The adventures of the Tipp grandee at large involved everything from coca collection to debt collecting. By Richard Fitzpatrick @muahi.bsky.social @maynoothuni.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

lmfao I totally called it that this would be the Canadian response

Powerful - Vogue (Germany) #nomoteshame

Here’s an overview of some of my current pen & ink on paper drawings. As you can see I love vibrant colours & bold lines! My work is all about love, hope & joy. Visit here: robbohan.etsy.com

Billions of people suffer from #anemia, but there are cheap ways to address the problem. In some countries, most children and pregnant women are anemic. There are low-cost ways to tackle this. ourworldindata.org/billions-peo... via @ourworldindata.org #GlobalHealth

The perfect quote for Explore Your Archive week: 'Archivists are the ferrymen and women of history.' 👇

Second book ‘civic evil’ and civil disobedience: Dublin’s women street traders, 1882-1932 will be published in 2025. The story of the implementation of the Street Trading Act, 1926 in Dublin differed greatly from its introduction in Cork.

What skills do knowledge brokers need? blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

I've started a food history starter pack. It's mainly GB at the moment cos those are the people I know, but I'd like it to be wider please. If you'd like to be added, let me know. Otherwise the very short list is here go.bsky.app/RH4kTRU