Brigid Spotlight #5 (& final): Brigitt Doyne accused of stealing 100 English sheep during the 1641 Rebellion 🐑 @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social #StBrigidsDay

Really looking forward to the 2026 Lahore Lit fest & to talking about Making Empire & VOICES.

Brigid Spotlight #4: Briggett Drewie was left a pregnant widow after the 1641 Rebellion. She was ‘left in that miserable predicament great with chyld’. From @tcdlibrary.bsky.social #StBrigidsDay @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Brigid Spotlight #3: Brigitt Lee recounts her experience of the losses she suffered during the 1641 Rebellion (now TCD MS 834 f. 162) @tcdlibrary.bsky.social

Brigid Spotlight #2: Bridget Bermingham whose mother died of smallpox on Merchants Quay Dublin 1685 from the @nlireland.bsky.social Funeral Entries @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social

Brigid Spotlight #1: Bridget Arthur in an @nlireland.bsky.social Funeral Entry - she was one of nine children to Barbara Cusack d. 1643 #StBrigidsDay

It’s going to be a great term!

Happy St Bridget’s day 💚

Check out my 1st blog for @voicestcd.bsky.social - the Many Brigids of Early Modern Ireland, from pregnant widows to sheep stealing rebels 🇮🇪🐑🌿✨ #StBrigidsDay @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Lá Fhéile Bríde is just around the corner. Start your long weekend with this fascinating lecture on St Ethne, St Fidelma & early Irish baptism traditions. 🎧The Annual St Brigit Lecture 2026 with Dr Catherine Swift (MIC Limerick/Loyola Institute, TCD) soundcloud.com/tlrhub/the-a...

The VOICES team is delighted to be offering an MPhil module on ‘The Lived Experiences of Women in Early Modern Ireland’, based on our ERC VOICES project in TCD again this term! @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

VOICES team delighted to be back after the holidays and wishing everyone the best for the coming year! @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social