Massive demonstrations all over Europe and beyond last night in support of the Flotilla and Palestine 💚🇵🇸 Tomorrow Italian workers will force Italy to a halt in a general strike and student unions will join them in a walkout ✊️ Multiple demos announced elsewhere too. So well done ✊️🇵🇸 #Insorgiamo

What connects the Irish Famine, the Choctaw Trail of Tears, and seasonal stories of survival? In this new article, Shelley Angelie Saggar from the @sharinglands.bsky.social project explores the intertwined histories of Indigenous and Irish food cultures.

🇵🇸 That's solidarity! 175 great civil society groups have endorsed our National Demonstration for Palestine Saturday. See you at the Garden of Remembrance at 12.30pm, all out for Palestine! #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide 🇵🇸

The grave of Limerick soprano Catherine Hayes (1818-1861) got a glow up and it's certainly... a choice 😬

So grateful to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social & editors of #Saothar50 for opportunity to write on Irish housewives. By mad coincidence my ma was interviewed about her everyday experiences in 1968 & that features in my new article. #familyhistory #femaleactivism dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/specia...

On October 2, TENI invites the community to gather, commemorate, and look ahead at the ongoing fight for trans equality 🏳️‍⚧️❤️ #GCNnews

Labby Rock Portal Tomb • Sligo • c.3500BC This distinctive dolmen is a place steeped in myth and legend. Its name Labby derives from the Irish 'leaba', as it is another location where Gráinne and Diarmuid slept as they fled from Fionn mac Cumhaill. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm 🏺 #Archaeology #Folklore

A beautiful tribute to the children of Gaza murdered by Israel today. The Craftivism for Palestine crew brought their crochet blanket to Limerick. Each hand made square represents 10 dead Gazan children. Reminded me of the poem Oh Rascal Children of Gaza by Khaled Juma

This day last week it was an extraordinary honor to MC the commemoration marking 174 years since the passing of Anne Devlin and her extraordinary contribution to the cause of Irish freedom. Full report here: www.facebook.com/share/p/1B4R...

If you haven't switched search engines yet, Ecosia plants trees and doesn't foist AI slop on you

"Nature. The assessment of nature is very poor, with 85% of Ireland’s protected habitats and almost one third of protected species of flora and fauna having an unfavourable status. Over half of native plant species are in decline ..." www.eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en...

The Michaelmas customs associated with September 29th in Ireland. @marionmcgarry.bsky.social @atu-ie.bsky.social on how today used to be an important day in the Irish calendar (though not a great day for geese). www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The new episode of Transatlantic is live! Fin and I explore the Gilded Age American heriesses who married into Victorian Ireland, and the legacy these women left behind in some of Ireland's most famous country houses and National Parks: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

🇮🇹🇵🇸 #BREAKING | In Genoa, the dockers refuse to be complicit. They blocked the loading of the Zim New Zealand ship, filled with weapons for Israel. Supported by their unions, they paralyzed the port, forcing the ship's departure... empty.

Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition 🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00 📍 NMI, Kildare St Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30) Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts 🎟️ Free admission museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Today is International #SafeAbortion Day. Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

ALL WELCOME to the launch of WTF HAPPENED #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre @irishtheatreinstitute.ie @druidtheatre.bsky.social @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social @sweetoblivion.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell

Being LGBTQI in Ireland Study: Cisnormative thinking in healthcare practice together with a lack of knowledge of trans and gender non-conforming people's experiences leads to substandard care and acts as a barrier to disclosure and help seeking. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Claiming it’s misogynistic to comment on a bag that costs some people’s salary, falls into the lie that feminism means it’s wrong to say anything bad about a woman, rather than believing that women are equal human beings deserving of rights, which obviously is not something Maria herself believes

Happy #InternationalLaceDay! Did you know we have 430 lace patterns in our collection? For centuries, lacemaking gave both rural and urban women some economic independence and was an important aspect of society. Which of these historic laces is your favourite? Let us know! #CrawfordArtGallery

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[5] Folklorists have suggested that carved turnips were used to scare away malevolent spirits on a night when they roamed the countryside. A similar rationale is given for Sheela Na Gigs - which guard the exterior of ancient churches established by Irish religious figures

Wondering where the nominees stand? Find out here 👉 buff.ly/uufTkn7 #GCNnews

I haven’t seen this mentioned but it’s important. The Bunreacht, drafted in thr context of the rise of fascism in Europe, made it deliberately difficult to get a nomination to run for president. Then the Oireachtas nomination route took 20 out of 198 members, or 10%…

Reminder friends of my free and online talk about my book, 'Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland' on Tuesday, Sept 30th from 5pm as part of Dublin Festival of History. You can join from anywhere in the world! Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...

We're running out of time to nip this shit in the bud. The far right are gaining a foothold here in Ireland while the centre and the supposed left (looking at you Sinn Féin) witter on about legitimate concerns. Fuck these racists. Time we came down on them like a fucking ton of bricks.

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“Our heedless and destructive acts enter the vast cycles of the earth and in time return to bring hazard to ourselves." #OnThisDay, 27 Sept 1962, Rachel Carson's influential book 'Silent Spring' is published, documenting the environmental impact of pesticides. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM 🗃️ 1/2

Here is the third edition of our Portals to the Past series, featuring doorways to ancient and historic sites around Ireland. 1. Castle Roache • Louth 2. Dowth Passage Tomb • Meath 3. Kilmalkedar Church • Kerry 4. St Brigid's Well • Clare Which is your favourite? #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Donal Fallon includes Norah Hoult here, citing writer John Broderick on how censorship had stolen a livelihood from Hoult: “She died with nothing except the old-age pension and was a most distinguished writer. She ended up in great poverty, and nobody bothered their heads about it.” archive.ph/rVmKZ

One of my favourite #Cork women Agnes Clerke, astronomer & writer born #Onthisday 1840. In 1981, she was honoured when a crater on the moon, near the Apollo 17 landing site, was named the Clerke Crater by the International Astronomical Union roaringwaterjournal.com/tag/clerke-c...

"We did not stop the genocide in Rwanda, we did not stop the genocide in Srebrenica, we must stop the genocide in Gaza" The president of Slovenia at the UN this week.

Died #OnThisDay 1972 Kathleen Daly Clarke 1st female @LordMayorDublin wife of Tom & sister of Ned Daly executed #EasterRising. On her election 1939 she refused to wear the Lord Mayor’s Chain as it had a bust of King William III on the medal B&W📸NLI

Join us for a guided tour of Eileen Gray: The Making of Modernism with #IrishSignLanguage interpretation Discover one of the most influential 20th Century designers and architects. 📅 Sun 28 Sept, 15:30 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks 🎟️ No booking required 🔗 museum.ie/.../Irish-Si...

Kilree Round Tower • Kilkenny The early church of Kilree was originally dedicated to St Brigid. Within its historic graveyard, you can find this fine round tower. The tower stands some 29m tall and likely dates to around the 11th century. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Medieval #Archaeology

Stand together against racism & enjoy a vibrant celebration of shared community in Ireland! 📆Sat, Sept 27th ⏰ 1pm 📍Garden of Remembrance Fight for housing🎉 Fight for public services📢 Don't scapegoat minorities 🙌🏾 Celebrate Diversity-Reject Division

If you have a hashtag with multiple words, write the hashtag in #PascalCase or #camelCase to help users of screen readers. That helps the screen reader to read out the words out individually, rather than trying to read them in one long word.

Great turnout for the Norah Hoult plaque unveiling in Terenure. Thanks @louisekennedy.bsky.social, Dublin City Council, Lord Mayor Ray McAdam, Jimmy (the house owner), the writers who showed up - with a shoutout on the day to @sarahmaintains.bsky.social & @naoisedolan.bsky.social for their activism

“If they were alive, all 10 would certainly salute this gifted writer who has done so much to restore women to our lopsided historical narrative.” Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

We're really looking forward to this Dublin Book Fair event in November with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with author and journalist Clodagh Finn! Saturday, 8 November 11 am IMMA, RHK 🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att

Delighted to have a chapter in this new book about Dr Kathleen Lynn and the other great, innovative female doctors during the first decades of St Ultan’s hospital for sick infants. #speirgorm #irishhistory #history

Explore Ireland's archaeology with our free #MonumentMonday newsletter! In today's edition we visit an enigmatic megalithic tomb in County Leitrim. #Archaeology 🏺 #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Leitrim #DiscoverIreland

Died #Onthisday 1915 Irish born Frances Esther How. Her family left Ireland for Canada c.1850 & it was here she became an educator & social reformer 'the Jane Addams of Toronto' www.biographi.ca/en/bio/how_f...

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

Pro-Palestine protesters shut down all of Italy as workers from all sectors including railways, ports, schools, and public services walk out, with one call: End the genocide.

All you need to know about today's Autumn Equinox. @marionmcgarry.bsky.social @atu-ie.bsky.social on how today's equinox and next week's Michaelmas festival mark the coming of the closure of the year www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Wikipedia and the Internet Archive are the last two fragments left of the internet that we were promised in the 1990s.

Grow some feckin balls and sanction #Israel yerself yer wee bollix! Feckin sitting on a bill since 2018, forever promising tomorrow is the day, whilst being a lying bastard version of Beckett Harris to push for support from other member states to back EU sanctions against Israel jrnl.ie/6823161