Anyone who buys clothes from Tesco, M&S, Dunnes or Penneys/Primark (Dunnes in particular) should watch @rte.ie Primetime's meticulously researched expose of forced labour in cotton production in China and how it gets into Irish and UK shops. You'll find it on RTE player.

Delighted to see this new publication released today. I know what a labour of love and care this was for my Donegal friend and historian @angela-historian.bsky.social . Congratulations!!

It was good to co-author alongside @clarekelly.bsky.social & Caitríona Leahy & with the input from Harun Šiljak & Norah Campbell. We are clearly not the only ones thinking like this, both within Trinity & beyond, so let's build community to #resistAI www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Wonderful piece by colleagues in @historytcd.bsky.social and @tcdpsychology.bsky.social

great piece by colleagues @kbruisch.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social on GenAi and high Ed. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

With many thanks to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social and all our contributing authors

Really delighted to see this out. Great work by colleagues and alumni of @historytcd.bsky.social #publichistory masters programme. #openaccess as well. Thanks to everyone involved. @smythh.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social @ciaranon.bsky.social

Delighted to see our (Brendan Twomey and myself) new Curated Collection on the Registry of Deeds up on @virtualtreasury.bsky.social virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll.... @historytcd.bsky.social

Great work by one of our @historytcd.bsky.social #publichistory students Morgan Hansen as part of her internship with the excellent @virtualtreasury.bsky.social thanks for facilitating our students on your project, helping them do public history.

Check out #ThePeoplesDispensary – our free new online resource about charitable medicine in Edinburgh. It includes a fully transcribed and digitised archive of over 10,000 pages of Georgian patient case notes from the Edinburgh Public Dispensary 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/peoplesdispe...

🧑🏽🏫 Inclusive history in the classroom means acknowledging previously excluded voices and empowering teachers to share them. We're fundraising for a GRT Teacher Fellowship in memory of Helen Snelson, who advocated for inclusive, rigorous history. 💛 Support us here: shorturl.at/2wGcW #HACommunity

Good to chat with Ciara Doherty about a women's museum for Ireland.

Anna Collins @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social tour guide and @historytcd.bsky.social public history student is leading a new #pride #LGTBQ tour in Glasnevin cemetery this weekend for @dublinpride.bsky.social . More info here. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2...

There are still tickets left for Oein DeBhairduin's (@nmireland.bsky.social) talk 'Challenging the Narrative: Reclaiming Traveller History in Ireland's National Collections' which will explore the importance of co-curation & community-led approaches. More info here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/reclaiming...

My open access article on the public history of allyship and solidarity between Native American and Irish people has just been published. It draws on thousands of comments published on a GoFundMe page between 2020 and 2024. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our wonderful student Anna Collins works in @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social while also studying part-time on our M.Phil in Public History and Cultural Heritage programme @historytcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social . Her experiences are worth a read here. www.independent.ie/business/in-...

#pubhist students from @historytcd.bsky.social took a fieldtrip to Belfast ysty. We enjoyed glorious sunshine, nuanced conversations with Rebecca Laverty from Ulster Museum & Paul Donnelly of @dctoursbelfast.bsky.social. Walking the ground is a great way to learn about Belfast's contested history.

Women's and gender history is thriving in HE, but very little of this new work appears in schools history. Mid-way through the gov't's curriculum review, Natasha Hodgson considers the barriers to the take up of new work in schools, and how she seeks to overcome these bit.ly/4lf0Xm4 1/2 #Skystorians

From David Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie on the historic and strategic reason for Vance's trip to Greenland tomorrow.

History of LGBT Activism in Ireland (3rd April,UCD) the @researchireland.bsky.social LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973–2023 workshops 🔗 Register for Workshop 1 (April 3rd): lnkd.in/epC2rAwG We’re looking forward to this important gathering of activists, advocates, and scholars. #speirgorm

A wee reminder, if you want to know more about Ireland’s last witch trial, the #islandmageewitches, check out our (with Dr Victoria McCollum) website: links to books, podcasts, a free graphic novel, original documents, animation, VR app, and info about our play, exhibition and hub: w1711.org

To mark international Single Parents Day, One Family together with Trinity College Dublin and Glasgow Caledonian University launches new campaign highlighting the history, experiences and misconceptions facing one-parent families @onefamilyireland.bsky.social @mediacoops.bsky.social #singleparentday

One of our fabulous @bbkhistorical.bsky.social MA students, Laura Aitken-Burt, is a teacher & had been conducting research into the underrepresentation of women's history in schools. She's discovered that less than 10% of named individuals in school history courses are women! She's founded...

This Wednesday @ 7.30 @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social we have Dr Susan Flavin from @historytcd.bsky.social talking about her foodcult.eu project and making early modern beer. All are welcome @dublininquirer.com @tlrhub.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social Please Repost.. .

New article by me on the Women's Right to Choose Group and abortion rights activism in 80s Dublin. I loved working on this. Thanks to my interviewees,reviewers & special issue editors Gayle Davis & Linda Bryder. Please DM if you'd like a copy. #histmed #reprorights muse.jhu.edu/pub/424/arti... [1/2]

Conor McGregor speaks for no one but himself. His views do not reflect Irish society or culture. #stpatricksday

Why Ireland needs to consider our security and military capabilities. By @patrickbury.bsky.social & David Murphy @maynoothuniversity.ie @simonharrisireland.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2025/03/no-t...

We're hiring 2 new colleagues @historyatgalway.bsky.social - Lecturer A (.4FTE; 4-year post) in History (Ireland in Global Context) - Lecturer A (1FTE; 6-month post) in History (Irish Economy and Society, 1750-1900) Go here and click 'Academic Vacancies' www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ 🗃️

This week @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social we have Mairtin Mac Con Iomaire from @tudublin.bsky.social speaking about the making of @ria.ie 'Irish Food History: a companion' w/Dorothy Cashman. Winner of the @anpostcommerce.bsky.social Irish Book Award 2024, all welcome to Glasnevin 7.30 this Thurs!

French yogurt cake for a Sunday snack!

Finola O'Kane's 'Dublin's sugar landscapes' speaks this Thursday (6 March) @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social O'Kane #skyhistorian of design & architecture from @ucdengarch.bsky.social published by @corkup.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social with @ciaranon.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social #dublin

Yesterday I heard a woman on a street in Dublin curse a man out of it on the phone. She was a professional. It was a hex really. She got louder and louder after every semi-colon. She used the word 'pauper'; If the man hung up on her, he missed out. I should have written it down. It was magic.

Seagulls and Pigeons in Dublin go to war over @tayto crisps. Seagull wins.. #Dublin #tayto #crisps @lilliputpress.bsky.social

**Call for Papers** Public History in an Age of Anxiety CPH Annual Conference, Belfast, 2025

A Geraldine Castle always improves a campus! Out @maynoothuniversity.ie today briefly..

Delighted to announce the lineup for our @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social Spring Lecture Series. 'Sugar, Food, Beer and Beaches' bringing summer before end of March! Speakers from @ucdarchives.bsky.social @tudublin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social Free to attend

The catalogue description for the Tormey letters (UCDA P151/914) referred to in @brian-hanley.bsky.social's article.

#History #SkyStorians New CFP! Workshop on Oaths and Oath-taking in Historical Perspective: Britain, Ireland, and the British Empire, 1600-present. Now taking place in *London in September 2025*. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/oat...

Back on the socials now with exciting new lecture series for @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social . More to follow. It's free to come along #Dublin #Irishhistory