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Museum educator | Museums Arts Culture History | Cat Lady
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Marie 🇨🇦 🐸
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This British 65 year old grandmother with a valid visa spent six weeks in an ICE detention center. She was shackled, transported and locked up. She was on a holiday in the US! Warning: ⚠️ Please don’t travel to the US! It’s totally unsafe!
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks — Guardian US
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
5 days ago
The brilliant speakers and performers for our National March for Palestine tomorrow. Bring yourself, your friends and family, your solidarity and noise. Join us at the Garden of Remembrance, 1pm. All out!
#FreePalestine
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Orla Breslin
20 days ago
Only 664 more people needed for us to pass our threshold. Please, please, if you haven't signed already. Don't presume others will. Sign and share 🇵🇸🙏🇵🇸🙏
#Speirgorm
#Ireland
#SixNations
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Caitríona Beaumont
5 months ago
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...
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National Museum of Ireland
5 months ago
QUIET HOUR at the Museum A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm. 📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin 📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am 🔗 Details:
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
#SensoryFriendly
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National Museum of Ireland
5 months ago
History, architecture, Halloween & more! 🎃🏛️ Join us at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks this October for sensory-friendly hours, family workshops & themed tours
#CollinsBarracks
#DublinEvents
#FamilyFun
#BramStokerFestival
#OpenHouseDublin
Full lineup at
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Helen Day
5 months ago
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things ‘Blankets’ Artist: Gerald Witcomb (Sounds and Pictures, 1976)
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍
6 months ago
Just an hour and 20 minutes left to sign, people. If you haven't done so yet, it only takes a few seconds!
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Led By Donkeys
7 months ago
🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London. We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
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Gershon Baskin גרשון בסקין غرشون بسكين
7 months ago
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TIME FOR ACTION - NOT MORE LETTERS OF CONDEMNATION
TIME FOR ACTION - NOT MORE LETTERS OF CONDEMNATION
https://www.alquds.com/en/posts/167233
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Marc Owen Jones
8 months ago
Today's headlines should be: Two nuclear powers (one of whose de facto head of state is wanted for crimes against humanity) illegally bomb a non nuclear power on the pretext it *almost* has WMD.
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Indivisible Abroad 👑❌
9 months ago
On Saturday, our friends in
#Dublin
are unlikely to be met with teargas because they are protesting in
#Ireland
and not "the land of the free" where not only does it
#tasteslikefascism
, it is fascism.
#NoKings
#NoTryants
#NoICE
#standuptofascism
@indivisible.org
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National Museum of Ireland
9 months ago
Crafty families, this one’s for you! Join us this Bank Holiday Monday, 3 June, at the National Museum of Ireland for Felt with Jorgensen Flair Explore colour, texture & creativity together! Free, but booking is essential. 📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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Felt with Jorgensen Flair: Children's Felt Making Workshop | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland
Design a felted panel inspired by IB Jorgensen ‘s fashion pieces from the museum‘s collection.
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Events/2025/Q2/Felt-with-Jorgensen-Flair-Childrens-Felt-Making-Wo
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly
9 months ago
Again, I cannot express how little I expected someone would usurp my position as "guy who takes ketamine in the company of a president".
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Caitríona Beaumont
10 months ago
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
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
10 months ago
The great speakers and performers for our National March for Palestine on Saturday. Join us to commemorate 77 years of Nakba and to insist our government sanction apartheid Israel now.
#FreePalestine
#Nakba77
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Gay Community News
10 months ago
The
@ipsc.bsky.social
are hosting a National March for Palestine on May 17. This march comes at a time when Israel has declared its intention to 'conquer' Gaza and has been blocking all food and aid into Gaza for over two months. Please, if you can, consider attending or supporting.
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Richard Chambers
10 months ago
On KNEECAP. This week’s episode of The Group Chat:
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Dublin Inquirer
11 months ago
In Balbriggan, an art exhibition looks back to a time when a “balbriggan” meant something. The group show Weaving Threads of Heritage opens 12 April at Ardgillan Castle.
dublininquirer.com/2...
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In Balbriggan, an art exhibition looks back to a time when a “balbriggan” meant something - Dublin Inquirer
The group show Weaving Threads of Heritage opens 12 April at Ardgillan Castle.
https://dublininquirer.com/2025/03/19/in-balbriggan-an-art-exhibition-looks-back-to-a-time-when-a-balbriggan-meant-something/
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
11 months ago
The great speakers and performers for our National March for Palestine on Saturday. Join us, we have to send a strong message to our government that they must sanction apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people.
#SanctionsNow
#FreePalestine
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12 months ago
Contemorary UK printmaker Sarah Morgan, 'Follow the path'
#WomensArt
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National Museum of Ireland
12 months ago
Join us for an Irish Sign Language-interpreted guided tour that explores examples of symbolism in Ireland at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks on Sunday 23 March at 3:15 pm.
#ISLEvent
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National Museum of Ireland
12 months ago
It's been 5 years since Ireland's lockdown—a challenging time for many, especially young people. The 'Little Houses' project & exhibition captures this period. One artwork, ‘We’ll hug again’ was the title of one of the artworks. Share your lockdown memories.
source.museum.ie/littlehouses...
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Martin Doyle
12 months ago
This is fascinating. Michael Sheen is not just a brilliant actor. Hes a role model.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘It’s not because I want people to think I’m great’: Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts
The actor grew up poor, got rich, then lost everything backing the 2019 Homeless World Cup. Now he’s giving away more of his money to help 900 total strangers. Doesn’t he think he’s done enough?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/10/michael-sheen-interview-secret-million-pound-giveaway-port-talbot
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Am sure she would be proud of you too Cait
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National Museum of Ireland
12 months ago
Join us for a weekend of tours in celebration of International Women's Day, and share the stories of women through a series of remarkable costumes and artefacts on our The Way We Wore and 'Revolutionary Women' tours.
#IWD2025
#HerStory
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera
12 months ago
Something to do for International Women’s Day
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Saoirse McHugh
12 months ago
my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh...
and this petition has over 40k, I’d say it could get another couple of thousand
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No Shamrock for Trump
No Shamrock for Trump on St. Patrick's Day in March 2025. #NotInMyName
https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/shamrock-not-in-my-name
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman
about 1 year ago
Media coverage on spending in the arts needs to be balanced w the HUGE value for money that public funding provides for our communities, society & economy in this country. Politicians talking about being ‘furious’ would do well to take account of the many projects & institutions that are…
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Caitríona Beaumont
about 1 year ago
📢 Access to birth control in Ireland & challenges faced by women & men in navigating religious doctrine & the law vs social justice & health care on
@newstalkfm.bsky.social
panel made up of
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
@jenniferredmond.bsky.social
@earner.bsky.social
& me.
@whaireland.bsky.social
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40 Years On: Contraceptives Legalised In Ireland | Newstalk
We're marking the 40th anniversary of the legalisation of the sale of contraceptives in Ireland i...
https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-talking-history/40-years-on-contraceptives-legalised-in-ireland
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Caitríona Beaumont
about 1 year ago
Very moving & insightful exhibition by artist Alison Lowry reflecting on experiences of women in mother & baby homes & Magdalene Laundries in Ireland here at
@nmireland.bsky.social
. Inspiring way to make this history better known. Highly recommend.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe
about 1 year ago
The NMI are developing an LGBTQ+ tour for National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks & are seeking a researcher to work on drafting a script for the tour. Deadline for applications Fri 14th Feb -
#speirgorm
#queerhistory
#irishhistory
#history
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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LGBTQ+ Tour Research Project | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland
Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Projects/LGBTI-Engagement-Programming-at-the-National-Museu/Queer-Tour-Research-Project
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Lovely blue sky & cloud formations over
@nmireland.bsky.social
Collins Barracks today - spring is coming
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Marion McGarry
about 1 year ago
Jan 31st is St Brigid’s / Imbolc Eve, like all old ‘Celtic’ festivals from sundown the day before was bigger than the day itself. Find out more about how Irish people celebrated in the past. My piece on
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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How Ireland used to celebrate St Brigid's Day in the past
From the Biddy boys and Brat Bríde to holy wells and Brigid's crosses, February 1st was marked with great gusto in old Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0127/1276827-ireland-st-brigids-day-traditions-biddy-boys-brat-bhride-/
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik
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Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik
There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully For the past week, Palestinians in Gaza have been returning to their homes, now mostly reduced to rubble – and to their dead who still…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/27/children-gaza-loved-remembered-innocent-mourn?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Caitríona Beaumont
about 1 year ago
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to work on a trailblazing trail & to learn from brilliant colleagues at the same time.
#skystorians
@whaireland.bsky.social
@nmireland.bsky.social
@helenbeaumont.bsky.social
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
@tomhulme.bsky.social
@sonjatiernan.bsky.social
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Dr Mary McAuliffe
about 1 year ago
The NMI developing an LGBTQ+ tour for National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks. They are seeking a researcher to work with us on drafting a script for the tour -deadline for applications is 14th February 2025
#history
#lgbtihistories
#queerhistories
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LGBTQ+ Tour Research Project | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland
Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Projects/LGBTI-Engagement-Programming-at-the-National-Museu/Queer-Tour-Research-Project
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this but everything seems to be going down the tubes quite fast. And not fun tubes, like at…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/i-knew-one-day-id-have-to-watch-powerful-men-burn-the-world-down-i-just-didnt-expect-them-to-be-such-losers?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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John Lyndon
about 1 year ago
Every innocent life lost in this war is senseless. But those killed in liminal space between ceasefire being agreed/implemented? Just imagine surviving 468 days of this nightmare, and falling now. In an airstrike launched due to little more than muscle memory 😔
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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More than 80 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes since ceasefire announcement, Gaza civil defence agency says – live
US secretary of state Antony Blinken says he is ‘confident’ ceasefire will happen; Israeli cabinet to convene on Friday morning to ratify the deal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jan/16/israel-gaza-war-live-blog-updates-strikes-hamas-ceasefire-talks?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67893bc98f0816d5f0fa0c95#block-67893bc98f0816d5f0fa0c95
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A new moon for a new year
#NewMoon
#NewYear
about 1 year ago
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Caitríona Beaumont
about 1 year ago
This is fantastic & fascinating insight into experiences of Christmas in 1935 & features its very own ‘bad Bridget’
@badbridgetbook.bsky.social
. 🎄. Thanks
@helenbeaumont.bsky.social
for sending to me ❤️.
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‘Inferior port, bad salads and hangovers’: newly discovered 1935 diary offers invaluable view of England’s festive past
A diary bought at auction reveals the antics of two intrepid gourmands in search of the perfect English Christmas
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/22/inferior-port-bad-salads-and-hangovers-newly-discovered-1935-diary-offers-invaluable-view-of-englands-festive-past
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Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men?
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Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? | Rebecca Solnit
This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/19/gisele-pelicot-trial-verdict-france?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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National Museum of Ireland
about 1 year ago
Celebrate the Winter Solstice at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St. with special guided tours on Dec 20 & 21! Explore objects from Ireland's Passage tombs & Bronze Age treasures like lunulae & sun discs, linked to solar symbols. Details:
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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National Museum of Ireland
about 1 year ago
Step into a dazzling fusion of light and sound with Dublin City Council
#DublinWinterLights
! Immerse yourself in breathtaking visuals at NMI, Collins Barracks! Experience this stunning 360° outdoor immersive show. Tickets €2. Running until Dec. 15th.
dublinwinterlights.ie
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Nora Gulbrandsen (1894-1974), Norwegian porcelain designer and ceramic artist
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