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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 8h

Wily foes (they're trying to eat the hens' food and have brute force and ignorance on their side)

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 16h

Ooh, good for her.

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N16Breda Corish @n16breda.bsky.social · 1d

Here's something I've never seen before in London's census records. #IrishLondonHistory ☘️
In 1881, 55 year old Catherine Donovan - born in Ireland & living in St.George-in-the-East with her Irish husband, 5 sons and 1 daughter - gave her occupation as "Home Ruler".
"(British)" was added after it.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/7572/records/15248931

Screenshot from the 1881 Census for 7 Russell Court, in the parish of St. George-in-the-East (RG 11/457). Shows the entry for the Donovan family where Catherine Donovan, wife of Timothy Donovan (Labourer in Soap Works) and mother of five sons & 1 daughter, gives her occupation as "Home Ruler".
That is followed by the word "(British)" in brackets. This is in different handwriting so appears to have been added afterwards.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 17h

Your eyes will thank you.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 17h

Anyone know anything about Maria Magdalena Bernadina Dewit who in 1755, aged 17, was said to have 'sustained two Theses in Logic and defended herself in elegant Latin against all the Professors of that university'?

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 17h

Even Charlotte Dowager Duchess of Somerset finds that her eyesight was restored by Rowley's British-herb snuff and tobacco. Handy stuff. (Dublin Gazette, 4 July 1771 via @virtualtreasury.bsky.social )

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 1d

I had the real pleasure of having lunch with Miriam Margolyes today, and as we left the restaurant, an old man started playing Hava Nagila loudly on his phone and calling Miriam a “self hating Jew!” - presumably for her stance on Palestine. It was upsetting but she brushed it off, undeterred

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Posting this for @darthbluesky.bsky.social to see when he comes back from his weekend off

A ghost holding a red and blue striped box filled with French fries.

“NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE, THERE'S SOME FORM OF POTATO THAT CAN MAKE IT BETTER.”
@jess.a.creates

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 1d

What sick and twisted mind came up with this chainsaw made of *checks notes* wood?

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · Aug 20

A journal article about LGBTQ+ history in the North of Ireland, researched and written in Belfast, edited in Glasgow, and in the cafe on the Stena Irish Sea ferry, journal edited in Limerick, shortly to be published online worldwide.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

Can I borrow your magic quill please?!

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 2d

How cool is this 🥰 My book is officially out next week! Here's a little teaser clip of what to expect 👇 @unioflimerick.bsky.social #HistSex #HistFam #IrishFamily #WomensHistory

Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 2d

Coming soon!

Written by historian Leanne Calvert, @unioflimerick.bsky.social ‘Pious and Promiscuous’ offers a previously unseen glimpse into how ordinary people faced life’s most significant milestones as members of a closely knit Presbyterian community in the long 18th century Ulster.

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The Dublin Ghostbus That Never Arrived @keelanhothothot.bsky.social · 2d

I have called every radio station in this godforsaken country to play my favourite Spooky Season song and they refuse. Put @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social on the airwaves you cowards

youtu.be/HR74FsiTvbM?...

The Monster Mash but it's an Irish Ballad

YouTube video by Michael Fry (BigDirtyFry)

youtu.be

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

poor fecker ended up in Eton and the Tower of London.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

Nearly here: Salvador Ryan (ed.), Childhood and the Irish, inc. pieces from me on keening, foundlings and the misfortunes of Conn O'Neill, son of Hugh: www.omahonys.ie/childhood-an...

Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany - Salvador Ryan - 9781916742192

Browse our extensive range of books for all ages, gifts, stationery & games too.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

If not it should be!

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

The Fudges of Youghal sometimes spelled ffudge. All fudge is ffudge to me now.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

From Youghal, must have been a relation.

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Simon Briercliffe @simonbriercliffe.bsky.social · 2d

I have a set of hand-drawn comics/gossip sheets/newspapers donated alongside our aluminium foundry at @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social, dating from (I think) late 1940s. Does anyone know any lit that will help me explore this as a source? I've found work on company mags but this is very different.

Excerpt from handwritten zine-style text entitled "Burglar's editorial"

Hand-drawn comic panel showing workman thumping a desk and shouting "I demand shorter hours" - the caption reads, "whadoya want then = fifty nine minutes"

Hand-drawn caricature of Ernest Bevin, reading "Bevin says - even Russians read this paper"

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · 2d

Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

Historical #nameoftheday: Greatrakes Fudge

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 2d

Notions

Simon Knott @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social · 2d

The enormous 1730s memorial to Jacob Garrard, who leans proudly in a Roman toga by an urn with his son and grandson. The whole piece is shoe-horned into the tiny church at Langford, now marooned in the British Army's Norfolk battle training area. #31DaysofGraves 10: urn

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to be at the launch of Saothar 50: the journal of the Irish labour history society (ILHS),50 years in publication. A wonderful collection of essays on labour, class,women,etc. excited to see the new exhibit at the ILHS archives-the banner of the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU) #speirgorm

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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