Martine Brennan
@saytheirnamesir.bsky.social
Public historian #IrishSlaveholders, genealogist, lover of justice, neurodiversity, an teanga, planting trees & music. https://irishhistorians.ie/members/martine-brennan/ https://tinyurl.com/4t76e8ep
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Apologies for Slavery, circa 2025
When I learned that Maryland’s Anne Arundel County officials had formally apologized for slavery, I wasn’t sure what to think.Thanks for reading Hard Histories: Facing Into the Wind!
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' reckoning (with slavery) comes about by way of recovering hard truths about the past and then making a record of them' @marthasjones.bsky.social hardhistories.substack.com/p/apologies-...
Thrilled to hear this Niamh. Congrats @niamhgarvey.bsky.social Being #Autistic
Happy to announce I've signed a contract for a follow-on book to "Being #Autistic (and what that actually means)", coming in winter 2026. It will focus on tips and tricks for sensory and emotional management. Thanks to all the kids who let me know they wanted a second book, it made it happen!
December 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Thrilled to hear this Niamh. Congrats @niamhgarvey.bsky.social Being #Autistic
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Starting new research into the use of rumour spreading & reputational damage against women as a means of silencing, punishment & control at work & would love to hear from anyone with a story to share -DM here or email: [email protected]
#womeninpolitics #womenineducation #sexism
#womeninpolitics #womenineducation #sexism
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Starting new research into the use of rumour spreading & reputational damage against women as a means of silencing, punishment & control at work & would love to hear from anyone with a story to share -DM here or email: [email protected]
#womeninpolitics #womenineducation #sexism
#womeninpolitics #womenineducation #sexism
A beautiful rendition of The Wexford Carol youtu.be/yxDZjg_Igoc?...
Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss - The Wexford Carol (Video)
YouTube video by YoYoMaVEVO
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December 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A beautiful rendition of The Wexford Carol youtu.be/yxDZjg_Igoc?...
At 4.18 the best moment of the #LateLateToyShow2025 Keelan & Dylan youtu.be/HIeufpIrrwQ?...
Lewis Capaldi Surprises Keelan and Dylan | The Late Late Show 2025
YouTube video by The Late Late Show
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December 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
At 4.18 the best moment of the #LateLateToyShow2025 Keelan & Dylan youtu.be/HIeufpIrrwQ?...
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A note from your friendly bookseller watching the #LateLateToyShow – here are all the books featured so you can show your local bookshop exactly which one you’re looking for 📚
Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!
Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
A note from your friendly bookseller watching the #LateLateToyShow – here are all the books featured so you can show your local bookshop exactly which one you’re looking for 📚
Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!
Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!
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A brilliant non-fiction book for children by Irish author @niamhgarvey.bsky.social for age 9+. It's easy to read, fun and full of information. Great comic book style illustrations by Rachel Burgess make it a real winner.
#LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025
#LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
A brilliant non-fiction book for children by Irish author @niamhgarvey.bsky.social for age 9+. It's easy to read, fun and full of information. Great comic book style illustrations by Rachel Burgess make it a real winner.
#LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025
#LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025
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If Russia is banned for its war of aggression and atrocities against civilians in Ukraine, Israel should be banned for its genocide in Gaza.
This should not be hard for anyone with a shred of moral/intellectual integrity.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
This should not be hard for anyone with a shred of moral/intellectual integrity.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If Russia is banned for its war of aggression and atrocities against civilians in Ukraine, Israel should be banned for its genocide in Gaza.
This should not be hard for anyone with a shred of moral/intellectual integrity.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
This should not be hard for anyone with a shred of moral/intellectual integrity.
www.rte.ie/entertainmen...
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‘Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children… On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day’ www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
‘Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children… On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day’ www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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A piece on “Abolitionist Futures” where I try to think a bit about positive abolition and resisting the worst elements of state-led inquiries. With a cameo from @clannproject.bsky.social abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/...
Gender and ‘Historical’ Injustice Inquiries: Irish Reflections. — Abolitionist Futures
Participants in Irish inquiries have not been silenced or ignored in any simple sense. Instead, they have been drawn into inquiry processes which offer them some public recognition, but carefully rest...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A piece on “Abolitionist Futures” where I try to think a bit about positive abolition and resisting the worst elements of state-led inquiries. With a cameo from @clannproject.bsky.social abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/...
' reckoning (with slavery) comes about by way of recovering hard truths about the past and then making a record of them' @marthasjones.bsky.social hardhistories.substack.com/p/apologies-...
Apologies for Slavery, circa 2025
When I learned that Maryland’s Anne Arundel County officials had formally apologized for slavery, I wasn’t sure what to think.Thanks for reading Hard Histories: Facing Into the Wind!
hardhistories.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
' reckoning (with slavery) comes about by way of recovering hard truths about the past and then making a record of them' @marthasjones.bsky.social hardhistories.substack.com/p/apologies-...
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“Charles Norman Shay, who as a 19-year-old medic on D-Day repeatedly saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach, turning them on their backs, dragging them ashore and binding their wounds, died on Wednesday at his home in Thue et Mue, France, near the site of the Normandy invasion. He was 101.”
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
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December 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“Charles Norman Shay, who as a 19-year-old medic on D-Day repeatedly saved soldiers from drowning off Omaha Beach, turning them on their backs, dragging them ashore and binding their wounds, died on Wednesday at his home in Thue et Mue, France, near the site of the Normandy invasion. He was 101.”
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A sincere thanks to Morehouse for this unexpected shoutout. I’m really humbled by the support for my debut book,The Price of Exclusion:The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation.Here’s the college’s write-up + pre-order link.Can’t wait to see you all in June: news.morehouse.edu/nicole-carr-...
Nicole Carr Announces Forthcoming Book The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation
Award-winning journalist Nicole Carr has announced the release of her debut book, The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation.
news.morehouse.edu
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A sincere thanks to Morehouse for this unexpected shoutout. I’m really humbled by the support for my debut book,The Price of Exclusion:The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation.Here’s the college’s write-up + pre-order link.Can’t wait to see you all in June: news.morehouse.edu/nicole-carr-...
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Apologies for Slavery, circa 2025 by @marthasjones.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/hardhist...
Apologies for Slavery, circa 2025
When I learned that Maryland’s Anne Arundel County officials had formally apologized for slavery, I wasn’t sure what to think.Thanks for reading Hard Histories: Facing Into the Wind!
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Apologies for Slavery, circa 2025 by @marthasjones.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/hardhist...
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My friends! Please sign this petition to get proper trans healthcare in Ireland. Although it’s from the Irish Labour Party, it’s important to show that trans healthcare has popular support in Ireland!
Petition: Trans Healthcare Now!
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December 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My friends! Please sign this petition to get proper trans healthcare in Ireland. Although it’s from the Irish Labour Party, it’s important to show that trans healthcare has popular support in Ireland!
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The Mesquite hospital employee captured delaying care for a Black woman in labor is no longer employed But improving care for Black women can’t stop with this one incident—Black women are 3.5x more likely to die during childbirth. We must confront biased treatment in maternal healthcare.
North Texas hospital says worker in viral labor video is no longer employed
Dallas Regional Medical Center says the staff member is no longer employed, and new training programs have been launched.
www.nbcdfw.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Mesquite hospital employee captured delaying care for a Black woman in labor is no longer employed But improving care for Black women can’t stop with this one incident—Black women are 3.5x more likely to die during childbirth. We must confront biased treatment in maternal healthcare.
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CT Daughters of the American Revolution honors formerly enslaved Revolutionary War soldier, Nero Hawley. www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-12...
CT Daughters of the American Revolution honors formerly enslaved Revolutionary War soldier
Hugh B. Price’s family den located inside of his tastefully decorated colonial style home in New Rochelle, New York, is filled with family photographs that captured special moments ranging from birthd...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
CT Daughters of the American Revolution honors formerly enslaved Revolutionary War soldier, Nero Hawley. www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-12...
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Our new blog offers a personal reflection on a reparations walking tour in Bristol.
The event offered an accessible and welcoming space for learning about transatlantic slavery, Quaker complicity, and the resistance and agency of enslaved Africans.
The event offered an accessible and welcoming space for learning about transatlantic slavery, Quaker complicity, and the resistance and agency of enslaved Africans.
Walking with history: reflections on a reparations walking tour
Blog post about a history walk exploring the enslavement of people and Quaker links to the slave trade in Bristol
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December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our new blog offers a personal reflection on a reparations walking tour in Bristol.
The event offered an accessible and welcoming space for learning about transatlantic slavery, Quaker complicity, and the resistance and agency of enslaved Africans.
The event offered an accessible and welcoming space for learning about transatlantic slavery, Quaker complicity, and the resistance and agency of enslaved Africans.
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Irish Nurses in the NHS exhibition is now open at the Whittington Health NHS Trust
Wonderful to hear from so many nurses who trained & worked there & gave decades of service to NHS at the launch last night💚
+ stories of the Gresham, the Galtymore & The Harp Club!
https://ow.ly/qA0R50XBJP8
Wonderful to hear from so many nurses who trained & worked there & gave decades of service to NHS at the launch last night💚
+ stories of the Gresham, the Galtymore & The Harp Club!
https://ow.ly/qA0R50XBJP8
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Irish Nurses in the NHS exhibition is now open at the Whittington Health NHS Trust
Wonderful to hear from so many nurses who trained & worked there & gave decades of service to NHS at the launch last night💚
+ stories of the Gresham, the Galtymore & The Harp Club!
https://ow.ly/qA0R50XBJP8
Wonderful to hear from so many nurses who trained & worked there & gave decades of service to NHS at the launch last night💚
+ stories of the Gresham, the Galtymore & The Harp Club!
https://ow.ly/qA0R50XBJP8
Remembering B today #WorldAIDSDay2025
No one can take that away from us, nor the forty-plus years of organizing, demanding, and caring for each other when institutions would not.
No one can erase World AIDS Day or our collective efforts to end the epidemic
#WAD2025
No one can erase World AIDS Day or our collective efforts to end the epidemic
#WAD2025
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Remembering B today #WorldAIDSDay2025
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In case you missed it… Tom Hulme and I’s new article in the Journal of the History of Sexuality. There are three biographical case studies of queer men from N. Ireland who lived between the early 20th century and the 1960s. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
Project MUSE - Queer Men and Networks of Communication in Northern Ireland Before the 1970s
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November 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In case you missed it… Tom Hulme and I’s new article in the Journal of the History of Sexuality. There are three biographical case studies of queer men from N. Ireland who lived between the early 20th century and the 1960s. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
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Delighted to welcome this into the world. Paperback for £9.99 or kindle for £8.99.
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
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Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Delighted to welcome this into the world. Paperback for £9.99 or kindle for £8.99.
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
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The New Testament was first published in Irish in London, 1681. The famous Irish scientist Robert Boyle (1627-1691) financed the casting of metal type for the Old Irish script by Joseph Moxon in London. The books were printed by Robert Everingham of Ave Maria Lane, London EC4
#IrishLondonHistory ☘️
#IrishLondonHistory ☘️
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The New Testament was first published in Irish in London, 1681. The famous Irish scientist Robert Boyle (1627-1691) financed the casting of metal type for the Old Irish script by Joseph Moxon in London. The books were printed by Robert Everingham of Ave Maria Lane, London EC4
#IrishLondonHistory ☘️
#IrishLondonHistory ☘️
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For #StAndrewsDay we are sharing @martinspychal.bsky.social's recent post on Scottish county politics between 1832 and 1868, drawing on @histparl.bsky.social's research on Scotland’s constituencies: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/08/27/s...
Scottish county politics between the 1832 and 1868 Scottish Reform Acts
Last month Durham University, supported by the History of Parliament, hosted the Histories of Scottish Politics in the Age of Union, c.1700-1945 conference. At the conference, Dr Martin Spychal, a …
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November 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
For #StAndrewsDay we are sharing @martinspychal.bsky.social's recent post on Scottish county politics between 1832 and 1868, drawing on @histparl.bsky.social's research on Scotland’s constituencies: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/08/27/s...