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On a mission to seek out women's histories, prehistories and mythologies and share our adventures. Interested in under-told stories of all women 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Check out our blog: http://thewildgees.com/
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The Wild Gees @thewildgees.bsky.social · Jan 21
We're officially not on Twitter anymore but we have <10% of the followers we had there, so please give us a follow.

Here's the latest from the Wild Gees blog - a guest post about some midnight #SheelaNaGig activism: The Banksy Sheelas of Sussex
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A print of a Sheela na Gig in the branches of a tree at night.
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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 12h
And in Ireland we have had to listen to (often condescending & colonialist) voices saying we are behind, “how much better it is in Britain and The Netherlands”

Our Archaeology & Heritage Act 2023 is unambivalent- it is illegal to metal detect for archaeological objects in Ireland without a licence
The Law on Metal Detecting in Ireland | 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
www.museum.ie
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
‘Under the stuff I can’t throw out is the stuff my parents couldn’t throw out’: novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home
‘Under the stuff I can’t throw out is the stuff my parents couldn’t throw out’: novelist Anne Enright on the agony of clearing her family home
Would saying goodbye to every last newspaper clipping, button and book her parents had saved over decades help her mourn?
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Orla Egan she/her @orlaegan1.bsky.social · 17h
Solidarity with Cork Drag Queens - two of whom were assaulted in Cork City this weekend. #speirgorm
Trigger Warning: Homophobic attack, violence, blood
www.instagram.com/p/DQSNOVXDWsS/
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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 17h
A trip to the indie bookshop or local library (or supporting them online) instead of placing an order through a mega-retailer.

Heading to a local coffee shop instead of an international chain.

Joining an indie's book club, fostering IRL connections.

Asking a librarian instead of relying on AI.
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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 1d
Just sent my weekly women's history newsletter and I'm up to more than 200 subscribers! If you want to join the fun, it's free and easy to sign up: www.infinite-women.com/weekly-newsl...
Weekly newsletter - Infinite Women
Sign up to the Infinite Women newsletter to get fascinating stories delivered directly to your inbox every week! * indicates required Email Address * /* real people should not fill […]
www.infinite-women.com
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d
Ireland elects an independent, socialist woman to the position of president.

Irish Media: ‘Today, we ask what went wrong with the system, what her opponents have to say about it, and how it can be fixed for next time.’

#SpeirGorm #Áras2025
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 1d
It’s inconvenient to have a publicly edited fact checker if you want to rewrite the past using Grok. #wikipedia #ai
joshuaholland.bsky.social Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Dec 25
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
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Cécile Archives @cecilearchives.bsky.social · 1d
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Wikimedia Community Ireland @wikimediaireland.bsky.social · 3d
One week to go! ⚛️🍄📸✨🔭

The Wiki Science Competition 2025 opens on 1 November.
Share your photos of science, nature, and research and contribute to open knowledge worldwide.
Details: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...

#WikiScience #OpenKnowledge#Photocontest#winprizes
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 2d
Bonamargy Friary • Antrim

As Halloween approaches, here is the grave marker of the 17th century prophetess Julia McQuillan, the Black Nun of Bonamargy Friary

Tradition claimed you could summon her ghost by circling the grave counter-clockwise before passing your hand through the hole in the stone.
A stone grave marker with a circular hole bored through the stone, in the roofless ruin of the church of Bonamargy Friary, Antrim
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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 3d
#OnThisDay, 25 Oct 1996, the last “Magdalene laundry” in Ireland closes.

In 2013, the Irish government issued a formal state apology to the women forced to work in the homes.

#IrishHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
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A young girl standing by a huge mangle, with mounds of laundry behind her. Other workers are in the background. 15 women and girls working in a laundry room.
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irishfamilydetective @irishfamilydetective.ie · 2d
Died #Onthisday 1962 #Galway born Emily Anderson OBE who became Britain’s Greatest Female Codebreaker during #WW2 as well as being a professor & music historian more @uniofgalway.bsky.social mooreinstitute.ie/2017/03/20/l...
The Lives of Emily Anderson: Galway professor, music historian, and British intelligence officer - Moore Institute
As most of us struggle to achieve recognition in just one field, it is worth thinking about the circumstances and qualities that enabled Emily Anderson (1891-1962) to excel so widely.... | Read on »
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 2d
On the final day of #IrishBookWeek: Sadhbh - just out from @darachoscolai.bsky.social, illustrated by @alemercadodraws.bsky.social, published by @leabharbreac.bsky.social
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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 3d
Thrilled to announce there are now more than 8,000 biographies in the Infinite Women database, across all different fields, from around the world and throughout history! Check them out at www.infinite-women.com
White text on a green background says 8,000 bios! with white firewoork illustrations above.
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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 3d
Alice Perry 1st woman in #Ireland to graduate w' engineering degree. Only woman to have been Irish County Surveyor (Engineer), not allowed to do job permanently Factory inspector, later published poet. Uni of Galway named building for her. b. #OTD 24 Oct 1885 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_P...
Alice Perry in B&W head and shoulders photo #WomenInSTEM
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The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social · 3d
‘Great Irish Wives’ by Nicola Pierce has been shortlisted in the Irish Book Awards’ History Book of the Year category!
 
Vote for ‘Great Irish Wives’ at www.irishbookawards.ie

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Book cover on green and grey background
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 4d
In this On History blog, Gaverne Bennett and Jenny Lelkes-Rarugal discuss how the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) can be used to research and teach the histories of race and ethnicity
Researching the histories of race and ethnicity in the Bibliography of British and Irish History  - On History
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 5d
I can't get my head around his inclusion in this category.

Library employees across the country have been harassed by transphobes, filming them while provoking them to get a reaction.

And this guy lends respectability to their prejudice.
Bald writer John Boyne, nominated in the Library Association of Ireland Author of the year category.
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David Ryan @ryangenealogy.bsky.social · 6d
Only seeing this now but it's gotten me even more excited for April 18th. If they do release the 1926 census at midnight there is no way anyone researching Irish genealogy is going to get any sleep. It'll be like Christmas😂 youtu.be/VQn7dxNAgzk?... #Genealogy #Archives #1926Census
NATIONAL ARCHIVES CENSUS 1926 Programme Launch
YouTube video by National Archives, Ireland
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irishfamilydetective @irishfamilydetective.ie · 6d
Born #Onthisday 1930 Philomena Lynott 'She was a formidable woman. She played it hard, she played it tough – because she had learned that she'd have to, to survive.' 📷with Phil - More from @hotpress hotpress.com/music/rememb...
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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 6d
Really chuffed that over 40,000 folks have had a read of my piece on the "colourful sex lives of Presbyterians in 18/19 century Ulster" #ICYMI link here 👇#HistSex #NewBook @theconversation.com @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ria.ie

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The sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th- and 19th-century Ulster were surprisingly colourful
The Presbyterian church closely regulated the intimate lives of its members through a system of church court discipline.
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irishfamilydetective @irishfamilydetective.ie · 7d
Born #Onthisday 1918 in #Dublin Annette Mahon Hill, was a pioneering pilot and the only Irish woman member of the Air Transport Auxiliary. More @Independent
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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 7d
Mary Robinson leaflet from the 1990 Presidential Election
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 7d
In today's edition of our free #MonumentMonday newsletter, we take a trjp to a hidden glade below Cnoc na Cailligh (The Hill of the Hag), to find one of my favourite megalithic tombs, the wonderful Gaulstown Dolmen!

#SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Prehistory #Archaeology 🏺 #Waterford
A Neolithic portal tomb in Waterford Ireland. It consists of an enormous capstone supported by tall upright stones
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 7d
Due to popular demand the "Words on the Wave" exhibition will extend it's run until Monday 27th Oct. Don't miss your last chance to see these unique early medieval treasures at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe | Archaeology | National Museum of Ireland
Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe
www.museum.ie
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