Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS
@tmartinwalsh.bsky.social
20th Century Social & Gender Historian | Ireland & England| FRHistS| Web Officer WHAI | Treasurer IAPH | Member of the OHNI Steering Committee| Project Officer Oral History Project UL
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Delighted to have received funding from the
Royal Irish Academy for a project that will look at the aftermath & emotional trauma of the 1926 Dromcollogher cinema fire on the people of the town, Ireland and the Irish diaspora. Need the publics help - see below. Repost appreciated.
Royal Irish Academy for a project that will look at the aftermath & emotional trauma of the 1926 Dromcollogher cinema fire on the people of the town, Ireland and the Irish diaspora. Need the publics help - see below. Repost appreciated.
This store is well worth a visit or check them out online. Some really good history books available at great prices.
We are OPEN today, Sunday, December 7th.
Just in: the Pushkin Press 'Essential Stories' series, a beautifully curated collection of short fiction from some of the world’s greatest writers.
Just in: the Pushkin Press 'Essential Stories' series, a beautifully curated collection of short fiction from some of the world’s greatest writers.
December 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This store is well worth a visit or check them out online. Some really good history books available at great prices.
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Looking forward to meeting old friends for a catch up tomorrow. There is still time to register for our AGM and Christmas event. Thanks to @melissashiels.bsky.social for agreeing to be our guest speaker - it promises to be a brilliant talk.
Only three days left to our Christmas event & AGM. Our Guest speaker is @melissashiels.bsky.social who will give a costumed talk. Please do register and we look forward to seeing this Saturday.
Only six days left to our annual Christmas event and AGM. Don't forget to register via the link below if you want to attend.
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Looking forward to meeting old friends for a catch up tomorrow. There is still time to register for our AGM and Christmas event. Thanks to @melissashiels.bsky.social for agreeing to be our guest speaker - it promises to be a brilliant talk.
Delighted to be on the organising committee with @leannecalvert.bsky.social for the WHAI Conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I 29 and 30 May 2026.
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
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Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference.
Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
The conferenc...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Delighted to be on the organising committee with @leannecalvert.bsky.social for the WHAI Conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I 29 and 30 May 2026.
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Our annual Christmas event and AGM is happening on 6 December. Click on link to register.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Our annual Christmas event and AGM is happening on 6 December. Click on link to register.
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Almost a full collection added to stock today of the modern (1990s) reprints of the 1830's Ordnance Survey reports - all are from Ulster, the province completed at the time.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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As the WHAI continue to promote the Discipline of Women's History in Ireland we are delighted to announce that we are now on LinkedIn. If you are on LinkedIn please do give us a follow.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As the WHAI continue to promote the Discipline of Women's History in Ireland we are delighted to announce that we are now on LinkedIn. If you are on LinkedIn please do give us a follow.
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Delighted to have our next book review up online this morning. Thanks to Berni Dwan for taking the time to review it for us.
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Finding Mary. The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1944. (Maynooth Studies in Local History: Number 172) (Four Courts Press, 2025)
Hands up if you sometimes skip the preface of a book. Well please don’t do that when you read Finding Mary. The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844. The preface to Finding Mary is a fine piec…
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November 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Delighted to have our next book review up online this morning. Thanks to Berni Dwan for taking the time to review it for us.
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Please come to our Limerick Centre for Early Modern Studies Public Lecture, when Dr Jason Harris (UCC) will be talking about manuscript publication in the seventeenth century: Glucksman Library, 2 December, 5.15pm. All welcome.
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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This will be of interest to many of our members. It will be launched at the RIA on 1 Dec. at 6pm by Miriam O Callaghan (RTE).
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Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany
Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany
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November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This will be of interest to many of our members. It will be launched at the RIA on 1 Dec. at 6pm by Miriam O Callaghan (RTE).
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Just a reminder to our members we will be updating our Members Directory in December. If you would like to have your name added to the Directory please email Martin at [email protected]. We especially encourage PhD & ECR's to submit their name to the Directory.
On this International Women's Day the WHAI is delighted to announce our intention to create an online Directory for our members. See below for more details.
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just a reminder to our members we will be updating our Members Directory in December. If you would like to have your name added to the Directory please email Martin at [email protected]. We especially encourage PhD & ECR's to submit their name to the Directory.
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If you are an Alumni of UL this would make a great Christmas present to yourself! It tells the history of UL as told by the people who studied & worked at the university over the past 50years. @ulhistory.bsky.social @ulalumniul.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social
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University of Limerick An Oral History - Martin Walsh - 9781399960946
A handsome hardcover book, illustrated throughout with a wide range of period and recent photographs. A must for anyone who has attended the college in the half century since it was established on Sha...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
If you are an Alumni of UL this would make a great Christmas present to yourself! It tells the history of UL as told by the people who studied & worked at the university over the past 50years. @ulhistory.bsky.social @ulalumniul.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social
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Delighted to have been in attendance today for the unveiling of a plaque for the National College of Physical Education alumni who graduated from the UL campus in 1975. They started their educational journey at Strawberry Hill & Sion Hill before they came to the campus in 1973.
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Delighted to have been in attendance today for the unveiling of a plaque for the National College of Physical Education alumni who graduated from the UL campus in 1975. They started their educational journey at Strawberry Hill & Sion Hill before they came to the campus in 1973.
For anyone on LinkedIn.
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
For anyone on LinkedIn.
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This will be of interest to many of our members.
October 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This will be of interest to many of our members.
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As it's #newfriendsday, why not think about joining the Friends of the Women's Library?
We hold monthly talks on zoom and in-person at LSE Library, sometimes purchase items for the collection and hold an annual essay competition.
Find out more here: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/join-us/
We hold monthly talks on zoom and in-person at LSE Library, sometimes purchase items for the collection and hold an annual essay competition.
Find out more here: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/join-us/
Join Us – Friends of the Women's Library
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October 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As it's #newfriendsday, why not think about joining the Friends of the Women's Library?
We hold monthly talks on zoom and in-person at LSE Library, sometimes purchase items for the collection and hold an annual essay competition.
Find out more here: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/join-us/
We hold monthly talks on zoom and in-person at LSE Library, sometimes purchase items for the collection and hold an annual essay competition.
Find out more here: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/join-us/
Received in the post today this wonderful new book by @leannecalvert.bsky.social looking forward to reading it.
October 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Received in the post today this wonderful new book by @leannecalvert.bsky.social looking forward to reading it.
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Delighted to have our book reviewed on the @whaireland.bsky.social book review page #history #speirgorm
We have a new book review this morning. Thanks to Aisling Keavey for taking the time to review it for us. @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @jenniferredmond.bsky.social
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Jennifer Redmond & Mary McAuliffe (eds)The politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland (Four Courts Press, 2024)
The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland: A Reader offers a rich, layered exploration of how gender and sexuality have both shaped and been shaped by Ireland’s social and political hi…
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October 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Delighted to have our book reviewed on the @whaireland.bsky.social book review page #history #speirgorm
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We are delighted to have another book review up online this evening. Thanks to @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social for taking the time to review it for us.
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Margaret Ward Rebel Women. Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim, 1914-1924, Beyond the Pale Books, Belfast, 2024
Frances ‘Frank’ Brady is one of the few members of Cumann na mBan who went on hunger strike during the War of Independence, and more unusually, for whom a photograph exists of her in bed, in jail, …
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October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We are delighted to have another book review up online this evening. Thanks to @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social for taking the time to review it for us.
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This will be of interest to some of our members.
September 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This will be of interest to some of our members.
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Really excited to share this front cover draft of my latest book (co-written with Alan Tate) due out in November on Lemon's Pure Sweets. Lemon's used to have a slogan, "You cannot eat a better sweet". This Christmas you cannot get a more beautiful book, full of wonderful images.
September 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Really excited to share this front cover draft of my latest book (co-written with Alan Tate) due out in November on Lemon's Pure Sweets. Lemon's used to have a slogan, "You cannot eat a better sweet". This Christmas you cannot get a more beautiful book, full of wonderful images.
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Our latest book review is now online. Thanks to Dr Elaine Callinan for taking the time to review it for us.
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Review of Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from Below, 1917-23, edited by John Cunningham and Terry Dunne (Dublin: Four Courts Press,2024)
The Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from Below, 1917–23 offers a genuinely refreshing perspective on Ireland’s revolutionary period. Each of the fourteen chapters thoughtfully align with the book’s t…
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September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our latest book review is now online. Thanks to Dr Elaine Callinan for taking the time to review it for us.
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Congratulations to @lorrainegrimes.bsky.social on the publication of her first book which is now available with Bloomsbury
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Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain
Throughout the Twentieth Century many women in Ireland and Britain endured shame and institutionalisation for becoming pregnant outside of marriage. In this wel…
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September 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Congratulations to @lorrainegrimes.bsky.social on the publication of her first book which is now available with Bloomsbury
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Thankfully, No longer on this platform.
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Thankfully, No longer on this platform.
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We are looking for a book reviewer for this brilliant publication by @leannecalvert.bsky.social. Please contact Judy at [email protected] if you are interested.
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Pious and promiscuous
Pious and promiscuous – Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster will be published on 15 October 2025. Pre-orders will be sent out the week of publication. Step into the intimate worlds of Presby...
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September 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
We are looking for a book reviewer for this brilliant publication by @leannecalvert.bsky.social. Please contact Judy at [email protected] if you are interested.
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