Catherine Healy
@catherine-healy.bsky.social
Historian-in-residence at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
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‘The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:01 PM
‘The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not’. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Reposted by Catherine Healy
Céad míle fáilte to the Derry Girls. This image appears in the Melbourne Advocate in July 1911 and relates to some 34 shirt workers who went to Melbourne to help set up the Welch Margetson Factory there. The workforce in Derry was unmatched and world leading in skill and quality.
February 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Céad míle fáilte to the Derry Girls. This image appears in the Melbourne Advocate in July 1911 and relates to some 34 shirt workers who went to Melbourne to help set up the Welch Margetson Factory there. The workforce in Derry was unmatched and world leading in skill and quality.
Reposted by Catherine Healy
This documentary was so much fun to make. It’s compiled from audio we gathered across a couple of years and follows two amazing women - Meg and Dympna - all the way to Jamaica, in search of Meg’s ancestor: an Irish Catholic enslaver and coffee planter, Peter Daly
www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
Jamaica Daly
An Irish family learns about their ancestor's past as a slave-owner.
www.rte.ie
January 31, 2026 at 3:56 PM
This documentary was so much fun to make. It’s compiled from audio we gathered across a couple of years and follows two amazing women - Meg and Dympna - all the way to Jamaica, in search of Meg’s ancestor: an Irish Catholic enslaver and coffee planter, Peter Daly
www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
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Give @catherine-healy.bsky.social a follow and check out her new book while you're at it: Irish Domestic Servants in Transatlantic Culture, c. 1870-1945 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Irish Domestic Servants in Transatlantic Culture, c. 1870-1945
Examining the transatlantic history of Irish serving women reveals intricate cultural complexities of class, and roles through archival research.
link.springer.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Give @catherine-healy.bsky.social a follow and check out her new book while you're at it: Irish Domestic Servants in Transatlantic Culture, c. 1870-1945 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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On the show today: @adrianweckler.bsky.social says travel to the US; Are electric cars too quiet?; Displays of anger; @orlaghgaynor.bsky.social on dangerous firewood; @mrssmartmoney.com on financial illiteracy; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; @catherine-healy.bsky.social on rebel women
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 PM
On the show today: @adrianweckler.bsky.social says travel to the US; Are electric cars too quiet?; Displays of anger; @orlaghgaynor.bsky.social on dangerous firewood; @mrssmartmoney.com on financial illiteracy; @drjoannafortune.bsky.social with parenting; @catherine-healy.bsky.social on rebel women