Clodagh Finn
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social
Journalist, writer (new book, The Irish in the Resistance) and collector of stories. Posts about women from history.
I love this piece from Stephen Fernane about Jessie Buckley's revolutionary great-grandmother Madge Clifford who worked alongside Michael Collins
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Jessie Buckley’s revolutionary great-grandmother worked side by side with Michael Collins
Actress of the hour Jessie Buckley’s revolutionary spirit was evident for all to see this weekend as she celebrated her Best Actress accolade for her performance in Hamnet at the prestigious Golden Gl...
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January 14, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I love this piece from Stephen Fernane about Jessie Buckley's revolutionary great-grandmother Madge Clifford who worked alongside Michael Collins
www.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
www.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
#ThroughHerEyez
How amazing to Cork-born Ethel Lilian Voynich in the spotlight in China. She was the first Irishwoman to sell books by the million.
Here's a bit about her from Irishwoman's Diary
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How amazing to Cork-born Ethel Lilian Voynich in the spotlight in China. She was the first Irishwoman to sell books by the million.
Here's a bit about her from Irishwoman's Diary
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January 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
#ThroughHerEyez
How amazing to Cork-born Ethel Lilian Voynich in the spotlight in China. She was the first Irishwoman to sell books by the million.
Here's a bit about her from Irishwoman's Diary
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
How amazing to Cork-born Ethel Lilian Voynich in the spotlight in China. She was the first Irishwoman to sell books by the million.
Here's a bit about her from Irishwoman's Diary
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
The very first episode of our very first TV soap Tolka Row aired on RTE #otd in 1964. It ran for five series.
It was based on the play written by Maura Laverty, a woman who had many strings to her bow: screenwriter, editor, novelist, and cookery expert.
It was based on the play written by Maura Laverty, a woman who had many strings to her bow: screenwriter, editor, novelist, and cookery expert.
January 3, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The very first episode of our very first TV soap Tolka Row aired on RTE #otd in 1964. It ran for five series.
It was based on the play written by Maura Laverty, a woman who had many strings to her bow: screenwriter, editor, novelist, and cookery expert.
It was based on the play written by Maura Laverty, a woman who had many strings to her bow: screenwriter, editor, novelist, and cookery expert.
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Gorgeous episode of @deshocks.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social podcast,detailing life of Maureen O'Sullivan,French resistance agent, by way of rathmines,and possible Neurodivergent Legend. Do listen to this fab series if you can! #LaochNearaEagsulacht #SpeirGorm open.spotify.com/episode/7daa...
An Irishwoman's Diary Episode 2: ‘Vive la résistance' - Maureen O’Sullivan
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December 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Gorgeous episode of @deshocks.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social podcast,detailing life of Maureen O'Sullivan,French resistance agent, by way of rathmines,and possible Neurodivergent Legend. Do listen to this fab series if you can! #LaochNearaEagsulacht #SpeirGorm open.spotify.com/episode/7daa...
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If, like me, you did NOT get the ONE thing you wanted from Santy (a 95-year-old bachelor farmer with plenty land and a bad cough), treat yourself to a print from an Irish doodler instead - big discounts across the shop, including on bundles, so go on. Go on go on go ON.
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
December 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If, like me, you did NOT get the ONE thing you wanted from Santy (a 95-year-old bachelor farmer with plenty land and a bad cough), treat yourself to a print from an Irish doodler instead - big discounts across the shop, including on bundles, so go on. Go on go on go ON.
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
www.ciaraioch.com/artprints
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Yet #MoreWomen working to get Dublin hospitals to open their doors to the people who need them, be it in the C18th or C21st.
Madam Griselda Steevens is my favourite Dublin hero. Getting stuff done. Nice Christmas listen here.
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social 🙏✨ www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
Madam Griselda Steevens is my favourite Dublin hero. Getting stuff done. Nice Christmas listen here.
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social 🙏✨ www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
Podcast: The famous 'pig-faced woman' of Dublin was a 1700s trailblazer
Working with artisans, builders, doctors and notable figures in Dublin society, Grizelda Steevens' work provided the first freely available medical treatment to the city’s poor
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December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Yet #MoreWomen working to get Dublin hospitals to open their doors to the people who need them, be it in the C18th or C21st.
Madam Griselda Steevens is my favourite Dublin hero. Getting stuff done. Nice Christmas listen here.
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social 🙏✨ www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
Madam Griselda Steevens is my favourite Dublin hero. Getting stuff done. Nice Christmas listen here.
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social 🙏✨ www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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Massive thanks to @clodaghfinn.bsky.social for shout out to Digital archives in her latest column, to recent comments I made at launch of #ExploreYourArchive campaign with @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social as our new ambassador, and for encouraging all to
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Clodagh Finn: Hark! An overlooked Aladdin’s Cave of festive entertainment
At Christmas, people often binge-watch Netflix or stockpile books, but there is a wonderful array of digital archives to be enjoyed too
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December 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Massive thanks to @clodaghfinn.bsky.social for shout out to Digital archives in her latest column, to recent comments I made at launch of #ExploreYourArchive campaign with @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social as our new ambassador, and for encouraging all to
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A pioneering Alpinist rises again
Lizzie Le Blond was one of a kind. She shattered Victorian conventions not only by climbing mountains but by photographing them. Now, a new documentary puts the Irish woman back in the spotlight.
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Lizzie Le Blond was one of a kind. She shattered Victorian conventions not only by climbing mountains but by photographing them. Now, a new documentary puts the Irish woman back in the spotlight.
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Lizzie le Blond, the pioneering Alpinist, rises again
Lizzie Le Blond was one of a kind. She shattered Victorian conventions not only by climbing mountains but by photographing them. Clodagh Finn reports on a documentary that puts the Irish woman back in...
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December 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A pioneering Alpinist rises again
Lizzie Le Blond was one of a kind. She shattered Victorian conventions not only by climbing mountains but by photographing them. Now, a new documentary puts the Irish woman back in the spotlight.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
Lizzie Le Blond was one of a kind. She shattered Victorian conventions not only by climbing mountains but by photographing them. Now, a new documentary puts the Irish woman back in the spotlight.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...
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On the show today: Keeping kids out of criminal gangs; From Odessa to Kerry; 40 years since Live aid; The Irish mayor of a German Town; @ruthlessimagery.bsky.social on is Christmas just about kids?; World News; @clodaghfinn.bsky.social on Ireland's first female diplomat
December 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
On the show today: Keeping kids out of criminal gangs; From Odessa to Kerry; 40 years since Live aid; The Irish mayor of a German Town; @ruthlessimagery.bsky.social on is Christmas just about kids?; World News; @clodaghfinn.bsky.social on Ireland's first female diplomat
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Great piece by
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social about Estella Solomons, and about Stella Steyn.
#SpéirGhorm
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@clodaghfinn.bsky.social about Estella Solomons, and about Stella Steyn.
#SpéirGhorm
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Clodagh Finn: Remembering the artist who illustrated Joyce’s Finnegans Wake
The Herzog Park debacle has brought the names of Irish female artists back into the spotlight
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December 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Great piece by
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social about Estella Solomons, and about Stella Steyn.
#SpéirGhorm
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social about Estella Solomons, and about Stella Steyn.
#SpéirGhorm
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Some great lines in this piece by @clodaghfinn.bsky.social - Josephine McNeil - www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
Clodagh Finn: Remembering the first female envoy who paved the way in foreign affairs
Cork-born Josephine McNeill became the first Irish woman to head a diplomatic mission abroad in 1949
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November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Some great lines in this piece by @clodaghfinn.bsky.social - Josephine McNeil - www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
#SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGhorm
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@clodaghfinn.bsky.social has a great piece in The Examiner about Irish Painter, Amelia Curran.
And there is to be a book about Amelia Curran by Laura McKenna.
#SpéirGhorm
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And there is to be a book about Amelia Curran by Laura McKenna.
#SpéirGhorm
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Clodagh Finn: Amelia Curran, the Irish painter who immortalised poet Shelley
If Amelia Curran’s work was later forgotten, it was celebrated in her lifetime
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November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social has a great piece in The Examiner about Irish Painter, Amelia Curran.
And there is to be a book about Amelia Curran by Laura McKenna.
#SpéirGhorm
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
And there is to be a book about Amelia Curran by Laura McKenna.
#SpéirGhorm
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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ALL WELCOME
to the launch of
WTF HAPPENED
#WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre
@irishtheatreinstitute.ie @druidtheatre.bsky.social @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social @sweetoblivion.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social
by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell
to the launch of
WTF HAPPENED
#WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre
@irishtheatreinstitute.ie @druidtheatre.bsky.social @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social @sweetoblivion.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social
by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell
September 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
ALL WELCOME
to the launch of
WTF HAPPENED
#WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre
@irishtheatreinstitute.ie @druidtheatre.bsky.social @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social @sweetoblivion.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social
by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell
to the launch of
WTF HAPPENED
#WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre
@irishtheatreinstitute.ie @druidtheatre.bsky.social @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social @sweetoblivion.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social
by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell
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“If they were alive, all 10 would certainly salute this gifted writer who has done so much to restore women to our lopsided historical narrative.”
Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
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Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“If they were alive, all 10 would certainly salute this gifted writer who has done so much to restore women to our lopsided historical narrative.”
Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Lovely article by the fab @clodaghfinn.bsky.social on the wonderful @nicolapierce.bsky.social 's new book!!! Great Irish Wives! Worth a repost!
“If they were alive, all 10 would certainly salute this gifted writer who has done so much to restore women to our lopsided historical narrative.”
Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Thank you to Clodagh Finn for such a brilliant piece on Nicola Pierce’s newest title.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
September 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Lovely article by the fab @clodaghfinn.bsky.social on the wonderful @nicolapierce.bsky.social 's new book!!! Great Irish Wives! Worth a repost!
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We're really looking forward to this Dublin Book Fair event in November with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with author and journalist Clodagh Finn!
Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK
🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att
Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK
🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att
September 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
We're really looking forward to this Dublin Book Fair event in November with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with author and journalist Clodagh Finn!
Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK
🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att
Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK
🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att
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A true hero of early C18th Ireland, improving ordinary lives through solid good works, steering refreshingly clear of violence.
Great to see Dublin's indefatigable Madam Steevens in the spotlight, thanks to @clodaghfinn.bsky.social 👏
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social
A true hero of early C18th Ireland, improving ordinary lives through solid good works, steering refreshingly clear of violence.
Great to see Dublin's indefatigable Madam Steevens in the spotlight, thanks to @clodaghfinn.bsky.social 👏
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social
Clodagh Finn: If only we had hospital builder Madam Steevens in today's world
The indefatigable Grizelda Steevens managed to get Ireland’s first public hospital up and running in 1733
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September 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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A true hero of early C18th Ireland, improving ordinary lives through solid good works, steering refreshingly clear of violence.
Great to see Dublin's indefatigable Madam Steevens in the spotlight, thanks to @clodaghfinn.bsky.social 👏
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social
A true hero of early C18th Ireland, improving ordinary lives through solid good works, steering refreshingly clear of violence.
Great to see Dublin's indefatigable Madam Steevens in the spotlight, thanks to @clodaghfinn.bsky.social 👏
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social
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If you're in Limerick on the evening of Thursday 25 September, I'll be sharing research from my upcoming book on pregnancy and paternity disputes in 18th/19th century Ulster as part of the Limerick History Festival. Be lovely to see folks there! #womenshist #histsex #histfam
![Poster with details of my upcoming talk for the Limerick History Festival. Talk is titled '“She never knew any man on earth except [him]: Paternity disputes in eighteenth and nineteenth century Ulster.” My talk explores issues of paternity, pregnancy & sexual scandal. Thursday 25 September at People's Museum, No. 2 Pery Square, 7pm.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vwyx4yl3xscyeedekfm4mrky/bafkreigvardemls3bidhbsc3q2a4nyy3ugnosa5uoi346t6j7fb3tzc4w4@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you're in Limerick on the evening of Thursday 25 September, I'll be sharing research from my upcoming book on pregnancy and paternity disputes in 18th/19th century Ulster as part of the Limerick History Festival. Be lovely to see folks there! #womenshist #histsex #histfam
#Irishwoman'sDiary
If a visiting monkey has a place in the streetscape in Clonakilty, Mary Jane Irwin, poet, activist, mother of 13 and wife of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa certainly deserves one too.
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If a visiting monkey has a place in the streetscape in Clonakilty, Mary Jane Irwin, poet, activist, mother of 13 and wife of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa certainly deserves one too.
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Clodagh Finn: Let’s back campaign for public tribute to Mary Jane Irwin
If a visiting monkey has a place in the streetscape, Mary Jane Irwin, as she was when she lived in Clonakilty, certainly deserves ones too
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September 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#Irishwoman'sDiary
If a visiting monkey has a place in the streetscape in Clonakilty, Mary Jane Irwin, poet, activist, mother of 13 and wife of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa certainly deserves one too.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
If a visiting monkey has a place in the streetscape in Clonakilty, Mary Jane Irwin, poet, activist, mother of 13 and wife of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa certainly deserves one too.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
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Plus ca change ...
(Irish print from c.1777, British Museum)
a.k.a. 'notions'
(Irish print from c.1777, British Museum)
a.k.a. 'notions'
September 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Plus ca change ...
(Irish print from c.1777, British Museum)
a.k.a. 'notions'
(Irish print from c.1777, British Museum)
a.k.a. 'notions'
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Born #Onthisday 1894 Monica Wichfeld who was raised in #Fermanagh. Later she was a leading member of the Danish resistance during t#WW2 & was the 1st woman in Denmark to receive a capital sentence for resistance against the Nazis -she died in Waldheim Prison in 1945
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Born #Onthisday 1894 Monica Wichfeld who was raised in #Fermanagh. Later she was a leading member of the Danish resistance during t#WW2 & was the 1st woman in Denmark to receive a capital sentence for resistance against the Nazis -she died in Waldheim Prison in 1945
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social
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Died #Onthisday 1989 Oonah Keogh who became the first female member of the Dublin Stock Exchange, in 1925 @clodaghfinn.bsky.social heritage.wicklowheritage.org/people/oonag...
Oonagh Keogh - First female stockbroker: Wicklow connections
Remarkable woman Oonagh Keogh is one of the trailblazing women featured on the RTE series Herstory. Oonagh began work on the ...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Died #Onthisday 1989 Oonah Keogh who became the first female member of the Dublin Stock Exchange, in 1925 @clodaghfinn.bsky.social heritage.wicklowheritage.org/people/oonag...
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My wee mum died a month ago. I still can’t believe it. Part of me never will.
Today, I’ve got to return to work (self-employed).
We have laws granting paid leave for birth - rightly so. We should also, I think, offer similar support for people living with loss.
Grief Leave.
A kindness.
Today, I’ve got to return to work (self-employed).
We have laws granting paid leave for birth - rightly so. We should also, I think, offer similar support for people living with loss.
Grief Leave.
A kindness.
July 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
My wee mum died a month ago. I still can’t believe it. Part of me never will.
Today, I’ve got to return to work (self-employed).
We have laws granting paid leave for birth - rightly so. We should also, I think, offer similar support for people living with loss.
Grief Leave.
A kindness.
Today, I’ve got to return to work (self-employed).
We have laws granting paid leave for birth - rightly so. We should also, I think, offer similar support for people living with loss.
Grief Leave.
A kindness.
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“Mama! Mum, mummy, mom, mother, ma, child-bearer, parent!”
Roget’s first words
Roget’s first words
July 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
“Mama! Mum, mummy, mom, mother, ma, child-bearer, parent!”
Roget’s first words
Roget’s first words