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Listen as @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Professor Jane Ohlmeyer to discuss how English imperialism in the early 1600s and the development of the Ulster Plantation...
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So enjoyed recording this series with @anitaanand.bsky.social & @willdalrymple.bsky.social at the the amazing Jaipur Literary Festival.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Brigid Spotlight #5 (& final): Brigitt Doyne accused of stealing 100 English sheep during the 1641 Rebellion 🐑 @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social #StBrigidsDay
Brigitt Doyne stole '100 English ewes & household stuff' according to the Deposition of Gilbert Tarlton of Moniquid in County Laois. Learn more about her story and others here: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-...
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Brigid Spotlight #5 (& final): Brigitt Doyne accused of stealing 100 English sheep during the 1641 Rebellion 🐑 @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social #StBrigidsDay
Really looking forward to the 2026 Lahore Lit fest & to talking about Making Empire & VOICES.
February 6, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Really looking forward to the 2026 Lahore Lit fest & to talking about Making Empire & VOICES.
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On 30 June 1642 Briggett Drewie recounted her experience of the 1641 rebellion. At the hands of the rebels, she was left a pregnant widow: ‘being left in that miserable state & predicament great with chyld’. Learn more about her story and others here: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-...
February 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
On 30 June 1642 Briggett Drewie recounted her experience of the 1641 rebellion. At the hands of the rebels, she was left a pregnant widow: ‘being left in that miserable state & predicament great with chyld’. Learn more about her story and others here: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-...
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Brigid Spotlight #4: Briggett Drewie was left a pregnant widow after the 1641 Rebellion. She was ‘left in that miserable predicament great with chyld’. From @tcdlibrary.bsky.social
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On 30 June 1642 Briggett Drewie recounted her experience of the 1641 rebellion. At the hands of the rebels, she was left a pregnant widow: ‘being left in that miserable state & predicament great with chyld’. Learn more about her story and others here: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-...
February 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Brigid Spotlight #4: Briggett Drewie was left a pregnant widow after the 1641 Rebellion. She was ‘left in that miserable predicament great with chyld’. From @tcdlibrary.bsky.social
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February 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Brigid Spotlight #2: Bridget Bermingham whose mother died of smallpox on Merchants Quay Dublin 1685 from the @nlireland.bsky.social Funeral Entries @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
Bridget Bermingham’s mother, Lady Mary Bourke, died from smallpox on Merchant's Quay Dublin on 13 August 1685. Learn more about her story and others here:
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February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Brigid Spotlight #2: Bridget Bermingham whose mother died of smallpox on Merchants Quay Dublin 1685 from the @nlireland.bsky.social Funeral Entries @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
Do take a moment to check out our voices 🙏🏼
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Do take a moment to check out our voices 🙏🏼
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Happy St Bridget’s day 💚
Check out my 1st blog for @voicestcd.bsky.social - the Many Brigids of Early Modern Ireland, from pregnant widows to sheep stealing rebels 🇮🇪🐑🌿✨ #StBrigidsDay @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Happy St Bridget’s day 💚
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Check out my 1st blog for @voicestcd.bsky.social - the Many Brigids of Early Modern Ireland, from pregnant widows to sheep stealing rebels 🇮🇪🐑🌿✨ #StBrigidsDay @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Check out my 1st blog for @voicestcd.bsky.social - the Many Brigids of Early Modern Ireland, from pregnant widows to sheep stealing rebels 🇮🇪🐑🌿✨ #StBrigidsDay @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social
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The VOICES team is delighted to be offering an MPhil module on ‘The Lived Experiences of Women in Early Modern Ireland’, based on our ERC VOICES project in TCD again this term!
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January 29, 2026 at 8:48 AM
The VOICES team is delighted to be offering an MPhil module on ‘The Lived Experiences of Women in Early Modern Ireland’, based on our ERC VOICES project in TCD again this term!
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It’s going to be a great term!
The VOICES team is delighted to be offering an MPhil module on ‘The Lived Experiences of Women in Early Modern Ireland’, based on our ERC VOICES project in TCD again this term!
@tlrhub.bsky.social
@tcddublin.bsky.social
@adaptcentre.bsky.social
@erc.europa.eu
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@tcddublin.bsky.social
@adaptcentre.bsky.social
@erc.europa.eu
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
It’s going to be a great term!
A fabulous trip to Toronto & Ottawa where we celebrated St Bridget’s day & screened From that Small Island. Huge thanks to our amazing Ambassador Concannon & his team & to the warm welcome from our audiences despite Baltic conditions (minus 22 today 🥶). 🇮🇪🇨🇦
January 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
A fabulous trip to Toronto & Ottawa where we celebrated St Bridget’s day & screened From that Small Island. Huge thanks to our amazing Ambassador Concannon & his team & to the warm welcome from our audiences despite Baltic conditions (minus 22 today 🥶). 🇮🇪🇨🇦
2026 JLF was simply fantastic - 4 days of debate, discussion, conversation & fun. So excited that JLF island of Ireland is coming to our shores in May. 🇮🇳🇮🇪
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January 22, 2026 at 12:22 PM
2026 JLF was simply fantastic - 4 days of debate, discussion, conversation & fun. So excited that JLF island of Ireland is coming to our shores in May. 🇮🇳🇮🇪
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#Jaipur #JLF
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VOICES team delighted to be back after the holidays and wishing everyone the best for the coming year!
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January 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
VOICES team delighted to be back after the holidays and wishing everyone the best for the coming year!
@tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
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If you are at the Jaipur Literary Festival this year do join us at 3pm for what will be a fascinating discussion with Fintan O’Toole & Sam McBride. Michelle Gallen & Niamh Campbell were wonderful yesterday. 🇮🇪🇮🇳
January 16, 2026 at 2:04 AM
If you are at the Jaipur Literary Festival this year do join us at 3pm for what will be a fascinating discussion with Fintan O’Toole & Sam McBride. Michelle Gallen & Niamh Campbell were wonderful yesterday. 🇮🇪🇮🇳
Four fascinating pictures by Isaac Mendes Belisario dating from c1840 showing Kelly’s vast plantation. Edmond Kelly of Lisduff Galway was attorney general 1720s & 1740s his son Denis was chief justice w/ an estate of 20,000 acres & 360 enslaved people. His dau Elizabeth married Westport Brownes.
January 10, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Four fascinating pictures by Isaac Mendes Belisario dating from c1840 showing Kelly’s vast plantation. Edmond Kelly of Lisduff Galway was attorney general 1720s & 1740s his son Denis was chief justice w/ an estate of 20,000 acres & 360 enslaved people. His dau Elizabeth married Westport Brownes.
Visited St Katherine’s church in Spanish town/St Jago de La Vega where William O’Brien earl of Inchiquin was buried in 1692. As governor of Jamaica he lived in the town & lorded it 717 grandees, 10% of Irish extraction. His will is in Island Record Office - he died a v wealthy man.
January 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Visited St Katherine’s church in Spanish town/St Jago de La Vega where William O’Brien earl of Inchiquin was buried in 1692. As governor of Jamaica he lived in the town & lorded it 717 grandees, 10% of Irish extraction. His will is in Island Record Office - he died a v wealthy man.
A fascinating few days working on the 17C wills in Jamaican archives. Found lots of Irish women & men -Archdeckanes, Butlers, Burkes, Connollys, Dalys, Devereux, Dillons, Dohertys, Donovans, Fitzgeralds, Fitzpatricks, Fitzwilliam, Frenchs, Kellys, Kennedys, Kirwans, etc etc @voicestcd.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
A fascinating few days working on the 17C wills in Jamaican archives. Found lots of Irish women & men -Archdeckanes, Butlers, Burkes, Connollys, Dalys, Devereux, Dillons, Dohertys, Donovans, Fitzgeralds, Fitzpatricks, Fitzwilliam, Frenchs, Kellys, Kennedys, Kirwans, etc etc @voicestcd.bsky.social
What a fabulous city Delhi is.
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
What a fabulous city Delhi is.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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VOICES PI Prof Jane Ohlmeyer recently delivered the Royal Historical Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', which looked at the project's methodologies, the rewards and challenges of using AI, and some early findings. Read more here:
Royal Historical Society: Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland - VOICES
RHS Anniversary Lecture: ‘Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland’ VOICES PI, Professor Jane Ohlmeyer delivered a lecture at Royal Historical Society, UK on Friday 21 November 202...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
VOICES PI Prof Jane Ohlmeyer recently delivered the Royal Historical Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', which looked at the project's methodologies, the rewards and challenges of using AI, and some early findings. Read more here:
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It's been a busy few weeks for the VOICES team! On 17th November, Dr Daniel Patterson (@drdpatterson.bsky.social) delivered a paper 'Women waging law: The Chancery Pleadings revisited' at the Trinity Centre for Early Modern History Research Seminar.
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Women waging law: The Chancery Pleadings revisited - VOICES
By Dr. Daniel Patterson On Monday 17th November, VOICES Research Fellow Dr Daniel Patterson delivered apaper at the Trinity Centre for Early Modern History Research Seminar, entitledWomen waging law: ...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It's been a busy few weeks for the VOICES team! On 17th November, Dr Daniel Patterson (@drdpatterson.bsky.social) delivered a paper 'Women waging law: The Chancery Pleadings revisited' at the Trinity Centre for Early Modern History Research Seminar.
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The Hornbill festival in Nagaland is incredible. I’ve never experienced anything like it. So happy to be part of the Irish delegation 🇮🇪
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Hornbill festival in Nagaland is incredible. I’ve never experienced anything like it. So happy to be part of the Irish delegation 🇮🇪