Dr Leeann Lane
@lloislanel.bsky.social
School of History and Geography, Dublin City University.
#SighleHumphreys #MaryMacSwiney #DorothyMacardle #RosamondJacob
Corgis 🦊
#SighleHumphreys #MaryMacSwiney #DorothyMacardle #RosamondJacob
Corgis 🦊
Pinned
Delighted that my exhibition on the afterlives of Cork republican women who did not go on to marry is now up in Creegan lib DCU @dculibrary.bsky.social
I want to thank all the DCU library staff and especially @orlanicaodha.bsky.social
Also thanks to @cecilearchives.bsky.social for all her help.
I want to thank all the DCU library staff and especially @orlanicaodha.bsky.social
Also thanks to @cecilearchives.bsky.social for all her help.
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The pillar of the Wallace Sisters home on the Old Youghal Road Cork . Nora Wallace had the house named after her sister Sheila when she died she insisted on the name being in Irish
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The pillar of the Wallace Sisters home on the Old Youghal Road Cork . Nora Wallace had the house named after her sister Sheila when she died she insisted on the name being in Irish
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Patrick's Bridge c1920 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸#Cork Public Museum www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Patrick's Bridge c1920 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸#Cork Public Museum www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation
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Do share! The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland’s annual conference is on Daniel O’Connell and his Legacies - 22 Nov in @dculibrary.bsky.social - all welcome! (Small fee on the day) @nmireland.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @jdmccafferty.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/oconnell-a...
O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY
Join us to celebrate the life and enduring impact of O'Connell and his legacy at our upcoming event!
www.eventbrite.ie
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Do share! The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland’s annual conference is on Daniel O’Connell and his Legacies - 22 Nov in @dculibrary.bsky.social - all welcome! (Small fee on the day) @nmireland.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @jdmccafferty.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/oconnell-a...
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Dr. Leeann Lane's thought-provoking exhibtion Cork Afterlives is now on display in O'Reilly library. Don't miss the untold stories of Cork’s revolutionary women who stayed single, and were sidelined, in the Irish Free State.
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Dr. Leeann Lane's thought-provoking exhibtion Cork Afterlives is now on display in O'Reilly library. Don't miss the untold stories of Cork’s revolutionary women who stayed single, and were sidelined, in the Irish Free State.
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
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Looking forward to this.
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Looking forward to this.
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Honouring Dr John Creedon, a true voice of Ireland
It was our great honour to award an Honorary Doctorate of Arts to broadcaster and writer John Creedon during our autumn conferring ceremonies.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
It was our great honour to award an Honorary Doctorate of Arts to broadcaster and writer John Creedon during our autumn conferring ceremonies.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Honouring Dr John Creedon, a true voice of Ireland
It was our great honour to award an Honorary Doctorate of Arts to broadcaster and writer John Creedon during our autumn conferring ceremonies.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
It was our great honour to award an Honorary Doctorate of Arts to broadcaster and writer John Creedon during our autumn conferring ceremonies.
Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...
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Jane (Jenny) Dowdall first female Lord Mayor of Cork 1959 to 1960. She was a Fianna Fail Senator from 1951 to 1961. She died December 1974.
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Jane (Jenny) Dowdall first female Lord Mayor of Cork 1959 to 1960. She was a Fianna Fail Senator from 1951 to 1961. She died December 1974.
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Check our this piece on the representation of the Irish revolution in the French press - coauthored with @siobhraaiken.bsky.social and Mark O’Rawe !
@cecille-ulille.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @meshs.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @ccirlandais.bsky.social
@cecille-ulille.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @meshs.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @ccirlandais.bsky.social
Comment la photographie de guerre a transformé le regard de la France sur la révolution irlandaise
Comment la photographie de guerre a transformé le regard de la France sur la révolution irlandaise
Les photographes ont joué un rôle majeur dans la perception de la cause irlandaise sur le plan européen et international.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Check our this piece on the representation of the Irish revolution in the French press - coauthored with @siobhraaiken.bsky.social and Mark O’Rawe !
@cecille-ulille.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @meshs.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @ccirlandais.bsky.social
@cecille-ulille.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @meshs.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @ccirlandais.bsky.social
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Thanks to everyone who made the @efacis.bsky.social Roundtable for our forthcoming special issue on "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing" such an engaging and rewarding discussion!
For those who missed it, the full roundtable can be watched on EFACIS's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2rN...
For those who missed it, the full roundtable can be watched on EFACIS's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2rN...
EFACIS Roundtable Discussion 13: Workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing
YouTube video by EFACIS YouTube
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Thanks to everyone who made the @efacis.bsky.social Roundtable for our forthcoming special issue on "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing" such an engaging and rewarding discussion!
For those who missed it, the full roundtable can be watched on EFACIS's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2rN...
For those who missed it, the full roundtable can be watched on EFACIS's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2rN...
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ALL WELCOME to a special event in celebration of
Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion by James Quinn
🗓️ Thursday, 13 November, 6pm
The National 1798 Rebellion Centre,
Parnell Road, Mill Park Rd,
Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Y21 PY03
Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion by James Quinn
🗓️ Thursday, 13 November, 6pm
The National 1798 Rebellion Centre,
Parnell Road, Mill Park Rd,
Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Y21 PY03
Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ALL WELCOME to a special event in celebration of
Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion by James Quinn
🗓️ Thursday, 13 November, 6pm
The National 1798 Rebellion Centre,
Parnell Road, Mill Park Rd,
Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Y21 PY03
Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion by James Quinn
🗓️ Thursday, 13 November, 6pm
The National 1798 Rebellion Centre,
Parnell Road, Mill Park Rd,
Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Y21 PY03
Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
When you make it into Cork’s annual Christmas Holly Bough - when you know you know.
Thank you so much to Linda Kenny.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Thank you so much to Linda Kenny.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
When you make it into Cork’s annual Christmas Holly Bough - when you know you know.
Thank you so much to Linda Kenny.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Thank you so much to Linda Kenny.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
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#Onthisday 1921 Linda Kearns, Eithne Coyle, Mae Burke (pictured at Ducket’s Grove #Carlow) & Aileen Keogh escape from Mountjoy Prison having been incarcerated during the Irish War of Independence issuu.com/ballymoteher... B&W📸UCD
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#Onthisday 1921 Linda Kearns, Eithne Coyle, Mae Burke (pictured at Ducket’s Grove #Carlow) & Aileen Keogh escape from Mountjoy Prison having been incarcerated during the Irish War of Independence issuu.com/ballymoteher... B&W📸UCD
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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#Onthisday 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh, a former Mayor of #Youghal #Cork was beheaded outside the Palace of Westminster - this was his home which still stands: Myrtle Grove, Youghal www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-lon...
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#Onthisday 1618 Sir Walter Raleigh, a former Mayor of #Youghal #Cork was beheaded outside the Palace of Westminster - this was his home which still stands: Myrtle Grove, Youghal www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-lon...
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Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
Landmark 1973 case found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning
www.irishtimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
The day is always better when @johncreedon.bsky.social plays Van Morrison - and especially when he plays “Rave on John Donne”!
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The day is always better when @johncreedon.bsky.social plays Van Morrison - and especially when he plays “Rave on John Donne”!
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Karl Blau in the mix tonight rte.ie/johncreedon.
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Karl Blau in the mix tonight rte.ie/johncreedon.
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Irish playwright, author and politician, Terence MacSwiney, died #OTD 1920 after 74 days on hungerstrike. Huge crowds lined the streets of London for the funeral procession.
October 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Irish playwright, author and politician, Terence MacSwiney, died #OTD 1920 after 74 days on hungerstrike. Huge crowds lined the streets of London for the funeral procession.
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A wonderful day of book signing all over Dublin city with the fabulous author of Mary MacSwiney @lloislanel.bsky.social @schoolhumandev.bsky.social
Get your signed copy in 🖊📕👏
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
@dubraybooks.bsky.social
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
Get your signed copy in 🖊📕👏
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
@dubraybooks.bsky.social
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A wonderful day of book signing all over Dublin city with the fabulous author of Mary MacSwiney @lloislanel.bsky.social @schoolhumandev.bsky.social
Get your signed copy in 🖊📕👏
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
@dubraybooks.bsky.social
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
Get your signed copy in 🖊📕👏
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
@dubraybooks.bsky.social
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
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Cuimhní le Catherine Connolly ar Ghaillimh a hóige. Tógtha as eagrán speisialta de Comhar sa bhliain 2020.
October 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Cuimhní le Catherine Connolly ar Ghaillimh a hóige. Tógtha as eagrán speisialta de Comhar sa bhliain 2020.
Lovely time signing books in Dublin bookshops with the wonderful @ucdpress.bsky.social team, Noelle Moran and Cait O’Neill
October 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Lovely time signing books in Dublin bookshops with the wonderful @ucdpress.bsky.social team, Noelle Moran and Cait O’Neill
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🎉 Today marks the birthday of Irish writer and political activist Rosamond Jacob.
In her biography of Jacob, published by UCD Press, Dr Leeann Lane (@lloislanel.bsky.social) considers the legacy of this fringe figure.
Get a copy of Rosamond Jacob: Third Person Singular at www.ucdpress.ie
In her biography of Jacob, published by UCD Press, Dr Leeann Lane (@lloislanel.bsky.social) considers the legacy of this fringe figure.
Get a copy of Rosamond Jacob: Third Person Singular at www.ucdpress.ie
October 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🎉 Today marks the birthday of Irish writer and political activist Rosamond Jacob.
In her biography of Jacob, published by UCD Press, Dr Leeann Lane (@lloislanel.bsky.social) considers the legacy of this fringe figure.
Get a copy of Rosamond Jacob: Third Person Singular at www.ucdpress.ie
In her biography of Jacob, published by UCD Press, Dr Leeann Lane (@lloislanel.bsky.social) considers the legacy of this fringe figure.
Get a copy of Rosamond Jacob: Third Person Singular at www.ucdpress.ie
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🚨TODAY!🚨
"Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing" Online Roundtable
Monday 13 October @6pm Irish Time
Details: www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Registration Link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All Welcome!
"Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing" Online Roundtable
Monday 13 October @6pm Irish Time
Details: www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Registration Link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All Welcome!
October 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🚨TODAY!🚨
"Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing" Online Roundtable
Monday 13 October @6pm Irish Time
Details: www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Registration Link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All Welcome!
"Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing" Online Roundtable
Monday 13 October @6pm Irish Time
Details: www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Registration Link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All Welcome!
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Died #Onthisday 1969 Louise Gavan Duffy, educator, suffragist & nationalist who founded Scoil Bhríde, Ireland’s first Gaelscoil for girls. She was at the GPO during the #EasterRising & recalls that time in this interview from @RTEArchives rte.ie/archives/201...
Louise Gavan Duffy
The subject of this episode of 'Self Portrait' is nationalist and educator Louise Gavan Duffy, daughter of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy.
rte.ie
October 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Died #Onthisday 1969 Louise Gavan Duffy, educator, suffragist & nationalist who founded Scoil Bhríde, Ireland’s first Gaelscoil for girls. She was at the GPO during the #EasterRising & recalls that time in this interview from @RTEArchives rte.ie/archives/201...