The Wild Gees
@thewildgees.bsky.social
On a mission to seek out women's histories, prehistories and mythologies and share our adventures. Interested in under-told stories of all women 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Check out our blog: http://thewildgees.com/
Check out our blog: http://thewildgees.com/
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The Wild Gees
@thewildgees.bsky.social
· Jan 21
We're officially not on Twitter anymore but we have <10% of the followers we had there, so please give us a follow.
Here's the latest from the Wild Gees blog - a guest post about some midnight #SheelaNaGig activism: The Banksy Sheelas of Sussex
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Here's the latest from the Wild Gees blog - a guest post about some midnight #SheelaNaGig activism: The Banksy Sheelas of Sussex
thewildgees.com/guest-post-t...
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#DIBNewLives
A fearless champion of equality, fairness & justice, Ann Louise Gilligan is remembered as ‘the spark that lit the marriage equality movement’. The court case to recognise her marriage to Katherine Zappone sparked the decade-long fight for marriage equality.
www.dib.ie/biography/gi...
A fearless champion of equality, fairness & justice, Ann Louise Gilligan is remembered as ‘the spark that lit the marriage equality movement’. The court case to recognise her marriage to Katherine Zappone sparked the decade-long fight for marriage equality.
www.dib.ie/biography/gi...
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#DIBNewLives
A fearless champion of equality, fairness & justice, Ann Louise Gilligan is remembered as ‘the spark that lit the marriage equality movement’. The court case to recognise her marriage to Katherine Zappone sparked the decade-long fight for marriage equality.
www.dib.ie/biography/gi...
A fearless champion of equality, fairness & justice, Ann Louise Gilligan is remembered as ‘the spark that lit the marriage equality movement’. The court case to recognise her marriage to Katherine Zappone sparked the decade-long fight for marriage equality.
www.dib.ie/biography/gi...
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Katherine Butler - a nun who was one of the first women in Ireland with a pilot's license
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
The Dáil has heard a suggestion that Dublin Airport be named after the former Taoiseach Sean Lemass.
Any counteroffers?
Any counteroffers?
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Katherine Butler - a nun who was one of the first women in Ireland with a pilot's license
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
Gráinne Cronin - First woman to fly for Aer Lingus
Madeleine O'Rourke - Dedicated her life to flying, first women to fly a microlight in Ireland and recognised by the FAI for contribution to Irish aviation.
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Sophie Peirce from Limerick, the aviation pioneer who trained the first generation of Aer Lingus pilots
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Sophie Peirce from Limerick, the aviation pioneer who trained the first generation of Aer Lingus pilots
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It has to be named after Maureen Sweeney, the Irish meteorologist who gave the Allies a critical weather report before D Day.
Irish aviation history and meteorological history are intimately linked, and we're a Republic - we don't name things after Taoisigh here (except in Cork).
Irish aviation history and meteorological history are intimately linked, and we're a Republic - we don't name things after Taoisigh here (except in Cork).
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It has to be named after Maureen Sweeney, the Irish meteorologist who gave the Allies a critical weather report before D Day.
Irish aviation history and meteorological history are intimately linked, and we're a Republic - we don't name things after Taoisigh here (except in Cork).
Irish aviation history and meteorological history are intimately linked, and we're a Republic - we don't name things after Taoisigh here (except in Cork).
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Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people? Deeply empathetic essay from Kathy Sheridan. The take of the young girl at the centre of transphobic outrage at a match is a horror story, but this where transphobia takes people! #speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Kathy Sheridan: Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people?
Number of trans people in Irish society is tiny – and each one is a human being
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people? Deeply empathetic essay from Kathy Sheridan. The take of the young girl at the centre of transphobic outrage at a match is a horror story, but this where transphobia takes people! #speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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absolutely massive news from the EU's top court! while it doesn't force every EU country to perform same-sex marriages, it *does* require them to recognise same-sex marriages from other countries the same way they recognise other foreign marriages
it's a big step!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
it's a big step!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
absolutely massive news from the EU's top court! while it doesn't force every EU country to perform same-sex marriages, it *does* require them to recognise same-sex marriages from other countries the same way they recognise other foreign marriages
it's a big step!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
it's a big step!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Help 🙏 I’m moving into Ch2 of my PhD by PP, which focuses on the shift in practice embodied by my memoir Negative Space. If you know of any academic writing which references my work, I’d be very grateful to be pointed in its direction. @lilydunn.bsky.social @minxmarple.bsky.social please share? #phd
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Help 🙏 I’m moving into Ch2 of my PhD by PP, which focuses on the shift in practice embodied by my memoir Negative Space. If you know of any academic writing which references my work, I’d be very grateful to be pointed in its direction. @lilydunn.bsky.social @minxmarple.bsky.social please share? #phd
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It’s hard to explain what it means to be able to show a trans kid this and for them to feel seen & valued by their president
@president.ie
#transrightsarehumanrights
@president.ie
#transrightsarehumanrights
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It’s hard to explain what it means to be able to show a trans kid this and for them to feel seen & valued by their president
@president.ie
#transrightsarehumanrights
@president.ie
#transrightsarehumanrights
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Every day, 137 women and girls are killed by intimate partners or family members internationally - one death every 10 minutes, according to the UN, who released their annual femicide report today.
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
One woman or girl killed every ten minutes by intimate partners or family members, UN says
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, but according to the UN the number of women and girls killed intentionally remains unchanged.
jrnl.ie
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Every day, 137 women and girls are killed by intimate partners or family members internationally - one death every 10 minutes, according to the UN, who released their annual femicide report today.
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6884469
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Our great thanks to Jane Ohlmeyer who gave the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture on Friday evening.
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane Ohlmeyer delivers the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture - RHS
On 21 November, the Society was delighted to welcome Professor Jane Ohlmeyer to give the 2025 RHS Anniversary Lecture: ‘Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland’. Jane's lecture in...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our great thanks to Jane Ohlmeyer who gave the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture on Friday evening.
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
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Thanks to DCU Arts and Culture for another superb DCU Book Club session. Join us in January for @kitdewaal.com's discussion of her novel 'The Best of Everything'. Tickets are free but spaces are limited so book your ticket now! www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Thanks to DCU Arts and Culture for another superb DCU Book Club session. Join us in January for @kitdewaal.com's discussion of her novel 'The Best of Everything'. Tickets are free but spaces are limited so book your ticket now! www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
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If the progress or lack of progress made at COP30 in #belem has given you an idea, why not enter this year's award.
See below for full details.⬇⬇
You could win a €2000 cash prize. ⌚️💶🏆
#CleanAirWeek
@antaisce
#student
marymulvihillaward.ie/award/ 🧵6/6
See below for full details.⬇⬇
You could win a €2000 cash prize. ⌚️💶🏆
#CleanAirWeek
@antaisce
#student
marymulvihillaward.ie/award/ 🧵6/6
Award – Mary Mulvihill Award
marymulvihillaward.ie
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If the progress or lack of progress made at COP30 in #belem has given you an idea, why not enter this year's award.
See below for full details.⬇⬇
You could win a €2000 cash prize. ⌚️💶🏆
#CleanAirWeek
@antaisce
#student
marymulvihillaward.ie/award/ 🧵6/6
See below for full details.⬇⬇
You could win a €2000 cash prize. ⌚️💶🏆
#CleanAirWeek
@antaisce
#student
marymulvihillaward.ie/award/ 🧵6/6
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📽️ SAVE OUR SOULS + Q&A
Refugees share their harrowing escape stories, forging deep bonds with their rescuers while waiting to dock at a safe port in Europe.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Jean‑Baptiste Bonnet
📆 Fri 28th
⏰ 18.20
🎟 https://bit.ly/4ic9Uvg
Refugees share their harrowing escape stories, forging deep bonds with their rescuers while waiting to dock at a safe port in Europe.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Jean‑Baptiste Bonnet
📆 Fri 28th
⏰ 18.20
🎟 https://bit.ly/4ic9Uvg
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📽️ SAVE OUR SOULS + Q&A
Refugees share their harrowing escape stories, forging deep bonds with their rescuers while waiting to dock at a safe port in Europe.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Jean‑Baptiste Bonnet
📆 Fri 28th
⏰ 18.20
🎟 https://bit.ly/4ic9Uvg
Refugees share their harrowing escape stories, forging deep bonds with their rescuers while waiting to dock at a safe port in Europe.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Jean‑Baptiste Bonnet
📆 Fri 28th
⏰ 18.20
🎟 https://bit.ly/4ic9Uvg
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Died #OnThisDay 1943 Winnie Carney, Suffragette, president of Cumann na mBan in Belfast, aide de camp to James Connolly #EasterRising & 1 of 2 women to stand in the 1918 elections B&W📷Mgt Kelly (seated) with her bridesmaid Winnie (via grandaughter of Kelly)
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Died #OnThisDay 1943 Winnie Carney, Suffragette, president of Cumann na mBan in Belfast, aide de camp to James Connolly #EasterRising & 1 of 2 women to stand in the 1918 elections B&W📷Mgt Kelly (seated) with her bridesmaid Winnie (via grandaughter of Kelly)
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So i did this #TedX talk in October in Tralee -a different way of communicating for me- it was a nerve-wracking but fascinating experience, & met some wonderfully diverse speakers on the day. Hope it gets more notice for the Irish 🇮🇪 revolutionary women #tedxtralee #speirgorm youtu.be/FLRIKMiJ5Qc?...
Revolutionary Women | Mary McAuliffe | TEDxTraleeWomen
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So i did this #TedX talk in October in Tralee -a different way of communicating for me- it was a nerve-wracking but fascinating experience, & met some wonderfully diverse speakers on the day. Hope it gets more notice for the Irish 🇮🇪 revolutionary women #tedxtralee #speirgorm youtu.be/FLRIKMiJ5Qc?...
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Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
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A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million (€47.34m ) in New York yesterday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said
Frida Kahlo painting auctions for $54.6m
A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million (€47.34m ) in New York yesterday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby...
www.rte.ie
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
A self-portrait by legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold for $54.66 million (€47.34m ) in New York yesterday, setting a new record for the price of a painting by a woman, the auction house Sotheby's said
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A fun look today at @rialibrary.bsky.social’s manuscript of the week! The 15th-century Leabhar Breac / The Speckled Book (RIA MS 23 P 16) is a collection of religious, literary and historical works, including the lives St Patrick, St Brigid and Alexander the Great 📜🎉
November 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A fun look today at @rialibrary.bsky.social’s manuscript of the week! The 15th-century Leabhar Breac / The Speckled Book (RIA MS 23 P 16) is a collection of religious, literary and historical works, including the lives St Patrick, St Brigid and Alexander the Great 📜🎉
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Mary Robinson and Janja Lula Silva, Brazil’s First Lady and the #COP30 Women Envoy, stand together for women-led climate leadership, in Belém. #GenderJustice
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Mary Robinson and Janja Lula Silva, Brazil’s First Lady and the #COP30 Women Envoy, stand together for women-led climate leadership, in Belém. #GenderJustice
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A "baleful and malign presence, an intruder, stalking the school, its teachers and its pupils".
The judge sums Enoch Burke up perfectly.
The judge sums Enoch Burke up perfectly.
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away from Wilson's Hospital School
High Court orders Enoch Burke to be imprisoned
The High Court has ordered that secondary school teacher Enoch Burke should be imprisoned immediately for clear, deliberate and persistent contempt of a High Court order directing him to stay away fro...
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A "baleful and malign presence, an intruder, stalking the school, its teachers and its pupils".
The judge sums Enoch Burke up perfectly.
The judge sums Enoch Burke up perfectly.
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Poulnabrone • The Burren
Situated in the heart of the Burren, Poulnabrone is one of Ireland's earliest dated megalithic tombs.
During excavations, the co-mingled remains of at least 36 individuals were recovered from the tomb chamber, largely dating from c.3800–3200 BC.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
Situated in the heart of the Burren, Poulnabrone is one of Ireland's earliest dated megalithic tombs.
During excavations, the co-mingled remains of at least 36 individuals were recovered from the tomb chamber, largely dating from c.3800–3200 BC.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Poulnabrone • The Burren
Situated in the heart of the Burren, Poulnabrone is one of Ireland's earliest dated megalithic tombs.
During excavations, the co-mingled remains of at least 36 individuals were recovered from the tomb chamber, largely dating from c.3800–3200 BC.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
Situated in the heart of the Burren, Poulnabrone is one of Ireland's earliest dated megalithic tombs.
During excavations, the co-mingled remains of at least 36 individuals were recovered from the tomb chamber, largely dating from c.3800–3200 BC.
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
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Born #Onthisday 1886 Professor Eleanor Knott-lexicographer & prolific contributor to the field of Celtic Studies. In 1928 she became one of the 1st female lecturers @tcddublin & in 1949 one of the 1st women elected as a member of @RIAdawson dib.ie/biography/kn...
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Born #Onthisday 1886 Professor Eleanor Knott-lexicographer & prolific contributor to the field of Celtic Studies. In 1928 she became one of the 1st female lecturers @tcddublin & in 1949 one of the 1st women elected as a member of @RIAdawson dib.ie/biography/kn...
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On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy, 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'
www.qub.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...