Róisín Jones
@birdyjones.bsky.social
Belfast born. Heritage & storytelling. ‘Look back to look forward.’ (Frank O’Connor) ☘️ Views my own.
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Do you have questions about oral history or just enjoy chatting to others working with oral histories? Join us this evening at 7pm for our free informal online meet-up. All welcome oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/event/networ... #OralHistory #Ireland #AskAnOralHistorian #Networking
October 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Do you have questions about oral history or just enjoy chatting to others working with oral histories? Join us this evening at 7pm for our free informal online meet-up. All welcome oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/event/networ... #OralHistory #Ireland #AskAnOralHistorian #Networking
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📢'Ina Boyle: A Rediscovery' will be celebrated at Wigmore Hall on 10 March 2026, featuring Ailish Tynan, Paula Murrihy, Robin Tritschler, & Iain Burnside.
🎟️Priority booking opens tomorrow 24 Sept & General sale 7 Oct.
🎟️Ticket info: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202... @wigmore-hall.org.uk
🎟️Priority booking opens tomorrow 24 Sept & General sale 7 Oct.
🎟️Ticket info: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202... @wigmore-hall.org.uk
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📢'Ina Boyle: A Rediscovery' will be celebrated at Wigmore Hall on 10 March 2026, featuring Ailish Tynan, Paula Murrihy, Robin Tritschler, & Iain Burnside.
🎟️Priority booking opens tomorrow 24 Sept & General sale 7 Oct.
🎟️Ticket info: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202... @wigmore-hall.org.uk
🎟️Priority booking opens tomorrow 24 Sept & General sale 7 Oct.
🎟️Ticket info: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202... @wigmore-hall.org.uk
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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
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📣 Irish composer Ina Boyle's stunning composition of W.B. Yeats's 'The Stolen Child' will be performed at an upcoming London event, 'I Dreamt I Dwelt', on 22nd October.
☘️It's a night dedicated to celebrating Irish composers and poets, presented by Irish Heritage UK and The London Yeats Society.
☘️It's a night dedicated to celebrating Irish composers and poets, presented by Irish Heritage UK and The London Yeats Society.
August 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
📣 Irish composer Ina Boyle's stunning composition of W.B. Yeats's 'The Stolen Child' will be performed at an upcoming London event, 'I Dreamt I Dwelt', on 22nd October.
☘️It's a night dedicated to celebrating Irish composers and poets, presented by Irish Heritage UK and The London Yeats Society.
☘️It's a night dedicated to celebrating Irish composers and poets, presented by Irish Heritage UK and The London Yeats Society.
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📣Join the Oral History Network of Ireland for a FREE event as part of National Heritage Week 2025! On Tuesday 19th August, at The Metropole Hotel, Cork, we're exploring the incredible power of oral history.
🎟️Registration advised: www.eventbrite.ie/e/inclusive-... @eventbritehelp
🎟️Registration advised: www.eventbrite.ie/e/inclusive-... @eventbritehelp
July 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📣Join the Oral History Network of Ireland for a FREE event as part of National Heritage Week 2025! On Tuesday 19th August, at The Metropole Hotel, Cork, we're exploring the incredible power of oral history.
🎟️Registration advised: www.eventbrite.ie/e/inclusive-... @eventbritehelp
🎟️Registration advised: www.eventbrite.ie/e/inclusive-... @eventbritehelp
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🎧 Boyle, Bowie, Brahms... take a listen back to an episode of BBC3 Sounds Classical Wind Down, spanning captivating music genres, and featuring Ina Boyle's String Quartet in E Minor: II. Adagio 🎼
📻Ina Boyle at: 02:17:10
@bbcsounds.bsky.social
#InaBoyle #IBSL
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📻Ina Boyle at: 02:17:10
@bbcsounds.bsky.social
#InaBoyle #IBSL
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Classical Wind Down - Elevate your evening with glorious music - BBC Sounds
De-stress and wind down from your day with a mix of soothing and reflective music.
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July 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🎧 Boyle, Bowie, Brahms... take a listen back to an episode of BBC3 Sounds Classical Wind Down, spanning captivating music genres, and featuring Ina Boyle's String Quartet in E Minor: II. Adagio 🎼
📻Ina Boyle at: 02:17:10
@bbcsounds.bsky.social
#InaBoyle #IBSL
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
📻Ina Boyle at: 02:17:10
@bbcsounds.bsky.social
#InaBoyle #IBSL
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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📻 Tomorrow! OHNI's Elizabeth Kiely on Connemara Community Radio's 'Great Outdoors' show with host, Breandan O'Scanaill.
📻Tune in at 7:50 PM and hear about OHNI's work & oral history training! 87.8FM/106.1FM
connemarafm.com
#OHNI #OralHistoryNetworkIreland #Connemara #Ireland #IrishRadio
📻Tune in at 7:50 PM and hear about OHNI's work & oral history training! 87.8FM/106.1FM
connemarafm.com
#OHNI #OralHistoryNetworkIreland #Connemara #Ireland #IrishRadio
July 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
📻 Tomorrow! OHNI's Elizabeth Kiely on Connemara Community Radio's 'Great Outdoors' show with host, Breandan O'Scanaill.
📻Tune in at 7:50 PM and hear about OHNI's work & oral history training! 87.8FM/106.1FM
connemarafm.com
#OHNI #OralHistoryNetworkIreland #Connemara #Ireland #IrishRadio
📻Tune in at 7:50 PM and hear about OHNI's work & oral history training! 87.8FM/106.1FM
connemarafm.com
#OHNI #OralHistoryNetworkIreland #Connemara #Ireland #IrishRadio
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📢A much-welcomed international conference on 19th-century women composers takes place in Dublin 26th-28th August!
🎼'The Expansive Canvas' will feature Irish composer Ina Boyle (1889-1967) and other female composers and takes place at Trinity College Dublin and Royal Irish Academy of Music.
🎼'The Expansive Canvas' will feature Irish composer Ina Boyle (1889-1967) and other female composers and takes place at Trinity College Dublin and Royal Irish Academy of Music.
July 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
📢A much-welcomed international conference on 19th-century women composers takes place in Dublin 26th-28th August!
🎼'The Expansive Canvas' will feature Irish composer Ina Boyle (1889-1967) and other female composers and takes place at Trinity College Dublin and Royal Irish Academy of Music.
🎼'The Expansive Canvas' will feature Irish composer Ina Boyle (1889-1967) and other female composers and takes place at Trinity College Dublin and Royal Irish Academy of Music.
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📣The Ina Boyle Society needs YOU! 📣
🎵Every contribution – be it a donation, expertise, talent, or connections – champions our IBSL mission to bring the music of Ina Boyle and other female composers to a wider audience!
🎵Visit mailchi.mp/170c20c00b40...
🎵 #InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #Support
🎵Every contribution – be it a donation, expertise, talent, or connections – champions our IBSL mission to bring the music of Ina Boyle and other female composers to a wider audience!
🎵Visit mailchi.mp/170c20c00b40...
🎵 #InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #Support
The Ina Boyle Society Newsletter
Subscribe to our Newsletter to learn more about the renaissance of Ireland's forgotten composer, Ina Boyle.
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July 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📣The Ina Boyle Society needs YOU! 📣
🎵Every contribution – be it a donation, expertise, talent, or connections – champions our IBSL mission to bring the music of Ina Boyle and other female composers to a wider audience!
🎵Visit mailchi.mp/170c20c00b40...
🎵 #InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #Support
🎵Every contribution – be it a donation, expertise, talent, or connections – champions our IBSL mission to bring the music of Ina Boyle and other female composers to a wider audience!
🎵Visit mailchi.mp/170c20c00b40...
🎵 #InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #Support
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🎻IBSL has so much gratitude for the beautiful words written about Ina Boyle by incredible names in the music industry, including violinist and composer Esther Abrami!
🎶✨ Read Esther's testimonial and more: www.inaboyle.org/testimonials
#InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #ClassicalMusic
🎶✨ Read Esther's testimonial and more: www.inaboyle.org/testimonials
#InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #ClassicalMusic
June 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🎻IBSL has so much gratitude for the beautiful words written about Ina Boyle by incredible names in the music industry, including violinist and composer Esther Abrami!
🎶✨ Read Esther's testimonial and more: www.inaboyle.org/testimonials
#InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #ClassicalMusic
🎶✨ Read Esther's testimonial and more: www.inaboyle.org/testimonials
#InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #ClassicalMusic
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Many thanks to everyone who made it to the OHNI Annual Meeting in Limerick! 'What we say and how we say it: exploring words, silences and language in oral history' was a truly engaging and memorable event, demonstrating how oral history is for us all. Explore with OHNI! 🗣️#OHNI
June 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Many thanks to everyone who made it to the OHNI Annual Meeting in Limerick! 'What we say and how we say it: exploring words, silences and language in oral history' was a truly engaging and memorable event, demonstrating how oral history is for us all. Explore with OHNI! 🗣️#OHNI
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It was lovely to hear Lorraine Grimes speaking at the @oralhistoryie.bsky.social meeting this week on single mothers in Irl & Britain pregnancy, migration and institutionalisation . Her research has focused on gathering the oral testimonies of women who suffered in the various institutions.
June 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
It was lovely to hear Lorraine Grimes speaking at the @oralhistoryie.bsky.social meeting this week on single mothers in Irl & Britain pregnancy, migration and institutionalisation . Her research has focused on gathering the oral testimonies of women who suffered in the various institutions.
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➡️Final call for early bird rates! Today is the last day to secure your special discount for OHNI's Annual Meeting, taking place next week, 13-14 June at the Absolute Hotel in Limerick.
👉 Register today oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2025-meeting
#EarlyBirdRate #OralHistory #Limerick #OHNI
👉 Register today oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2025-meeting
#EarlyBirdRate #OralHistory #Limerick #OHNI
June 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
➡️Final call for early bird rates! Today is the last day to secure your special discount for OHNI's Annual Meeting, taking place next week, 13-14 June at the Absolute Hotel in Limerick.
👉 Register today oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2025-meeting
#EarlyBirdRate #OralHistory #Limerick #OHNI
👉 Register today oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2025-meeting
#EarlyBirdRate #OralHistory #Limerick #OHNI
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📣Have you registered for OHNI's 2025 annual meeting taking place 13-14 June, Absolute Hotel, Limerick?
📣Early bird rates available until Friday 30 May.
Looking forward to welcoming @stevenhigh.bsky.social to be our keynote speaker.
👉Register today! oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2025-meeting
📣Early bird rates available until Friday 30 May.
Looking forward to welcoming @stevenhigh.bsky.social to be our keynote speaker.
👉Register today! oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2025-meeting
May 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
📣Have you registered for OHNI's 2025 annual meeting taking place 13-14 June, Absolute Hotel, Limerick?
📣Early bird rates available until Friday 30 May.
Looking forward to welcoming @stevenhigh.bsky.social to be our keynote speaker.
👉Register today! oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2025-meeting
📣Early bird rates available until Friday 30 May.
Looking forward to welcoming @stevenhigh.bsky.social to be our keynote speaker.
👉Register today! oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/2025-meeting
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🚨Piatti Quartet, with Poldark actor Jack Farthing and Irish visual artist Seán Mullan, present a special music & words programme! @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social May 22 8pm.
🎟️https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/classical/piatti-quartet-albion-refracted/
#PiattiQuartet #JackFarthing #EarthUnwrapped
🎟️https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/classical/piatti-quartet-albion-refracted/
#PiattiQuartet #JackFarthing #EarthUnwrapped
April 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🚨Piatti Quartet, with Poldark actor Jack Farthing and Irish visual artist Seán Mullan, present a special music & words programme! @kingsplacelondon.bsky.social May 22 8pm.
🎟️https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/classical/piatti-quartet-albion-refracted/
#PiattiQuartet #JackFarthing #EarthUnwrapped
🎟️https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/classical/piatti-quartet-albion-refracted/
#PiattiQuartet #JackFarthing #EarthUnwrapped
👏Amazing women! Lest we forget women's struggles & triumphs in classical music. Ina Boyle & Dame Elizabeth Maconchy: two composers as fascinating as they are incredible!
Thrilled to share a glimpse into their lives in our latest post👇
www.inaboyle.org/ibsl-blog-po...
#WomenInMusic #MusicHistory
Thrilled to share a glimpse into their lives in our latest post👇
www.inaboyle.org/ibsl-blog-po...
#WomenInMusic #MusicHistory
Ina Boyle & Elizabeth Maconchy: a timeless friendship — Ina Boyle Society Limited
When discovering more about the life of one of Ireland’s most prolific female composers, Ina Boyle (1889-1967), it's only right to also pay tribute to another incredible female composer whose steadfas...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
👏Amazing women! Lest we forget women's struggles & triumphs in classical music. Ina Boyle & Dame Elizabeth Maconchy: two composers as fascinating as they are incredible!
Thrilled to share a glimpse into their lives in our latest post👇
www.inaboyle.org/ibsl-blog-po...
#WomenInMusic #MusicHistory
Thrilled to share a glimpse into their lives in our latest post👇
www.inaboyle.org/ibsl-blog-po...
#WomenInMusic #MusicHistory
"Your innocence keeps you going..."
RIP Paddy Hill ☘️
Suaimhneas síoraí dó. #RIPPaddyHill
(Image from Ross O'Callaghan's Paddyirishmanproject.com)
RIP Paddy Hill ☘️
Suaimhneas síoraí dó. #RIPPaddyHill
(Image from Ross O'Callaghan's Paddyirishmanproject.com)
December 30, 2024 at 5:24 PM
"Your innocence keeps you going..."
RIP Paddy Hill ☘️
Suaimhneas síoraí dó. #RIPPaddyHill
(Image from Ross O'Callaghan's Paddyirishmanproject.com)
RIP Paddy Hill ☘️
Suaimhneas síoraí dó. #RIPPaddyHill
(Image from Ross O'Callaghan's Paddyirishmanproject.com)
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🎄Ina Boyle at Advent Day 18!
🎼Imagine composing music amidst the turmoil of two World Wars and the Irish Civil War.
👇Discover Ina's remarkable story.
www.inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
#InaAdvent #InaBoyle #IrishFemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage #IrishCivilWar #IrishWarOfIndependence
🎼Imagine composing music amidst the turmoil of two World Wars and the Irish Civil War.
👇Discover Ina's remarkable story.
www.inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
#InaAdvent #InaBoyle #IrishFemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage #IrishCivilWar #IrishWarOfIndependence
December 18, 2024 at 9:01 AM
🎄Ina Boyle at Advent Day 18!
🎼Imagine composing music amidst the turmoil of two World Wars and the Irish Civil War.
👇Discover Ina's remarkable story.
www.inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
#InaAdvent #InaBoyle #IrishFemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage #IrishCivilWar #IrishWarOfIndependence
🎼Imagine composing music amidst the turmoil of two World Wars and the Irish Civil War.
👇Discover Ina's remarkable story.
www.inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
#InaAdvent #InaBoyle #IrishFemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage #IrishCivilWar #IrishWarOfIndependence
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🎄Ina Boyle at Advent Day 7! 🎄
🎁Who was Ina Boyle? Open today's door to learn about the life and times of one of Ireland's greatest composers!
inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
🎄#InaAdvent #IrishMusic #IrishComposers #FemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage #Christmas #Advent
🎁Who was Ina Boyle? Open today's door to learn about the life and times of one of Ireland's greatest composers!
inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
🎄#InaAdvent #IrishMusic #IrishComposers #FemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage #Christmas #Advent
December 7, 2024 at 8:15 AM
🎄Ina Boyle at Advent Day 7! 🎄
🎁Who was Ina Boyle? Open today's door to learn about the life and times of one of Ireland's greatest composers!
inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
🎄#InaAdvent #IrishMusic #IrishComposers #FemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage #Christmas #Advent
🎁Who was Ina Boyle? Open today's door to learn about the life and times of one of Ireland's greatest composers!
inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
🎄#InaAdvent #IrishMusic #IrishComposers #FemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage #Christmas #Advent
☘️ 🎄 ☘️ @inaboyle.bsky.social
🎄Ina Boyle at Advent Day 4! 🎄
Discover Ireland's hidden gem, Ina Boyle. 🎁 Open today's Advent door and learn more!
👉 www.inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
#InaBoyle #InaAdvent #IrishMusic #IrishComposers #FemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage
#Christmas #Advent
Discover Ireland's hidden gem, Ina Boyle. 🎁 Open today's Advent door and learn more!
👉 www.inaboyle.org/ina-boyle-ad...
#InaBoyle #InaAdvent #IrishMusic #IrishComposers #FemaleComposers #IrishCulture #IrishHeritage
#Christmas #Advent
December 4, 2024 at 10:39 AM
☘️ 🎄 ☘️ @inaboyle.bsky.social
🎄🎄🎄
Get ready for a musical Christmas treat! 🎄🎁Our Ina Boyle Advent Calendar starts TOMORROW! 🎶 Follow us for a daily celebration of the life and incredible music of Ina Boyle. #InaBoyle #AdventCalendar #InaBoyleSociety #IrishMusic
November 30, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
The Department for Business and Trade said Kemi Badenoch’s decision to rescind funding had been ‘unlawful and procedurally unfair’
A Belfast court has ruled that British government acted illegally in withholding £14,250 in funding to the Irish-language…
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November 29, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Kneecap: UK government acted illegally in withholding funding from Irish rap trio
Well, as the world is in 'a terrible state o' chassis', hello Bluesky. #SeanOcasey
November 17, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Well, as the world is in 'a terrible state o' chassis', hello Bluesky. #SeanOcasey