Donal Coffey
donalcoffey.bsky.social
Donal Coffey
@donalcoffey.bsky.social
Constitutional law, legal history. Assistant Prof in Maynooth University, Ireland.
Trinity generally, but on this platform there are more people from UCD...
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Every so often one pops up and says something like "no one has ever considered the role religion played in history, in this paper..."
November 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I tend to think that we have a vastly inflated idea of what is possible in academia, because every grant proposal has to claim that it is revolutionising a field. The time required to read into an area is long, and to have new ideas... Unless you're an economist, where every field is a tabula rasa.
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Yep. Not as good as google admittedly on vague seaches, but the AI slop is slowing that down so that with an accurate enough prompt means ecosia is as good.
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Did you see the original headline?
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Having to change the post-it on the front of your computer every 30 days is inhumane.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Looks like it was Miss Sweeney's Mount Temple School on Palmerston Park: nevillekeery.com/1944-kinderg...
1944 – Kindergarten
Mount Temple School was a privately owned kindergarten occupying a large terrace house facing on to Palmerston Park. In its heyday it must have played a significant role in shaping the minds of the…
nevillekeery.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Congrats Jay!
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM