Helen Beaumont
@helenbeaumont.bsky.social
Museum educator | Museums Arts Culture History | Cat Lady
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So grateful to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social & editors of #Saothar50 for opportunity to write on Irish housewives. By mad coincidence my ma was interviewed about her everyday experiences in 1968 & that features in my new article. #familyhistory #femaleactivism
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September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
So grateful to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social & editors of #Saothar50 for opportunity to write on Irish housewives. By mad coincidence my ma was interviewed about her everyday experiences in 1968 & that features in my new article. #familyhistory #femaleactivism
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/specia...
dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/specia...
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QUIET HOUR at the Museum
A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am
🔗 Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
#SensoryFriendly
A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am
🔗 Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
#SensoryFriendly
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
QUIET HOUR at the Museum
A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am
🔗 Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
#SensoryFriendly
A sensory-friendly space with low lighting, reduced noise & fewer crowds—ideal for neurodivergent visitors & anyone seeking calm.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
📅Saturday 11 October, 10:00am - 11:00am
🔗 Details: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
#SensoryFriendly
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History, architecture, Halloween & more! 🎃🏛️ Join us at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks this October for sensory-friendly hours, family workshops & themed tours #CollinsBarracks #DublinEvents #FamilyFun #BramStokerFestival #OpenHouseDublin
Full lineup at
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Full lineup at
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
October 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
History, architecture, Halloween & more! 🎃🏛️ Join us at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks this October for sensory-friendly hours, family workshops & themed tours #CollinsBarracks #DublinEvents #FamilyFun #BramStokerFestival #OpenHouseDublin
Full lineup at
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Full lineup at
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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Beautiful everyday Ladybird things
‘Blankets’
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
(Sounds and Pictures, 1976)
‘Blankets’
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
(Sounds and Pictures, 1976)
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things
‘Blankets’
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
(Sounds and Pictures, 1976)
‘Blankets’
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
(Sounds and Pictures, 1976)
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Just an hour and 20 minutes left to sign, people.
If you haven't done so yet, it only takes a few seconds!
If you haven't done so yet, it only takes a few seconds!
The EU wants to roll back vital environmental protections - and they're asking for your opinion. Today is the LAST DAY to speak up before it's too late. Almost 200k of us have signed, have you?
It takes only seconds to tell them to keep their Hands OFF Nature!!
handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
It takes only seconds to tell them to keep their Hands OFF Nature!!
handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
Take Action - Hands Off Nature
handsoffnature.eu
September 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just an hour and 20 minutes left to sign, people.
If you haven't done so yet, it only takes a few seconds!
If you haven't done so yet, it only takes a few seconds!
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🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
July 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚨 RIGHT NOW opposite Labour Party HQ in London.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
We’ve turned their street into Jabaliya camp in Gaza. A genocide is happening, but the Labour government is supplying weapons, intelligence and diplomatic cover to the perpetrator. Protesting this is not terrorism.
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Today's headlines should be: Two nuclear powers (one of whose de facto head of state is wanted for crimes against humanity) illegally bomb a non nuclear power on the pretext it *almost* has WMD.
June 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Today's headlines should be: Two nuclear powers (one of whose de facto head of state is wanted for crimes against humanity) illegally bomb a non nuclear power on the pretext it *almost* has WMD.
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On Saturday, our friends in #Dublin are unlikely to be met with teargas because they are protesting in #Ireland and not "the land of the free" where not only does it #tasteslikefascism, it is fascism.
#NoKings #NoTryants #NoICE #standuptofascism @indivisible.org
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
#NoKings #NoTryants #NoICE #standuptofascism @indivisible.org
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
June 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
On Saturday, our friends in #Dublin are unlikely to be met with teargas because they are protesting in #Ireland and not "the land of the free" where not only does it #tasteslikefascism, it is fascism.
#NoKings #NoTryants #NoICE #standuptofascism @indivisible.org
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
#NoKings #NoTryants #NoICE #standuptofascism @indivisible.org
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Crafty families, this one’s for you!
Join us this Bank Holiday Monday, 3 June, at the National Museum of Ireland for Felt with Jorgensen Flair
Explore colour, texture & creativity together!
Free, but booking is essential.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Join us this Bank Holiday Monday, 3 June, at the National Museum of Ireland for Felt with Jorgensen Flair
Explore colour, texture & creativity together!
Free, but booking is essential.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Felt with Jorgensen Flair: Children's Felt Making Workshop | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland
Design a felted panel inspired by IB Jorgensen ‘s fashion pieces from the museum‘s collection.
www.museum.ie
May 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Crafty families, this one’s for you!
Join us this Bank Holiday Monday, 3 June, at the National Museum of Ireland for Felt with Jorgensen Flair
Explore colour, texture & creativity together!
Free, but booking is essential.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Join us this Bank Holiday Monday, 3 June, at the National Museum of Ireland for Felt with Jorgensen Flair
Explore colour, texture & creativity together!
Free, but booking is essential.
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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Again, I cannot express how little I expected someone would usurp my position as "guy who takes ketamine in the company of a president".
May 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Again, I cannot express how little I expected someone would usurp my position as "guy who takes ketamine in the company of a president".
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Finishing up writing my paper today as we speak! Really looking forward to the conference & being back at @whaireland.bsky.social where I kick-started my conference paper giving way back in 1990 😮. Can't wait to hear fab line-up of papers indicating women's history is alive & well. #womenshistory
May 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Finishing up writing my paper today as we speak! Really looking forward to the conference & being back at @whaireland.bsky.social where I kick-started my conference paper giving way back in 1990 😮. Can't wait to hear fab line-up of papers indicating women's history is alive & well. #womenshistory
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The great speakers and performers for our National March for Palestine on Saturday. Join us to commemorate 77 years of Nakba and to insist our government sanction apartheid Israel now. #FreePalestine #Nakba77
May 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The great speakers and performers for our National March for Palestine on Saturday. Join us to commemorate 77 years of Nakba and to insist our government sanction apartheid Israel now. #FreePalestine #Nakba77
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The @ipsc.bsky.social are hosting a National March for Palestine on May 17. This march comes at a time when Israel has declared its intention to 'conquer' Gaza and has been blocking all food and aid into Gaza for over two months. Please, if you can, consider attending or supporting.
May 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The @ipsc.bsky.social are hosting a National March for Palestine on May 17. This march comes at a time when Israel has declared its intention to 'conquer' Gaza and has been blocking all food and aid into Gaza for over two months. Please, if you can, consider attending or supporting.
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May 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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In Balbriggan, an art exhibition looks back to a time when a “balbriggan” meant something. The group show Weaving Threads of Heritage opens 12 April at Ardgillan Castle. dublininquirer.com/2...
In Balbriggan, an art exhibition looks back to a time when a “balbriggan” meant something - Dublin Inquirer
The group show Weaving Threads of Heritage opens 12 April at Ardgillan Castle.
dublininquirer.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In Balbriggan, an art exhibition looks back to a time when a “balbriggan” meant something. The group show Weaving Threads of Heritage opens 12 April at Ardgillan Castle. dublininquirer.com/2...
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The great speakers and performers for our National March for Palestine on Saturday. Join us, we have to send a strong message to our government that they must sanction apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people. #SanctionsNow #FreePalestine
March 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The great speakers and performers for our National March for Palestine on Saturday. Join us, we have to send a strong message to our government that they must sanction apartheid Israel for its genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people. #SanctionsNow #FreePalestine
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Contemorary UK printmaker Sarah Morgan, 'Follow the path' #WomensArt
March 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Contemorary UK printmaker Sarah Morgan, 'Follow the path' #WomensArt
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Join us for an Irish Sign Language-interpreted guided tour that explores examples of symbolism in Ireland at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks on Sunday 23 March at 3:15 pm. #ISLEvent www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
March 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us for an Irish Sign Language-interpreted guided tour that explores examples of symbolism in Ireland at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks on Sunday 23 March at 3:15 pm. #ISLEvent www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
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It's been 5 years since Ireland's lockdown—a challenging time for many, especially young people. The 'Little Houses' project & exhibition captures this period. One artwork, ‘We’ll hug again’ was the title of one of the artworks. Share your lockdown memories.
source.museum.ie/littlehouses...
source.museum.ie/littlehouses...
March 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's been 5 years since Ireland's lockdown—a challenging time for many, especially young people. The 'Little Houses' project & exhibition captures this period. One artwork, ‘We’ll hug again’ was the title of one of the artworks. Share your lockdown memories.
source.museum.ie/littlehouses...
source.museum.ie/littlehouses...
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This is fascinating. Michael Sheen is not just a brilliant actor. Hes a role model. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It’s not because I want people to think I’m great’: Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts
The actor grew up poor, got rich, then lost everything backing the 2019 Homeless World Cup. Now he’s giving away more of his money to help 900 total strangers. Doesn’t he think he’s done enough?
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
This is fascinating. Michael Sheen is not just a brilliant actor. Hes a role model. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Am sure she would be proud of you too Cait
So happy to write about my grandmother Máirín in this wonderful new book celebrating centenary of Irish Federation of University Women. I think she would have been honoured to be included. Book launches on 6 March at @ucddublin.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth #Afterlives @whaireland.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Am sure she would be proud of you too Cait