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Dr Leeann Lane
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School of History and Geography, Dublin City University.
#SighleHumphreys #MaryMacSwiney #DorothyMacardle #RosamondJacob
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Dr Leeann Lane @lloislanel.bsky.social · Oct 7
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.
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The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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michaelod7.bsky.social
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
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irishfamilydetective.ie
Patrick's Bridge c1920 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸#Cork Public Museum www.irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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niamhroisin.bsky.social
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
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dculibrary.bsky.social
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.
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5 of the pull up banners in the exhibition along the stairs in O'Reilly library
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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michaelod7.bsky.social
Looking forward to this.
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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ucc.ie
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...
Dr John Creedon, wearing an academic gown and cap, stands smiling in front of a wooden door marked 'President’s Office' at University College Cork.
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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michaelod7.bsky.social
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
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clairedubois.bsky.social
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
November 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social
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...
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
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ucdpress.bsky.social
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
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
lloislanel.bsky.social
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
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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irishfamilydetective.ie
#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
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@kevhic.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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irishfamilydetective.ie
#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
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irishtimes.com
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
lloislanel.bsky.social
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
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johncreedon.bsky.social
Karl Blau in the mix tonight rte.ie/johncreedon.
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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ucdarchives.bsky.social
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
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ucdpress.bsky.social
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
October 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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siobhraaiken.bsky.social
Cuimhní le Catherine Connolly ar Ghaillimh a hóige. Tógtha as eagrán speisialta de Comhar sa bhliain 2020.
October 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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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
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ucdpress.bsky.social
🎉 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
October 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social
🚨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!
October 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM