Shannon Devlin
@shannondevlin.bsky.social
Historian of siblings, the family, gender and sexuality, and 19th-century Ireland. Belfast-Galway commute enthusiast. Lecturer in Irish History @ U of Galway. All my own thoughts. She/her
New favourite lecture slide decoration: Convent of Mercy pupils greet JFK in Galway, 1963. Spectacular headgear.
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New favourite lecture slide decoration: Convent of Mercy pupils greet JFK in Galway, 1963. Spectacular headgear.
I do enjoy the juxtaposition of these two ads for holidays in American Vogue, April 1982. Jet off to the sexy Caribbean or go home to Ireland to…reluctantly meet the old folk? 🥴
October 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I do enjoy the juxtaposition of these two ads for holidays in American Vogue, April 1982. Jet off to the sexy Caribbean or go home to Ireland to…reluctantly meet the old folk? 🥴
The jump-scare when run into the library for Arensberg and Kimball and see you’re shelved beside it 😅
September 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The jump-scare when run into the library for Arensberg and Kimball and see you’re shelved beside it 😅
They just don’t do the pre-wedding weigh in like they used to…
May 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
They just don’t do the pre-wedding weigh in like they used to…
The very best Valentine to receive is undoubtedly 1) written to you and your four sisters collectively 2) most likely written by your brother 🥴 and 3) is demonstrative of Cupid’s (your brother’s???) love via the medium of felling large game animals. Happy Valentines💘from the Duffin siblings c.1830s💘
February 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The very best Valentine to receive is undoubtedly 1) written to you and your four sisters collectively 2) most likely written by your brother 🥴 and 3) is demonstrative of Cupid’s (your brother’s???) love via the medium of felling large game animals. Happy Valentines💘from the Duffin siblings c.1830s💘
No takers on trying to predict who’d make a better husband based on the size of their moustache 👀 but we did get waylaid playing 💕Siblings or Dating?💕
February 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
No takers on trying to predict who’d make a better husband based on the size of their moustache 👀 but we did get waylaid playing 💕Siblings or Dating?💕
Quickly turning into my fave tutorial prompt using real cdvs (and revealing my eBay obsession): talking today all things masculinity and femininity - haircuts, facial hair, whiskers, beard-dye, baldness, portrait props, skirt-length and so-called respectable appearance.
February 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Quickly turning into my fave tutorial prompt using real cdvs (and revealing my eBay obsession): talking today all things masculinity and femininity - haircuts, facial hair, whiskers, beard-dye, baldness, portrait props, skirt-length and so-called respectable appearance.
Then the following Wednesday 12 Feb, I’m talking all things book-related with Vona Groarke and @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social for the new ACIS New Book Series. Zoom only, 5pm Irish time 🎉
January 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Then the following Wednesday 12 Feb, I’m talking all things book-related with Vona Groarke and @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social for the new ACIS New Book Series. Zoom only, 5pm Irish time 🎉
Next Wed 5 Feb 🚨 I’m speaking at the @historyatgalway.bsky.social Research Seminar Series at 4pm (in person and online) followed by the launch of my new book 🍾 Come along if you’re in Galway and fancy raising a glass 🥂
January 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Next Wed 5 Feb 🚨 I’m speaking at the @historyatgalway.bsky.social Research Seminar Series at 4pm (in person and online) followed by the launch of my new book 🍾 Come along if you’re in Galway and fancy raising a glass 🥂
Happy publication week! Delighted (& slightly terrified) my first book is out in the wild for everyone to read 😂 Had so much fun going down the rabbit hole researching these families and hope that’s evident on the page #histfam
January 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy publication week! Delighted (& slightly terrified) my first book is out in the wild for everyone to read 😂 Had so much fun going down the rabbit hole researching these families and hope that’s evident on the page #histfam
Happy Siblings Day👫🎉 delighted to say that my first monograph will be out later this year. It’s on the website, so it must be real!!
April 10, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Happy Siblings Day👫🎉 delighted to say that my first monograph will be out later this year. It’s on the website, so it must be real!!