Susan Marie Martin PhD
@susanmariemartin.bsky.social
Dublin’s Women Street Traders, 1882-1932 available to preorder Four Courts Press. Also wrote The Shawlies. Areas: women street traders, urban margins & relevant SDGs. Foucault, Historical Sociology. Global nomad (4 continents, 6 countries).
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The cover of my forthcoming book features this gorgeous photo of the mkt at St. Patrick’s Close (late 19thC) generously provided by the @nlireland.bsky.social . Jonathan Swift (satirist, Dean of St. Patrick’s) was a regular there & recognized how critical earnings were for women street traders.
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Delighted to have our next book review up online this morning. Thanks to Berni Dwan for taking the time to review it for us.
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Finding Mary. The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1944. (Maynooth Studies in Local History: Number 172) (Four Courts Press, 2025)
Hands up if you sometimes skip the preface of a book. Well please don’t do that when you read Finding Mary. The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844. The preface to Finding Mary is a fine piec…
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November 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Delighted to have our next book review up online this morning. Thanks to Berni Dwan for taking the time to review it for us.
womenshistoryassociation.com/book-reviews...
womenshistoryassociation.com/book-reviews...
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Over the moon to be part of @winterpapers.bsky.social. It’s a joy to be sharing my essay ‘Mid-Life Music Lessons’ as part of this beauty alongside so many whose work I admire. The launch is @dublinbookfest.bsky.social next Sat, Nov 8. Here’s to music, winter reading & dreaming the future.
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Over the moon to be part of @winterpapers.bsky.social. It’s a joy to be sharing my essay ‘Mid-Life Music Lessons’ as part of this beauty alongside so many whose work I admire. The launch is @dublinbookfest.bsky.social next Sat, Nov 8. Here’s to music, winter reading & dreaming the future.
“Old age is supposed to be the time when one finds a resolution, intellectual and moral. My old age isn’t like that; it’s full of complications, questions, mystification & uncertainties…it’s exciting all the same.” Nathalie Zemon Davis 2010 The Social Historian magazine.utoronto.ca/people/faculty…
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September 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“Old age is supposed to be the time when one finds a resolution, intellectual and moral. My old age isn’t like that; it’s full of complications, questions, mystification & uncertainties…it’s exciting all the same.” Nathalie Zemon Davis 2010 The Social Historian magazine.utoronto.ca/people/faculty…
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Book launch 📢🎉
Join LSE Press editors to mark the publication of The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century - free to read #OpenAccess.
🔻Tues 28th Oct, 6.30 www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...
@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social
Join LSE Press editors to mark the publication of The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century - free to read #OpenAccess.
🔻Tues 28th Oct, 6.30 www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...
@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social
The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century
Tues 28 Oct, 6.30pm at LSE | Join us for the launch of 'The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century'
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September 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Book launch 📢🎉
Join LSE Press editors to mark the publication of The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century - free to read #OpenAccess.
🔻Tues 28th Oct, 6.30 www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...
@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social
Join LSE Press editors to mark the publication of The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century - free to read #OpenAccess.
🔻Tues 28th Oct, 6.30 www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...
@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @lseechist.bsky.social
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Tickets for my talk on the letters of sympathy sent to Canon Begley and his parishioners following the 1926 Dromcollogher cinema fire are now available through the link below. The talk is on Sunday 28 September in Newcastle West county Limerick.
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Martin Walsh- Limerick History Festival | The Limerick Civic Trust
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September 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Tickets for my talk on the letters of sympathy sent to Canon Begley and his parishioners following the 1926 Dromcollogher cinema fire are now available through the link below. The talk is on Sunday 28 September in Newcastle West county Limerick.
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Why did Dublin authorities try to ban street trading in the 1920s? The move to ban women traders selling fruit, vegetables and fish at Dublin street markets was led by a group of 'substantial ratepayers', writes @susanmariemartin.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Why did Dublin authorities try to ban street trading in 1920s?
The move to ban women traders selling fruit, vegetables and fish at Dublin street markets was led by a group of 'substantial ratepayers'
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September 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Why did Dublin authorities try to ban street trading in the 1920s? The move to ban women traders selling fruit, vegetables and fish at Dublin street markets was led by a group of 'substantial ratepayers', writes @susanmariemartin.bsky.social @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Tuesday in the stacks. My happy place (&sentiment) in the wake of a public school board in Alberta banning 200 books. One is Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale 4 sexually explicit content. Apparently the sexual exploitation of women should not be part of the curriculum. Tragic. #TorontoReferenceLibrary
September 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tuesday in the stacks. My happy place (&sentiment) in the wake of a public school board in Alberta banning 200 books. One is Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale 4 sexually explicit content. Apparently the sexual exploitation of women should not be part of the curriculum. Tragic. #TorontoReferenceLibrary
Today’s read is a revisit picked up last summer from @fourcourtspress as part of my research for ‘civic evil’ and civil disobedience. I had discovered that Sarah Cecilia Harrison was a strong advocate of women street traders and other pro-poor food supply chains including allotments….
August 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Today’s read is a revisit picked up last summer from @fourcourtspress as part of my research for ‘civic evil’ and civil disobedience. I had discovered that Sarah Cecilia Harrison was a strong advocate of women street traders and other pro-poor food supply chains including allotments….
The cover of my forthcoming book features this gorgeous photo of the mkt at St. Patrick’s Close (late 19thC) generously provided by the @nlireland.bsky.social . Jonathan Swift (satirist, Dean of St. Patrick’s) was a regular there & recognized how critical earnings were for women street traders.
August 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The cover of my forthcoming book features this gorgeous photo of the mkt at St. Patrick’s Close (late 19thC) generously provided by the @nlireland.bsky.social . Jonathan Swift (satirist, Dean of St. Patrick’s) was a regular there & recognized how critical earnings were for women street traders.
The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Simon & Schuster, 2018).
July 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Simon & Schuster, 2018).
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Dublin’s housing crisis isn’t new - one in four lived in cramped one-room tenements in 1911, new CSO data shows
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Dublin’s housing crisis isn’t new - one in four lived in cramped one-room tenements in 1911, data shows
Despite the poor state of the tenements, many landlords received tax rebates on their properties at the time.
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July 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Dublin’s housing crisis isn’t new - one in four lived in cramped one-room tenements in 1911, new CSO data shows
jrnl.ie/6752501
jrnl.ie/6752501
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Spotted during this afternoon’s reference shift @ransomcenter.bsky.social: T.E. Lawrence’s copy of #Ulysses, signed by #JamesJoyce! (A bit early for #Bloomsday, but impressive nevertheless…)
#humanities #literature
#modernism #speccolls
#LawrenceOfArabia #booksky 🗃️📜📚
#humanities #literature
#modernism #speccolls
#LawrenceOfArabia #booksky 🗃️📜📚
June 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Spotted during this afternoon’s reference shift @ransomcenter.bsky.social: T.E. Lawrence’s copy of #Ulysses, signed by #JamesJoyce! (A bit early for #Bloomsday, but impressive nevertheless…)
#humanities #literature
#modernism #speccolls
#LawrenceOfArabia #booksky 🗃️📜📚
#humanities #literature
#modernism #speccolls
#LawrenceOfArabia #booksky 🗃️📜📚
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As a #researcher, do you want to connect with funders, the media, the public or policymakers? Start by thinking like a storyteller, writes Erin O'Dwyer of @sydney.edu.au: ow.ly/HpfS50VZ2WV #research #academicsky #impact #scicomm
Find the hero energy in the story of your research
Want to connect with funders, the media, the public or policymakers? Start by thinking like a storyteller
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May 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
As a #researcher, do you want to connect with funders, the media, the public or policymakers? Start by thinking like a storyteller, writes Erin O'Dwyer of @sydney.edu.au: ow.ly/HpfS50VZ2WV #research #academicsky #impact #scicomm
Many thanks to @judybolger.bsky.social , Ciara and all at #carlowcollege who worked to make the @whaireland.bsky.social conference such a rich and dynamic gathering. Brava! 👏🏻
May 26, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Many thanks to @judybolger.bsky.social , Ciara and all at #carlowcollege who worked to make the @whaireland.bsky.social conference such a rich and dynamic gathering. Brava! 👏🏻
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Digitalisation of 1926 Census one step closer as Cabinet to hear next steps
So excited about this, April 2026 release - not just seeing my own family returns, but it’ll be really intetesting the returns of the Cumann na mBan women I research - or the absence of returns! #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6709077
So excited about this, April 2026 release - not just seeing my own family returns, but it’ll be really intetesting the returns of the Cumann na mBan women I research - or the absence of returns! #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6709077
Digitalisation of 1926 Census one step closer as Cabinet to hear next steps
The 1926 Census was the first of the Irish Free State.
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May 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Digitalisation of 1926 Census one step closer as Cabinet to hear next steps
So excited about this, April 2026 release - not just seeing my own family returns, but it’ll be really intetesting the returns of the Cumann na mBan women I research - or the absence of returns! #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6709077
So excited about this, April 2026 release - not just seeing my own family returns, but it’ll be really intetesting the returns of the Cumann na mBan women I research - or the absence of returns! #speirgorm jrnl.ie/6709077
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How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks ed. David Luke publishes #OpenAccess on 22nd May 2025.
This book will be free to read and download from our website. 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@africaatlse.bsky.social #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #Africa #Trade #Agriculture #Sustainability
This book will be free to read and download from our website. 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@africaatlse.bsky.social #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #Africa #Trade #Agriculture #Sustainability
May 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks ed. David Luke publishes #OpenAccess on 22nd May 2025.
This book will be free to read and download from our website. 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@africaatlse.bsky.social #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #Africa #Trade #Agriculture #Sustainability
This book will be free to read and download from our website. 🔗 doi.org/10.31389/lse...
@africaatlse.bsky.social #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #Africa #Trade #Agriculture #Sustainability
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For anyone interested in Irish food culture now + in the recent past, health, wellbeing + how we might design approaches to consumption + dietary behaviours, this event is not to be missed
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May 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For anyone interested in Irish food culture now + in the recent past, health, wellbeing + how we might design approaches to consumption + dietary behaviours, this event is not to be missed
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Delighted to be presenting at the @whaireland.bsky.social conference at Carlow College St. Patrick's next weekend. It will be great to catch up with colleagues and learn from such a broad and accomplished list of scholars. Well done to the conference organizers!
May 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Delighted to be presenting at the @whaireland.bsky.social conference at Carlow College St. Patrick's next weekend. It will be great to catch up with colleagues and learn from such a broad and accomplished list of scholars. Well done to the conference organizers!
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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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Love my job. Love all the ethical questioning it swims in. Love that it is so embedded in society. Love that it is about public and common good. Love that its independence is a sign of a working democracy.
#Archivist
#Archivist
February 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Love my job. Love all the ethical questioning it swims in. Love that it is so embedded in society. Love that it is about public and common good. Love that its independence is a sign of a working democracy.
#Archivist
#Archivist
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Very enjoyable evening at Connolly House this evening, talking about Rebel Women from West Belfast, in exact place they lived & worked. Engaged audience & lots of questions. Many thanks to @siobhraaiken.bsky.social for taking part and @btpbooks.bsky.social for supplying the books.
February 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Very enjoyable evening at Connolly House this evening, talking about Rebel Women from West Belfast, in exact place they lived & worked. Engaged audience & lots of questions. Many thanks to @siobhraaiken.bsky.social for taking part and @btpbooks.bsky.social for supplying the books.
@torontobluejays.bsky.social Mad Max 👏🏻🙌🏻
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
@torontobluejays.bsky.social Mad Max 👏🏻🙌🏻
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My research into Nanny Morgan has been one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done. Ann Morgan's story highlights the importance of honouring historical legacies in folkloric narratives. She deserves to be remembered.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann...
#Folklore #Witches
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#Folklore #Witches
January 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
My research into Nanny Morgan has been one of the most fulfilling things I've ever done. Ann Morgan's story highlights the importance of honouring historical legacies in folkloric narratives. She deserves to be remembered.
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann...
#Folklore #Witches
nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2022/08/nann...
#Folklore #Witches