The Wild Gees
@thewildgees.bsky.social
On a mission to seek out women's histories, prehistories and mythologies and share our adventures. Interested in under-told stories of all women 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Check out our blog: http://thewildgees.com/
Check out our blog: http://thewildgees.com/
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The Wild Gees
@thewildgees.bsky.social
· Jan 21
We're officially not on Twitter anymore but we have <10% of the followers we had there, so please give us a follow.
Here's the latest from the Wild Gees blog - a guest post about some midnight #SheelaNaGig activism: The Banksy Sheelas of Sussex
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Here's the latest from the Wild Gees blog - a guest post about some midnight #SheelaNaGig activism: The Banksy Sheelas of Sussex
thewildgees.com/guest-post-t...
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Tonight at 7 pm GMT, ticket link in comments!
#WeKeepTelling
Please join us and support one of the fundraisers.
#WeKeepTelling
Please join us and support one of the fundraisers.
#WeKeepTelling is back on 7 December at 7 pm GMT! Tickets are free, donations are encouraged & welcome. These readings have been called medicinal, so get yourself some much needed medicine to soothe your weary soul. Take a breath, listen to beautiful Palestinian poetry & prose.
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December 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Tonight at 7 pm GMT, ticket link in comments!
#WeKeepTelling
Please join us and support one of the fundraisers.
#WeKeepTelling
Please join us and support one of the fundraisers.
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6th December 2023: TG4 airs Croíthe Radacacha – Radical Hearts, a documentary illuminating queer women’s lives at the heart of the 1916 Irish Revolution. #OnThisDay #Queerstory 👉 buff.ly/BOjCtfe
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
6th December 2023: TG4 airs Croíthe Radacacha – Radical Hearts, a documentary illuminating queer women’s lives at the heart of the 1916 Irish Revolution. #OnThisDay #Queerstory 👉 buff.ly/BOjCtfe
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14 women were shot to death at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique #Canada #OTD 6 Dec 1989. 12 were engineering students. Thirteen others were injured. The shooter - who died by suicide - claimed he was ‘fighting feminism’. #RIP en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89c...
December 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
14 women were shot to death at Université de Montréal’s École Polytechnique #Canada #OTD 6 Dec 1989. 12 were engineering students. Thirteen others were injured. The shooter - who died by suicide - claimed he was ‘fighting feminism’. #RIP en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89c...
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As long as there have been children, there have been toys. As it's the #LateLateToyShow we thought we'd share some of our favourite toys in the @nmireland.bsky.social
Many toys through history copy adult life, like this wonderful toy boat and sword from Viking Dublin
#archaeology #SpéirGhorm
Many toys through history copy adult life, like this wonderful toy boat and sword from Viking Dublin
#archaeology #SpéirGhorm
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
As long as there have been children, there have been toys. As it's the #LateLateToyShow we thought we'd share some of our favourite toys in the @nmireland.bsky.social
Many toys through history copy adult life, like this wonderful toy boat and sword from Viking Dublin
#archaeology #SpéirGhorm
Many toys through history copy adult life, like this wonderful toy boat and sword from Viking Dublin
#archaeology #SpéirGhorm
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May I suggest this? Of course it is harrowing - because Amera has suffered unspeakable loss - but it is also beautiful books.apple.com/gb/book/the-...
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
May I suggest this? Of course it is harrowing - because Amera has suffered unspeakable loss - but it is also beautiful books.apple.com/gb/book/the-...
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What we are Reading, Watching and Listening to, in December 2025!
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What we are Reading, Watching and Listening to, in December 2025!
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Kudos to Pan Collins whose idea this was in the first place 50 years ago @rte.ie @rteone.rte.ie @latelateshow.rte.ie #LateLateToyShow
December 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Kudos to Pan Collins whose idea this was in the first place 50 years ago @rte.ie @rteone.rte.ie @latelateshow.rte.ie #LateLateToyShow
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December 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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The focus is on #EYAInclusion #EYACuimsiú today for #ExploreYourArchive❤️
We're celebrating Cuimhneamh an Chláir's collection of oral histories focusing on women's stories.
This is an interview with Biddy Kilmartin of Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare in the Women's Stories Collection: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
We're celebrating Cuimhneamh an Chláir's collection of oral histories focusing on women's stories.
This is an interview with Biddy Kilmartin of Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare in the Women's Stories Collection: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
Biddy Kilmartin interview - Digital Repository of Ireland
DRI Object
doi.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The focus is on #EYAInclusion #EYACuimsiú today for #ExploreYourArchive❤️
We're celebrating Cuimhneamh an Chláir's collection of oral histories focusing on women's stories.
This is an interview with Biddy Kilmartin of Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare in the Women's Stories Collection: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
We're celebrating Cuimhneamh an Chláir's collection of oral histories focusing on women's stories.
This is an interview with Biddy Kilmartin of Lisdoonvarna, Co. Clare in the Women's Stories Collection: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
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Died #OnThisDay 1904 aged 42 #Cork born Lucy Everest Boole (Back 2nd Right) 4th dau. of #GeorgeBoole. She was a lecturer @ London School of Medicine for Women & 1st female Prof. of Chemistry @RoyalFreeNHS 1st female elected Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry B&W📷@UCC
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Died #OnThisDay 1904 aged 42 #Cork born Lucy Everest Boole (Back 2nd Right) 4th dau. of #GeorgeBoole. She was a lecturer @ London School of Medicine for Women & 1st female Prof. of Chemistry @RoyalFreeNHS 1st female elected Fellow of the Institute of Chemistry B&W📷@UCC
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Irish Minister for Health calls the UK's descent into transphobia out for what it is.
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Irish Minister for Health calls the UK's descent into transphobia out for what it is.
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This is looting. It doesn't make it different because a friend or someone you know might be publishing on it in a few years and they're nice.
🚨IOF STEALING HERITAGE
The IOF stormed the town of Al-Maza'a Al-Sharqiyah in the West Bank and stole an ancient column from it!
Does the leadership of @asor-research.bsky.social - who had no problem hosting and partying with many 🇮🇱 archaeologists at their congress 2 weeks ago - have anything to say?
The IOF stormed the town of Al-Maza'a Al-Sharqiyah in the West Bank and stole an ancient column from it!
Does the leadership of @asor-research.bsky.social - who had no problem hosting and partying with many 🇮🇱 archaeologists at their congress 2 weeks ago - have anything to say?
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is looting. It doesn't make it different because a friend or someone you know might be publishing on it in a few years and they're nice.
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It´s Friday, it's raining- and most of us have a safe place to stay, away from the rain and the cold. Palestinians do not have this luxury, the situation is catastrophic and wishing it away won´t help. But you can help by sharing and donating, you can offer real, tangible help. Please do.
December 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It´s Friday, it's raining- and most of us have a safe place to stay, away from the rain and the cold. Palestinians do not have this luxury, the situation is catastrophic and wishing it away won´t help. But you can help by sharing and donating, you can offer real, tangible help. Please do.
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SWAI Statement on Closing
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
SWAI Statement on Closing
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding. Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an…
sexworkersallianceireland.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
SWAI Statement on Closing
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
We are heartbroken to announce that the Sex Workers Alliance Ireland (SWAI) is closing our doors after over 16 years, due to a lack of funding.
Since our foundation in 2009, we have brought an alternative voice to the dominant narrative about sex work in Ireland.
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Look, this will be a good craic and I'd love locals to come along and say hello, or throw buns up to the dais or something!
www.communities-ni.gov.uk/events/pictn...
www.communities-ni.gov.uk/events/pictn...
Pict’n Mix: art and identity in Ireland and Scotland’s Iron Ages
New research of a small collection of unusual Iron Age artefacts, mostly found in the north of Ireland, has led to a re-examination of communication between Ireland and Scotland, well before the early...
www.communities-ni.gov.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Look, this will be a good craic and I'd love locals to come along and say hello, or throw buns up to the dais or something!
www.communities-ni.gov.uk/events/pictn...
www.communities-ni.gov.uk/events/pictn...
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“RTÉ will not participate in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, nor will RTÉ broadcast the competition.
RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there.”
RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there.”
RTÉ to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israel
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed today that Israel will be allowed to take part...
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“RTÉ will not participate in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, nor will RTÉ broadcast the competition.
RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there.”
RTÉ feels that Ireland’s participation remains unconscionable given the appalling loss of lives in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis there.”
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Solidarity demonstration with the people in Gaza.
Bedford Row, Limerick City.
Saturday, December 6th.
1 pm
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Bedford Row, Limerick City.
Saturday, December 6th.
1 pm
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December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Solidarity demonstration with the people in Gaza.
Bedford Row, Limerick City.
Saturday, December 6th.
1 pm
🍉 🍉 🍉
Bedford Row, Limerick City.
Saturday, December 6th.
1 pm
🍉 🍉 🍉
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The sun sets on Kilcatherine cemetery, near me. The grave marker on the left is very old, likely early medieval.
Many of the later grave markers here are simple uncut field stones from famine times, when the local population was devastated.
Many of the later grave markers here are simple uncut field stones from famine times, when the local population was devastated.
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The sun sets on Kilcatherine cemetery, near me. The grave marker on the left is very old, likely early medieval.
Many of the later grave markers here are simple uncut field stones from famine times, when the local population was devastated.
Many of the later grave markers here are simple uncut field stones from famine times, when the local population was devastated.
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Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin have produced the world's first film in the ancient - and dead - Sumerian language
Watch: TCD debuts world's first film in ancient Sumerian
Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin have produced the world's first film in the ancient - and dead - Sumerian language.
www.rte.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin have produced the world's first film in the ancient - and dead - Sumerian language
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Died #Onthisday 2002 Ann Beckett. Ann was the first professionally qualified occupational therapist to work in Ireland & a pioneer in her field 'She gave of herself | selflessly for those in need' www.aoti.ie/about-us/ann...
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Died #Onthisday 2002 Ann Beckett. Ann was the first professionally qualified occupational therapist to work in Ireland & a pioneer in her field 'She gave of herself | selflessly for those in need' www.aoti.ie/about-us/ann...
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With every failed attempt to stop people groping the Molly Malone statue, we move closer to electrifying her, which is a social good
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
With every failed attempt to stop people groping the Molly Malone statue, we move closer to electrifying her, which is a social good
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📢 NEW blogpost klaxon!
Swash your buckles, find the rum and learn more about pirate women. Starting with Mary Read and Ann Bonny who were put on trial on this day in 1720.
Swash your buckles, find the rum and learn more about pirate women. Starting with Mary Read and Ann Bonny who were put on trial on this day in 1720.
Mary Read, Ann Bonny and other historical women pirates - Carve Her Name
Mary Read and Ann Bonny were historical female pirates who were put on trial. But what marked them out from many other women who made their fortunes at sea?
carvehername.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📢 NEW blogpost klaxon!
Swash your buckles, find the rum and learn more about pirate women. Starting with Mary Read and Ann Bonny who were put on trial on this day in 1720.
Swash your buckles, find the rum and learn more about pirate women. Starting with Mary Read and Ann Bonny who were put on trial on this day in 1720.
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17th century birthing stool, with handgrips for the mother to grasp during contractions and a 'cloth round the ring to keep out the aire'. Similar stools can be found described in the Bible and in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
17th century birthing stool, with handgrips for the mother to grasp during contractions and a 'cloth round the ring to keep out the aire'. Similar stools can be found described in the Bible and in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Blathmac’s Poems
In 2013, Siobhán Barrett started on a PhD, supported by a @maynoothuniversity.ie Hume Scholarship and then by an IRC GOI Scholarship (@researchireland.ie), with the aim of creating a lexical database of the Poems of Blathmac. This soon turned into something much bigger.
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Blathmac’s Poems
In 2013, Siobhán Barrett started on a PhD, supported by a @maynoothuniversity.ie Hume Scholarship and then by an IRC GOI Scholarship (@researchireland.ie), with the aim of creating a lexical database of the Poems of Blathmac. This soon turned into something much bigger.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Blathmac’s Poems
In 2013, Siobhán Barrett started on a PhD, supported by a @maynoothuniversity.ie Hume Scholarship and then by an IRC GOI Scholarship (@researchireland.ie), with the aim of creating a lexical database of the Poems of Blathmac. This soon turned into something much bigger.
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Blathmac’s Poems
In 2013, Siobhán Barrett started on a PhD, supported by a @maynoothuniversity.ie Hume Scholarship and then by an IRC GOI Scholarship (@researchireland.ie), with the aim of creating a lexical database of the Poems of Blathmac. This soon turned into something much bigger.
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To disseminate her research, Siobhán commissioned the composer Martin O’Leary (Music, @maynoothuniversity.ie) in 2017 to write a score for female voices, title Figell Blathmaic.
Siobhán’s PhD is available at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/10....
🌐: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts...
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Siobhán’s PhD is available at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/10....
🌐: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
To disseminate her research, Siobhán commissioned the composer Martin O’Leary (Music, @maynoothuniversity.ie) in 2017 to write a score for female voices, title Figell Blathmaic.
Siobhán’s PhD is available at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/10....
🌐: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts...
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Siobhán’s PhD is available at mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/10....
🌐: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts...
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