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Laura McAtackney
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Working on archaeology, heritage, memory, and knowing the past as Prof in Radical Humanities at UC Cork. Specializes in post/conflict and post/colonial contexts inc fieldwork in Ireland and Caribbean. Unapologetic focus on social justice. .. more

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 9h
I wrote a short blog piece on provision for disabled veterans of the World Wars in French-ruled West Africa. You can read it here: maynoothhistory.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/t...
‘The Infinitely Sad Spectacle of Our Cripples’: Disabled War Veterans in French-ruled West Africa
Prof Dónal Hassett In October 1948, the leader of the Federation of Veterans of French West Africa, Pape Seck Douta, wrote to the Governor General of France’s West African colonies to complain abou…
maynoothhistory.wordpress.com

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 9h
Ha, it got worse! Eventually the poor night receptionist at the wrong hotel let me stay semi-unofficially in a semi-off the books room if i paid a top up fee. I literally didn’t care by that stage as i was so tired but it all felt a bit dodge and that i could end up on some bad tv murder program.

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 10h
For now it seems so, i wonder at what stage they’ll let the rest of us know? Maybe when their very open and transparent project is completed?!

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 10h
This happened to me except not med emergency (pilot timed out as we waited out a storm), it was Dulles and the airline tried to pretend it wasn’t their problem. Eventually got a voucher for a hotel but no address, at least three hotels with that name. Most of us went to the wrong one. Looong night.
sarahjeong.bsky.social sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21h
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 11h
As one might expect from an imposed British govt initiative, which advertised for historians nearly 18 months ago and haven’t updated their website since.

5 year job replacements ads are appearing, which seem to suggest positions have been filled.

TRANSPARENCY, key obv.

niofficialhistory.org.uk
Northern Ireland Official History
niofficialhistory.org.uk

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 13h
It is mad to see the impunity with which far right activists have been able to operate especially in the context of mass arrests of the Palestine solidarity movement. This is particularly alarming across the water in Britain where fascist thugs are running riot. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard
Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover
www.theguardian.com

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21h
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 1d
I love the pure danger of senior ppl!
charlielynch.bsky.social Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d
From the deerstalker to the séance.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s last novel was intended to convert readers to spiritualism and help avert the apocalypse, but has bewildered publishers and readers ever since. I spoke to Prof Christine Ferguson to find out more: www.thenational.scot/culture/2656...
From séances to print: The strange journey of a lost Conan Doyle chapter
YOU’VE surely heard of Sherlock Holmes, but what of The Land Of Mist? Over a century after his creation, Arthur Conan Doyle’s deerstalker-clad…
www.thenational.scot

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 1d
From the deerstalker to the séance.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s last novel was intended to convert readers to spiritualism and help avert the apocalypse, but has bewildered publishers and readers ever since. I spoke to Prof Christine Ferguson to find out more: www.thenational.scot/culture/2656...
From séances to print: The strange journey of a lost Conan Doyle chapter
YOU’VE surely heard of Sherlock Holmes, but what of The Land Of Mist? Over a century after his creation, Arthur Conan Doyle’s deerstalker-clad…
www.thenational.scot

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 2d
An absolute disgrace that these small number of humanitarian visas for Gazan students to attend university in Ireland are not being prioritized by the govt. The places are funding, the universities are full supportive. The govt should do their job. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Gaza student misses start of UCC course amid visa appeal delays
Some 58 students from Gaza granted scholarships to Irish third-level institutions remain unable to travel after visa refusals, despite many having lodged appeals months ago
www.irishexaminer.com