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Women’s History Association of Ireland
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The Women's History Association of Ireland (WHAI) has been promoting research into women's history in Ireland since 1989.
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · Sep 7
We are now receiving applications for the Anne Parnell Travel Grant. This year we have increased the value of the grant to €500. The application form can be found in the link below. Closing date for applications is 31 October 2026.
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The Anna Parnell Travel grant
landowner, and Delia Tudor Stewart Parnell. Michael Davitt’s proposal to establish an Irish Ladies’ Land League led him to propose Anna as its organiser as he had previously worked alongside Anna P…
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Just two days after today to apply for the Anna Parnell Grant.
October 28, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Just a gentle reminder that the last day for receiving applications is fast approaching (31 October). please spread the word if you know someone who might benefit from this bursary.
October 20, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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We were delighted to present Julien Santos de Mello with her book prize for best paper at our recent conference at Mary I. @ulhistory.bsky.social

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The WHAI/MIC best paper at the 2026 conference Award
The Women’s History Association of Ireland in conjunction with Mary Immaculate College EDII were delighted to award Julien Santos de Mello with a book token for best conference paper at our recent …
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October 20, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is marked around the world on 15th October.
I'm very glad to be able to contribute to this important day by sharing the podcasts from Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility conference @unioflimerick.bsky.social in May 2026.
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Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility in Landscapes and Spaces
Podcasts from Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility in Landscapes and Spaces. This conference took place on 27 May 2026 in University of Limerick. The aim of the Locating Loss project is to explor
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October 15, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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tmartinwalsh.bsky.social
Congratulations Anne - looking forward to reading it.
October 16, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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We are delighted to have teamed up with @womenshistnet.bsky.social for this years WHN Book prize. Congratulations @sarahcrook.bsky.social and @echomikeromeo.bsky.social on winning the book prize.
Women’s History Network/Women’s History Association of Ireland Book Prize 2025
We are delighted to announce the joint winners of the WHN/WHAI book prize for 2025: Sarah Crook, Unhappy Mothers: Women, Motherhood, and Social Change in Postwar Britain (Manchester University Pres…
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October 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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Contributors @graceheaton.bsky.social @beckierutherford.bsky.social S. Jobling, K. Wilson @susiedeedigan.bsky.social @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social K. Cowman, J. White @carolinea31.bsky.social A. Muggeridge @racheljcollett.bsky.social @annefhlogan.bsky.social J. Hogarth Raineau @caitbeaumont.bsky.social
caitbeaumont.bsky.social Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 16d
📣 Our 'Introduction' to #SI of @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social #womensgrassrootsactivism New Histories of Female Activism in Twentieth-Century Britain & Ireland is published & free to read now 📣. @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social #skystorians
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The abstract text from Women's History Review for the Introduction article being promoted in this post.
October 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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This #SI is an output of @ukri.org #AHRC funded research network #womensgrassrootsactivism. I ❤️ working with co-editors @ruthdav.bsky.social @annefhlogan.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social & Anna Muggeridge & the fantastic women who participated in our project learn.lsbu.ac.uk/womens-grass...
October 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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caitbeaumont.bsky.social
Not known for 'trending' so a surprise to see me + @corinnepainter.bsky.social @clodaghtait.bsky.social @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social @susiedeedigan.bsky.social @zorasimic.bsky.social as 'trending articles' for WHR! Mad timing as just found a 're-write & re-submit' letter d. 1992 from WHR #persistance.
A list of 'trending' articles for the journal Women's History Review
October 15, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Lovely review of @lorrainegrimes.bsky.social first book available to read on our website. Thanks to Helen Doyle for reviewing it for us.
Lorraine Grimes, Single Mothers in twentieth-century Ireland and Britain: pregnancy, migration and institutionalization (London, 2025).
Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes became the focus of global attention in 2014 following the discovery of 796 infant death records, for which no matching burial records could be found in Tuam, Co Gal…
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October 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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congratulations to @susiedeedigan.bsky.social @caitbeaumont.bsky.social @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social on this impressive scholarly article
October 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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This will be of interest to many of our members. Adam gave a fascinating paper on the subject at out conference this year.
Investing in Dublin: Tontines, Women, and Financial Life in 19th C Ireland - Royal Irish Academy
These talks will explore how ordinary Dubliners engaged with systems of savings and commercial speculation in the nineteenth century. Speakers: Dr Andrew McDiarmid Adam Kane (PhD candidate at UCD) The...
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September 24, 2026 at 9:05 PM
whaireland.bsky.social
We are now receiving applications for the Anne Parnell Travel Grant. This year we have increased the value of the grant to €500. The application form can be found in the link below. Closing date for applications is 31 October 2026.
womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prize...
The Anna Parnell Travel grant
landowner, and Delia Tudor Stewart Parnell. Michael Davitt’s proposal to establish an Irish Ladies’ Land League led him to propose Anna as its organiser as he had previously worked alongside Anna P…
womenshistoryassociation.com
September 7, 2026 at 9:16 AM
whaireland.bsky.social
We have a new book review up on our site this morning. Thanks to Leona Armstrong for reviewing Rita McCarthy's book on the County Clare Mother and Baby Home.

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Rita McCarthy: Forgotten Lives – The Story of the County Clare Mother and Baby Home Known as the County Nursery, 1922–1932
Rita McCarthy’s Forgotten Lives – The Story of the County Clare Mother and Baby Home Known as the County Nursery, 1922–1932 is an important and deeply moving contribution to the history of County C…
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September 7, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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caitbeaumont.bsky.social
📢 Hot off the press: my new @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
piece on radical & innovative summer schools for rural women run by United Irishwomen/ICA 1929+. Read about adventure, dancing, crafting & rabbit pie. Joy is foregrounded as women carved out leisure time for themselves.
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The story of the revolutionary 1929 Tipperary school for women
Here's what happened when a group of intrepid women packed their bags, gathered hay for bedding and headed up Slievenamon in 1929
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August 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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caitbeaumont.bsky.social
Lovely review by @clodaghfinn.bsky.social in @irishexaminer.bsky.social today for new @manchesterup.bsky.social edited collection 'Flappers & the Jazz Age in Ireland' manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181787/. Looking forward to launch in Cork next Friday 🥳. @whaireland.bsky.social #20s30s.
Clodagh Finn: The Irish flappers who gave bishops sleepless nights by embracing jazz and fashion
New research reveals how Irish women embraced jazz, fashion and dance despite bishops’ warnings about the supposed dangers of modernity
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August 29, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Congratulations to @lorrainegrimes.bsky.social on the review of her first book.
September 7, 2026 at 7:26 AM
whaireland.bsky.social
Congratulations to all of the contributors of this wonderful new edition. Packed full of new research and understanding of Ireland in the 1920s and 1930s.
caitbeaumont.bsky.social Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Sep 5
Much fun 🥳 was had at the Pav (beautifully restored 1920s venue in Cork) last night to launch the #FlappersJazzAgeIreland book. Great speech by the one & only @clodaghfinn.bsky.social highlighting the importance of joy as a feeling in historical work #historyemotions. @whaireland.bsky.social
manchesterup.bsky.social Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Sep 2
Writing in the Irish Examiner, Clodagh Finn describes Flappers and the Jazz Age as "eye-opening" and praises its "narrative-changing picture" of Ireland in the 1920s and 30s, bringing overlooked stories of women's leisure, work and creativity back into focus.

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September 7, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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Congratulations to Sonja Tiernan and all involved in organising this wonderful weekend.

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Eva Gore-Booth: Centenary Celebration of a Radical, Rebel and Reformer, 24 & 25 July, Lissadell House, Sligo
Co-organised with the Irish Labour History Society, the weekend event was a great success with 87 registered attendees and beautiful opening paper given by Sabina Higgins. RTÉ featured a …
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August 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
whaireland.bsky.social
Our latest emerging scholar blog is now online. Thanks to @susancurleymeyer.bsky.social for a fascinating glimpse into her research.
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Market women in Dublin: A snippet of my PhD research (Dr Susan Curley Meyer’s)
Documentary textual sources that signify the presence of market women and their role in Dublin’s secondary economies are scant, yet a wide range of visual media confirms their presence and place in…
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August 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
whaireland.bsky.social
A gentle reminder to our members that if you have or are moving to a new institution or if you just completed your PhD, please make sure your email address is current. If you need to change your email you can contact Deirdre our Membership Secretary who will be happy to update your details.
July 12, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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Tickets for Eva Gore-Booth Centenary Celebration at her birthplace Lissadell House, Sligo on 24 & 25 July are limited and may be booked 👇 Official opening by Sabina Higgins. Promises to be an enjoyable & engaging event @whaireland.bsky.social
Poster promoting Centenary Celebration of Eva Gore-Booth including image Gore-Booth painted by her sister Constance Markievicz
July 8, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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We have another great review online this afternoon . Thanks to Brid Connelly for taking the time to review it for us.

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Susan Maire Martin: Dublin’s women street traders, 1882 – 1932: ‘Civil evil’ and civil disobedience (Four Court Press, 2025)
As Susan Marie Martin says, Molly Malone, the cockles and mussels street trader, renderedin a bronze sculpture, was unveiled to celebrate Dublin’s millennium, in 1988. It makes thecity sound like a…
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June 26, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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caitbeaumont.bsky.social
Great news 🥳. Looking forward to wider group of women involved in #Irishrevolution being included in the 'list' once published. Hope our grandmother Maírín Beaumont is there & many more of her #CumannnamBan comrades. Read about her here: theconversation.com/how-a-photog... @whaireland.bsky.social
Dublin council to commission new monument honouring women of Ireland’s revolution
Move part of broader effort to address historical underrepresentation of women in public spaces
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June 26, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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tmartinwalsh.bsky.social
Thanks guys. I really enjoyed giving the talk as part of your wonderful seminar series last year.
tippstudies.bsky.social Tipperary Studies @tippstudies.bsky.social · Jun 23
Have a listen to our full length lecture by Dr Martin Walsh on a little known society, The Girls Friendship Society, who helped Prodestant girls emigrating for work to Britian and further afield in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Available on Spotify and Apple podcasts
Lecture_ Friendship’s Highway: Assisting Irish Girls’ Friendly Society members as they emigrated from Ireland, c 1885-1935 by Dr Martin Walsh
Tipperary Studies Podcast · Episode
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June 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM