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The first woman admitted to the all-male Royal Astronomical Society, Agnes Mary Clerke's analyses were so reliable, thoughtful & wide reaching that she became a revered authority. The Clerke lunar crater was named to commemorate her. www.dib.ie/biography/cl... #DIBLives
The first woman admitted to the all-male Royal Astronomical Society, Agnes Mary Clerke's analyses were so reliable, thoughtful & wide reaching that she became a revered authority. The Clerke lunar crater was named to commemorate her. www.dib.ie/biography/cl... #DIBLives
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 AM
#NollaignamBan
The first woman admitted to the all-male Royal Astronomical Society, Agnes Mary Clerke's analyses were so reliable, thoughtful & wide reaching that she became a revered authority. The Clerke lunar crater was named to commemorate her. www.dib.ie/biography/cl... #DIBLives
The first woman admitted to the all-male Royal Astronomical Society, Agnes Mary Clerke's analyses were so reliable, thoughtful & wide reaching that she became a revered authority. The Clerke lunar crater was named to commemorate her. www.dib.ie/biography/cl... #DIBLives
#DIBLives One of the first female surgeons in New York city, Gertrude B. Kelly (b. #OTD 1862) worked in slums & tenements where she frequently assisted poor patients. Her experience undoubtedly contributed to the development of her activist political views. www.dib.ie/index.php/bi...
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
#DIBLives One of the first female surgeons in New York city, Gertrude B. Kelly (b. #OTD 1862) worked in slums & tenements where she frequently assisted poor patients. Her experience undoubtedly contributed to the development of her activist political views. www.dib.ie/index.php/bi...
#DIBLives Happy #InternationalDayofWomenJudges Judge Mella Carroll forged a path for women in Irish law: she was the first female chair of the Bar Council of Ireland and the first female High Court judge. Her rulings are regularly cited in judicial reviews. www.dib.ie/biography/ca...
March 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM
#DIBLives Happy #InternationalDayofWomenJudges Judge Mella Carroll forged a path for women in Irish law: she was the first female chair of the Bar Council of Ireland and the first female High Court judge. Her rulings are regularly cited in judicial reviews. www.dib.ie/biography/ca...
#DIBLives Deeply committed to social justice & alleviating the burdens of poverty & ill-health (which she noted fell heaviest on women), with characteristic modesty Maura O'Donohue (b. #OTD 1933) described her own career as merely ‘getting other people to do their bit’. www.dib.ie/biography/od...
March 2, 2026 at 9:35 AM
#DIBLives Deeply committed to social justice & alleviating the burdens of poverty & ill-health (which she noted fell heaviest on women), with characteristic modesty Maura O'Donohue (b. #OTD 1933) described her own career as merely ‘getting other people to do their bit’. www.dib.ie/biography/od...
‘From the cabins and the ditches, in their charred, uncoffin'd masses...’
In Jan. 1847 The Nation magazine published poet, nationalist & feminist Jane 'Speranza' Wilde's (d. #OTD 1896) poem 'The Famine Year', the first major poetic response to the Great Famine. www.dib.ie/biography/wi... #DIBLives
In Jan. 1847 The Nation magazine published poet, nationalist & feminist Jane 'Speranza' Wilde's (d. #OTD 1896) poem 'The Famine Year', the first major poetic response to the Great Famine. www.dib.ie/biography/wi... #DIBLives
February 3, 2026 at 9:09 AM
‘From the cabins and the ditches, in their charred, uncoffin'd masses...’
In Jan. 1847 The Nation magazine published poet, nationalist & feminist Jane 'Speranza' Wilde's (d. #OTD 1896) poem 'The Famine Year', the first major poetic response to the Great Famine. www.dib.ie/biography/wi... #DIBLives
In Jan. 1847 The Nation magazine published poet, nationalist & feminist Jane 'Speranza' Wilde's (d. #OTD 1896) poem 'The Famine Year', the first major poetic response to the Great Famine. www.dib.ie/biography/wi... #DIBLives
Born #OTD 1931, Evelyn Owens was a true pioneer: the first female president of an Irish trade union for both sexes, the first woman to chair the Labour Court and, as a member of the presidential commission, the first woman to sign an Irish bill into law. www.dib.ie/biography/ow... #DIBLives
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Born #OTD 1931, Evelyn Owens was a true pioneer: the first female president of an Irish trade union for both sexes, the first woman to chair the Labour Court and, as a member of the presidential commission, the first woman to sign an Irish bill into law. www.dib.ie/biography/ow... #DIBLives
#DIBLives In December 1919 the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was passed, allowing women admission to the legal & other professions. 46 days later Dorothea Heron became the 1st woman apprenticed as a solicitor & #OTD 1923 she became the 1st woman solicitor in Ireland. www.dib.ie/biography/he...
April 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
#DIBLives In December 1919 the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was passed, allowing women admission to the legal & other professions. 46 days later Dorothea Heron became the 1st woman apprenticed as a solicitor & #OTD 1923 she became the 1st woman solicitor in Ireland. www.dib.ie/biography/he...
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One of Ireland’s first female paediatricians, Victoria Coffey's (b. #OTD 1911) research into congenital disorders and sudden infant death helped advance the study of newborn health. She was also the first female president of the Irish Paediatric Association. www.dib.ie/biography/co...
One of Ireland’s first female paediatricians, Victoria Coffey's (b. #OTD 1911) research into congenital disorders and sudden infant death helped advance the study of newborn health. She was also the first female president of the Irish Paediatric Association. www.dib.ie/biography/co...
September 16, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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One of Ireland’s first female paediatricians, Victoria Coffey's (b. #OTD 1911) research into congenital disorders and sudden infant death helped advance the study of newborn health. She was also the first female president of the Irish Paediatric Association. www.dib.ie/biography/co...
One of Ireland’s first female paediatricians, Victoria Coffey's (b. #OTD 1911) research into congenital disorders and sudden infant death helped advance the study of newborn health. She was also the first female president of the Irish Paediatric Association. www.dib.ie/biography/co...
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The first woman elected to the British parliament and the only female cabinet minister in the first Dáil Éireann, revolutionary, nationalist, labour activist, suffragist and politician Constance Markievicz died #OTD 1927. www.dib.ie/biography/ma...
The first woman elected to the British parliament and the only female cabinet minister in the first Dáil Éireann, revolutionary, nationalist, labour activist, suffragist and politician Constance Markievicz died #OTD 1927. www.dib.ie/biography/ma...
July 14, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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The first woman elected to the British parliament and the only female cabinet minister in the first Dáil Éireann, revolutionary, nationalist, labour activist, suffragist and politician Constance Markievicz died #OTD 1927. www.dib.ie/biography/ma...
The first woman elected to the British parliament and the only female cabinet minister in the first Dáil Éireann, revolutionary, nationalist, labour activist, suffragist and politician Constance Markievicz died #OTD 1927. www.dib.ie/biography/ma...
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Captain Charles Boycott believed Irish peasants were prone to idleness and required firm handling. Following an attempt to evict tenants #OTD 1880 he was subjected to the ostracism advocated by Parnell, and the word 'Boycott' entered the English language. www.dib.ie/biography/bo...
Captain Charles Boycott believed Irish peasants were prone to idleness and required firm handling. Following an attempt to evict tenants #OTD 1880 he was subjected to the ostracism advocated by Parnell, and the word 'Boycott' entered the English language. www.dib.ie/biography/bo...
September 22, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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Captain Charles Boycott believed Irish peasants were prone to idleness and required firm handling. Following an attempt to evict tenants #OTD 1880 he was subjected to the ostracism advocated by Parnell, and the word 'Boycott' entered the English language. www.dib.ie/biography/bo...
Captain Charles Boycott believed Irish peasants were prone to idleness and required firm handling. Following an attempt to evict tenants #OTD 1880 he was subjected to the ostracism advocated by Parnell, and the word 'Boycott' entered the English language. www.dib.ie/biography/bo...
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'A lot of nincompoops.'
Monaghan-born suffragist Mary Agnes Lee (d. #OTD 1909) helped found the South Australian Women's Suffrage League. Frustrated by the lack of progress, she kept campaigning and in 1894 South Australian women won the parliamentary vote. www.dib.ie/biography/le...
'A lot of nincompoops.'
Monaghan-born suffragist Mary Agnes Lee (d. #OTD 1909) helped found the South Australian Women's Suffrage League. Frustrated by the lack of progress, she kept campaigning and in 1894 South Australian women won the parliamentary vote. www.dib.ie/biography/le...
September 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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'A lot of nincompoops.'
Monaghan-born suffragist Mary Agnes Lee (d. #OTD 1909) helped found the South Australian Women's Suffrage League. Frustrated by the lack of progress, she kept campaigning and in 1894 South Australian women won the parliamentary vote. www.dib.ie/biography/le...
'A lot of nincompoops.'
Monaghan-born suffragist Mary Agnes Lee (d. #OTD 1909) helped found the South Australian Women's Suffrage League. Frustrated by the lack of progress, she kept campaigning and in 1894 South Australian women won the parliamentary vote. www.dib.ie/biography/le...
#DIBLives
Next in our series for #EarthDay2026 is 'Madam Dragonfly' Cynthia Longfield. Generous with her time, especially with young researchers, she travelled extensively, always with net in hand. In 1983 she was made first fellow of the British Dragonfly Society. www.dib.ie/biography/lo...
Next in our series for #EarthDay2026 is 'Madam Dragonfly' Cynthia Longfield. Generous with her time, especially with young researchers, she travelled extensively, always with net in hand. In 1983 she was made first fellow of the British Dragonfly Society. www.dib.ie/biography/lo...
April 23, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Next in our series for #EarthDay2026 is 'Madam Dragonfly' Cynthia Longfield. Generous with her time, especially with young researchers, she travelled extensively, always with net in hand. In 1983 she was made first fellow of the British Dragonfly Society. www.dib.ie/biography/lo...
Next in our series for #EarthDay2026 is 'Madam Dragonfly' Cynthia Longfield. Generous with her time, especially with young researchers, she travelled extensively, always with net in hand. In 1983 she was made first fellow of the British Dragonfly Society. www.dib.ie/biography/lo...
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! And today also marks the 6th anniversary of our website going #openaccess. Thank you all for reading our #DIBLives over the past years, and we look forward to sharing many more with you. You can read about the real St Patrick here: www.dib.ie/biography/pa... #DIBLives
March 17, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! And today also marks the 6th anniversary of our website going #openaccess. Thank you all for reading our #DIBLives over the past years, and we look forward to sharing many more with you. You can read about the real St Patrick here: www.dib.ie/biography/pa... #DIBLives
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Trade unionist and suffragist Cissie Cahalan (d. #OTD 1948) was the first and only female president of the Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks (IUDWC). Her tenure oversaw the establishment of a minimum wage and an end to the living-in system. www.dib.ie/biography/ca...
Trade unionist and suffragist Cissie Cahalan (d. #OTD 1948) was the first and only female president of the Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks (IUDWC). Her tenure oversaw the establishment of a minimum wage and an end to the living-in system. www.dib.ie/biography/ca...
August 27, 2026 at 7:44 AM
#DIBLives
Trade unionist and suffragist Cissie Cahalan (d. #OTD 1948) was the first and only female president of the Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks (IUDWC). Her tenure oversaw the establishment of a minimum wage and an end to the living-in system. www.dib.ie/biography/ca...
Trade unionist and suffragist Cissie Cahalan (d. #OTD 1948) was the first and only female president of the Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks (IUDWC). Her tenure oversaw the establishment of a minimum wage and an end to the living-in system. www.dib.ie/biography/ca...
"On Raglan Road on an autumn day I met her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue."
After hearing Luke Kelly (d. #OTD 1984) singing in the Bailey pub, poet Patrick Kavanagh requested he interpret his poem ‘On Raglan Road’. www.dib.ie/biography/ke... #DIBLives
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue."
After hearing Luke Kelly (d. #OTD 1984) singing in the Bailey pub, poet Patrick Kavanagh requested he interpret his poem ‘On Raglan Road’. www.dib.ie/biography/ke... #DIBLives
January 30, 2026 at 9:43 AM
"On Raglan Road on an autumn day I met her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue."
After hearing Luke Kelly (d. #OTD 1984) singing in the Bailey pub, poet Patrick Kavanagh requested he interpret his poem ‘On Raglan Road’. www.dib.ie/biography/ke... #DIBLives
That her dark hair would weave a snare that I might one day rue."
After hearing Luke Kelly (d. #OTD 1984) singing in the Bailey pub, poet Patrick Kavanagh requested he interpret his poem ‘On Raglan Road’. www.dib.ie/biography/ke... #DIBLives
Every evening Mnsgr Hugh O'Flaherty stood on the steps of St Peter's Basilica in view of armed German soldiers, making himself available to Jews, dissidents, deserters & Allied soldiers. More than 4,000 escaped occupied Rome with his help. www.dib.ie/biography/of... #HolocaustMemorialDay #DIBLives
January 27, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Every evening Mnsgr Hugh O'Flaherty stood on the steps of St Peter's Basilica in view of armed German soldiers, making himself available to Jews, dissidents, deserters & Allied soldiers. More than 4,000 escaped occupied Rome with his help. www.dib.ie/biography/of... #HolocaustMemorialDay #DIBLives
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Appalled by the high rates of infant mortality in Dublin, revolutionary, suffragist and social reformer Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (d. #OTD 1944) established Teach Ultain, the first hospital for infants in Ireland with her partner Dr Kathleen Lynn. www.dib.ie/biography/mu...
Appalled by the high rates of infant mortality in Dublin, revolutionary, suffragist and social reformer Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (d. #OTD 1944) established Teach Ultain, the first hospital for infants in Ireland with her partner Dr Kathleen Lynn. www.dib.ie/biography/mu...
May 26, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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Appalled by the high rates of infant mortality in Dublin, revolutionary, suffragist and social reformer Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (d. #OTD 1944) established Teach Ultain, the first hospital for infants in Ireland with her partner Dr Kathleen Lynn. www.dib.ie/biography/mu...
Appalled by the high rates of infant mortality in Dublin, revolutionary, suffragist and social reformer Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (d. #OTD 1944) established Teach Ultain, the first hospital for infants in Ireland with her partner Dr Kathleen Lynn. www.dib.ie/biography/mu...
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#OTD 1922 a huge explosion at the Public Records Office in the Four Courts destroyed centuries of Irish administrative, legal & genealogical records. @virtualtreasury.bsky.social has spent years recreating many of these records & made them freely available to the public. virtualtreasury.ie
#OTD 1922 a huge explosion at the Public Records Office in the Four Courts destroyed centuries of Irish administrative, legal & genealogical records. @virtualtreasury.bsky.social has spent years recreating many of these records & made them freely available to the public. virtualtreasury.ie
June 30, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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#OTD 1922 a huge explosion at the Public Records Office in the Four Courts destroyed centuries of Irish administrative, legal & genealogical records. @virtualtreasury.bsky.social has spent years recreating many of these records & made them freely available to the public. virtualtreasury.ie
#OTD 1922 a huge explosion at the Public Records Office in the Four Courts destroyed centuries of Irish administrative, legal & genealogical records. @virtualtreasury.bsky.social has spent years recreating many of these records & made them freely available to the public. virtualtreasury.ie
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Finally, in our series for #EarthDay is John Tyndall, the scientist who first answered the question ‘why is the sky blue’. He also conducted the first study of London pollution and opened up public debate into the greenhouse effect on earth's atmosphere. www.dib.ie/biography/ty...
Finally, in our series for #EarthDay is John Tyndall, the scientist who first answered the question ‘why is the sky blue’. He also conducted the first study of London pollution and opened up public debate into the greenhouse effect on earth's atmosphere. www.dib.ie/biography/ty...
April 24, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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Finally, in our series for #EarthDay is John Tyndall, the scientist who first answered the question ‘why is the sky blue’. He also conducted the first study of London pollution and opened up public debate into the greenhouse effect on earth's atmosphere. www.dib.ie/biography/ty...
Finally, in our series for #EarthDay is John Tyndall, the scientist who first answered the question ‘why is the sky blue’. He also conducted the first study of London pollution and opened up public debate into the greenhouse effect on earth's atmosphere. www.dib.ie/biography/ty...
This week we are featuring some extraordinary Irish women in honour of #NollaignamBan. Mary Ann McCracken campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and argued that the liberty and equality sought by the United Irishmen should be extended to women. www.dib.ie/biography/mc... #DIBLives @ria.ie
January 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This week we are featuring some extraordinary Irish women in honour of #NollaignamBan. Mary Ann McCracken campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and argued that the liberty and equality sought by the United Irishmen should be extended to women. www.dib.ie/biography/mc... #DIBLives @ria.ie
#DIBLives Raised in an orphanage in Cabra, Dublin Thomas ‘Bang Bang’ Dudley ‘fired’ on the citizens of Dublin with a large brass key. Often his ‘victims’ joined in the wild-west pantomime, shooting back, clutching at ‘wounds’ & ‘dropping dead’. He was born #OTD 1906. www.dib.ie/biography/du...
February 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM
#DIBLives Raised in an orphanage in Cabra, Dublin Thomas ‘Bang Bang’ Dudley ‘fired’ on the citizens of Dublin with a large brass key. Often his ‘victims’ joined in the wild-west pantomime, shooting back, clutching at ‘wounds’ & ‘dropping dead’. He was born #OTD 1906. www.dib.ie/biography/du...
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#OTD 1941 novelist Kate O’Brien’s book ‘The Land of Spices’ was banned by the Board of Censors. She appealed the decision in 1946 and won. Eavan Boland termed her the Irish writer who meant most to her; John McGahern called her a poet working in prose. www.dib.ie/biography/ob...
#OTD 1941 novelist Kate O’Brien’s book ‘The Land of Spices’ was banned by the Board of Censors. She appealed the decision in 1946 and won. Eavan Boland termed her the Irish writer who meant most to her; John McGahern called her a poet working in prose. www.dib.ie/biography/ob...
May 5, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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#OTD 1941 novelist Kate O’Brien’s book ‘The Land of Spices’ was banned by the Board of Censors. She appealed the decision in 1946 and won. Eavan Boland termed her the Irish writer who meant most to her; John McGahern called her a poet working in prose. www.dib.ie/biography/ob...
#OTD 1941 novelist Kate O’Brien’s book ‘The Land of Spices’ was banned by the Board of Censors. She appealed the decision in 1946 and won. Eavan Boland termed her the Irish writer who meant most to her; John McGahern called her a poet working in prose. www.dib.ie/biography/ob...
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A prolific writer, an astute businesswoman and an engaging companion, novelist Maria Edgeworth (d. #OTD 1849) was adept at observing and mimicking life. With Edgeworthstown House as her anchor, her novels examined human society through focusing on local life. www.dib.ie/biography/ed...
A prolific writer, an astute businesswoman and an engaging companion, novelist Maria Edgeworth (d. #OTD 1849) was adept at observing and mimicking life. With Edgeworthstown House as her anchor, her novels examined human society through focusing on local life. www.dib.ie/biography/ed...
May 22, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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A prolific writer, an astute businesswoman and an engaging companion, novelist Maria Edgeworth (d. #OTD 1849) was adept at observing and mimicking life. With Edgeworthstown House as her anchor, her novels examined human society through focusing on local life. www.dib.ie/biography/ed...
A prolific writer, an astute businesswoman and an engaging companion, novelist Maria Edgeworth (d. #OTD 1849) was adept at observing and mimicking life. With Edgeworthstown House as her anchor, her novels examined human society through focusing on local life. www.dib.ie/biography/ed...
#BloomsDay. On 10 June 1904 Nora Barnacle first met James Joyce while walking in Nassau St. Dublin. He was supposedly so attracted to her that he walked up and presented himself. Their second meeting was on 16th June, the date immortalised by Joyce in 'Ulysses'. www.dib.ie/biography/ba... #DIBLives
June 15, 2026 at 8:04 AM
#BloomsDay. On 10 June 1904 Nora Barnacle first met James Joyce while walking in Nassau St. Dublin. He was supposedly so attracted to her that he walked up and presented himself. Their second meeting was on 16th June, the date immortalised by Joyce in 'Ulysses'. www.dib.ie/biography/ba... #DIBLives
#DIBLives Placed in St Vincent's Industrial School, Goldenbridge at the age of 4, nurse and advocate for survivors of childhood abuse Christine Buckley (d. #OTD 2014) was assigned the number ‘89’, which replaced her name for the 13 years she was a resident in St Vincent's. www.dib.ie/biography/bu...
March 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
#DIBLives Placed in St Vincent's Industrial School, Goldenbridge at the age of 4, nurse and advocate for survivors of childhood abuse Christine Buckley (d. #OTD 2014) was assigned the number ‘89’, which replaced her name for the 13 years she was a resident in St Vincent's. www.dib.ie/biography/bu...