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Peter Gray

@petergray47.bsky.social

Created a starter pack for #IrishHistory on Bluesky - apologies if I’ve left folks out - let me know go.bsky.app/TQ96Hoe

October 20, 2024 at 10:19 AM

Joe O’Brien

@pnamblath.bsky.social

#OTD 10 April 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was signed, marking a step towards ending decades of violence in Northern Ireland.
#SpéirGhorm #speirgorm #IrishHistory

April 10, 2026 at 9:31 AM

Ann Tigone

@anntigone.bsky.social

They tried to
distill the blood
with distance
like temporal, spatial alchemists
but the dark magic
lingered in our DNA...

#poemsabout #blood
#IrishHistory #MagdaleneLaundries #MotherandBabyHomes

October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM

Dr Mary McAuliffe

@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

Delighted to have asked to do the @iaphistorians.bsky.social annual lecture. All welcome #speirgorm #skystorians #irishhistory #history

Martin O'Donoghue @martinodonoghue.bsky.social · Mar 24

Looking forward to this year's @iaphistorians.bsky.social Annual Lecture @nlireland.bsky.social Tuesday 15 April at 6.30pm (after the AGM) - Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social - 'Afterlives of Revolutionary Violence'
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/afterlives...

Afterlives of Revolutionary Violence

www.nli.ie

March 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM

Tuatha

@tuatha.ie

Medieval frescoes • Clare Island Abbey • Mayo

The island's small Cistercian abbey church has some of Ireland's best surviving medieval paintings, depicting dragons and fantastical beasts.

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Medieval #IrishHistory #Archaeology

Medieval frescoes depicting a dragon and demon

February 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM

Peter Gray

@petergray47.bsky.social

Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies is now here @usihs.bsky.social #IrishHistory

November 22, 2024 at 5:50 PM

Dr Mary McAuliffe

@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

Happy 250th birthday to a great Kerryman, the Liberator, Daniel O’Connell #irishhistory #speirgorm

August 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM

Joe O’Brien

@pnamblath.bsky.social

An absolutely honest & hilarious entry from the recently released 1926 Census!
#Speirgorm #SpéirGhorm #IrishHistory #IrishGeneology #1926Census

April 21, 2026 at 6:50 PM

Heather's Backyard

@heathersbackyard.bsky.social

Today's view ✨

#landscapephotography #napoleonicwatchtower #irishhistory #hornhead #irishcoast

A view through the ruined stone window of the historic Horn Head Napoleonic watchtower, looking out over steep ocean cliffs and the sea.

September 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM

Juliane Weber

@julianeweber.bsky.social

Get swept away to 19th century #Ireland in the Irish Fortune Series…

lnk.bio/ZeRo

#KindleUnlimited #IrishHistory #HistoricalRomance #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #series #GreatFamine

June 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM

Joe O’Brien

@pnamblath.bsky.social

#speirgorm #SpéirGhorm #IrishHistory

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · May 24

Archaeologists have found what is believed to be the first intact Roman pot in Ireland ever

'First ever' intact Roman pot found in Ireland

Archaeologists have found what is believed to be the first intact Roman pot in Ireland ever. The pot was unearthed earlier from an archaeological excavation at Drumanagh, near the village of Loughshin...

www.rte.ie

May 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Smartphone Photographer

@pocket-ireland.com

Two Towers. #IrishHeritage #Ancientlreland #MonochromeMagic #StoneStructures #HistoricalSites #architecture #Explorelreland #RoundTower #IrishHistory #BlackAndWhitePhotography #SmartphonePhotography #Photography #Ireland

April 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM

Dr Mary McAuliffe

@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with two great scholars of women’s / gender history #history #irishhistory #speirgorm

Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · Apr 22

PhD opportunity at TCD under the supervision of Dr Deirdre Foley and Dr Lindsey Earner Byrne.

April 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM

Dr Ciarán McDonnell

@drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social

I had a great time with @andnapoleon.bsky.social discussing l'Expédition d'Irlande, one of the great 'What Ifs' of #IrishHistory.
#18thC #skystorians

Generals and Napoleon @andnapoleon.bsky.social · Jul 25

🚨New episode🚨- the French invasion of Ireland has arrived! In 1796, the French made an abortive attempt to invade Ireland. Special guest Ciaran McDonnell discusses the expedition and the reasons for its failure. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g... @drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social

July 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Juliane Weber

@julianeweber.bsky.social

Get swept away to 19th century #Ireland in the Irish Fortune Series…

lnk.bio/ZeRo

#KindleUnlimited #IrishHistory #HistoricalRomance #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #series #GreatFamine

April 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM

Raymh

@rayhourigan.bsky.social

Remembering the
Bravest, who threw bodies at
Them until they left.

The Rising.. #haiku #collage #analogcollage #handcut #bskyart #IrishHistory

April 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM

Juliane Weber

@julianeweber.bsky.social

Get swept away to 19th century #Ireland in the Irish Fortune Series…

lnk.bio/ZeRo

#KindleUnlimited #IrishHistory #HistoricalRomance #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #series #GreatFamine

February 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM

dr. meg smith

@megsmith.bsky.social

Spoiler: I think the answer is yes!

#MedievalSky #skystorians #IrishHistory #DigitalHumanities

TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · Mar 6

“Do the strategies employed by subjects of empire offer productive models of resistance and subversion?”

In the penultimate piece in our AI series, @megsmith.bsky.social offers vignettes from early modern Ireland that could suggest productive models of resistance.

www.nacbs.org/post/contest...

Contesting Colonial Technologies: Historical Models for Resistance

"Do the strategies employed by subjects of empire offer productive models of resistance and subversion?"

www.nacbs.org

March 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM

Neil Jackman

@neiljackman.bsky.social

Our second week begins with a bang at Woodstown, where we are excavating a large structure at the heart of a Viking settement in County Waterford.

#archaeology 🏺 #ireland #vikings #irishhistory