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The first female professor of politics in Ireland and the UK, Elizabeth Meehan forged an impressive career addressing gender, feminism, women’s rights, identity, citizenship and pluralism. In 2018 the PSAI renamed their annual award as The Elizabeth Meehan prize. www.dib.ie/biography/me...
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On 24 May 1798 the United Irishmen of Kildare, Meath & Dublin rose in rebellion. By 27 May the rebellion had reached Monaseed, Co. Wexford where 18 year old Miles Byrne assumed command of the local corps. He is the only United Irishman to ever be photographed. www.dib.ie/biography/by...
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Strong in will and spirit, writer and artist Christy Brown (b. #OTD 1932) could be witty and gregarious, cantankerous and obstinate. He overcame his physical limitations to achieve a distinctive, individual style in his paintings, his poems and his prose. www.dib.ie/biography/br...
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Born #OTD 1939, Maeve Binchy's novels expressed a belief in human goodness but also an unflinching look at reality. Along with disappointment and disillusionment, rage or pain, her writings illustrate a reassuring belief in human resilience and recovery. www.dib.ie/biography/bi...
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'Now I can get lost in...the characters I’m creating.’ When author & cancer awareness advocate Emma Hannigan tested positive for the BrCa1 gene her writing provided an escape from her illness, but also offered practical help to others suffering from the disease. www.dib.ie/biography/ha...
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By keeping a backchannel open for more than two decades from the early 1970s, Brendan Duddy facilitated the main combatants in the Troubles in understanding each other’s position & allowed them to avoid the risky prospect of re-establishing contact from scratch. www.dib.ie/biography/du...
#WorldOceansDay.
‘No daughter of mine will leave home except as a married woman’. Born on Valentia Island, self-taught marine biologist Maud Delap was the first person to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity. Our colleague Angela Byrne has put together a short reel about her life.
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'"I am of Ireland": Mother Ireland between history and myth.'
In this month's blog, Terry Clavin explores the impact of a fourteenth-century manuscript on how Ireland was symbolised in twentieth-century poetry and politics. www.dib.ie/blog/i-am-ir... #DIBLives
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Happy #WorldBicycleDay. To protect his son from the jolting caused by the solid rubber tyres of his tricycle on the cobbled streets of Belfast, John Boyd Dunlop improvised an air-filled rubber tube tacked-on with linen cloth which became the basis of the Pneumatic Tyre. www.dib.ie/biography/du...
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'He acted from the greatest, the purest motives.' Betrayed by Francis Magan for a £1000 reward, Lord Edward Fitzgerald was shot in the shoulder while being arrested & died of his injuries #OTD 1798. His capture dealt a serious blow to the United Irish leadership. www.dib.ie/biography/fi...
