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Professor of Irish Gender History, scholar of modern Irish socio-economic, cultural and health history. Recent book https://global.oup.com/academic/product/ordinary-lives-death-and-social-class-9780198865780?cc=ie&lang=en&

Ciara Breathnach

Really helpful stuff from the brilliant @rachelmurphy.bsky.social on tracing your ancestry. #spéirghorm

Is mian le TG4 Eagarthóirí Coimisiúnaithe Ábhair a earcú! 📺 #SíógnabPost 🧚🏼 Tuilleadh eolais ⬇️ https://www.tg4.ie/ga/corporate/foluntais/

A world where alcohol was good for you and dung was medicine… open.substack.com/pub/medieval...

An updated version of Emma Diduch's WP is now available on CWPESH 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟏 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲

A reminder that our new funding programme for Fellows & Associate Fellows of the Society resident outside the UK & Ireland closes a week on Friday bit.ly/3PtDQZu Grants support research in UK/Irish archives for international historians. Deadline 8 May to allow research from summer 2026 #Skystorians

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous Dr @ciarab.bsky.social, Professor of Irish Gender History, writes ahead of the release of the 1926 census. @csoireland.bsky.social

❗TOMORROW❗ Join Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies and us for a talk by Dr Elizabeth Mullins on "Preserving the records of a Travelling Community" 🗓️6:15 pm, 20 May 🧭Central Teaching Hub @liverpooluni.bsky.social FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving... #SkyStorians

Good piece here from @ciarab.bsky.social explaining more about why this census release is so important theconversation.com/80-million-p...

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In advance of tomorrow's release here is a short piece on the historical Irish censuses based on my past and ongoing research #spéirgorm theconversation.com/80-million-p...

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Wee typo corrected now theconversation.com/80-million-p...

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Ciara Breathnach

Herbs, humours and a bit of dung - a look at some of the odder corners of the medieval Irish medicine cabinet

open.substack.com

What the Doctor Ordered

The Royal Historical Society is pleased to launch a new programme, from today, to support the work of International Fellows and Associate Fellows. Recipients will be members of the Society, resident o...

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Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

theconversation.com

Society launches new funding programme for International Fellows and Associate Fellows - RHS

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous

Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

theconversation.com

TG4

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous

Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

theconversation.com

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentus

Dr Gillian Kenny

University College Cork

Irish Studies@LivUni

Cambridge Working Papers in Economic and Social History

Exploring the role of place, faith, and social justice in an Irish archive - LUCAS Annual Lecture by Dr Elizabeth Mullins (UCD)

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Preserving the records of a Travelling Community

Plus, tips for your own census search once it’s released.

theconversation.com

80 million people globally claim Irish ancestry – why the release of 1926 Irish census records is so momentous

Here's a short article I wrote for @uk.theconversation.com : Four top tips for tracing your ancestry theconversation.com/four-top-tip... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Genealogists

Ciara Breathnach

❕New WP from Emma Diduch❕ 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟏 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 ⬇️

Ciara Breathnach