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Clodagh Finn: The dung queen of Ireland — and other Irish women alive in the time of Hamnet Voices is using AI and Knowledge Graph technologies to bring together myriad sources so historians and computer scientists can recover the lives of ordinary Irish early modern women

From ‘the dung queen of Ireland’ to Jessie Buckley: @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social recently discussed with Clodagh Finn the importance of sharing early modern women’s stories, advances in AI tools, and how VOICES is leading the charge on both fronts.
A special thank you to Clodagh for the article!

YouTube video by TCAS: Trinity Centre for Asian Studies Isabella Jackson (TCD) -- Classical Chinese Gardens through the Centuries

Dr. @isabellajackson.bsky.social gave a talk for the Dublin Lunar New Year festival on classical Chinese gardens, including the one in Dublin's St Anne's Park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFOV...

Arthur Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh, stands on the left holding a copy of his book Guinness: A Family Succession, beside Professor Patrick Geoghegan, Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub, on the right. They are pictured indoors in front of wooden bookshelves and office blinds.

Few family stories have shaped Ireland’s modern history as profoundly as Guinness.

Prof Patrick Geoghegan speaks with Arthur Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh, about Guinness: A Family Succession and the rise of a global brewing dynasty.

🎧Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5nqS...

We're looking forward to today's Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Lecture, given by Prof. Kevin O'Rourke of @scpo-research.bsky.social

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World-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs joins us at the Trinity Long Room Hub for

Pathways to Peace & Sustainability in a Fractured World 🌍

In partnership with the School of Religion, Theology and Peace Studies. Moderated by Katherine Zappone.

📅 5 March | 5pm

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Opening Ceremony for Languages 250 at Trinity (1776-2026) Recorded 29th January 2026. Trinity College Dublin marks the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Modern Languages, a historic initiative that led to the creation of some of the oldest continuou

You can listen back to the launch here: on.soundcloud.com/nb7DBCewghFX...

The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies has launched a year of celebrations to mark 250 years of modern languages in Trinity (1776-2026).

Read now: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

Mary Cosgrove standing at a podium in the Long Room Hub.

'Languages 250 at Trinity (1776-2026)' was officially launched at a ceremony in @TLRHub on 29 January. This special event was attended by alumni, dignitaries, colleagues and students: www.tcd.ie/langs-lits-c...

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A new world order? 🌍

At our latest #BehindTheHeadlines event, former EU Commissioner Mairéad McGuinness joined Michael A. Becker, Daniel Geary and Poul Holm to unpack “brazenness”, international law, and Europe’s response to crisis.

Read more: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

Love in the Time of Syphilis: Medicine, Sex and the End of Ottoman Empire Recorded January 27th 2026. A lecture by visiting research fellow Dr Seçil Yılmaz (University of Pennsylvania) organised by the School of Histories and Humanities.  Although syphilis had existed in

You can listen to Seçil's full lecture here: soundcloud.com/tlrhub/love-...

YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities How Disease Changed Love in the Ottoman Empire

Ahead of #ValentinesDay, we’re looking at love through a different lens.💖🔍

Dr Seçil Yılmaz (Visiting Research Fellow from @upenn.edu) explores how intimacy became a matter of public health and social regulation in the #OttomanEmpire.

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Portrait of a Trinity Music alumnus Donnacha Dennehy with short dark hair, glasses, and a salt-and-pepper beard standing with arms crossed in a narrow brick-lined alleyway, wearing a dark sweater and looking directly at the camera.

🎶 Congrats to Trinity Music alumnus Donnacha Dennehy on winning a Grammy Award for Land of Winter, awarded Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance.

A proud moment for @tcddublin.bsky.social and Ireland’s contemporary music scene 👏

Read more: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

Anthropic cofounder says studying the humanities will be 'more important than ever' and reveals what the AI company looks for when hiring | Fortune "The things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important."

As AI reshapes work, tech leaders are stressing the value of what makes us human.

Daniela Amodei, President of @anthropic.com, argues that skills rooted in the Arts & Humanities will matter more, not less, in an AI-driven world.

Read more: fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...

Portrait photograph of Colin Murphy outdoors, facing the camera. He has short dark hair and a neatly trimmed beard and moustache, and is wearing a tweed jacket over a white shirt. The background is softly blurred, with stone architecture and greenery visible.

We are pleased to announce that Irish playwright, screenwriter and columnist Colin Murphy has been appointed 2026 Rooney Writer Fellow at the Trinity Long Room Hub.

Read more: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

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Brigid Spotlight #4: Briggett Drewie was left a pregnant widow after the 1641 Rebellion. She was ‘left in that miserable predicament great with chyld’. From @tcdlibrary.bsky.social
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In the 1641 Depositions, Brigitt Lee reported the losses suffered, and trauma she experienced, at the hands of the rebels. Learn more about her story and others here: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-...

New episode of Everything Economic History @cephie.bsky.social!

Is colonialism the true reason behind the divergence in growth between the North & South?

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Jamaica Daly An Irish family learns about their ancestor's past as a slave-owner.

This documentary was so much fun to make. It’s compiled from audio we gathered across a couple of years and follows two amazing women - Meg and Dympna - all the way to Jamaica, in search of Meg’s ancestor: an Irish Catholic enslaver and coffee planter, Peter Daly

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Check out my 1st blog for @voicestcd.bsky.social - the Many Brigids of Early Modern Ireland, from pregnant widows to sheep stealing rebels 🇮🇪🐑🌿✨ #StBrigidsDay @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tcdlibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Rip.ie turns 20 this year with mixed feelings over its €100 charge Report from John Cooke

Have a listen to my take on €100 charge for RIP.ie one year on.

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The Annual St Brigit Lecture 2026 - St Ethne, St Fidelma and earliest Irish baptism Recorded January 28th, 2026. A lecture by Dr Catherine Swift (MIC Limerick/ Loyola Institute, TCD) organised by the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroom

Lá Fhéile Bríde is just around the corner. Start your long weekend with this fascinating lecture on St Ethne, St Fidelma & early Irish baptism traditions.

🎧The Annual St Brigit Lecture 2026 with Dr Catherine Swift (MIC Limerick/Loyola Institute, TCD)

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The VOICES team is delighted to be offering an MPhil module on ‘The Lived Experiences of Women in Early Modern Ireland’, based on our ERC VOICES project in TCD again this term!

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Join us for a #BehindTheHeadlines discussion on shifting global norms and the changing international order.

Experts in history, law, environmental humanities, and politics will explore recent tensions and their implications for Europe and the world.

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A promotional graphic for an event titled “Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family and the Public Arts.” The design features four portrait images arranged in a row, each with the speaker’s name and title beneath: Angela Griffith, Principal Investigator of Trinity’s Cuala Press Project; Billy Shortall, TRIARC Visiting Research Fellow; Christian Dupont, Burns Librarian at Boston College; and Laura Shanahan, Head of Research Collections at the Library of Trinity College Dublin. Event details appear below in white text on a red and black background: 6pm on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, at the Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub. Logos for Boston College, Trinity College Dublin, and the Trinity Long Room Hub are displayed along the bottom.

How did the Yeats family shape Ireland’s public arts in times of conflict?

Join us on 3 Feb at 6pm for “Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family and the Public Arts”.

Learn more: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

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🎨🩺 Endometriosis and Health (In)Justice: Grassroots Art as a Catalyst for Activism

Online lecture with Paul Mitchell (UCV Spain) exploring comics, zines, and political patienthood in gendered health experiences.

📅 28 January | 1pm

Learn more: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

Join us tomorrow at 5pm at the @tlrhub.bsky.social for our first @tcdthebook.bsky.social seminar of the year. We will have a panel discussion on the value of libraries in the 21st century with no less than four distinguished guests! See you there!

Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy A book talk by Katja Bruisch (TCD) with comments by Diogo de Carvalho Cabral (TCD) and Jennifer Keating (UCD).

Book event:Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy on Tues 17 Feb 6PM @tlrhub.bsky.social After, Diogo de Carvalho Cabral and Jennifer Keating will share thoughts on the book + small reception. @kbruisch.bsky.social
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The seminar programme of the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities for Hilary Term 2025/06

Our term has started and we've got another round of great Environmental History Research Seminars scheduled in Dublin. Come and join us!

Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for supporting and hosting the series!
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