@draftery.bsky.social
University College Dublin | Full Prof of the History of Education | FRHistS | Affls.: University of Cambridge & Trinity College Dublin | author | mother | gardener | sailor | book collector. Writes about 19thC schools/childhood/convents/Irish diaspora.
Glorious sunshine pouring through the door! We're open 'til 5pm
A little over halfway through the month but nearly at the halfway point of my run target! Sticking to my schedule, & the Raheny 5 mile run next weekend will help me along! Thanks to all the amazingly generous people who have donated #breastcancer fundraising.breastcancerireland.com/fundraiser/N...
Happy New Year
May your 2026 be filled with books that entertain, educate, and inspire
You are definitely in for a treat with The True Deceiver, Rohan. Finished it this morning. Extraordinary. (Reading it in v. cold weather = bonus).
The best place for ideas for book gifts… They somehow manage to match books PERFECTLY with readers! It is always a joy to visit @ravenbooks.bsky.social
24 hours to go for our crowdfunding campaign! Our final instalment in the MiniMotet series, this one is all about living together in peace and harmony, and burning all your vanities
#earlymodern #nuntastic #GirlsGotPolyphony
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I predict amazing apple pies, Sophie! That is some tree! 🍏
Why did so many 19th century Irish women become nuns and head for missionary work overseas? By Deirdre Raftery
@ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie - The Last Irish Missionaries airs @rteone.rte.ie & RTÉ Player Monday 935pm www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
That looks great!
@ciaraioch.bsky.social arrived today - look forward to framing this… beautifully done. Thank you!
Wonderful celebration of the late Michael Longley, and his legacy to poetry and to this island.
Wonderful study, Niamh. Congratulations! Really enjoyed reading it this morning, and will definitely read again.
Great to see @ucddublin.bsky.social Emily Pine hosting this evening’s wonderful interview with Judith Hermann & Katy Derbyshire at the International Literature Festival Dublin #ILFD
200 bottles of Gatorade. 300 bottles of water. 60 Clif bars. 500+ miles. 9 riders. 4 support crew. 3 tribal vehicles. ONE CHALLNGE. Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team starts a huge ride from Missisissipii to Oklahoma tomorrow. Please help us to keep the cycle going. #choctawgift #sharinglands
Great to meet all at Raven Books and what a wonderful independent bookshop! The most perfectly arranged selection of great books, new and gently used. 👏
The UCD Trad Group were welcomed to the Irish Traditional Music Archives this week.
The group had a great time browsing the archive.
The visit finished up with a couple of tunes in the library while the archives secretary Bridie Flaherty danced a jig!
A great day 😄
As always, a superb conference; delighted to be here. @esshc.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social
Great news, Brian! Congratulations 👏
It promises to be great - excellent guest speakers & some v. special events - and of course the legendary ND catering! @sophcocooper.bsky.social @ksprowscummings.bsky.social @bamcshane.bsky.social @monicalmercado.bsky.social @mbfconnolly.bsky.social @briancasey123.bsky.social @notredame.bsky.social
Stunning knitting, Margaret! (Oscar agrees… 😬).
So proud of my PhD student Geraldine Noonan, @ucd historian of education, conferred today 👏
Yes! Welcome.
Some fantastic news. Irish Dry Stone Construction (walls) has just been added to the UNESCO representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Ireland now has five inscribed ICH practices.
We need more book announcements on the timeline. For eye-cleansing, heart-cleansing. Book releases, book announcements, with cover page photos and short summaries, that's top escapism, I crave it!
Thanks for this notice! Will order it.
Everybody, please put up a profile picture, even if it is only a picture of your cat. And write at least a few words in your bio. It is hard to distinguish people from bots otherwise. Thank you. And thanks to those who follow me.
So because it is Saturday I created this. Feel free to get in touch if you want to be added - or removed! go.bsky.app/8FJAkMG
ICHS Seminar 2024, Remember Professor Raymond Gillespie, 11.30am Saturday 23rd, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland www.historians.ie/ichs-seminar... #irishhistory
Maybe try Alison Beach, at St Andrews? Her team is doing osteobiographies on skeletal remains of 300 pre-modern monastic women.
To celebrate the new thread feature & because it's a good time to remember that doing small things is better than doing nothing, here's my only thread from Old Twitter that went viral.
Seven years ago, when I moved in, I inherited what I thought was an overgrown tip at the bottom of my garden...