Dr Deirdre Foley

‘It is to be assumed that members of C. na m Ban cannot be kept out of such a body!’: women, Irish republicanism, and prisoner support work 1939–45 The historical consensus on Cumann na mBan, Ireland’s republican women’s organisation, suggests that by the period of the Second World War (or Emergency as it was known in independent Ireland) it w...

Serendipitous to be sitting in the final panel of the Future of Irish Studies conference and get the email that my first article has been published - open access - in Women’s History Review. 😍

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Just no @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social
This is horrendous. There are so many great tours with deeply knowledgeable human tour guides. Why would you do this?

A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state...

Texas cops tried to find an abortion patient by using data from an automatic license plate reader (ALPR), which gave them access to over 83,000 cameras across the country.

The dystopian future feminists have been warning about is already here.

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28 new members admitted to the Royal Irish Academy - Royal Irish Academy On 23 May 2025, the new members of the Royal Irish Academy were admitted for their exceptional contribution to the sciences, humanities and social sciences as well as to public service.

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The WHAI is delighted to see that Prof. Maria Luddy has been elected as an Honorary member of the RIA. Prof Luddy's contribution to women's history in Ireland has been significant. And this is an acknowledgment of that contribution to historical debate.

Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane: A revealing, well-researched and compelling biography of this patriot Diarmaid Ferriter: A layered overview of what drove the formidable republican and how she was perceived

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This is an intense, revealing, well-researched and often compelling biography. Lane … has made a profound contribution to our understanding of the republican women of that generation and their intimate and public lives.
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Listen to @drdeefoley.bsky.social on the RDS podcast talking about her research on Irish women's craft work:
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How did the housewives of rural Ireland make money? Census categories camouflaged the multi-faceted and often profitable nature of many women's work within the home

Recently published by @drdeefoley.bsky.social: how did the housewives of rural Ireland make money? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Amazing opportunity and ACE @drdeefoley.bsky.social as cosupervisor!

Amazing history PhD opportunity at Trinity College Dublin to work on women’s experiences of maternity care in Dublin, 1950-2020. Dream supervisory team of @drdeefoley.bsky.social and @earner.bsky.social. 🤩Closing date 23 May. #histmed

Thanks Leeann 🥰

Funded PhD working with @drdeefoley.bsky.social on experiences of pregnancy and giving birth in Ireland 1950-2020. Begins September 2025; apply now! 🗃️

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Thanks Catherine! Hope all’s good, love the Simpkin pic 🐈‍⬛

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

I am beyond delighted to share that my first book Rediscovering Women in Early Irish Television 1957-73 is officially under contract with @livunipress.bsky.social and will be part of the brilliant Reappraisals in Irish History Series. I am so excited to be able to get this work out in the world.

A week after the TCD modern Irish history symposium, I'll be in London for this gathering on British History. Featuring a panel on Irish environmental history, with me, @erikahanna.bsky.social and @momoulton.bsky.social. Very much looking forward to it - not least because Julia Laite is the keynote.

Looking forward to seeing you (and your paper), Kevin! Very excited about this. Thanks @drdeefoley.bsky.social and @earner.bsky.social for putting such a great programme together.

Really looking forward to speaking at this at the end of the month.

Booking now for this symposium on 25 April, featuring @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social @mwait13.bsky.social @tortietabby.bsky.social @brian-hanley.bsky.social and others working on Ireland in the 1970s beyond. Hoping for some interesting discussion! @iaphistorians.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social

To mark international Single Parents Day, One Family together with Trinity College Dublin and Glasgow Caledonian University launches new campaign highlighting the history, experiences and misconceptions facing one-parent families @onefamilyireland.bsky.social @mediacoops.bsky.social #singleparentday

New Directions in Contemporary Irish History A symposium to showcase and discuss new approaches to 'recent' histories of Ireland.

Upcoming symposium, 25th April, on Contemporary Irish History. www.eventbrite.ie/e/new-direct...

How did fascist movements in 1930s Britain appeal to women and even former suffragettes?

Martin Durham, in a rediscovered talk given to History Workshop in 1983, and Daniel Jones (@narson.bsky.social) on the continued resonance of these insights in today's world.
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Poster advertising the conference on welfare organized by the New York Wages for Housework Committee on April 24th,1976. Silvia Federici Papers, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University.

Dr Mary McAuliffe: The details of Ann Lovett's tragic death are still harrowing 40 years on The historian looks back at the loss of the teenager who died after giving birth in a grotto in Granard, 40 years ago today.

Thinking of Ann Lovett today, ##otd 1984, 15yrs old & pregnant, she went to the grotto in Granard where she gave birth to a still born baby boy, she was found sometime later but died shortly after of hypothermia & blood loss. Her story shocked the country #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/readme/ann-l...

Congratulations Shannon! Looking forward to reading it 💕

Image of four copies of Siblinghood and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster by Shannon Devlin and some lovely flowers.

A copy of Siblinghood and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster by Shannon Devlin against a blue sky.

Happy publication week! Delighted (& slightly terrified) my first book is out in the wild for everyone to read 😂 Had so much fun going down the rabbit hole researching these families and hope that’s evident on the page #histfam

A longer version of Laura's article is available to read Open Access in the latest issue of History Workshop Journal 🗃️

🙌Funded PhD Opportunity!🙌

Please do share widely. The DCU School of History and Geography is currently advertising paid PhD opportunities esp in Medieval Ireland, the history of Irish towns and cities, legal history and women’s and gender history

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I am really excited to announce now it is official that I will be publishing my first monograph with MUP, ‘Women’s welfare activism: Everyday power and politics in twentieth-century Britain’. Thank you to the many many people who have encouraged me along the way. I really appreciate all the support.