Mostly historian (19C rural Ireland) but still some bits of entrepreneur, strategist, INED, author, Young Historian prog.

Joined April 2021
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This was such a great project to be involved in - and special thanks to the Muldoon family, Dr Patrick McGarty, Ken Boyle and @TimDesmond10. Film at youtu.be/maQeQYs2dd0 Talks, booklet and lots of images at loughrynn.net/muldoon-murder. #Mohill #Leitrim
Well. Thatโ€™s what the public engaging with history looks like! Seems half the population of Mohill turned out last night to mark Dr Muldoonโ€™s murder in 1923. Fantastic input from Dr Padraig McGarty, Ken Boyle, @TimDesmond10 and audience. And wait til you see the film! #Mohill
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Now online! View the video of a talk by @historyfiona on emigration and emigrant remittances to County Leitrim at youtu.be/7nMQgNASkeE. And, join Fiona in person on 23 May for another talk as part of the #LeitrimGathering. See mohill.com for details.

Join @HistoryFiona for a fascinating webinar '๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ' on 6 Mar at 7pm. Descendants of emigrants especially welcome. Details at mohill.com #leitrimgathering #Diaspora
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Join @HistoryFiona for a fascinating webinar '๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ' on 6 Mar at 7pm. Descendants of emigrants especially welcome. Details at mohill.com #leitrimgathering #Diaspora
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Fantastic group turned out on a chilly August evening for our Women's History of #Mohill with @HistoryFiona . And great to hear stories filled out, like Miss Nangle, an IRA agent during the War of Independence. See mohill.com @Leitrimcoco @LeitrimDevco @HeritageWeek
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Lots of history happening in #Mohill & #Leitrim for #HeritageWeek, including @HistoryFiona invitation to create a new Women's History of Mohill. Telling stories on Tues 20 Aug at 7:30pm. Walk/talk from the GAA club to the Library. See more at t.ly/9Nsz8 @leitrimcoco
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What a great first consultation meeting! Fantastic contributions and ideas from people. Another opportunity at 11:30am Sat morning, 29 June And if you haven't done our survey, it's at t.ly/hmK49 and in the library (pc & paper). More at mohill.com.
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What a brilliant way to tell a townโ€™s history: @FionnualaMaxwe1 gets to the heart of real people, and the children turn it into song and story.
More creative fun from Saturdayโ€™s busy #cruinniรบnanรณg activities youtu.be/1dpbFdW9X54?si=qiFfโ€ฆ @creativeirl @leitrimcoco @LibraryLeitrim @LeitrimArts
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Great news! New project to celebrate Mohillโ€™s rich heritage and history. Get involved by sharing your ideas in this short online survey at t.ly/hmK49 and at one of the public meetings on 26 and 29 June, and online on 3 July. @LibraryLeitrim @leitrimcoco @ScealC
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Leitrim Observer celebrating #YoungHistorian 2024 programme. Massive credit to students, teachers, @HistoryFiona and @LibraryLeitrim. Fascinating histories revealed and new additions to our local studies archive - see younghistorian.ie Thanks to @LeitrimLive @leitrimcoco
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๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’› Are you, or is anyone you know, of Leitrim heritage living overseas? We invite people to participate in our Diaspora Survey as we celebrate, sustain, and develop our much-loved county. The short survey can be found through the link here: bit.ly/3U765wT
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#UniversityOfGalway is seeking contributions to the Imirce project #StPatricksDay ๐Ÿ€ #Imirce is a digital repository of thousands of emigrant letters and memoirs dating from the late 1600s-1900s, from #Irish people who left for America: ow.ly/qOZW50QUlus #IrishDiaspora
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What a way to kick off 2024. History and a bit of hedonism! #Mohill threw itself into Anti-Jazz with brilliant banners, speeches, costumes, and danced into 2024 with the outstanding Ciaran Wilde #Jazz band. Read about the original march of 1 Jan 1934 at mohill.com
This will be fun! The Anti-Jazz movement of 90 years ago had long-term impact, and Mohill was at its centre. Read about it at t.ly/cj_Co And if youโ€™re near #Mohill on 1 Jan, do join us. As well as marching and dancing, weโ€™ll recreate some of the speeches from 1934.
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This will be fun! The Anti-Jazz movement of 90 years ago had long-term impact, and Mohill was at its centre. Read about it at t.ly/cj_Co And if youโ€™re near #Mohill on 1 Jan, do join us. As well as marching and dancing, weโ€™ll recreate some of the speeches from 1934.
Down with Jazz! Get your banners and costume ready for New Yearโ€™s Day to mark the #Mohill Anti-Jazz march of 1 Jan 1934. 12:30: Station House 1pm: Jazz Dancing in Hall w Jazz Orchestra and @EdwinaGuckian Prizes! See๐Ÿ‘‡ and t.ly/NrwQc #Jazz #EnjoyLeitrim @LeitrimCoCo
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Our annual conference will be held in the University of Galway. Our call for papers is open. All details here. Please share widely. We look forward to catching up with old friends and making new friends in #Galway. More info: cumannstaire@socs.universityofgalway.ie
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As part of my work on the Markievicz Award Iโ€™m looking to speak with people from all over Ireland who were at houses dances, crossroads dances & dances in halls from roughly the 1930s - 60s period. Particularly those that might have stories from the impacts of the 1935 Dance๐Ÿงต
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I am delighted to win this @eshsi_ie award with @mpalawrence. It was such a great conference and it was inspiring to hear and meet so many new colleagues. Thanks also to @UCDHistory and @catherCox. And go #Mohill!
Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 New Researchers Prize, @HistoryFiona (@UCDHistory) and Michael Lawrence (@QUB_History) eshsi.org/news-blog
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๐ŸšจAnnual Conference 2023๐Ÿšจ The full programme and registration can be found on our website: eshsi.org/conferences.html The deadline to register is 10th November We have a packed line up of brilliant papers so please share widely

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Calling all early career historians and all alumni to join a professional body, advice and guidance on careers, writing, alternative jobs join us for social events too. Please repost @HistAtLibrary @BCIrishStudies @CivilWarMemory @TheHipstorians @History_online @DIB_RIA
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I'm happy to be 1 of 5 speakers at this event with a great variety of what will be fascinating talks. Also my 1st chance to share some of my PhD research outside academia which I'm super excited about! Bรญgรญ Linn! @IrishWorkhouseC
๐ŸšจCall for Speakers! ๐Ÿšจ We're looking for speakers to present at our September Conference on 'Famine, Workhouses and Institutional Care: The Role of Institutional Care and Carers during the Operation of Workhouses in Ireland 1840-1922'. See details below!
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Workhouses and Institutional Care on 30 Sept @IrishWorkhouses in Portumna. Iโ€™ll be there, looking at the smallpox epidemic of 1871-72 in #Mohill incl vaccination, taking defaulting parents to court, paying inmates, and doctorsโ€™ negotiation for higher pay. irishworkhousecentre.ie/workโ€ฆ

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Hmmm. Well not much of a RipOffIreland in #Leitrim. Anyone else have a delicious, generous plate of seafood pasta lately for โ‚ฌ12? Amazing food, service and value in Divino, Carrick-on-Shannon today. #LoveLeitrim #TasteLeitrim
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