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Carol Quinn

@cqcork.bsky.social

Archivist. Here for cats, conversation and craic!

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Clodagh Finn@clodaghfinn.bsky.social · 2w ago

I've been haunted by the words of former Cumann na mBan women who led lives of quiet desperation in the state they helped to build. @lloislanel.bsky.social has done eye-opening & vital research laying bare the hardship faced by single women in Cork. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu... #SpeirGorm

Clodagh Finn: The Cork women who helped build the State were left with almost nothing

New research uncovers the poverty, neglect and quiet desperation faced by Cork women who fought during Ireland’s revolutionary period

irishexaminer.com

Micheál Martin@micheal-martin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Appalled at the shocking behaviour of Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir towards illegally detained members of the Sumud Flotilla. The Israeli government’s actions are in breach of international law and I intend to raise this issue at EU level.

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 4mo ago

‘The erasure of the built environment was mirrored by the destruction of records of it. Municipal plans, historical maps and property deeds were destroyed when Israel bombed Gaza City’s Central Archives in November 2023.’ Eyal Weizman on the demolition of Gaza. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Eyal Weizman · All they will find is sand: Gaza’s Yellow Line

Most of the Gaza Strip – cities, refugee camps, schools, universities, mosques, the health infrastructure, agriculture...

lrb.co.uk

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#C4News last night reported on the wholesale targeting of ambulances & paramedics in Lebanon by Israel, including the recent 'triple hit', when Israel attacked an ambulance, then attacked paramedics who went to help, and then attacked further paramedics also trying to help.

Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera@pantibliss.bsky.social · 5mo ago

More than 24hrs after their protest there's a whole load of Carolan Coaches from Co Meath proudly parked up all along O'Connell St making life very difficult for ordinary Dublin workers who didn't start bombing Iran or close the Strait of Hormuz

VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND@voicestcd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Explore the extraordinary stories of injured veterans, widows and orphans of the British civil wars that have been uncovered through the work of the Civil War Petitions Project! 🔗 Use the link below to access the key findings of the project by Professor Andrew Hopper and Dr Ismini Pells

Extraordinary lives of ordinary men, women and children revealed by the Civil War Petitions Project - The World Turned Upside Down

Professor Andrew Hopper and Dr Ismini Pells reveal some of the key findings from this study which opens a window on the impact of the British Civil Wars

worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk

An Taisce@antaisce.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Launch of Hedgehog Conservation Ireland — new initiative to support and conserve the small mammals nationwide "Best things you can do are try to leave little parts of your garden a little bit wild - log piles or piles of leaves. Put away the chemicals - the slug pellets are bad news for hedgehogs"

RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 6mo ago

A new initiative is to be launched in a bid to encourage people to help protect hedgehogs as numbers of the mammal "dramatically" decline across Europe