Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram
@FinnClodagh
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I'm no longer on X, but I've left my account open as it contains posts about the lives of thousands of unheralded women which you might like to explore.
Joined November 2014
#ThroughHerEyes It's time to say goodbye to X. I want to thank everyone who engaged with this account. It gave me so much joy to discover more about the lives of thousands of unheralded women. You'll find me on BlueSky (@clodaghfinn.bsky.social), on Instagram
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#ThroughHerEyes Delighted to see Katharine Tynan, poet, novelist and leading light of the Irish Revival remembered here. She wrote 102 novels! 102!!
"I am the fire upon the hearth, I am the light of the good sun, I am the heat that warms the earth, Which else were colder than a stone." Katharine Tynan (born #OTD 1859), 'Any Woman'. https://t.co/L6cRfjvCsf
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Just a gentle reminder that you have only a week to go to get those abstracts in! Click on the link below to submit. https://t.co/lD4Bog8yb2
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Died #Onthisday 1983 the fascinating #Kildare born Mary Herbert De Baissac (code named Claudine) an agent of the clandestine SOE during #WW2 - read more about her in @FinnClodagh's new book https://t.co/iq5V33HSPu
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@almurray @claremulley @James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod Excellent trio of podcasts, @almurray @james1940 and @claremulley. Interesting discussion about Berthe and Percy Mayer. Here is a photo of Percy, organiser of SOE Fireman circuit with, among others, circuit radio operator Maureen OâSullivan from DublinâŚ@FinnClodagh
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Baptised #Onthisday 1867 (Edith) #MaudGonne MacBride-revolutionary & activist more @DIB_RIA
https://t.co/sAFwEI7bMH
@FinnClodagh B&Wđ¸LOC https://t.co/d3Fo38a0hp
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https://t.co/19y6MTNK3c The WHAI Anna Parnell Travel Grant & the McCurtain/Cullen Prize are now open. Closing date for the Travel Grant is 14 February. The Closing date for the Essay Prize 1 March.
womenshistoryassociation.com
The WHAI offers important prizes in the field of Irishwomenâs/gender history 1. The Anna Parnell Travel Grant The Anna Parnell Travel Grant was established in 2011 to promote research among eâŚ
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Woman of the Day, the mother of modern chemistry, Marie-Anne Lavoisier born OTD in 1758 in Loire, whose skills as a translator, illustrator and lab assistant were instrumental in the success of her husband, the chap who named oxygen and discovered its role in combustion.
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Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (1837-1899), Italian aristocrat & pioneering figure in the early history of photography #WomensArt
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It is only in still water that we can see clearly â¨
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One of my favourite #Cork women Agnes Clerke, astronomer & writer, died #Onthisday 1907. In 1981, she was honoured when a crater on the moon, near the Apollo 17 landing site, was named the Clerke Crater by the International Astronomical Union https://t.co/I0obgEoPv2
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Born #Onthisday 1885 in #Killarney teacher Janie McCarthy who was involved with the French resistance during #WW2 & was awarded the Croix de Guerre & Medaille de la Resistance (France), medal of freedom (USA) & the Tedder certificate (Britain) @finnclodagh
https://t.co/7VJpHtr6Z1
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@ococonuts @FinnClodagh As one of the several authors of that Forum report, its embargo was a tragic betrayal of all survivors. After all our hard toil and tears, I was not expecting to be pierced in the back by the then government. It was a very very bad experience indeed.
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Re Katherine Zappone's attempt to re-enter Irish politics. Remember when she refused to publish the Mother and Baby Home Collaborative forum. It was later leaked to me and was scathing of Tusla and her depts dreadful info and tracing legislation
irishexaminer.com
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs has again defended its decision not to publish the report of the Collaborative Forum on Mother and Baby Homes.
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Delighted to see my book reviewed in @irishexaminer ! Just received a hard copy of the printed version and it hit the front pageđ what coup! Thanks @FinnClodagh !
irishexaminer.com
Clodagh Finn: Meet Pablo, âthe flying Africanâ acrobat from Cork: A comprehensive series of articles on this topic
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Beautiful piece on the wonderful, ever-inspiring Michael Murphy. With a perfect intro from Noel Baker: 'In a lifetime of revelations, many of them his own, another arrived unannounced for Michael Murphy recently â he might be old.' https://t.co/TnJx4rW5mP
irishexaminer.com
In his taboo-breaking book At Five In The Afternoon, Michael Murphy wrote with brutal honesty about prostate cancer. Recently diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia he talks to Noel Baker from...
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#ThroughHerEyes The 100th anniversary of Maureen Potterâs birthday on January 3, 1925, passed without much fanfare, but we can still kickstart a centenary celebration to honour this exceptional woman, a comic genius who graced stage and screen for seven decades. âShe could
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Died #Onthisday 2003 Peggy (Spillane) Farrell, Former President of the ICA, FF Senator & 'a formidable female politician at a time when it was very difficult for a woman to be in politics' @finnclodagh
https://t.co/1WfKPKj6VX đ¸Michael Leahy
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Blinded by smallpox at 18 months, writer Frances Browne (b. #OTD 1816) was educated by family & friends repeating their lessons from the village school to her. She wrote 3 poetry collections, 3 three-volume novels & many short stories & essays. https://t.co/Xh3zvbUuQK
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