VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND

Welcome to the VOICES project Bluesky account. VOICES is a 5 year ERC Advanced Grant Project based at Trinity College Dublin led by Jane Ohlmeyer. We harness #digital technologies to tell the hidden stories of women in #earlymodern Ireland For more check out our website: voicesproject.ie

This is so needed and really great to see! Congrats to all @virtualtreasury.bsky.social 🎉 @petercrooks.bsky.social @joelherman.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social

The VOICES Project has announced a new collab with St Patrick’s Cathedral and the Representative Church Body Library to support the curation and integration of the Cathedral’s archive: www.adaptcentre.ie/news-and-eve... @voicestcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

🚨 New Blog Alert 🚨 Learn more about VOICES collab with St Patrick’s Cathedral and the Representative Church Body Library 👇 voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-... @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social

Happening today at 3pm! Details on how to join online below 👇 www.nli.ie/exhibitions-... @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social

🚨Now available to listen: The VOICES team talk from the 14th Annual Tudor & Stuart Ireland Interdisciplinary Conference! Find links at our website: @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social

The schedule for the Early Modern Research Seminar is here 👇 lots of great talks! @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social

To speak about women & war in 1640s Ireland & our ERC VOICES project at the Hiroshima memorial peace museum is a huge privilege. I’m so deeply grateful to the organisers of the BEACH conference for the invitation. 🇮🇪🇯🇵 @voicestcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

If you happen to be near Tokyo University next Wednesday-16 September- at 2pm, do join us. See the QR code for details or for the zoom link (if you are awake - it’s 6am) 🇮🇪🇯🇵 @voicestcd.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

📻 Listen back to Women in Revolution by @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, Catriona Kennedy & @earner.bsky.social. Available now on YouTube! @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

We had a wonderful time at the Tudor Stuart Conference last week! Many thanks to Deirdre and all of the organisers for inviting us to present our VOICES research, and to the great audience for their engagement 📜 @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social

Thrilled to present the VOICES project and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social to the delegation of EU ministers yesterday 🇪🇺 A huge thank you to Minister James Lawless inviting us 🙏 @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social

A great week for @virtualtreasury.bsky.social and VOICES! Over half a million Irish records now freely available incl thousands more early modern women 🎉 @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social www.irishcentral.com/roots/histor...

What a great day! Congrats all 🥳 @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @tcdahss.bsky.social

Tues 30 Jun Trinity College Dublin. See the huge range of records + research added to the Virtual Treasury. - Search our New Releases for the history of your locality. - New interactive map of the 1766 Religious census and more! Free, all welcome, book here www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-...

Come along to Trinity College Dublin on Tues 30 June to see the huge variety of records we've been work on. Grass roots activists for + against Catholic Emancipation. Radical Irish women + men and the American Revolution. Free, all welcome, booking essential. www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-...

VOICES is delighted to be participating in this event on 30 June with our partners @virtualtreasury.bsky.social. Do join us: www.virtualtreasury.ie/events/vrti-... @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social

In June, the @nlireland.bsky.social was delighted to welcome @voicestcd.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social, who shared fascinating research on the NLI's Funeral Entry manuscripts. These remarkable early modern records document the lives and deaths of hundreds of women in Dublin and beyond.

Last call for our webinar on 'Women in Revolution'. Very much looking forward to the discussion this evening starting at 7PM. All are welcome and you can still sign up - just use the link below: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...

What was the real role of Women in Revolution over the centuries? 📢 Join us online: Thurs 4 June 7:00 pm for Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre (to consider actual, not allegorical, women.) Free, all welcome, booking required.👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...

What does revolution look like when you put women's role at the centre? Join us online on Thursday 4 June, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm for Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073... Attendance is free, all are welcome. (Shared posts are welcome too! 😊)

What is the revolutionary view from this vantage point? Join us online for Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre Thursday 4 June 2026 7:00-8:15PM Attendance is free. All are welcome 👇👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073... 📷 Lotherton Hall, W. Yorkshire. Creative Commons

This looks like a great event on ‘Women in Revolution’ with @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, Dr Catriona Kennedy, and @earner.bsky.social. Happening 4th June 🗓️ Register here 👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...

Don’t forget to register for ‘Women in Revolution’. A discussion on the revolutionary lives of women with @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, Dr Catriona Kennedy, and @earner.bsky.social. See the rest of the thread for talk titles. Registration link👇(1/3) events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...

Congratulations Dr Alex Randles for winning ‘Best In-Use Paper’ at the European Semantic Web Conference! Recognising the impact of the Knowledge Graph Explorer 🧭 @adaptcentre.bsky.social @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social www.adaptcentre.ie/news-and-eve...

This work is the most exciting I've come across for a long time... It is unearthing a chorus of new female voices from the early modern period and giving them wonderful expression. Meet Catherine Strong, the Dung Queen of Ireland in the 1600s. Love it. 🙌

Happening today at 11am in the @tlrhub.bsky.social. Come and join us! @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social @drdpatterson.bsky.social @clairemcnulty.bsky.social @nearfm.ie

Webinar! Women in Revolution: From the Margins to the Centre 7:00-8:15, Thursday 4 June 7:00-7:45 Talks: Prof Jane Ohlmeyer (TCD), Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), Prof Lindsey Earner-Byrne (TCD) 7:45-8:00 Discussion chaired by Dr Joel Herman 8:00-8:15 Q&A events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...

Happening today at 3pm - “Women, War, and Sexual Violence in Early Modern Ireland” by Prof @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social. More details on how to join here: mkgd.hypotheses.org

Be sure to tune in on Monday 11 May 2026 for “Women, War and Sexual Violence in Early Modern Ireland” by Prof @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social. One of a number of upcoming talks so stay tuned 🙏 @tlrhub.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @clairemcnulty.bsky.social @drdpatterson.bsky.social

An even earlier Census from 1650s Dublin detailing Irish names & physical descriptions of women 💚 Check out this new VOICES blog ahead of the 1926 Census release: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-... @tcddublin.bsky.social @adaptcentre.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social

Some fascinating sessions at the “world turned upside down” conference at Christ Church, Oxford. Delighted to talk about our VOICES Project @voicestcd.bsky.social