Eugene OBrien @eob2.bsky.social Professor of English Literature and Theory, Mary Immaculate C.ollege, Limerick
Rusty Williams @rustywilliams.bsky.social Dad, husband and founder of various tech co's. Currently co-founder of AnswerStage - helping marketers create videos at scale featuring real expertise. Diving deep into how AI can enhance creativity & productivity.
X member of X - @rustyw.
Rita Wild @ritawild.bsky.social More justice and more peace. Loves a beautiful view.
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
“In the shelter/shadow of each other the people live.”
Clean the Air, wear a mask. 
Timothy J. White @whitetimothyj.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Xavier University
Irish Politics, Northern Ireland, the Irish Diaspora in the US, Political Culture, US Foreign Policy, and the Politics of War and Peace
Currently working on power transition theory in Northern Ireland
Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social Prime Minister of Canada and Leader of the Liberal Party | Premier ministre du Canada et chef du Parti libéral
markcarney.ca 
@rcsi-research.bsky.social @rcsi-research.bsky.social 
Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA @tjfinan.org Archaeologist, historian, and professor at Saint Louis University. Director of Kilteasheen, Rockingham Moated Site, and the Rock of Lough Key excavations in County Roscommon, Ireland...the best county in Ireland. www.tjfinan.org
Ulster Archaeological Society @ulster-archaeology.bsky.social The Ulster Archaeological Society aims to promote the involvement of the public in local archaeological activity across Ulster. We hold regular lectures & publish the Ulster Journal of Archaeology.
Find out more at www.qub.ac.uk/sites/uas/
UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social Our Bluesky account - University College Dublin,
Ireland - posts by Aidan O'Sullivan and Conor McDermott
Michael Fradley @mfradley.bsky.social Landscape archaeologist working at @eamena.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Kevin Daly @gingerhowley.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCD. Young Academy Ireland. https://t.co/ZQ4XYYxM7H
Ancient DNA, goats, sheep (begrudgingly), pathogens, climate, MTG, Traitors.
I watch too many films: http://letterboxd.com/GingerHowley
He is openly gay (citation needed).
@barry-archaeo.bsky.social @barry-archaeo.bsky.social Associate Professor at UCD School of Archaeology in Dublin. Director of MSc programme in Mediterranean Archaeology, Director of Research, delusional gardener of Mediterranean plants in Ireland, avid motorbike fan on the two days a year without rain.
Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social Ireland and Britain Editor,
The Irish Times
Leading The Irish Times’ Common Ground project exploring relationships on the island of Ireland, and between Ireland and Great Britain
https://www.irishtimes.com/common-ground/
Daniel Horowitz @danielhorowitz.bsky.social Genealogy expert of MyHeritage
LeitrimMel @melhowes.bsky.social Genealogist, specialising in Irish and British research, based in Dublin and the west of Ireland. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory Owner and Chief Genealogist at https://DolmenGenealogy.com. Chairperson for the Irish Family History Society (http://ifhs.ie).
Family Tree Magazine @familytreemag.bsky.social Discover, preserve and celebrate your family history. #familytreemag #familytreemagazine
Bimonthly magazine (published six times per year) with print and digital subscriptions. Monthly podcasts. Daily and weekly e-newsletters.
Donna Rutherford @donnasr.bsky.social Kiwi chick living in London. 🧬 Genetic Genealogist amongst many other things :-)
Likes cats 🐈⬛ and Formula 1 🏎️
Sam Perrin @misssamperrin.bsky.social Cemetery historian & guide to London's dead. I offer historical walks & talks via @tempusfugithistory.bsky.social ⌛🪽 🏳️🌈
Dr Jennifer Redmond @jenniferredmond.bsky.social Assoc. Prof in Irish History, Chair of HIDDEN COST Action CA21120, interested in all things citizenship, identity documentation, history, women and gender
Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social Ancestor Bothering in Cork City, Cork County,The World ❤️🩹 🇮🇪🧩🧬📚
Volunteers Society based in Cork City. Check our website corkgenealogicalsociety.com
Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie 22 | College Student | Genealogist, creator of Project Infant — projectinfant.ie, posts #Genealogy and my research into #MotherAndBabyHomes. Wanna-be many things, too little time. Hopeful optimist. 😅
Links: https://linktr.ee/danielloftus
📍Cork, Ireland
Jane Casey @janecasey.bsky.social Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and Everything She Didn't Say (out 16 July). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
Attie @attie.ai The future of social, built by you. https://attie.ai/feeds
Dr. Owen O'Shea @owenoshea.bsky.social History, politics, books and coffee, in no particular order. PhD from UCD on post-Civil War politics in Kerry. New book coming in 2026. Author, historian, researcher. More at www.owenoshea.ie
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social All-around genius working for peace, beauty, and intelligent thought.
IRL: professor of art history. Occasionally write things about Rubens. Also Dutch art, the Bruegel family, and Elizabethan visual culture.
Reader of many novels. DC & Amsterdam.
Séamus Dubhghaill ☘️ @seamusdubhghaill.bsky.social Retired IT. Little Rock Public Safety Commissioner, Get Loud Arkansas volunteer, past president Irish Cultural Society of Arkansas. Views are my own. 🚫 DMs.
Findmypast @findmypast.bsky.social Findmypast helps you understand your family history. Delve deeper into your family tree by getting to know the world your ancestors lived in — their triumphs, setbacks, and heartbreaks — to uncover your family’s unique story. Here 9-5 weekdays.
DNAJoy @dnajoy.bsky.social Genetic Genealogist, regular Genealogist, and writer. Our DNA makes us unique, and binds us together 🧬
www.dnajoy.co.uk email: enquiries@dnajoy.co.uk- M Margaret O'Shea Jordan @mosheajordan.bsky.social Genetic Genealogy, yDNA, lives in Ireland, has cats, teacher in previous life.
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social Adviser for Business & more! Irish Tech News | Celtar Advisers | StartUp Ballymun | Dublin, Ireland. Grower of ideas, businesses, communities & #historymatters
Government of Ireland @gov.ie News from the Government of Ireland. RTs not an endorsement.
See our latest news and other social media accounts here: https://linktr.ee/governmentofireland
Debbie Kennett 🧬🌳 @debbiekennett.bsky.social DNA, genetic genealogy, family history. forensics. Honorary Research Fellow at UCL. All views my own.
Dr Una McIlvenna @unamcilvenna.bsky.social Associate Professor at ANU who writes about – and sometimes sings – ballads about executions, disasters, military conflicts & politics from the 16th to the 19th century. Personal website: unamcilvenna.com
Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social Implementing the Strategic Heritage Plan 2024-29 @dubcitycouncil.
Proud to be part of the @heritagecouncil.ie's Heritage Officer Network.
Email: heritage@dublincity.ie
Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann Genealogical Society of Ireland @gensocireland.bsky.social Promoting the study of genealogy, heraldry, vexillology & related subjects. Publishes monthly newsletter & annual journal; hosts monthly lectures & weekly Zoom drop in sessions & operates an archive & research centre, An Daonchartlann. www.familyhistory.ie
Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.eurosky.social Economist and economic historian. Directeur de Recherche, CNRS and Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris.
Website: kevinhorourke.com
Martin Doyle @martindoyle.bsky.social Books Editor of The Irish Times; author of Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place (Merrion Press)
Frank McNally @frankie49.bsky.social Chief writer of An Irish Diary, The Irish Times
Dr Shelby Zimmerman @shelbyzimme.bsky.social Social historian of medicine, institutions, poverty, and death | PhD from Trinity College Dublin | Based in London
Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social Historian interested in O'Connellite politics and the emergence of a north-south frontier, 1824-44. Former @researchireland.ie Scholar, @historytcd.bsky.social. pduffy1@tcd.ie
orcid.org/0000-0002-6049-1089
irishhistorians.ie/members/patrick-barry-duffy/
Foras Feasa @forasfeasa.bsky.social Historian and translator, living at the very edge of Ireland 
Dr Conor Reidy FRHistS @conorreidy.bsky.social Professional Historian | Author | Copy Editor | Indexer | Social, Gender & Penal History | Former M&B Commission Researcher | Tipp FM Contributor www.silverviewediting.com
Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social Working on archaeology, heritage, memory, and knowing the past as Prof in Radical Humanities at UC Cork. Specializes in post/conflict and post/colonial contexts inc fieldwork in Ireland and Caribbean. Unapologetic focus on social justice.
Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social Reader in Economics (since August 1 2025) at QBS. Appointed Fellow of the Royal Economic Society December 2025. Recovering journal editor. Perhaps best known - if at all- for writing about De Lorean? Fan of Bangor FC and low brow cinema.
Women of 1000 || Meg Hyland @womenof1000.bsky.social Art & research project illustrating the lives of women from around the world 1000 years ago: https://womenof1000ad.weebly.com/
PhD student at Edinburgh Uni in Celtic & Scottish Studies, researching herring gutters & their music.
she/her, disabled 🏳️🌈
Niamh Howlin @niamhh.bsky.social Associate Professor, Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin.
Researching legal history, legal professions and trials
NornIronGirl1981 @nornirongirl1981.eurosky.social Teenage angst, boys and hunger strikes. The life of a 13 year old in N Ireland. My 1981 diary entries tweeted daily.
Contact: @BeebsyMcA
Gerard Shannon @gerardshannon.bsky.social Public historian of the Irish revolutionary period of 1912-23. Biographer of Liam Lynch and Rory O'Connor, both available from Merrion Press. MA in History from DCU. More can be found here: https://gerardshannon.com/
Stefanie Shackleton, PhD @pauperhistorian.bsky.social Historian of class, labor, and gender in 19th century Britain, Ireland, and Empire. First-gen, non-traditional, DEI advocate. Also, old-school D&D nerd. 🏳️🌈
Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social Historian & retired public servant
Prof Linda Connolly @lindaconnolly.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, author
MSP Archive @msp-archive.bsky.social Military Service Pensions Archive.
The largest collection in the Military Archives in Ireland.
www.militaryarchives.ie www.militarypensions.wordpress.com
Michelle McCann, PhD. @mcgoffmccann.bsky.social Professional Historian - Researching historical crime and murder in 19th and early 20th c.; The Bath Estate (1750-1900) and artist and inventor John Bedell Stanford MacIlwaine (1857-1945) - looking for an AMAZING new opportunity in research :)
Jane Halloran @jhallgenie.bsky.social I am an Irish American expat living in County Clare, working as a professional genealogist (APG) with a PhD in Irish American Studies (MIC) and an M.A. in Local History (UL). Fairfield U (CT) graduate. Sea swimmer.
Let me research your family history!
Ida Milne @idamilne.bsky.social Historian unashamedly obsessive about anything to do with 1918-19 flu pandemic. Or weissbier. Also interested in history ofepidemics, vaccination, southern Irish Protestant identity, newspapers, oral history, current affairs…and I love good company.
Paul Clerkin, Archiseek.com @archiseek.bsky.social Irish architecture history https://www.archiseek.com since 1996, football fan (all strains), drinker of tea (all strains), likes beer (all strains). Also likes strainers and trains.
#YNWA #architecture #irisharchitecture
Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social Historian at TCD, interested in Ireland and Empire, Public History, and lots of other things. Co-lead for Trinity's Colonial Legacies. 
Ellen McWilliams @ellenmcwilliams.bsky.social Writer and Academic
West Cork to Blame for Any Views
New Book: RESTING PLACES: ON WOUNDS, WAR AND THE IRISH REVOLUTION (Beyond the Pale Books) https://www.ellenmcwilliams.com/
Lecturer in English, University of Exeter
https://english.exeter.ac.uk/staff/
Peter Connell @pconn99.bsky.social Local historian, editor of Ríocht na Midhe, journal of the Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, research interests - history of public housing, labour history, Great Famine, Irish towns and local government in the 19th and early 20th century, 
Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social Léachtóir Sinsearach/ Senior Lecturer @ Ollscoil na Banríona, Queen's University Belfast. Member of Young Academy Ireland. Legacies of Irish revolution | modernist & contemporary Irish literature | ✍🏼📖 on urban Gaeltacht communities in US at turn of 20c
Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social Staraí/Scríbhneoir/Taighdeoir - Historian/Writer/Researcher
19th c. US history; Fenianism; Irish language in the US; Irish folklore
Dr Gavin Hughes FRHistS FRGS @drgavinhughes.bsky.social Short misadventurer in archaeology, mischievous military historian, author, broadcaster, relentless miniature painter & collector. Follows cricket but doesn't understand it. Looks a little like Asterix 🙂 Rep @Pastpreservers; TCD, SDUC, NI, Wales, Co. Down!
John Morgan @morganjohn.bsky.social Historical Memory | Law | Politics | Sport | Travel | Hiking | Culture | Curious….. (Co-author of new book, The Irish in the Resistance…)
Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social Prof Emerita | History female activism, gender equality & women's social movements Britain & Ireland | #HistoryofExperience | Fellow @royalhistsoc.org | PI #womensgrassrootsactivism | Visiting Full Prof @ucddublin.bsky.social & Visiting Researcher @utu.fi
Homespun History @homespunhistory.bsky.social Historian Dr Gavin Hughes and Musician/Storyteller Anne Harper explore the hidden people, places and landscapes of Ireland. Expect a smattering of folklore, bad jokes & occasional spooky moments!
Jack Crangle @jcrangle.bsky.social Lecturer in Contemporary British History at Queen’s University Belfast.
Historian of migration and diversity in Britain and Ireland.
Ian Miller @ianmillerhistor.bsky.social Author of eight books, most recent "History of Ireland in 10 Body Parts" shortlisted for An Post Irish Book Awards.
Senior Lecturer/Historian Ulster University
PI Epidemic Belfast
Reviews Editor Social History of Medicine
www.ianmillerhistorian.co.uk
Margaret Ward @marg50.bsky.social Feminist historian. Latest book ‘Rebel Women: Cumann na mBan in Belfast and the Glens of Antrim 1914-1924’ - contact publishers info@beyondthepalebooks.com.
The Cricket Bat That Died For Ireland @brendamalone.bsky.social Brenda Malone, historian, Curator of Irish Military History at the NMI, into social justice in museums and cultural heritage. Blogger. Easily distracted by dogs. Not actually a cricket bat. All tweets my own.
thecricketbatthatdiedforireland.com
Dr Paul Huddie @paulhuddie.bsky.social ERC Project Manager | Historian | Coordinator of @milwelfhist.bsky.social and @crimeanwar.bsky.social | also studies royal raval reserves 🇪🇺🇺🇦
For more about me see: http://irishhistorians.ie/members/phuddie/
Adrian Kirwan @adriankirwan.bsky.social Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholar, exploring the intersection of Science, Technology and Society, including AI in Education. Teaches Critical Skills, Maynooth University.
Chris Colvin @cliochris.bsky.social Reader in Economic History, Queen's University Belfast @quceh.bsky.social | Associate Editor, Business History @businesshistory.bsky.social | Website: https://chris-colvin.github.io/
Conor Heffernan @physcstudy.bsky.social Lecturer At Ulster University. Historian of health, fitness and physical culture. Co-host of Boys We've Seen podcast. I also run history of fitness website, physicalculturestudy.com
Dr Cathryn McWilliams @candlelitink.bsky.social Irish women’s history, letters, memoir, creativity & writing. Norn Iron cutty. Ready for the hills.
Associate Prof of English, University of South-Eastern Norway.
Declan Monaghan @decomon.bsky.social Historian of 19th and 20th century Ireland.
Author of The Irish National Stud 1900-2021: Horses, Politics and Elitism published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Kate O'Malley @kateom.bsky.social Mam, historian, northsider.
🏸🏃♀️🤘🌱
Co-producer & co-host RTÉ Radio 1's #IrishImperialLives
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/irish-imperial-lives/
Melissa Baird @melissabaird.bsky.social Assistant Editor, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy, Royal Irish Academy
| Historian of modern Irish and American history.
Sarah Kerr @sarahkerr.bsky.social Lecturer in Archaeology & Radical Humanities at UCC, Ireland.
Reviews Editor Medieval Archaeology @socmedarch.bsky.social
Former MSCActions Fellow at Aarhus University.
Feminist, mother, she/her.
Sean O’Connell @seanoconnellqub.bsky.social Professor of Modern British and Irish Social History at Queen’s University Belfast. Co-Chair of the Truth Recovery Independent Panel on Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses in Northern Ireland, 1922-1995.
Mick O'Farrell @mof1916.bsky.social Amateur historian, 1916 author.
Keeper of world’s largest private collection of Easter Rising-related publications.
#MOF1916
Got any rare 1916 publications?
Dianne Hall @dihall.bsky.social Victoria University, Melbourne. Historican of Ireland and the Irish diaspora. Interested in gender, violence, religion, race and memory
Rachael Young @rachael-young.bsky.social Modern Irish & British History post-doc at Boston College. Interested in the merging of community art, protest, and policing in marginalized communities. she/her
Shahmima Akhtar @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social Historian. Exhibiting Irishness: Empire, race and nation, c. 1850-1970 out now with @ManchesterUP Studies in Imperialism Series. 30% discount code: EVENT30
Ciarán Casey @ciaranmcasey.bsky.social Economic historian at UL. Author of 'The Irish Department of Finance, 1959-1999' and 'Policy Failures and the Irish Economic Crisis'.
Brian Casey @briancasey123.bsky.social Historian of the Victorian countryside, agrarian radicalism. and 20th Century global Catholicism and female religious. Hon. Fellow Durham University Theology and Religion.
Leanne McCormick @leannemccormick.bsky.social Professor of Modern History, Ulster University. Co-chair Truth Recovery Independent Panel. Bad Bridget Project | Queer NI.
Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social Social historian of modern Ireland based at Maynooth University.
Lindsey Earner-Byrne @earner.bsky.social Professor of Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin
She/her
Dan Guiney @danshistoryhighway.bsky.social #historyteacher
Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social Historian & writer. Britain, Ireland, empire, music. Latest book is on John Cale's Paris 1919 for 33 1/3. Next: histories of African people/music in Ireland. “Pipe-sucking radical” --Mail on Sunday. Views here are my own: my employer has no views.
Liam Hogan @liamhogan.bsky.social Librarian & Historian. Twitter migrant.
Researching Slavery - Memory - Power.
Blog > https://medium.com/@Limerick1914/
hcommons > https://hcommons.org/members/liamhogan/
Nicholas Whyte 白怀珂 @nwhyte.bsky.social He/him. International affairs strategist & expert, science fiction fan, psephologist; posts personal. Will block rude people and bigots.
http://fromtheheartofeurope.eu
Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social Health Humanities and c18/19 British and Irish Literature. Must love dogs.
Most recent book: Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale from Liverpool University Press (2026)
Aoife O'Donoghue @aoifemod.bsky.social Law Prof QUB| Tyranny & Global Legal Order | Utopia | International Law | Feminism | Feminist Constitutionalism | Brexit & Northern Ireland | History | Law & Humanities | Cork & Belfast & Ireland | She/Her Sí/í
(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social Archaeologist. This gun's for hire on small finds. Educator. Iron Age/ early med material culture . Likes horses and old stabby pointy things. "Ain't nothin' like me - except me" (Raccoon, 2014). Usually optimistic. She/her/thon wan. Personal views only
Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social Cultural historian. Associate Professor, School of History & Geography, University of Limerick. Current book project -the development of Catholic architecture in Ireland, 1780s-1950s. #CeaseFireInGaza https://pure.ul.ie/en/persons/niamh-nicghabhann-coleman
Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne
@gerardbeirne.bsky.social
Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social Historian/writer • @maynoothuniversity.ie • executive committee @mediumaevum.bsky.social • deputy chair of board @dublinnorthwest.bsky.social • Fierce Appetites (Penguin, 2022) • rep'd by Robert Caskie • extreme metal fan • she/her
Máiréad Enright @maireadenright.bsky.social Irish academic (@lawatloughborough.bsky.social) living in Birmingham. Working on women, law, religion (Catholicism mostly) and reproduction broadly understood. Often legal history, sometimes just law.