Stephanie Rains 🪼 @acidrains.bsky.social The Barbara Woodhouse of llamas. Mainly politics and cute animals, with occasional images from the archives. For the day job, follow the Irish Cultural and Media History blog at irishmediahistory.com
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
Cupán Tayla ☕️ @cupantayla.bsky.social Cackling through the chaos 🧙♀️ Limerick City's most right honorable pigeon witch 🐦 firm supporter of the return of the jort 👖🤏 she/her 🇮🇪🏳️🌈
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Grangegorman Development Agency @grangegormandev.bsky.social Transforming Grangegorman into a vibrant community that encompasses a health, education & community urban quarter
Kathy Chung @kathychung.bsky.social Conference coordinator, professional genealogist, photographer, writer and editor based in Vancouver, BC. MLitt, QG. kathychung.com she/her 
Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social Your favourite archive's favourite archive.
We're the archives and local studies library for the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, and the home of Buckinghamshire History Festival.
Website: buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/archives/
Heritage Hunters @heritagehunters.bsky.social Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@2heritagehunters
Website: https://heritage-hunters.com/
Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie An authoritative reference work of nearly 11,000 lives for scholars of Irish history, society and culture from the Royal Irish Academy.
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@thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social 
James @jhshelley.bsky.social Leixlip, Ireland. Forever a Dub.
Not wealthy enough to be considered eccentric, just getting through life as best as one can.
Posts generally good things, and sometimes reactions to bad.
Images unless reposted or otherwise stated are all taken by myself.
Lisa | Regency Relatives @regencyrelatives.bsky.social Hello, I'm Lisa. Family historian with a love of the Regency era, strong tea, and research rabbit holes. Honest about the chaos of genealogy. Founder of Regency Relatives: regencyrelatives.co.uk
Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social Retired (mostly...) Irish Times tech columnist. Chair, New Music Dublin. Privacy/infosec/human&digital rights. Likes 🦇. Lots of 4-legged talls/smalls 🐕🐈⬛🫏🐴. Talkative. 🇨🇦➡️🇺🇸➡️🇮🇪 www.newmusicdublin.ie
Dr Deirdre Foley @drdeefoley.bsky.social Research Ireland Pathway fellow, Trinity College Dublin.
Researching pregnancy and maternity care in twentieth-century Ireland.
Membership Secretary, Women’s History Association of Ireland.
Previously: DCU, UCC, Oxford.
she/her
Laura @bookgrl.bsky.social A wife, mom, sister and daughter and a human attendant to two mildly spoiled cats. I WILL finish my MLIS degree in Spring 2026. Reader of books, history geek, knitter, and did I mention reading ?
Mo Moulton @momoulton.bsky.social Professor of Modern British & Irish History at the University of Birmingham (UK). he/him. Writing and researching to answer the timeless question: how do cooperatives and capitalism and trans theory and queer kinship fit together?
Dr Corinne Painter @corinnepainter.bsky.social Associate Prof Intercultural Studies @ Uni of Leeds @lcsleeds.bsky.social
FHEA. FRHistS
Research: Women's Life Writing, Revolution, Antifascism, German Jewish women. Tweets my own. She/Her
The Wild Gees @thewildgees.bsky.social On a mission to seek out women's histories, prehistories and mythologies and share our adventures. Interested in under-told stories of all women 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Check out our blog: http://thewildgees.com/
Elaine Halpin @genealogyjourneys.bsky.social On a mission to tell the stories of ordinary Irish people who led extraordinary lives.
Helen Donohue @helendonohue.bsky.social Journalist with RTÉ NEWS.
Alec van Helsdingen @abmvanhelsdingen.bsky.social genealogist, statistics PhD candidate
https://abmvanhelsdingen.github.io/index.html
Marie @reesiepie.bsky.social 'Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker'. European. Likes include, but not limited to, travel, film, tennis, Eurovision. She/her. Manchester-based.
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/reesiepie/
Angela C @angelacoraccio.bsky.social Immigrant. Friend. She/Her. Queer. Writer. Editor. Former repealer. DJ dabbler. Runner. DIYer. Dubliner since 2008. Perimenopause sufferer.
Karl Stanley @karlstanley.bsky.social Twitter migrant. Dublin City Councillor for Clontarf. Also on mastodon, but rarely: https://mastodon.ie/@karlstanley
Conor @ Irish Roots @irishroots.ie Irish genealogy research, DNA analysis & heritage technology. Free tools for Irish place enrichment, ancestor mapping & census linking. 🇮🇪 irishroots.ie
Katherine Borges @dnakath.bsky.social Director of International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG.org) and founding member of The Coalition for Responsible use of AI in Genealogy (CRAIGEN.org)
Interested in genealogy, family history, epigenetics, null alleles, and #AI #DNA #Epigenetics
Dean Kirby @manchesterhistory.uk Author keeping people's history alive. Historian. Orwell Prize nominated journalist. PhD. Tour guide. Rep: @litagencygmc.bsky.social.
📕Pre-order my new book The Scuttlers: https://linktr.ee/TheScuttlers
Substack newsletter: www.manchesterhistory.uk
Anna Matthews @relativelyhistoric.bsky.social Family historian, anti-fascist, pet-lover. Canadian-American. 🇨🇦 Elbows up!
Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com Genealogist and researcher with deep experience tracing families into and through Michigan and the U.S. Midwest. APG, APG Great Lakes, Michigan Genealogical Council. Interviewer, writer and editor. Taking clients, consulting work. simplyv2.com/genealogy
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
Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social Writer, editor, screenwriter, journalist. Based in Dublin.
My profile on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/3ATOb
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
Ciaran McGrath @cerandor.com Writer of stuff, player of games, enjoyer of life. Living with cancer, trying to be a better person one day at a time.
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.
@duncansmithtd.bsky.social @duncansmithtd.bsky.social 
Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social Historian of #VastEarlyAmerica, gender, family & politics | Director & Librarian @ JCBLibrary | History Prof @ Brown U
#LineageTheBook OUP July, 2025 | On some other platforms and also @ karinwulf.com | Opinions here just mine.
ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social The IHTA is a research programme of the Royal Irish Academy & produces historic atlases of towns on the island of Ireland from earliest times to 1900
Go deeper: https://www.ria.ie/research-programmes/irish-historic-towns-atlas//
Dr Anna Fairley Nielsson @annaandthedead.bsky.social Archaeologist and photographer. Found in cemeteries or near water.
🪦 Home of #31DaysOfGraves
📍Liverpool, UK 🏳️🌈 She/her
https://linktr.ee/annafn
Bernie McCarthy 🏳️🌈 @berniemccarthy.bsky.social Writer of Irish historical fiction and craftswoman.
Irish Family History Society @ifhs.bsky.social The Irish Family History Society (IFHS) is a voluntary non-profit making organisation, established in 1984. We are based in Ireland, but open to anyone who is interested in looking to trace their Irish roots, wherever in the world they are based.
Martin @rocky64.bsky.social Norwegian amateur genealogist. Blogging about Norwegian genealogy in English, I provide help. Other interests are reading, photography, and music (clarinet, organ and accordion) History studies with genealogy.
Website: https://martinroe.com/blog/
Tailte Éireann @tailteeireann.bsky.social Tailte Éireann is an independent Government agency providing a property registration system, property valuation service, and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State.
Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland promotes an inter-disciplinary approach to Irish studies.
ssnci.org
Tramp Press @tramppress.bsky.social Independent book publisher. The Most Normal Woman by Roisin Kiberd forthcoming end of August! Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland.
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
Debbie Kennett 🧬🌳 @debbiekennett.bsky.social DNA, genetic genealogy, family history. forensics. Honorary Research Fellow at UCL. All views my own.
Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social Writer, poker player and accidental quiz show host.
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
@aine-lawlor.bsky.social @aine-lawlor.bsky.social Broadcaster and journalist, ex RTE.
#Politics, #Divine Sparks - news,gardening, politics, cancer advocacy,food
Family Tree Plus @familytreeplus.bsky.social Family Tree has one simple mission: to help you discover your family stories. Find out more at www.family-tree.co.uk
BernieQuinn 🇮🇪 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @scarpetta.bsky.social Country girl, Leonard and Willie fan, likes the simple life, done arguing with idiots. Donegal forever.
She/her/hers
Avatar: Photo of a Lego person beside a Lego dog
Banner: a coastal orange sunset.
Fingal County Council @fingal.ie Fingal County Council is a local authority to the north of Dublin, Ireland.
W: www.fingal.ie
E: customercareunit@fingal.ie
T: (01) 890 5000
David McCullagh @mcculld.bsky.social Journalist with RTE, presenter of the Today show, Springsteen and Leinster fan, views mine not RTE's. RTs are not an endorsement. Get my new book here linktr.ee/mcculld
Dr. Hilary Lennon @hilarylennon.bsky.social Literary historian, teacher of literature, working on a cultural history of Irish letter writing.
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 History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social The Family History Federation, supporting #Genealogy and the membership of #FamilyHistory societies worldwide 🌳 #FamilyHistoryFriday familyhistoryfederation.com / http://exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk
Cathie Sherwood @familyhistory.academy Family Historian. Educator. Speaker. DNA Sleuth. Research Enthusiast.
Owner, Family History Academy (familyhistory.academy) & Ancestor Discovery (ancestordiscovery.com.au).
Innovating #familyhistory one story at a time.- J @jjfru.bsky.social @jjfru.bsky.social
Bets Von Count @betsvc.bsky.social Dedicated feline enthusiast, avid reader, music lover, tea drinker, pro-abortion feminist, history fan, Marshmallow, pro adoptee rights, fond of the gin. Si/i. Dublin, Ireland.
EveleenMc @eveleenm.bsky.social Interested in the environment, botany, history, architecture, opera, classical music, the EU, and lots more. Please don't follow me if you're already following thousands! 
Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social Dublin’s Oldest Independent Bookshop | D’Olier St, Dublin 2
Bookshop open Mon-Sat 10-6; Sun 1-5
Café open Tues-Sat 10.30-4.30; Closed Sunday & Monday
Diahan Southard @yourdnaguide.bsky.social Your DNA Guide helps turn DNA test results into meaningful family connections. We provide resources for anyone who has taken a DNA test for ethnicity or genealogy purposes.
https://www.yourdnaguide.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@YourDNAGuide/
Jenny O'Neill @jennylibrarian.bsky.social Open Research and FAIR Data advocate by day, knitter & serial crafter when I get 5 minutes. Permanently drinking coffee. She/her
araireland @araireland.bsky.social Official account for Archives and Records Association, Ireland. Cuntas oifigiúil Cumainn Cartlann agus Taifead, Éire.
Ireland / Northern Ireland
#IrishArchives #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
https://araireland.ie/
Renée Sylvestre-Williams @reneesw.bsky.social Journalist. Book author - The Singles Tax, coming January 2026. Newsletter writer. Trinidadian Canadian. Traveler.
My journalism: https://muckrack.com/renee-sylvestre-williams/articles
Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social Adviser for Business & more! Irish Tech News | Celtar Advisers | StartUp Ballymun | Dublin, Ireland. Grower of ideas, businesses, communities & #historymatters
Dr Megan McAuley @meganmcauley.bsky.social Proud Tír Chonaill woman, historian, genealogist, farmer’s daughter, gaeilgeoir. Research interests include Irish childhood and family history, and all things Donegal, from medieval to modern!
Philip Boucher-Hayes @philipb-h.bsky.social Mostly a journalist. Mostly RTÉ Radio and Television (Ireland). Mostly climate, farming, nature. Never said no to a Ginger Snap biscuit.
David @davidbtn2.bsky.social Welsh, Brightonian, London librarian and writer (actively looking for a literary agent)
The G & Q in LGBTQ+ (he/him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴
FizzyB @fizzyblue.bsky.social Dubliner. Avid reader and theatre-goer. Big Strictly fan. Never happier than when I'm on a cruise 🛳
Niall O’Keeffe @niallok.ie Radio producer, DJ & voiceover. Deputy Programme Director & Breakfast Producer, Radio Nova 100 (Dublin). Music & comedy fan. Vinyl enthusiast. Husband. These words are my own. Obviously.
Amanda @amandacrowley.bsky.social Music, travel, books.. failed crafter.. interested in how the world is going so politics, economics and opinions welcome... we don't need to agree 😉
Sarsfield Homecoming Project @sarsfieldhome.bsky.social Project launched in 2020 aiming to locate and repatriate to Ireland the remains of national hero Patrick Sarsfield. Project Director: Dr Loïc Guyon @francemidwest.bsky.social
Visit the project’s Go Fund Me page for more info: https://gofund.me/6e91cda6
Niamh Ennis @niamhennis.bsky.social ChangeMaker | Business Mentor. Author of Get Unstuck. Podcaster. IMAGE Magazine Columnist http://www.image.ie
Jody Day (Gateway Women) @gatewaywomen.bsky.social 'That childless woman.' Psychotherapist, author, Substacker, TEDxer, cat staff, apprentice crone. Founder of Gateway Women and Gateway Elderwomen #Childless #Childfree #WestCork #AgeingWithoutChildren https://linktr.ee/gatewaywomen
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
Dr Gearóidín McEvoy @garodean.bsky.social Gael. Feminist. Lawyer and linguist. ISL user. Researcher. Immigrant. Mama. Knitter
I hope you like feminist rants
Sí/í
Tom Happens @tomhappens.bsky.social Some things you can’t cover up with lip stick and powder
Ann O’Dea @annodea.bsky.social Lifelong journo, media founder and CEO Silicon Republic; personal interests: four+ legged critters, birds, history and old stuff, biodiversity, geopolitics, art and culture and great gigs
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/
Maia Dunphy @maiadunphy.bsky.social Broadcaster, writer, happy wrangler of small boy. Queries/ weird requests: info@nkmanagement.ie maiadunphy.ie
Dónal Cunningham @donalcunningham.bsky.social Husband, Dad, brother, geek, first aider, wood turner, singer, gamer.
Cristina @nightowlgenealogy.bsky.social Love a good family history mystery. Here to learn, observe, inform and share. Researching my #Italian #Sicilian #Irish #Swiss #English ancestors and building my family tree since 2008.
Martin Nutty @nuttyinnyc.com Wannabe polymath and podcaster, cohost of the IrishStewPodcast. Dublin-born New York resident
IrishStewPodcast.com
Shamrock Club of Wisconsin @shamrockclubwis.bsky.social Wisconsin based Irish Anerican nonprofit formed in 1960.
We started lots of things Irish in Milwaukee.
Https://shamroclubwis com
Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social Professional Scottish genealogist and co-founder of scottishindexes.com. Regularly to be found in the National Records of Scotland untying Sheriff Court records. I also organise the Scottish Indexes Conferences.
Aimee Cross Genealogy Hints @ancestryaimee.bsky.social Build your family tree with me and let's take your family history to the next level! YT videos: https://www.youtube.com/@ancestryaimee or visit my website: https://ancestryaimee.com
Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society @gwsfhs.org.uk Here to connect with other family historians, genealogists, and people with a passion for Glasgow's past. Drop in to our Glasgow West End research centre or visit us online! Registered Scottish charity. gwsfhs.org.uk
Contagious Genealogy @congenealogy.bsky.social Genealogist & Storyteller | contagiousgenealogy.blogspot.com
Martine Brennan @saytheirnamesir.bsky.social Public historian #IrishSlaveholders #SouthCarolina & beyond. https://irishhistorians.ie/members/martine-brennan/ and https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/stained-and-bloodied-cloths-of-ireland-9781350445703/
Denyse Allen @denyse-allen.bsky.social I help people write the stories of their ancestors at www.chroniclemakers.com
Cairenn Binder @cairennoid.bsky.social Investigative genetic genealogist and educator solving unidentified remains and violent crime cases at Ramapo College of NJ IGG Center & Coast to Coast Genetic Genealogy Services.
📺 #NamingTheDead on NatGeo, Hulu & Disney+
https://www.cairennbinder.com
Catherine Becker Wiest Desmarais @cathwiestdesmarais.bsky.social Forensic genealogist, teacher, writer, and book addict. Who's up for dinner?
Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) @igrs1936.bsky.social We are the “Great Granddaddy of all Irish Family History Societies”. Founded in 1936, we’re the world’s oldest society dedicated Irish family history - and now in our 90th year. 🎉☘️
https://www.irishancestors.ie
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
Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy @craigenorg.bsky.social Our mission is to guide the genealogical community in the responsible and ethical use of AI, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and privacy while maximizing the benefits of AI for genealogical research. For more info: craigen.org
Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social Author of The Five, historian and a bit of TV. Story of A Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen’s Crime of the Century on bookshelves March 2025. https://linktr.ee/hallierubenhold
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
Pauleen @cassmob @cassmob.bsky.social #genealogy #familyhistory #localhistory #travel #photography
#OPS: particular interest in emigrants from #Dorfprozelten Bavaria; East Count Clare, Ireland especially #Broadford. Also the history and people of Murphys Creek in Queensland, Australia.
Janice Tullock @jtullock.bsky.social Archivist, consultant, genealogist, mentor. If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ~Pearl Buck