Laura McAtackney

@lauramca.bsky.social

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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.

Green flag with an image of St Patrick holding a staff above a snake. Text above ‘República Mexicana’ and text below ‘Batallón de San Patricio’
Picture of stacked wooden pallets with flag pinned to the front with murdered paramilitary Billy Wright pictured in between two hooded gunmen.
Picture of a large modern building at Maynooth University (with the name taking up much of the side).
Photo of two women sitting on a stage facing each other in conversation, with a backdrop of red lighting and stained glass windows (it is an altar)
Very cute grey tabby cat (kitten) with white chest and paws sitting in the front window of a cat cafe.
Large diamond encrusted crown with shamrock design. Presented against a black backdrop.
Image of gold embossed collar displayed in glass case at entrance to V&A Jewelry exhibition.
Gold Bronze Age embossed collar displayed in a glass case with black background.
Workshop poster details posted on a glass door
Protection screen with an image of aurora borealis and white text imposed on top ‘The north is always enlarging the change’ (The Auroras of Autumn)
View of a large expanse of sand with a distant sea. The skid is blue with some big white clouds. Perfect!
Two paper documents sitting on a sideboard. On the left is ‘The Archaeology of Political Prisons: the case of Long Kesh / amaze, NI’ and on the right is ‘Presenting Shared Heritage: the case of NI’.
Black cat sitting in the sun on a piece of cardboard.
Graffiti image of a stylised soldier in combats with ‘stop war’ written in red across the middle.
Pile of garbage secreted behind an old wall, mainly vodka bottles.
Irish Time article with two suited men pictured above headline ‘Ex-SAS commander in North: ‘The idea that we played hard and fast with the law is nonsense’.
Black cat staring into your soul
Plate of deliciousness: fried soda bread, potato bread, hash brown, fried eggs, mushroom and tomato.
Picture of the best crisps on earth - Tayto wuster sauce. Yum!
Official statement from the Irish Taoiseach condemning the current campaign to change the name of Herzog Park in Dublin.
Facebook post from British right wing rag ‘The Telegraph’ ‘Ireland is about to make its most shameful decision yet’. By Ruth Dudley Edwards.
White wall with purple graffiti ‘no peace on stolen land’
Image of Lincoln, Kennedy, King, Kirk and Jesus side by side with the words underneath ‘All Because / Of Words’.
Pair of earrings - a pint of stout with the black liquid dissecting a ‘G’.
Picture of an old university building with a green lawn in front and NO people!
Colonial linguistic map of Europe
A blue blue sky
Book cover. Green with a green-eyed black and white cat in the centre. Title: ‘Teach Your Cat / Irish’. By Anne Cakebread.
Picture of poem by Heaney ‘The annals say …’
Graffiti on a white door, ‘Trans Joy Forever’ and ‘I love Trans people!’
A disgusting plate of intermixed foods somewhat related to a ‘vegetarian fry’