patrickspeople.scot @patrickspeople.bsky.social https://www.patrickspeople.scot is a family history database of mainly, but not exclusively, Scottish and Irish families linked by blood or marriage. It’s run by Mary McGonigal, is free to use and may be copied for strictly non-commercial purposes.
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
The Irish News @irishnews.com The Irish News is the UK and Ireland’s top selling regional daily newspaper. We've been telling the full story since 1891.
www.irishnews.com
Dr Robyn Atcheson @robyninpink.bsky.social Historian & history communicator - modern, social, medical, women's & Irish.
Feminist. Headstrong, obstinate girl.
Probably wearing pink.
Eric Morier-Genoud @emorier.bsky.social Professor of African History | Queen's University Belfast | Interested in Politics, Religion, Armed conflicts, jihad, peace, Africa, Mozambique, Portuguese-speaking world, Switzerland, missionaries. Webpage: https://qub.academia.edu/EricMorierGenoud
Irish in Britain @irishinbritain.bsky.social We are a national membership coalition, founded by and for the Irish community in Britain - a progressive voice for community development and representation.
www.irishinbritain.org
Oral history exhibition: https://exhibitions.irishinbritain.org/lookback
The Irish Voice @theirishvoice.bsky.social The newspaper providing a voice for Scotland's Irish community since 2013!
Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ndirishstudies.bsky.social Research institute dedicated to the study and understanding of Irish culture — on the island of Ireland and around the world. Part of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.
@keoughglobalnd.bsky.social
@notredame.bsky.social
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
@publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social 
Commissioner for Ulster-Scots and Ulster-British Tradition @cusubt.bsky.social Official Bluesky page of tha Commissary o tha Ulstèr-Scotch an Ulstèr-Bïtisch Heirskip / Commissioner for the Ulster-Scots and Ulster-British Tradition
Annie | ForeverDear @foreverdear.net Genealogy Researcher and Blogger specialising in #IrishGenealogy ☘️
Helping people connect with their Irish Heritage
University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for University of Limerick
Follow for latest news & campus updates
(DMs + mentions not monitored)
RCN: CHY20009274
www.ul.ie
#StudyatUL #SpeirGorm
Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social Historian of the Family @UL Like dogs? Meet Frank 🐶 Belfast 🔁 Tipperary
Out Now! *Pious & Promiscuous. Life, Love & Family in Presbyterian Ulster* https://shop.ria.ie/products/pious-and-promiscuous
The Heritage Council @heritagecouncil.ie Dedicated to empowering Ireland to value and care for its national heritage. Advisor to government on heritage policy. Grant giving body. Operates and collaborates on programmes that raise awareness, educate and conserve heritage for future generations. 
Centre for Cross Border Cooperation @crossborder.bsky.social Armagh, Northern Ireland. Promoting research, information and support across borders on the island of Ireland, Europe, & beyond. Our Border People FLOW project is supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. crossborder.ie
Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie Maynooth University in top 90 global Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024.
#CAO #PostGrad
maynoothuniversity.ie
Jess Bates @jessicabates.bsky.social Research on education, libraries & information. Course Director, Library & Information Mgmt at Ulster (online course). Rathlin Island resident. Coastguard volunteer. Wife and mum.
INCORE Ulster University @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute) at Ulster University. Research, teaching and action addressing the causes and consequences of conflict.
Communities NI @communitiesni.bsky.social The official BlueSky channel of the Department for Communities, managed by the DfC Press Office
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.
Sign up for our quarterly newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/d44f57115e53/royal-irish-academy-communications-sign-up
ARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South.
Authoritative, independent & non-partisan research on constitutional, institutional & policy options for Ireland north & south. Neither pro or anti unification.
arinsproject.com
Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie Fostering excellence and scholarship to enrich society, e. 1785.
Home to the RIA Library, 8 research programmes & a publishing house.
www.ria.ie
Reg. Charity No. 20003524 - Reg. Revenue No. CHY 2795
Jim O'Neill @jimoneillnyw.bsky.social Historian of early-modern Ireland. Has a fondness for pillboxes and airfields that's not entirely healthy. Segued to WW2 somehow.
Research Data Alliance (RDA) @researchdataall.bsky.social The Research Data Alliance builds the social and technical bridges that enable the global, open sharing and re-use of data.
Become a member today: https://www.rd-alliance.org/
Ulster Historical Foundation @ulsterhistory.bsky.social We are a leading Irish family history research organisation and book publisher.
www.ulsterhistoricalfoundation.com 
Railway Architecture @railwayarch.bsky.social Dr Siobhan Osgood. Historian of 19thC railway architecture/engineering/construction. Alum Trinity College Dublin. @irishrailarch on Instagram www.railwayarchitecture.com Media rep: Past Preservers casting@pastpreservers.com
Allegheny County Cemetery Stories @cemeterystories.bsky.social The history of men and women within Allegheny County, PA. Bringing the past to the present. 
Shane Lynn @shane-lynn.bsky.social Historian of the global Irish diaspora. Assistant Professor, McMaster University.
Author, Ireland's Opportunity: Global Irish Nationalism and the South African War (NYU Press, 2025)
https://experts.mcmaster.ca/people/lynns2
Native Dialogs in Irish @nativedialogsga.bsky.social Practice your #Gaeilge by chatting to virtual humans.
Catherine Healy @catherine-healy.bsky.social Historian-in-Residence, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social History PhD at QUB researching Thatchers Poll Tax | Irish | Content Creator - 300k TT followers (thedarkpete)|. Owner of 'TheUnchartedPast' website and podcast| Mental health awareness | LFC | Peace 💕
https://theunchartedpast.com/
Robert O'Sullivan @rosulli.bsky.social British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Oxford and Jesus College
Historian of Immigration, Race and Nationalism in 19th Century USA.
Finishing book on Irish-American views on imperialism and anti-slavery 1840-1865
Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social Historian of 19thC Ireland, QUB. Last book: William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism (2023); working on politics of Irish land reform and the Tenant League(s). Chair of @Irishhistorians.bsky.social There may also be cats.
Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social Historian at MIC, Limerick, of women, men, children, emotion, death, violence, ghosts, cursing, folklore.
https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/283-clodagh-tait
Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Early Modern History @historytcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social | Historian of the news, press, political cultures, and popular politics in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
Carnegie Mellon University @cmu.edu At CMU, the (Blue)sky's the limit. United by curiosity and driven by passion, we reach across disciplines, forge new ground and deploy our expertise to make real change that benefits humankind.
National Monuments Service @nationalmons.bsky.social Promotion, Preservation and Protection of Ireland's archaeological heritage.
#ProtectOurPast #CheckBeforeYouDig #ClimateActionIRL #UCHIreland #WorldHeritage #CMF #MonumentMonday #HeritageIreland
www.archaeology.ie
https://linktr.ee/nationalmonumentsservice
Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social Irish 🇮🇪 / gender Historian, feminist, academic (UCD), lefty / 2 cat 🐈⬛ Mom / Research-gendered & sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities / she/her / Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine
Elaine Farrell @elainefarrell.bsky.social Professor of Irish History at Queen's University Belfast. 19th-century Irish social history, gender, crime, gossip and secrets. #BadBridget co-lead with Leanne McCormick @badbridgetbook 
Leanne McCormick @leannemccormick.bsky.social Professor of Modern History, Ulster University. Co-chair Truth Recovery Independent Panel. Bad Bridget Project | Queer NI.
History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social History in the School of HAPP and adjacent historians at Queen's University Belfast. Find the QUB Historians and projects under ‘Lists’. We are at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ/
Queen's University Belfast @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Official account of Queen's University Belfast.
One of the Russell Group’s leading research-intensive universities.
We provide world-class education & research.
RT≠Endorsement.
More: www.qub.ac.uk
House Rules: ow.ly/APC750YZAnz
Conor Graham @geoconor.bsky.social Geography Jedi, GIS, Survey, Geomatics and Mapping. Geographer, MTBr and Moto rider. CO2BN 331ppm A real gone kid. 🌍🛰️🌋🚴🏻♀️ Centre for GIS & Geomatics #QUB #Belfast #BikeisBest #drones4good #badcartographer maps@ https://geo-graphica.com/
Allie Nickell @alliethinks.bsky.social Likes history, genealogy, art, movies, small furry animals and terrible jokes. Possesses a (mostly) logical mind and a vivid imagination. Born and rared in Belfast, and back there after wandering round Scotland and London.
Leonie Hannan @leoniehannan.bsky.social Teaches History/Public History at Queen's University Belfast. 18thC, gender and material culture.
Author of open access: A Culture of Curiosity: Science in the eighteenth-century home https://www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781526153050/9781526153050.xml
Ulster Folk Museum @ulsterfolkmuseum.org Celebrating everyday skills, stories & traditions passed down through generations in Ulster.
🧵 Putting the past in dialogue with the present — to shape the future.
📍 Part of National Museums NI | 🔗 ulsterfolkmuseum.org
Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social Glucksman Ireland House is the center for Irish and Irish-American Studies at New York University.
Register for our fall 2025 events here: https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/irelandhouse/events/fall-20250.html
University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk Welcome to our official account 👋 Follow for the latest news, research and updates about life at Oxford.
The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social Centre for Archaeology and Innovation Ireland
The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project @placenamesni.bsky.social Researching local place-names and providing councils with authoritative Irish forms for signage. Funded by DfC and based in Irish & Celtic Studies at QUB.
Cormac Duffy @cormacduffy.bsky.social Landscapes and Lidar. Climate change and heritage. PhD Cistercian landscapes in medieval Ulster.
Canadian Association for Irish Studies @cais-irish1973.bsky.social The Canadian Association for Irish Studies has been promoting the study of Irish society, politics, history, literature, and culture since 1973.
Irish Studies at Boston College @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social The Irish Studies program at Boston College offers a richly interdisciplinary study of Irish and Irish-American culture, history, and society.
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/morrissey/sites/irish.html
Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann @poetryireland.bsky.social Connecting Poetry and People. Proudly funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon and through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland National Lottery Funding. www.poetryireland.ie
Patrick Gleeson @papgleeson.bsky.social Archaeologist and Deputy Head of School Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast. Munster fan, coffee enthusiast.
New book with FCP: Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland
https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/patrick-gleeson
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
NI Science Festival @niscifest.bsky.social Discover a world of ideas! Festival returns 11-22 Feb 2026! #NISF26
Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social Historian of modern cultural history, primarily Britain & Ireland
Author of Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation (Cornell, 2026) & After the Shock City: Urban Culture & the Making of Modern Citizenship (Boydell, 2019)
National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social Ireland’s premier cultural institution and home to the greatest collection of Irish heritage, culture and history. Free admission.
Tuatha @tuatha.ie Explore Ireland with us! Visitor guides, itineraries, courses, events — created by archaeologists for people who really want to get under the skin of Ireland.
Start your Irish archaeological adventure:
https://www.tuatha.ie/
(pics all our own work)
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//
Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social Associate Professor of eighteenth century Irish History, co- director Trinity Colonial Legacies Project. All views my own and not of those my employer.
Dublin City Council @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social Official Bluesky account for Dublin City Council.
E. customerservices@dublincity.ie T. (01) 222 2222
VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social ERC Advanced Grant Project at Trinity College Dublin
PI Jane Ohlmeyer. Harnessing #knowledgegraph, #semanticweb and #AI technologies to tell the hidden stories of women in #earlymodern Ireland voicesproject.ie
Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social Official source of news from Trinity College Dublin. Trinity is Ireland's highest-ranked university in the QS World University Ranking 2026 and Times Higher Education 2025 and ranked 75th in the World QS World University Ranking, 2026.
Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social 
Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) @apgenealogists.bsky.social APG is the world’s largest association for professional genealogists, representing more than 2,000 members in 40+ countries. For membership information or to find a genealogist, visit apgen.org. 
Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne
@gerardbeirne.bsky.social
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
Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a CoreTrustSeal-certified digital repository, or online archive, for the long-term preservation of Ireland's social and cultural digital legacy. Explore the Repository: https://repository.dri.ie/
Oral History Network Ireland @oralhistoryie.bsky.social OHNI is an organisation with charitable status that aims to promote oral history in Ireland and to provide a network and training for oral historians.
UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social We publish the best contemporary non-fiction writing. Peer-reviewed. Representation US @UChicagoPress Australia @WileyGlobal
www.ucdpress.ie
https://linktr.ee/ucdpress
Ulster University @ulsteruni.bsky.social Recognised as @timeshighered.bsky.social University of the Year 2024.
Latest news, research and events from Ulster Uni. A leading University with world-class teaching.
#WeAreUU
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social Promoting Irish History in Ulster since 1936.
https://usihs36.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
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social The Irish Committee of Historical Sciences is the national committee for history in Ireland.
Further details: http://www.historians.ie/
Heritage Network @heritagenetwork.bsky.social The Heritage Network (formerly Heritage Trust Network) is the UK's umbrella body for organisations that are rescuing, restoring and re-using historic buildings, structures and spaces.
https://heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk
Rural Community Network @ruralcommnet.bsky.social 
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
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.
Minnesota Genealogical Society @mngensoc.bsky.social Preserving Minnesota’s stories, one family at a time.
The Minnesota Genealogical Society supports researchers of all levels through education, community, and the Hoffman Research Library.
Connecting past, present, and future.
Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org Building the UK’s Missing Museum. We explore how the movement of people to and from the UK has made us who we are.
Community guidelines → https://www.migrationmuseum.org/community-guidelines/
Love Ballymena @loveballymena.online An independent and regulated media hub based in Ballymena, Northern Ireland - bringing you news, views, sights and sounds from across County Antrim.
Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. An interdisciplinary research institute for all aspects of Irish culture, history, politics and society. See 'Lists' for more info. Find us at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social www.virtualtreasury.ie
An All-Island & International Legacy from Decade of Centenaries
Core partners: National Archives Ireland, The National Archives UK, Public Record Office Northern Ireland, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Library Trinity College Dublin
Ulster American Folk Park @ulsteramericanfolkpark.org Journey back in time to explore the bold migrations from Ulster to North America.
⛵ Walk in the footsteps of those who left, endured, and built anew.
📍 Part of National Museums NI | 🔗 ulsteramericanfolkpark.org
Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social Social historian of gender, migration & public space | Nuns | Ireland & its diaspora | Senior Lecturer @QUBLiberalArts | Forging Identities in the Irish World @EdinburghUP 2022 | She/her.
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app