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Blinded by smallpox at 18 months, writer Frances Browne (b. #OTD 1816) was educated by family & friends repeating their lessons from the village school to her. She wrote 3 poetry collections, 3 three-volume novels & many short stories & essays. dib.ie/biography/brow… #DIBLives

Died #Onthisday 2003 Peggy (Spillane) Farrell, Former President of the ICA, FF Senator & 'a formidable female politician at a time when it was very difficult for a woman to be in politics' @finnclodagh oireachtas.ie/en/debates/deb… 📸Michael Leahy

#ThroughHerEyes The 100th anniversary of Maureen Potter’s birthday on January 3, 1925, passed without much fanfare, but we can still kickstart a centenary celebration to honour this exceptional woman, a comic genius who graced stage and screen for seven decades. “She could

Re Katherine Zappone's attempt to re-enter Irish politics. Remember when she refused to publish the Mother and Baby Home Collaborative forum. It was later leaked to me and was scathing of Tusla and her depts dreadful info and tracing legislation irishexaminer.com/news/arid-3096…

Beautiful piece on the wonderful, ever-inspiring Michael Murphy. With a perfect intro from Noel Baker: 'In a lifetime of revelations, many of them his own, another arrived unannounced for Michael Murphy recently — he might be old.' irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/peop…

Delighted to see my book reviewed in Irish Examiner ! Just received a hard copy of the printed version and it hit the front page😁 what coup! Thanks Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram ! irishexaminer.com/opinion/column…

Born #Onthisday 1885 in #Killarney teacher Janie McCarthy who was involved with the French resistance during #WW2 & was awarded the Croix de Guerre & Medaille de la Resistance (France), medal of freedom (USA) & the Tedder certificate (Britain) @finnclodagh bit.ly/40Bhx73

Conall Ó Fátharta Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram As one of the several authors of that Forum report, its embargo was a tragic betrayal of all survivors. After all our hard toil and tears, I was not expecting to be pierced in the back by the then government. It was a very very bad experience indeed.

It is only in still water that we can see clearly ✨

Woman of the Day, the mother of modern chemistry, Marie-Anne Lavoisier born OTD in 1758 in Loire, whose skills as a translator, illustrator and lab assistant were instrumental in the success of her husband, the chap who named oxygen and discovered its role in combustion.

One of my favourite #Cork women Agnes Clerke, astronomer & writer, died #Onthisday 1907. In 1981, she was honoured when a crater on the moon, near the Apollo 17 landing site, was named the Clerke Crater by the International Astronomical Union roaringwaterjournal.com/tag/clerke-cra… Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram

Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (1837-1899), Italian aristocrat & pioneering figure in the early history of photography #WomensArt

womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/ The WHAI Anna Parnell Travel Grant & the McCurtain/Cullen Prize are now open. Closing date for the Travel Grant is 14 February. The Closing date for the Essay Prize 1 March.

Baptised #Onthisday 1867 (Edith) #MaudGonne MacBride-revolutionary & activist more Dictionary of Irish Biography dib.ie/biography/macb… Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram B&W📸LOC irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation

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Al Murray 🇺🇦 clare mulley James Holland WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk Excellent trio of podcasts, Al Murray 🇺🇦 @james1940 and clare mulley. Interesting discussion about Berthe and Percy Mayer. Here is a photo of Percy, organiser of SOE Fireman circuit with, among others, circuit radio operator Maureen O’Sullivan from Dublin…Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram

Died #Onthisday 1983 the fascinating #Kildare born Mary Herbert De Baissac (code named Claudine) an agent of the clandestine SOE during #WW2 - read more about her in Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram's new book irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/peop…

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#ThroughHerEyes Delighted to see Katharine Tynan, poet, novelist and leading light of the Irish Revival remembered here. She wrote 102 novels! 102!!