Historian and history communicator, specialising in workhouses, women & the marginalised. Probably wearing pink.
Northern Ireland
Joined January 2009
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Belfast City Council has been urged to formally mark a hidden burial ground containing more than 10,000 bodies dating back to the Irish famine. bbc.in/4bmOqZ4
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The moment we stopped watching Bridgerton
Let us explain ...
Things were going great and we were really getting into Season 3.
That is until we watched this scene unfold before our eyes ....
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As Mary Ann & the Ladies Committee took a keen interest in the health and well-being of the residents of the Poorhouse, we are really looking forward to @randomrobyn 's talk next Monday.
One week to go until our next event at Clifton House!
Join us on 29 April, 1pm as we welcome @randomrobyn to explore the pioneering medical history of Clifton House.
A limited number of Room and Zoom tickets remain available via the link below 👇
🎟 shorturl.at/fxDK4
Dr Robyn Atcheson retweeted
One week to go until our next event at Clifton House!
Join us on 29 April, 1pm as we welcome @randomrobyn to explore the pioneering medical history of Clifton House.
A limited number of Room and Zoom tickets remain available via the link below 👇
🎟 shorturl.at/fxDK4
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We are pleased to announce that our event for April's 'Health & Medicine' themed month is a talk by Dr Robyn Atcheson on Mon 29 April, 1pm.
'Paupers and Public Health: Belfast Charitable Society and the Sick Poor'
🎟 Please register below:
shorturl.at/uRY39
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I'm now recruiting for my oral history project.
Please share this call for participants far and wide!
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Do you have memories of Ulster women &
Children's hospital on Templemore avenue?
Ulster University’s epidemic Belfast team is collecting memories, oral histories and memorabilia to help preserve the history of this important hospital, find out more below 👇
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#Donegal #Archives & @Donegalcomuseum are seeking an Historian in Residence, subject The Great Famine in Co. Donegal, to write 4 essays for booklet & give two talks. More info here. Deadline for applying: 27 Jan. donegalcoco.ie/culture/archi…
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Thanks to #C4News for bringing catastrophic situation in N. Ireland health social care to national audience.
Huge issues across UK but the system in NI is out of control.
We have been left without a gov, rudderless.
NI collateral damage in hard Brexit.
People here are dying.
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This has been one of the most "you're kidding me" stories I've ever worked on. But it happened – and is happening – around the UK.
Women in the UK are being denied healthcare because they're 'virgins' 🧵
vice.com/en/article/v7v8j8/w…
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📣 seeking individuals to come forward to be interviewed about their experiences with conversion practices (also known as conversion therapies or reparative therapies).
Email aisling@rainbow-project.org or telephone 02890 319030
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"There's not enough experienced surgeons to deal with it because these doctors are just really uneducated. They read about it for 45 minutes in med school and they think they're experienced enough to deal with it, but they’re not, because each case of endo looks different.
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Our Stories - Our Times is an oral history project made possible by the @HeritageFundNI for the Red Cross in NI.
We are seeking volunteers to gain valuable skills in conducting oral history and conduct at least two interview participants for the project. volunteer.redcross.org.uk/op…
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If you only share one thing for #PoTSAwarenessDay, let it be this💜
If you are new to #PoTS (Postural Tachycardia Syndrome) & reading this, please take the time to learn more about this widely unrecognised & commonly misdiagnosed condition!
potsuk.org
#MedTwitter
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!Event Announcement!
I am hosting 2 Tea and Talk Sessions at Dee Street Community Centre for individuals to come and share about the Belfast Shipyards.
Please share far and wide!
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Reasons include:
1. Investment in research on endometriosis, and women’s reproductive health generally, remains low compared with conditions such as diabetes.
2. Endometriosis is poorly understood.
3. Sufferers’ accounts have been dismissed for decades. bit.ly/3ehBiLJ
