Catherine Healy

Ulster is well acquainted with those who leave their homes on boats for hope of a better life @MellonMigration @folkparkomagh irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0…

Somehow @DrDavidNolan and I's research on stone lifting has contributed to shipping a lifting stone to Boston. Oh academia how I love you! @iaphistorians @UlsterSchSport @BritSportHisSoc

A surgeon in Gaza on seeing the result of Israel's genocide: "nothing has prepared me for the sheer horror I’m witnessing now: the weaponization of starvation against an entire population." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#OTD in 1945 the Irish Women Workers’ Union began the Laundry Strike. These women went on strike to win two weeks annual paid holidays. After 14 weeks on the picket line the women won that right for all workers. A right we all still enjoy today. 📸 @irishcongress

I might not have mastered the art of Indian club swinging just yet, but I’m really looking forward to this new book by @PhysCstudy

Thanks to @SimonCumbersMF for funding this trip to Barbuda to highlight how the island is being exploited for private profit against the wishes of local people. Thanks also to @GLAN_LAW @JohnMussington and all of the people who assisted and spoke to me irishtimes.com/world/americas…

The Inheritance by Cauvery Madhavan - read an extract rte.ie/culture/2024/1…

Always worth reading Bernadette Devlin McAliskey in the @impartialrep

Delighted to see the #Ireland - #Barbados connection in the beautifully made #FromThatSmallIsland A wonderful introduction to, or reminder of, the entangled histories of our island nations 👏 @rte @janeohlmeyer & our good friend Kevin Farmer @BarbadosMuseum @IrelandEmbUSA

Anyone wishing to learn more about the background of Zohran Mamdani, the brilliant new progressive Democrat Mayor of New York, can listen to his father Mahmood talk about his family's migrations @EmpirePodUK podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/17-…

Look forward to speaking to @niamhsquared at @EPICMuseumCHQ about her brilliant new novel, Ordinary Saints. Join us at 5pm this Friday: eventbrite.ie/e/eire-to-ever…

Our new @EPICMuseumCHQ exhibition, supported by @dfatirl, is featured today on @rtenews. Thanks to @evelyn_orourke for covering. I'll be talking to Morning Ireland about the project shortly after 8.30am. rte.ie/news/2025/0611…

🚨Book Giveaway 🚨 I’m thrilled that my book on the history of Indian clubs is out in paperback – finally accessible for anyone interested in fitnss & strength history. To celebrate, I’m giving away two free copies! To enter just Retweet & Follow Winners announced June 13th!

I’ll be speaking today on Dublin and the Great Famine, alongside Caroilin Callery of @famineway. Join us at 3pm at Charleville Mall Library, Dublin 1. @EPICMuseumCHQ x.com/famineway/stat…

The people shot were probably the strongest members of their households, sent to walk for miles to collect an aid parcel for their families who will now receive nothing but news that their loved one is dead.

Join @irlincaribbean & @BarbadosMuseum in 2 hrs for Below the Cliff!, a lecture exploring a unique 🇧🇧community who live on the rugged east coast of 🇧🇧descended from Irish, Scottish, English & Welsh indentured labourers. A story of heritage, identity & enduring 🇮🇪 connection

Very good to see a spotlight on this scandal from @itvnews Up to 10K Irish women & babies were deported from Britain & put in state institutions, simply because the mothers were unmarried Great investigative report @SarahCorkerNews @LKilraine @CameraOpJake itv.com/watch/news/bri…

Just heard this being played back on @RTERadio1 a fantastic @RTEdoconone produced by Pranjali Bhave on how the #EasterRising inspired India's #Netaji Subhas Bose, great to be a part of it. #ListenBack 📻 👇 rte.ie/radio/doconone…