Journalist, writer (new book, The Irish in the Resistance) and collector of stories. Posts about women from history.https://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mfw36xssdc2bOne of the things I loved about Hamnet was that a 17th-century woman's life was at the centre of it. Now, thanks to the Voicesproject.ie we can walk beside the Irishwomen alive at the same time. Meet the Dung Queen of Ireland, and so many others... https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41800460.html28 Feb 2026 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfw36xssdc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mfhvepuqws2wI was blown away to discover that Genevieve Lyons dodged the censors in 1950s Ireland when she played the 'immoral' Sally Bowles in a precursor of 'Cabaret'. It even started a craze for Sally Bowles berets! With special thanks to @barry_houlihan https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41797169.html22 Feb 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhvepuqws2whttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3meguedphus26Brid Lynch toured the world with the Abbey Theatre, yet I know nothing about my fellow Kerry woman. Looking forward to finding out more tomorrow night at 7.30pm in the Teacher's Club on Parnell Square when the wonderful Fiona Brennan, theatre historian and researcher, takes the stage so-to-speak.09 Feb 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3meguedphus26https://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mecp2bqvtk2nI'm getting in early to highlight a significant date on the horizon: March 21 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Anna Frances Levins, photographer, publisher, writer, painter and activist once described as “the most travelled Irishwoman in the world”. https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41788676.html08 Feb 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mecp2bqvtk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mdpqiyt4ys22My favourite Brigidine miracle is the one in which she outwits a sexual predator. Today's Irishwoman's Diary https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41784905.html31 Jan 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdpqiyt4ys22https://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mdczdmngss2cIn the run-up to St Brigid's Day, it's fascinating to get a rare insight into an early medieval nunnery with the discovery of human remains at St Mella's Cell in Co Offaly. Initial analysis shows the burials to be those of women and children from the 7th-10th C https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41780501.html26 Jan 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdczdmngss2chttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3md6nouv4vs2nI hope this piece will help us to find out more about Elisabeth Boslooper, a Cork woman held in Hitler's concentration camp for women. Huge thanks to @irishfamilydetective.ie for her invaluable help with this. https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41780786.html24 Jan 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6nouv4vs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mctuwntf422fBreaking news - from the past! There's so much of it & I had the immense privilege of sharing some of it with @deshocks.bsky.social in a mini-series on her fantastic podcast. Here's a flavour of it. Thank you Eoghan O'Sullivan Https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41778443.html https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41778443.html20 Jan 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mctuwntf422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mcsg6lmdwk2mTeresa Deevy, the playwright once described as 'the Irish Chekhov', died #otd in 1963. Teresa lost her hearing when she was 19 but learned to lip-read in the theatres of London. She returned home to write plays that gave voice to women in the margins. https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-40227914.html19 Jan 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcsg6lmdwk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mcqbxv2zjs2bA chance encounter in 1942 near RTÉ's 'creaking and groaning' lift (nicknamed Jacob's Ladder) in the GPO led to a lifelong friendship between two remarkable women, who shared a passion for folklore and food and contributed much to Irish cultural life. #RTE100 https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41776919.html18 Jan 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcqbxv2zjs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mcg43pti4224I love this piece from Stephen Fernane about Jessie Buckley's revolutionary great-grandmother Madge Clifford who worked alongside Michael Collins https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/south-kerry-news/jessie-buckleys-revolutionary-great-grandmother-worked-side-by-side-with-michael-collins/a1714014990.html14 Jan 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcg43pti4224https://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mbqkmbw2fs2o#ThroughHerEyez How amazing to Cork-born Ethel Lilian Voynich in the spotlight in China. She was the first Irishwoman to sell books by the million. Here's a bit about her from Irishwoman's Diary https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41116672.html06 Jan 2026 08:41 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqkmbw2fs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mbk63bunw225The very first episode of our very first TV soap Tolka Row aired on RTE #otd in 1964. It ran for five series. It was based on the play written by Maura Laverty, a woman who had many strings to her bow: screenwriter, editor, novelist, and cookery expert.03 Jan 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbk63bunw225