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/3mtrm7yj3qk2sRoshana D set up a secret school for girls in Afghanistan but fled to Pakistan when she was discovered by the Taliban. She is now in hiding - but still spoke to Irishwoman's Diary to ensure that women's voices are heard. Such courage 🙏 #SpeirGorm https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41899087.html?23 Aug 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrm7yj3qk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mt4oq4ot7c2dI've been haunted by the words of former Cumann na mBan women who led lives of quiet desperation in the state they helped to build. @lloislanel.bsky.social has done eye-opening & vital research laying bare the hardship faced by single women in Cork. https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41895589.html #SpeirGorm15 Aug 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4oq4ot7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3msm2haqlsc2gA majestic bronze sculpture in Tralee finally honours the unheralded women of the revolutionary period. #MonumentalWomen #SpeirGorm https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41892253.html08 Aug 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msm2haqlsc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mqfkjuur5s2uThe diaries of field geologist Henry Kinahan and his artist wife Harriette paint a vivid picture of science in the 19th century, even though they wrote only 10 or so words a day. See Peader McArdle's illuminating new book. #SpeirGorm https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41877056.html11 Jul 2026 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqfkjuur5s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mptc6fij6c2mToday, on the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence, I will be thinking of Lydia Darragh, the Irish Quaker who went through enemy lines to warn George Washington of a planned ambush by the British. https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41873079.html04 Jul 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptc6fij6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mobquj2qsc2aI knew very little about modernist artist Elizabeth Rivers until last week. She went on a visit to Inis Mór after seeing Man of Aran and stayed 8 years Her spirit returns on Tuesday when the three-day Rivers on Aran begins. Photos: © Elizabeth Rivers Estate https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41861103.html14 Jun 2026 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobquj2qsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mnusq2ngx22kAny Bray people out there who could help with this? I was delighted to see Philomena Burke, community pharmacist, remembered on Quinsborough Road. I will dig a bit but can anybody tell me anything about her?09 Jun 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnusq2ngx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mnncuko67c2nI wish there was some way of telling the 4,114 so-called famine orphans dismissed as “workhouse scrapings” when they were first sent to Australia that the tide has truly turned. It was extraordinary to hear Australian ambassador Chantelle Taylor speaking in Irish to honour these girls... https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41856954.html#:~:text=Not%20only%20were%20the%20%E2%80%9Cfamine,And%20with%20their%20own%20music06 Jun 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnncuko67c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mn37awi2ps27As the Giro d'Italia's women's race gets underway today, meet the only woman who ever rode in the men's race. Also, Ireland's cycling pioneers and why they were warned of the dangers of 'bicycle face'. Irishwoman's Diary today @irishexaminer.bsky.social https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-41853174.html30 May 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn37awi2ps27https://bsky.app/profile/clodaghfinn.bsky.social/post/3mmbke5ttts2rThis work is the most exciting I've come across for a long time... It is unearthing a chorus of new female voices from the early modern period and giving them wonderful expression. Meet Catherine Strong, the Dung Queen of Ireland in the 1600s. Love it. 🙌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:vrt2cr44oxepa3ptebgalwp4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbke5ttts2r