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Elaine Farrell
@Elaineffarrell
Social historian of 19th/20th-century Irish women, gender, crime, networks, secrets and gossip. Prof of Irish History @QUBelfast; @Badbridget. Views own etc.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
badbridget.wordpress.com
Joined April 2013
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Feb 7, 2023
    As are we!!! (and more than a little shocked!) Thanks so, so much to everyone who bought the book and put us at #1. And to the wonderful @PenguinIEBooks team🥰 C'mon the Irish women's history! @Leannemcck @QUBResearchAHSS @HAPPatQUB @QUBelfast @UUHistory @UlsterUni
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    Penguin Books Ireland
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    Feb 7, 2023
    We are thrilled that Bad Bridget by @Elaineffarrell & @Leannemcck is No 1 in the Irish Paperback Non-Fiction chart!🎉
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Oct 2, 2020
    And now it's out! Who needs a book launch when the amazing @PhDcartoon can make a GIF! #loveIrishresearch @HAPPatQUB @QUB_History @IrishResearch #wmnhist #twitterstorians #Irishwmnhist
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Sep 1, 2020
    And then, as if by magic, it appears in the catalogue. The book I've been working on since my @IrishResearch postdoc in 2011! #loveIrishResearch cambridge.org/gb/academic/su…
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Jan 13, 2022
    So thrilled to receive this prize! Researched and written across 10 years, 2 cities, 3 jobs and a baby. Aided by friends and colleagues, of course, and #Irishwmnhist scholars who paved the way. Thank you so much @NUIMerrionSq! #NUIAwards21 @QUBelfast
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    Jan 12, 2022
    Congratulations @Elaineffarrell of @QUB_History who received a commendation in the Irish Historical Research Prize for her publication 'Women, crime and punishment in Ireland: Life in the 19th-century convict prison’, published 2020 by @cambUP_History #NUIAwards21 @UCDHistory
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Jan 25, 2023
    Well, this is new 🤣 My books don't usually end up in bookshops, never mind the front window, with a poster and all! 🤣
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    Penguin Books Ireland
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    Jan 25, 2023
    One day to go until Bad Bridget by @Leannemcck and @Elaineffarrell is out! We've spotted a great display in @Hodges_Figgis 👀
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Oct 8, 2020
    Why yes, yes I did match my nails to my new book! #monographmanicure @eimear.owens_nail_artist_ @thenailbarbelfast
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Jun 13, 2019
    Came across this incredible #breastfeeding and #babywearing photograph in Sean Sexton and Christine Kinealy's The Irish: A photohistory (photographer unknown, c.1890s) #wmnhist #Irishwmnhist @JudyBolger
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Aug 5, 2021
    Time to change the email signature! #Reader
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Jul 7, 2023
    Delighted with the new title! And v grateful to my (current and former) @QUB_History and @HAPPatQUB colleagues and students, for the support and encouragement. Esp @MarieMCole🥰
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Dec 11, 2019
    Thrilled to have my name on a book cover with the brilliant @RedmondJennifer! With insightful and engaging #Irishwmnhist contributions from @OR_Maeve @HollyDun @Leannemcck @SarahAnneBuckle Sandra McAvoy, Diane Urquhart, Senia Paseta & Deborah Thom @RoutledgeHist
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Jul 2, 2022
    Celebrating our fab @QUB_History PhD grads! @RhianneLouise_ @ElizaMckee @MarieMCole @opurdue @HAPPatQUB
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Oct 21, 2020
    Huge congratulations to @SarahMcH_94 on ably defending her brilliant thesis today, 'The institutional care of Ireland's elderly women, 1845-1908', with superb examiners @CiaraBreath & @MarieMCole & chair James Davis #proudsupervisor #wmnhist @HAPPatQUB @QUB_History @qubgradschool
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    Elaine Farrell
    @Elaineffarrell
    Nov 30, 2021
    I will be on strike for the next 3 days because I care enough about my students and my colleagues to stand outside the university gates in the freezing cold (again) @ucuatqub #OneOfUsAllOfUs @QUB_History #UCUstrike
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    Elaine Farrell
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    Dec 12, 2019
    Delighted to be Distinguished Research Fellow in Irish Studies at College of Charleston, 2019-20!! @CofC is a gorgeous campus, the city is so vibrant, and then there's fantastic scholars like @DelayCara @bethsundstrom &Joe Kelly! Oh, and sun! @QUB_History