Máiréad Enright
@maireadenright
Irish academic (@lawatloughborough.bsky.social) living in Birmingham. Working on women, law, religion (Catholicism mostly) and reproduction broadly understood. Often legal history, sometimes just law.
Our holiday let came with a *slightly* outdated Ireland guide which had previously belonged to some library in Nottinghamshire… Anyway Nottinghamshire no offence taken.
We're even a bit ahead of the little [redacted] now. RTE would knock some sense of excitement out of that. British electoral discourse is minus craic.
You'd never guess from the BBC coverage that the Greens currently have won as many declared seats on the city council as Reform...
Herself is bringing me home a box of these from Pennsylvania. Reserving judgment. #SpeirGorm
Pretty slushy out there in Brummagem. Nice to see families having a snow day. Not sure what would have happened to the city infrastructure if the predicted 30cm of snow had materialised!
Placard from today’s Birmingham protest for trans rights (Hurst St). It reads “Not So “Supreme” After All.
A movie that takes place where you’re from (other than The Field of course).
Anyway here is what remains of the convent. I assume it’s possible there are also some burials in the cemetery directly across from the gates.
A bare spot with a few trees in the RC21 section of Islington and St Pancras cemetery
My article on English Good Shepherd “Magdalene” institutions is out now open access in Contemporary British History www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Went through my usual Irish hotel ritual of watching back recent RTE documentaries. Leathered was distressing but very well made. And features the brilliant and heroic Frank Crummey.
I haven’t been on here very much but if anyone is around Trinity tomorrow then so am I.
I think this is a LunarNew Year thing? It’s pretty cool. #kingsheath