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HSTM Network Ireland Conference 2026

March 16, 2026

From 9:30. Registration. 9:45–10:30. Visit to the Special Collections at the Glucksman Library. 10:30. Welcome coffee. 11:00-12:30. PANEL 1. Sites and Circulation of Early Modern Knowledge.Chair. José M. Moreno (University of Limerick). – Ciara Sheehan (University of Limerick): ‘Disciplining Knowledge: Student Deviance and the University as Knowledge Infrastructure in German Universities’.– Wouter Kreuze (University of … More HSTM Network Ireland Conference 2026

Larne: from Genesis to Dismantling of an Early Alumina Industry (1894-present day)

September 29, 2024

Dr Thierry Renaux Aluminium is the most common metal of the Earth’s crust, but it does not exist in its native state. Three successive operations are necessary to obtain pure aluminium: the extraction of the ore, bauxite; the production of the alumina, or aluminium oxide, from this ore; and finally, the production of aluminium. This … More Larne: from Genesis to Dismantling of an Early Alumina Industry (1894-present day)

Listening with Both Ears: The Irish Origins of the Double Stethoscope 

September 23, 2024

By Dr Anne Mac Lellan  As certain nebulae are resolved into stars by powerful telescopes, so specific chest sounds, obscure from their lowness, may be determined by the double stethoscope. Arthur Leared, 1856. The Great Exhibition, held in London’s Crystal Palace in 1851, displayed the wonderful, the beautiful, the useful and the bizarre inventions of … More Listening with Both Ears: The Irish Origins of the Double Stethoscope 

“Our Kids are a Nation of Fatties”: Discovering Obesity in Celtic Tiger Ireland

September 9, 2024

By Dr Conor Heffernan, Ulster University When is it appropriate to criticise, even mock, someone with a medical condition? Is there a point at which we can insult an individual, or even a group, enough for them to overcome their condition? Better yet, can we shame those around them for ‘allowing’ this to happen? What … More “Our Kids are a Nation of Fatties”: Discovering Obesity in Celtic Tiger Ireland

The Largest Industrial Investment in Ireland’s History: The Aughinish Alumina Refinery in a Globalised Aluminium Economy 

August 29, 2024

by Dr Mauve Carbonell In the early 1970s, driven by an overall increase in needs for raw materials – aluminium in particular – the Alcan company established an alumina production plant in Aughinish near Limerick.[1] But why build a plant costing several hundred million pounds in the middle of the Irish countryside, in Aughinish, on … More The Largest Industrial Investment in Ireland’s History: The Aughinish Alumina Refinery in a Globalised Aluminium Economy 

Typhoid, Cockles & Terrorism:  How a Disease Shaped Modern Dublin  

July 29, 2024

by Dr Carly Collier ‘Does Dublin enjoy a pre-eminence in typhoid?’ asked an Evening Telegraph journalist in November 1891 of Sir Charles Cameron, Dublin’s esteemed Medical Superintendent Officer of Health.1 As a powerful local government official in a very public-facing role, Cameron was well-known in Dublin already, but as the Telegraph reflected, ‘[o]f late he … More Typhoid, Cockles & Terrorism:  How a Disease Shaped Modern Dublin  

‘To the Glory of Freud’* The life and work of Dr William Graham (1857-1917)

August 7, 2023

Mary Heffernan Outside of literary settings, accounts of the introduction of psychoanalysis have been neglected in the historiography of Ireland. It is widely accepted that the all-pervading dominance of conflicting political and religious identities left little capacity for alternative forms of thinking on the self, particularly prior to the revolutionary period. Psychoanalyst Ernest Jones bemoaned … More ‘To the Glory of Freud’* The life and work of Dr William Graham (1857-1917)

‘Reading the Book of Nature at the Edward Worth Library and the Zoological Museum, Trinity College Dublin’, an online exhibition celebrating the wonderful world of early modern natural history!

March 3, 2023

Text: Dr Elizabethanne Boran, Librarian of the Edward Worth Library, Dublin. 2022 witnessed the 500th anniversary of the birth of the famous Italian natural historian, Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605). To mark this quincentenary, the Edward Worth Library, Dublin, and the Zoological Museum in Trinity College Dublin, created a joint exhibition which continues to be available online. … More ‘Reading the Book of Nature at the Edward Worth Library and the Zoological Museum, Trinity College Dublin’, an online exhibition celebrating the wonderful world of early modern natural history!

Archival Showcase – Mater Misercordiæ Archives

November 14, 2022

In our interview with archivist, Helen Madden, we introduce you to one of Ireland’s history of science, medicine and technology archives. What is the name of your collection? Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Archive Overview of collection(s) (materials present, who does it relate to, etc). The collection contains the papers of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital from … More Archival Showcase – Mater Misercordiæ Archives