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Dr Megan McAuley

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Proud Tír Chonaill woman, historian, genealogist, farmer’s daughter, gaeilgeoir. Research interests include Irish childhood and family history, and all things Donegal, from medieval to modern!

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“Girls do Not Play the Same Kind of Games as Boys” | 25 | A Case Study This chapter considers what role games and toys had in constructions of Irish childhoods in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as how

Delighted to see my article on gender and childhood games published in the Routledge Companion to Gender and Childhood, edited brilliantly by Mary Zaborskis -
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

25.08.2025 08:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Here’s a short article I did for Digital Childhoods on homemade toys in Ireland, with some fabulous sketches and notes from the Schools’ Folklore Collection

25.08.2025 08:39 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Homemade Toys in Twentieth-Century Ireland - Digital Childhoods Throughout twentieth-century Ireland, social, political, and commercial concerns shaped public discourses about children’s play. Parents were scrutinised for their ability to provide children with the...

In this week's article on Digital Childhoods—penned by @meganmcauley.bsky.social—read about twentieth-century Irish schoolchildren who took meticulous notes on toys they crafted themselves: shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/homemade...

22.08.2025 21:33 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Delighted to feature in this year’s Donegal Annual

31.05.2025 15:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great day spent in Sheffield today talking about childhood and oral history! Thank you Heather and Nazan #histchild

04.04.2025 16:44 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Professor Terence Dooley, Head of the Department of History, Maynooth University (pictured at Castletown House).

Professor Terence Dooley, Head of the Department of History, Maynooth University (pictured at Castletown House).

Congratulations to Professor Terence Dooley, Head of the History Department, on his appointment as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy, the highest academic distinction in Ireland. This prestigious recognition is a testament to Professor Dooley’s outstanding contributions to historical scholarship👏👏

24.03.2025 16:51 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much!! And thanks for the follow as I have finally gotten around to making a bluesky account!

31.03.2025 21:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

As well as the bright skies to enjoy I had the absolute pleasure of reading out Dr McAuley's thesis citation for the graduation, if I look like I couldn't be happier for her it's because I can't! A dream PhD student, watch out world major talent is coming your way from @maynoothuniversity.ie

19.03.2025 20:05 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0