Seeing your own experiences reflected back in history is often challenging when your identity has been erased, as many queer people know.

As an Irish lesbian living in Dublin, Oran Keaveney spent a great deal of time documenting and discovering the queer women who shaped modern Ireland. It was a huge turning point and they felt like they fit into their country’s mythology.

Now that they’ve transitioned and moved to London, they're here on QueerAF to look for this moment of self-recognition in Irish history again - but this time through the lens of transmasculinity, with a search for a trans masc hero from Irish history, with guests:

• Dr Mary MacAuliffe a lesbian historian and expert on Margaret Skinnider
• Eliott Rose, a trans, post-graduate historian at the university who specializes in queer studies speaking on Dr James Barry
• Iarfhlaith O’Connell, Oran's co-host on the In Awe of Mná podcast for Near FM

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