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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 4d

This is fantastic! Mick and Keane as Mozart and Salieri: Ken Early: The Saipan film makes the conflict between Keane and McCarthy less interesting

www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...

Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 7d

@jayroszman.bsky.social on Daniel O'Connell as global icon - and beacon of beer drinking during prohibition!

RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 8d

Why did Budweiser use Daniel O'Connell in newspaper ads? A new documentary tells the story of the global influence of O'Connell, 'the greatest leader the world has ever seen'. By Jay Roszman @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks Marc!

Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 10d

The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society has a new website that is well-worth checking out for details of the annual conference, journal, and news of the inaugural ECR bursary, which was awarded to @mzukovs.bsky.social. The next bursary will be announced shortly.

www.ecis.ie/news-events/

News and Events

www.ecis.ie

Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 10d

If you missed Patrick Walsh's talk yesterday on 'A colonial sinew of power? Rethinking the 18th-century Irish state', a recording is available at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=haJr...

Irish Studies Seminar: Patrick Walsh

YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies

www.youtube.com

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 10d

This was good to to do. Some fairly robust questioning but learnt a lot and hopefully audience did too

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you. It’s been fun to think about and write

Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 11d

Many congratulations to Dr @cwallacedublin.bsky.social on his Civic Engagement Award presented by the Provost at a ceremony on 5 December, in recognition of an initiative Ciarán has developed with @virtualtreasury.bsky.social to create a toolkit to promote improved digital inclusion for older people

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 11d

It turns out complaining about the lack of defence spending and the need to do our part in supporting our neighbours and their capitalist interests has always been part of irish political discourse.

Morning about lack of Irish defence spending 1699

Reads like Irish Times 2035

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 14d

Looking forward to presenting this paper on my current book project @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social on Monday.

Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · Nov 25

Our last seminar for this year, on 15 Dec. will be Patrick Walsh (TCD) speaking on 'A colonial sinew of power? Rethinking the 18th-century Irish state' (joint event with CECS). All welcome in-person and online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 15d

#TNAConnections The Home Office (Ireland) Correspondence held at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy — also known as the HO 100 series — letters written by high-ranking officials in Dublin Castle, addressed to the central administration in London.

Jump in here: virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...

Ordnance Survey map of 1847. Image taken from Frank Cullen's Book on the 1847 Dublin Ordnance Survey maps.

Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 16d

On Thursday 12 Feb. we will be sponsoring a conference on THE ULSTER PLANTATION, linked to the 'People of Plantation Ulster' database project (QUB/Maynooth). This is a free event open to all, held at PRONI (11-4). Registration and programme is at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference...

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 21d

This research is very important for Northern Ireland but also important for the whole island considering ongoing discussion/consultations about school patronage and the impact it has on children of different faiths or non religious background.

Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 21d

This is a very relevant piece of research following the UK Supreme Court judgment that RE in Northern Ireland contravenes human rights.

A majority in NI would welcome an objective, critical and pluralistic Religion & Worldviews Education for all. The DE must deliver.

www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews...

Queen’s study reveals majority want wider worldviews taught in NI's primary school RE curriculum

A new study from Queen’s shows strong public support for Religious Education (RE) in Northern Ireland to help pupils understand a wide range of different religious and non-religious worldviews, includ...

www.qub.ac.uk

Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 21d

This is a very relevant piece of research following the UK Supreme Court judgment that RE in Northern Ireland contravenes human rights.

A majority in NI would welcome an objective, critical and pluralistic Religion & Worldviews Education for all. The DE must deliver.

www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews...

Queen’s study reveals majority want wider worldviews taught in NI's primary school RE curriculum

A new study from Queen’s shows strong public support for Religious Education (RE) in Northern Ireland to help pupils understand a wide range of different religious and non-religious worldviews, includ...

www.qub.ac.uk

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 22d

This is a super article. Great to see this important work by two @tcdhistory colleagues @earner.bsky.social and Carole Holohan working with Roisin Higgins

Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 22d

#OpenAccess research article, 'Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century' by Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Roisín Higgins and Carole Holohan is available through the following link!

@universitypress.cambridge.org @earner.bsky.social

Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core

Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century

www.cambridge.org

Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · 22d

What a great way to end this semester’s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar series tomorrow with @niamhcullen.bsky.social, chaired by @elainefarrell.bsky.social! Drinks and snacks provided as usual. For more information and to sign up to attend online see:
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...

Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 22d

#OpenAccess research article, 'Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century' by Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Roisín Higgins and Carole Holohan is available through the following link!

@universitypress.cambridge.org @earner.bsky.social

Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core

Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century

www.cambridge.org

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 26d

magnificent

Parents for Inclusive Education @pfie.bsky.social · 28d

One of PFIE’s core team, @jackru.bsky.social, has written an in depth analysis of the Supreme Court judgment. Strongly encourage you to read, share and comment! It’s long, but absolutely worth the read!

sluggerotoole.com/2025/11/28/t...

The Supreme Court judgment on religious teaching in NI – an analysis and an appeal…

Jack Russell is a parent, primary school governor, and member of the core team at Parents for Inclusive Education NI, a grass-roots organisation that advocates for the rights of all children and paren...

sluggerotoole.com

Jack Russell @jackru.bsky.social · 28d

My analysis of the recent Supreme Court judgment on Religious Education in Northern Ireland.

#EdChatIE #TeamRE #EduSkyUK #EducationUK #edpolicy #schoolsuk #UKTeaching #NetworkEdChat #EducateTogether
#EthicalEducation #IntegratedEducation #InclusiveEducation

sluggerotoole.com/2025/11/28/t...

The Supreme Court judgment on religious teaching in NI – an analysis and an appeal…

Jack Russell is a parent, primary school governor, and member of the core team at Parents for Inclusive Education NI, a grass-roots organisation that advocates for the rights of all children and paren...

sluggerotoole.com

Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · 29d

🔥Burning Swamps🔥, a history of the planetary emergency seen from the margins, has been out since Sept 2025

PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!

Book cover of Burning Swamps by Katja Bruisch. Green font. A b/w in the centre shows a woman with a headscarf stacking peat

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 29d

Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.

New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · Nov 26

New article! Joe Curran on '(Re-)Making the ‘Stateless Capital’: Edinburgh and Dublin in European Context, c.1820–1850'

academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · Nov 25

Our last seminar for this year, on 15 Dec. will be Patrick Walsh (TCD) speaking on 'A colonial sinew of power? Rethinking the 18th-century Irish state' (joint event with CECS). All welcome in-person and online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · Nov 25

Highlighting these one last time:
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.

Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4F...

Ireland and the American Revolution Keynote Address | Prof Eliga Gould

YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities

www.youtube.com

Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · Nov 24

@svenbeckert.bsky.social’s new global history of capitalism — looks great👇 www.penguin.co.uk/books/295668...

Capitalism

No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism. It structures how we live and work, how we think about ourselves and others, how we organise our politics. Sven Beckert situat...

www.penguin.co.uk

Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · Nov 21

Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

REF: DfEHIS - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast

www.qub.ac.uk

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · Nov 20

I've signed the petition calling for the Education Minister to reform Religious Education in NI today - will you sign too? via @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social my.actnowni.org/petitions/re...

Sign Now: We demand Inclusive Religious Education for all NI’s Children

I've signed the petition calling for the Education Minister to reform Religious Education in NI today - will you sign too?

my.actnowni.org

Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · Nov 20

On 8 December we have a joint seminar with the Centre for Public History. Visiting Scholar Jessica Martell (Appalachian State Univ.) will speak on 'Beyond plantation mentalities in Irish literature, film, and culture'. In-person and online.
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Irish Studies / Public History Seminar: Jessica Martell

www.qub.ac.uk

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · Nov 20

This UK Supreme Court decision is potentially momentous for the way religion is taught in schools on Northern Ireland. as the situation currently stands it amounts to indoctrination’ - not a word lawyers lightly throw around. A pluralistic Northern, and future Shared, Ireland needs a new approach.

Parents for Inclusive Education @pfie.bsky.social · Nov 20

Statement from the PFIE officer group on the JR87 ruling yesterday.

Statement from Parents for Inclusive Education NI on the JR87 ruling:

Parents for Inclusive Education NI welcomes the landmark UK Supreme Court ruling in JR87, which confirms that Northern Ireland’s current RE curriculum breaches children’s and families’ human rights. The Court found that RE in it’s current form is not “objective, critical and pluralistic” and amounts to indoctrination - and identified the failings of the Department of Education to monitor and safeguard what and how children are being taught.

We would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincere thanks to JR87 and her father for bringing this case. We do not know them, but are in awe of their bravery and perseverance in taking a stand on such an epic scale. They, and all families like them who have been resoundingly let down by the current framework, have been throughly vindicated by the highest court in the land.

It is important for us to re-state that as a group,
we are not campaigning to remove RE or Christianity from schools, far from it. We want RE to be objective, pluralistic, balanced, inclusive and respectful of
every child and every family, regardless of belief.

Yesterday was a momentous, watershed moment and
now is the time for meaningful change. We are excited, optimistic, and fully committed to immediately moving forward to work with a pluralistic and interfaith panel of suitably qualified and experienced educators, policymakers, academics, faith groups and families to build an RE curriculum that truly reflects the diversity of modern Northern Ireland.

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