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British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social · Dec 15
📣 BAIS PRIZES 2026: We are pleased to announce our Book, Essay and Bursary prizes for 2026!

See the BAIS website for details on how to enter and eligibility:

irishstudies.co.uk/prizes-and-f...
Prizes and Funding
BAIS Book Prize The 2026 BAIS Book Prize is now open. We invite submissions of single-author monographs published in 2025. All areas of Irish Studies across a range of disciplines are welcome.…
irishstudies.co.uk
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whaireland.bsky.social
Only five days left to get those abstract in. Abstracts are due Friday 6th February. Thanks to all those that have already submitted we look forward to reading them.
whaireland.bsky.social Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · Dec 3
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
WHAI2026
Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference. Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The conferenc...
sites.google.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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tmartinwalsh.bsky.social
Please do sumbit particulary if you are a PhD student or ECR. It is a great space to share your research
whaireland.bsky.social Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 1d
Only five days left to get those abstract in. Abstracts are due Friday 6th February. Thanks to all those that have already submitted we look forward to reading them.
whaireland.bsky.social Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · Dec 3
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
February 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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irishinstitute.bsky.social
Jon Burrows was formally elected as UUP leader over the weekend, and he will be joining us next week to discuss the political challenges + opportunities facing Northern Ireland.
📅 6pm, 12 February
🧭GFlex, CTL @liverpooluni.bsky.social
FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981423814...
Unionism in Northern Ireland - Jon Burrows MLA
Jon Burrows, leader of the UUP, will give a talk on "Unionism in Northern Ireland - Envisioning Governance, Leadership and Inclusion"
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February 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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richardalanbarlow.bsky.social
Happy Birthday, Joyce! Here’s a new Finnegans Wake website I've developed with Research Computing at St Andrews: research.st-andrews.ac.uk/elucidationo...

@starcnet.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social #JamesJoyce #IrishStudies
The Elucidation of Complications - a portal to Finnegans Wake scholarship
research.st-andrews.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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jayroszman.bsky.social
I am very happy this article is out [OA to come]. It builds on work by scholars like @matthewjkelly.bsky.social, Paul Townend, Michael de Nie, @alanlester.bsky.social (and others) to suggest that Irish nationalism had something important to say about the British Empire in the 1830s and 1840s. 🗃️
February 2, 2026 at 4:46 PM
bairishstudies.bsky.social
A reminder that our Postgraduate Essay and Bursary prizes are now open for applications! Deadline for submissions 17 March 2026

See the BAIS website for details on how to enter and eligibility:

irishstudies.co.uk/prizes-and-f...
Prizes and Funding
BAIS Book Prize The 2026 BAIS Book Prize is now open. We invite submissions of single-author monographs published in 2025. All areas of Irish Studies across a range of disciplines are welcome.…
irishstudies.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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irishstudiescam.bsky.social
We are delighted to share our programme of seminars for Lent Term 2026, beginning on Tuesday 3rd February 🍃

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January 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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whaireland.bsky.social
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
WHAI2026
Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference. Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The conferenc...
sites.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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whaireland.bsky.social
Our first emerging scholar's blog for 2026 has landed thanks to Aoife Lydon for taking the time time to write this brilliant piece for us.

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Gendered Voices and Perspectives of the Irish Revolution within Public Memory
Ireland’s recent Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 saw an array of public commemorations, research, events, talks and documentaries produced to commemorate the Irish revolutionary period. A combinati…
womenshistoryassociation.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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irishinstitute.bsky.social
In case you missed the broadcast, the #TalkingHistory podcast with our Prof @downham.bsky.social is now available at www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig.... Enjoy!
January 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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downham.bsky.social
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies | Study | University of Liverpool
Learn about our University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies.
www.liverpool.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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livunipress.bsky.social
Recently published | The Documentary Aesthetic in Irish Theatre, 2010-2020 is available now!

Discover more about the first book-length study of documentary theatre in Ireland here ⬇️
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Promotional graphic for a Liverpool University Press book. On the left, over a dark, theatrical background showing a performer with a paper bag over their head, white text reads: “Examines the emergence of documentary theatre in the increasingly experimental landscape of contemporary Irish drama.” The Liverpool University Press logo appears in the top left. On the right is the book cover titled The Documentary Aesthetic in Irish Theatre, 2010–2020 by Luke Lamont, featuring a stage scene with performers and projected images, and the series subtitle “Playwriting and the Contemporary: Critical Collaborations.”
January 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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burnslibrary.bsky.social
Did you know that Burns Library holds a collection of photographs and albums belonging to Irish activist, printer, and camogie player Máire Gill? They live in our Loretta Clarke Murray Collection and we’ve just digitized them! https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/254/digitized
Full length photographic portrait of Maire Gill in a medieval costume
January 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social
Out in February from @livunipress.bsky.social: The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature. The book started as a lockdown tweet. Delighted that it’s finally done! With Bridget English and @drreznicek.bsky.social
Cover of The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature, showing a water colour of mourners carrying a coffin towards a ruined church, with a man looking on in the foreground and two windswept, rather Beckettian trees in the background.
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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sonjatiernan.bsky.social
Thrilled to see Eva Gore-Booth biography anniversary edition now included in the @manchesterup.bsky.social trade catalogue 2026. Due in print March 2026!
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November 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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niamhwycherley.bsky.social
Happy New Year! In our new episode Dr Sparky Booker @historytcd.bsky.social shares some wonderful, instructive, insights into how we can explore gender, class, ethnicity & community through an exam of individual legal cases in a fascinating period of Irish history. open.spotify.com/episode/38Aq...
Women, marriage and the law in later medieval Ireland with Dr Sparky Booker
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January 5, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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irishinstitute.bsky.social
🍾Happy New Year🍾
We are slowly getting back into work, and noticed we picked up a few new followers while we were away. Hello👋
For anyone needing a summary/refresher of what we do, little video below or slightly longer version at youtu.be/dCBLhl2ZJH0
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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The cóta mór and its strange power to convey something of Irish culture

Prof. @claireconnolly.bsky.social explores Irish romantic literature and coats as a way of thinking about these extraordinary decades of literary invention.
‘A fit house for an outlaw’: The cóta mór and its strange power to convey something of Irish culture
Coats offer a way back into thinking about romanticism in Ireland during an extraordinary period of literary invention in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
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January 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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dedalusdenaries.bsky.social
My friend Nels tells me this will be our wirh Edinburgh in March, will be great
January 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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barryhoulihan.bsky.social
I reviewed Chris Morash's excellent "Dublin: A Writer's City" for Irish Studies Review - all now published online here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G77YU...
January 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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claireconnolly.bsky.social
Update !
Copies of a book piled on a table.
December 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
A short history of mummers, straw boys and Wren Boys. From mummers to wren boys, the practice of rambling from house to house in rural Ireland lifted isolation for many communities at Christmas, writes @barryhoulihan.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
A short history of mummers, straw boys and Wren Boys
From mummers to wren boys, the practice of rambling from house to house in rural Ireland lifted isolation for many communities at Christmas
www.rte.ie
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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deirdreflynn.bsky.social
Absolutely thrilled to have this in my hands!

What a joy working with Mary McGill on this & such an excellent group of contributors.

Launch in Jan 2026!

For more on Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Context, Space click here: www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...

#AcademicSky #SpeirGorm
Image of 3 books with a green cover- Irish Digital Cultures- Identity, Contexts, Space edited by deirdre flynn and Mary McGill
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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pomuirch.bsky.social
The proofs before Christmas and a rare foray into the twentieth century!
December 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM