Cian T. McMahon, PhD
@ciantmcmahon.bsky.social
Historian of Ireland and the Irish, at home and abroad. Currently working on a global history of Saint Patrick's Day.
*The Routledge History of Irish America* (2024)
*The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine* (2021)
*The Routledge History of Irish America* (2024)
*The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine* (2021)
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One of the absolute smartest people I know whose scholarship will force us to rethink how we teach the Famine in all its complexities. UL made an excellent inaugural selection. Congratulations, Pete!
I very much look forward to welcoming Dr. Peter Hession to @unioflimerick.bsky.social as our inaugural O'Malley Fellow!
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Inaugural recipient of the O’Malley Fellowship: Advancing Irish Studies joins 'remarkable community of scholars' in University of Limerick
Dr Peter Hession is the first appointee of the new University of Limerick O’Malley Fellowship: Advancing Irish Studies, supported by the Irish American Cultural Institute. Dr Hession, a historian curr...
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February 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
One of the absolute smartest people I know whose scholarship will force us to rethink how we teach the Famine in all its complexities. UL made an excellent inaugural selection. Congratulations, Pete!
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Check out this book talk with IEHS member and past president @kevinkenny.bsky.social :
Thank you @iehs.bsky.social Online Book Series for featuring my book "The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic: Policing Mobility in the Nineteenth-Century United States" @academic.oup.com Short video available here: ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWsL...
Kevin Kenny, The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic
YouTube video by Immigration and Ethnic History Society
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January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Check out this book talk with IEHS member and past president @kevinkenny.bsky.social :
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New book from IEHS members Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross:
Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution (University of British Columbia Press, 2025)
www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...
Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution (University of British Columbia Press, 2025)
www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
New book from IEHS members Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross:
Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution (University of British Columbia Press, 2025)
www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...
Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution (University of British Columbia Press, 2025)
www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...
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New article from IEHS member Robert Shaffer:
“Pearl S. Buck on American Society: Towards a Multi-Racial (Post-Racial?) Future,” Cowrie: Comparative and World Literature (November, 2025)
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“Pearl S. Buck on American Society: Towards a Multi-Racial (Post-Racial?) Future,” Cowrie: Comparative and World Literature (November, 2025)
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Pearl S. Buck on American Society: Towards a Multi-Racial (Post-Racial?) Future
Novelist and social commentator Pearl S. Buck, best known for her writings on Asia, called, in an important 1937 article entitled “On Discovering America,” for Americans to be more open to immigrants ...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
New article from IEHS member Robert Shaffer:
“Pearl S. Buck on American Society: Towards a Multi-Racial (Post-Racial?) Future,” Cowrie: Comparative and World Literature (November, 2025)
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
“Pearl S. Buck on American Society: Towards a Multi-Racial (Post-Racial?) Future,” Cowrie: Comparative and World Literature (November, 2025)
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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***We're on YouTube!***
Please visit the IEHS YouTube channel to watch clips from our past virtual events, including book talks, panel discussions, and more. These clips are great teaching tools!
www.youtube.com/@iehs_org/
Please visit the IEHS YouTube channel to watch clips from our past virtual events, including book talks, panel discussions, and more. These clips are great teaching tools!
www.youtube.com/@iehs_org/
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
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November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
***We're on YouTube!***
Please visit the IEHS YouTube channel to watch clips from our past virtual events, including book talks, panel discussions, and more. These clips are great teaching tools!
www.youtube.com/@iehs_org/
Please visit the IEHS YouTube channel to watch clips from our past virtual events, including book talks, panel discussions, and more. These clips are great teaching tools!
www.youtube.com/@iehs_org/
Henderson, Nevada, 12:24pm
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Henderson, Nevada, 12:24pm
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My article on another young New York Mayor is up! www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Meet the grandson of an Irish nationalist who became mayor of NY
Zohran Mamdani will be New York's youngest mayor in more than a century - the youngest before him was the grandson of an Irish nationalist and largely forgotten
www.rte.ie
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My article on another young New York Mayor is up! www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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Thank you @iehs.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @migrantherstory.bsky.social & Eunice Kim for this conversation on Rituals of Migration @nyupress.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari
Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, Rituals of Migration: Irish and Italians on the Move (New York University Press, 2025). In Rituals of Migration, editors Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari—with …
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October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thank you @iehs.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @migrantherstory.bsky.social & Eunice Kim for this conversation on Rituals of Migration @nyupress.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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"The Objects That Immigrants Packed Tell a Story About What It Meant to Leave Home Forever." @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The Objects That Immigrants Packed Tell a Story About What It Meant to Leave Home Forever
A new collection co-edited by NYU scholar Kevin Kenny explores the things Irish and Italians carried with them to the New World during historic waves of migration
www.nyu.edu
October 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"The Objects That Immigrants Packed Tell a Story About What It Meant to Leave Home Forever." @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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I am looking forward to digging into this one soon… debut novel by trained historian and worldly raconteur @mylesdungan.bsky.social
Congrats, Myles!!
Congrats, Myles!!
October 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I am looking forward to digging into this one soon… debut novel by trained historian and worldly raconteur @mylesdungan.bsky.social
Congrats, Myles!!
Congrats, Myles!!
Henderson, Nevada, 5:16pm
October 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Henderson, Nevada, 5:16pm
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Really looking forward to this! Registration details below 👇🏽
***Immigration and Ethnic History Society Online Books Series***
Join @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo.
October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
Join @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo.
October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
September 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Really looking forward to this! Registration details below 👇🏽
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Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Launch of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move
YouTube video by Glucksman Ireland House NYU
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September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Manhattan, New York, 6:18pm
September 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Manhattan, New York, 6:18pm
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Looking forward to launching "Rituals of Migration" @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social Sept 19, 7pm w/ @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @unlawfulentries.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social &co. 🎉🎉🎉
Join us this Thursday to celebrate the launch of the latest book in the NYU Press Glucksman Irish Diaspora series, Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move. We can't wait to see you all at Ireland House this week 🎉 @nyupress.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Looking forward to launching "Rituals of Migration" @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social Sept 19, 7pm w/ @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @unlawfulentries.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social &co. 🎉🎉🎉
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Our Irish Studies Seminar programme for the autumn is now available - all events will be in hybrid format and everyone is welcome. For more info and registration: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
September 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our Irish Studies Seminar programme for the autumn is now available - all events will be in hybrid format and everyone is welcome. For more info and registration: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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Looking for members help. Dr Maria Luddy and Dr Judith Harford are writing a book on the experiences of Irish women national school teachers, 1890-1950. They would love to hear from anyone with material such as diaries, letters, photographs, or other artefacts. email judith.harford@ucd.ie.
August 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Looking for members help. Dr Maria Luddy and Dr Judith Harford are writing a book on the experiences of Irish women national school teachers, 1890-1950. They would love to hear from anyone with material such as diaries, letters, photographs, or other artefacts. email judith.harford@ucd.ie.
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🗃️"Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social nyupress.org/978147982513...
The official publication date is June 17 but you can order the book now from @nyupress.bsky.social
@gihnyu.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social 🧵2
The official publication date is June 17 but you can order the book now from @nyupress.bsky.social
@gihnyu.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social 🧵2
May 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🗃️"Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social nyupress.org/978147982513...
The official publication date is June 17 but you can order the book now from @nyupress.bsky.social
@gihnyu.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social 🧵2
The official publication date is June 17 but you can order the book now from @nyupress.bsky.social
@gihnyu.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social 🧵2
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Did you know that the Immigration and Ethnic History Society has a YouTube channel?
Consider following us on there as we have videos of our past programs.
www.youtube.com/@iehs_org?ap...
Consider following us on there as we have videos of our past programs.
www.youtube.com/@iehs_org?ap...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
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August 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Did you know that the Immigration and Ethnic History Society has a YouTube channel?
Consider following us on there as we have videos of our past programs.
www.youtube.com/@iehs_org?ap...
Consider following us on there as we have videos of our past programs.
www.youtube.com/@iehs_org?ap...
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Check out this book talk with Immigration and Ethnic History Society Board Member @sfahrenthold.bsky.social:
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Stacy Fahrenthold, Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class
YouTube video by Immigration and Ethnic History Society
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August 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Check out this book talk with Immigration and Ethnic History Society Board Member @sfahrenthold.bsky.social:
youtu.be/-UJHOuqFPvg?...
youtu.be/-UJHOuqFPvg?...
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The annals are in separate volumes in Dublin, in three separate libraries: @ria.ie, @tcddublin.bsky.social, @ucdlibrary.bsky.social.
The UCD volume ends with the year 1169.
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The UCD volume ends with the year 1169.
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August 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The annals are in separate volumes in Dublin, in three separate libraries: @ria.ie, @tcddublin.bsky.social, @ucdlibrary.bsky.social.
The UCD volume ends with the year 1169.
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The UCD volume ends with the year 1169.
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The signatories are:
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh
Fearfeasa Ó Maoilchonaire
Cú Choigcríche Ó Duibhgeannáin
Conaire Ó Cléirigh
Muiris Ó Maoilchonaire
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Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh
Fearfeasa Ó Maoilchonaire
Cú Choigcríche Ó Duibhgeannáin
Conaire Ó Cléirigh
Muiris Ó Maoilchonaire
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August 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The signatories are:
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh
Fearfeasa Ó Maoilchonaire
Cú Choigcríche Ó Duibhgeannáin
Conaire Ó Cléirigh
Muiris Ó Maoilchonaire
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Mícheál Ó Cléirigh
Cú Choigcríche Ó Cléirigh
Fearfeasa Ó Maoilchonaire
Cú Choigcríche Ó Duibhgeannáin
Conaire Ó Cléirigh
Muiris Ó Maoilchonaire
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The Annals of the Four Masters were completed and signed #OTD 1636.
This is the signature page (UCD-OFM Ms A13).
The Annals are a chronicle of Irish history from AM 2242 to AD 1616. They were written, in Irish, between 22 January 1632 and 10 August 1636.
www.isos.dias.ie
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This is the signature page (UCD-OFM Ms A13).
The Annals are a chronicle of Irish history from AM 2242 to AD 1616. They were written, in Irish, between 22 January 1632 and 10 August 1636.
www.isos.dias.ie
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August 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Annals of the Four Masters were completed and signed #OTD 1636.
This is the signature page (UCD-OFM Ms A13).
The Annals are a chronicle of Irish history from AM 2242 to AD 1616. They were written, in Irish, between 22 January 1632 and 10 August 1636.
www.isos.dias.ie
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This is the signature page (UCD-OFM Ms A13).
The Annals are a chronicle of Irish history from AM 2242 to AD 1616. They were written, in Irish, between 22 January 1632 and 10 August 1636.
www.isos.dias.ie
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Really looking forward to this event next week! I can’t wait to learn from @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social. This promises to be another great @iehs.bsky.social online book event! Registration details 👇🏽
***A week from today***
Join us at 4:15 PM EST on Tuesday, August 12 for our next online book event with @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social. Hongdeng Gao will moderate the discussion.
Register: iehs.org/event/online...
Join us at 4:15 PM EST on Tuesday, August 12 for our next online book event with @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social. Hongdeng Gao will moderate the discussion.
Register: iehs.org/event/online...
Summer 2025 Online Books Series
Visit the post for more.
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August 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Really looking forward to this event next week! I can’t wait to learn from @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social. This promises to be another great @iehs.bsky.social online book event! Registration details 👇🏽