Ciaran O'Neill
@ciaranon.bsky.social
Historian at TCD, interested in Ireland and Empire, Public History, and lots of other things. Co-lead for Trinity's Colonial Legacies.
This documentary was so much fun to make. It’s compiled from audio we gathered across a couple of years and follows two amazing women - Meg and Dympna - all the way to Jamaica, in search of Meg’s ancestor: an Irish Catholic enslaver and coffee planter, Peter Daly
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Jamaica Daly
An Irish family learns about their ancestor's past as a slave-owner.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:56 PM
This documentary was so much fun to make. It’s compiled from audio we gathered across a couple of years and follows two amazing women - Meg and Dympna - all the way to Jamaica, in search of Meg’s ancestor: an Irish Catholic enslaver and coffee planter, Peter Daly
www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
www.rte.ie/radio/docono...
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Excited to share details of my first monograph, Revolutionary Connections, coming out Open Access with OUP this year! It explores diverse forms of international engagement in revolutionary Russia and Ireland, including responses to Ireland in Russian-language texts. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Excited to share details of my first monograph, Revolutionary Connections, coming out Open Access with OUP this year! It explores diverse forms of international engagement in revolutionary Russia and Ireland, including responses to Ireland in Russian-language texts. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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We are delighted that Catriona Kennedy will give the @ssnci.bsky.social annual lecture on 'Women & Irish politics in the age of revolution'!! It will be held @nlireland.bsky.social on 22 January. For more see
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
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Amazon, aristocrat or democrat?
Women and Irish politics in the age of revolution
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January 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
We are delighted that Catriona Kennedy will give the @ssnci.bsky.social annual lecture on 'Women & Irish politics in the age of revolution'!! It will be held @nlireland.bsky.social on 22 January. For more see
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
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#OpenAccess highlight: 'Britishness, Irishness, and class: Catholic identities in Anglo-Australia 1880-1916', by Scott Denis McCarthy is available through the following link:
@universitypress.cambridge.org
@universitypress.cambridge.org
Britishness, Irishness and class: Catholic identities in Anglo-Australia, 1880–1916 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Britishness, Irishness and class: Catholic identities in Anglo-Australia, 1880–1916 - Volume 49 Issue 175
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December 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#OpenAccess highlight: 'Britishness, Irishness, and class: Catholic identities in Anglo-Australia 1880-1916', by Scott Denis McCarthy is available through the following link:
@universitypress.cambridge.org
@universitypress.cambridge.org
👏 Chris Nikkel. This RTE doc centres on stunning 1950s recordings of folk songs by Irish settlers in Ontario, dating back to 1825. The material really brings out the complexity of settler commemoration, first nation displacement, and the stories we tell ourselves. www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
The Lyric Feature
Chris Nikkel follows the story of a forgotten Irish migration to Canada through folk music passed down orally, and a special bicentennial commemoration.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
👏 Chris Nikkel. This RTE doc centres on stunning 1950s recordings of folk songs by Irish settlers in Ontario, dating back to 1825. The material really brings out the complexity of settler commemoration, first nation displacement, and the stories we tell ourselves. www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
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Congratulations to David MacDonald on his new title in the @universitypress.cambridge.org Elements in Historical Theory and Practice series "Myths, History Wars, and Indigenous-Settler Reconciliation in Canada and Other Settler States doi.org/10.1017/9781.... Downloads free till 31 December.
Myths, History Wars, and Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada and Other Settler States
Cambridge Core - Global History - Myths, History Wars, and Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada and Other Settler States
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December 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Congratulations to David MacDonald on his new title in the @universitypress.cambridge.org Elements in Historical Theory and Practice series "Myths, History Wars, and Indigenous-Settler Reconciliation in Canada and Other Settler States doi.org/10.1017/9781.... Downloads free till 31 December.
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A nice surprise this morning: my article on prison reform from below is out!
I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one.
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I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one.
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Prison reform from below: London, c.1780–1830*
Abstract. This article explores the history of the English prison reform movement from ‘below’ – that is, from the perspective of prison inmates. By highli
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December 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A nice surprise this morning: my article on prison reform from below is out!
I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one.
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one.
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
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Call for Papers
(De)colonial Solidarities: Whiteness, Colonialism, and the Politics of Allyship
27-28 August 2026
University of Turku, Finland
Deadline: 15 February 2026
Thanks to Alice Baroni for sharing!
(De)colonial Solidarities: Whiteness, Colonialism, and the Politics of Allyship
27-28 August 2026
University of Turku, Finland
Deadline: 15 February 2026
Thanks to Alice Baroni for sharing!
December 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Call for Papers
(De)colonial Solidarities: Whiteness, Colonialism, and the Politics of Allyship
27-28 August 2026
University of Turku, Finland
Deadline: 15 February 2026
Thanks to Alice Baroni for sharing!
(De)colonial Solidarities: Whiteness, Colonialism, and the Politics of Allyship
27-28 August 2026
University of Turku, Finland
Deadline: 15 February 2026
Thanks to Alice Baroni for sharing!
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Absolutely delighted to see that my article on Catholic chapels in Ireland from the 1790s to the 1820s is now available in Architectural History, the journal of the SAHGB - a real career dream come true to have an article in this journal, I must say! #skystorians www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 | Architectural History | Cambridge Core
The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 - Volume 68
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December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely delighted to see that my article on Catholic chapels in Ireland from the 1790s to the 1820s is now available in Architectural History, the journal of the SAHGB - a real career dream come true to have an article in this journal, I must say! #skystorians www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=haJr...
Irish Studies Seminar: Patrick Walsh
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
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December 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=haJr...
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'the heart is sick with hoping and hoping before books reach Ireland' Maria Edgeworth in 1816
Publication day for @universitypress.cambridge.org Irish Romanticism was yesterday but no sign of any books in Cork yet!
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Publication day for @universitypress.cambridge.org Irish Romanticism was yesterday but no sign of any books in Cork yet!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
Irish Romanticism
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - Irish Romanticism
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December 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
'the heart is sick with hoping and hoping before books reach Ireland' Maria Edgeworth in 1816
Publication day for @universitypress.cambridge.org Irish Romanticism was yesterday but no sign of any books in Cork yet!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
Publication day for @universitypress.cambridge.org Irish Romanticism was yesterday but no sign of any books in Cork yet!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
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My little book will be available for pre-order in January 2026. Please consider ordering a copy for your library. I'll be eternally grateful if you would like to review the book. Happy reading! 😊 www.routledge.com/Irish-Writer...
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
My little book will be available for pre-order in January 2026. Please consider ordering a copy for your library. I'll be eternally grateful if you would like to review the book. Happy reading! 😊 www.routledge.com/Irish-Writer...
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We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
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New article! Joe Curran on '(Re-)Making the ‘Stateless Capital’: Edinburgh and Dublin in European Context, c.1820–1850'
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November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New article! Joe Curran on '(Re-)Making the ‘Stateless Capital’: Edinburgh and Dublin in European Context, c.1820–1850'
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Do go along to the launch of Antonia Hart's new monograph, The Commercial Lives of Irish Women, 1850-1922 (LUP). It is a brilliant piece of work, beautifully written, and well worth reading.
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street
Thursday, 4th December | 7pm
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street
Thursday, 4th December | 7pm
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Do go along to the launch of Antonia Hart's new monograph, The Commercial Lives of Irish Women, 1850-1922 (LUP). It is a brilliant piece of work, beautifully written, and well worth reading.
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street
Thursday, 4th December | 7pm
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street
Thursday, 4th December | 7pm
Required reading of the most welcome sort in IHS this morning.
'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
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'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
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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
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December 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Required reading of the most welcome sort in IHS this morning.
'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Opportunity to work with other me on a funded PhD at Queens - may suit anyone interested in gender, history of the child and family in 20thC Ireland. Happy to chat to anyone thinking of it!
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
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REF: DfEHIS - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
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November 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Opportunity to work with other me on a funded PhD at Queens - may suit anyone interested in gender, history of the child and family in 20thC Ireland. Happy to chat to anyone thinking of it!
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Job Klaxon:
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History at Aarhus.
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History at Aarhus.
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - History, subject, Aarhus University
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November 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Job Klaxon:
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History at Aarhus.
Assistant or Associate Professorship in Public History with a specialisation in Modern History at Aarhus.
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Self-portrait of the artist in his room at the Villa Medici Rome 1817, by Léon Cogniet, French Romantic history painter, winner of Prix de Rome in 1817, friend of Géricault & Delacroix; appointed Professeur de Peinture à l’École des Beaux Arts from 1851; died #OTD 1880.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Self-portrait of the artist in his room at the Villa Medici Rome 1817, by Léon Cogniet, French Romantic history painter, winner of Prix de Rome in 1817, friend of Géricault & Delacroix; appointed Professeur de Peinture à l’École des Beaux Arts from 1851; died #OTD 1880.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
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The OPW has purchased 235 acres of historic lands at Castletown House, Celbridge, reuniting key parts of the estate and restoring long-term public access. This resolves the M4 access issue and supports the full reopening of the estate.
More: cutt.ly/dtri81m6
More: cutt.ly/dtri81m6
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The OPW has purchased 235 acres of historic lands at Castletown House, Celbridge, reuniting key parts of the estate and restoring long-term public access. This resolves the M4 access issue and supports the full reopening of the estate.
More: cutt.ly/dtri81m6
More: cutt.ly/dtri81m6
Launch details for Catherine Healy’s excellent new monograph, based on her brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social PhD: happening tomorrow evening in Dublin
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Book launch: Intimate Connections
Join us at EPIC to celebrate the publication of a new book on Irish female migration
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November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Launch details for Catherine Healy’s excellent new monograph, based on her brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social PhD: happening tomorrow evening in Dublin
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
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Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street
A very interesting read here by Martin Jay in History and Theory. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MFJQP8...
CAN HISTORY ABSOLVE? CAN HISTORY JUDGE?
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October 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A very interesting read here by Martin Jay in History and Theory. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MFJQP8...
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Published today: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4nwj9Y2
Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2
Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Published today: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4nwj9Y2
Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2
Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2
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It is a great honour to be selected for the NUI Publication Prize for Irish History! Many thanks to everyone for their continued support
🎉 @hoireabhard.bsky.social has been awarded the 2025 @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social Publication Prize in Irish History, for his book The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Congratulations, Seán!
Learn more about the book here ⬇️
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Learn more about the book here ⬇️
bit.ly/MedievalIris...
October 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It is a great honour to be selected for the NUI Publication Prize for Irish History! Many thanks to everyone for their continued support