Frances Nolan
@francesmnolan.bsky.social
SFI-IRC (Research Ireland) Pathway Fellow at UCD School of History. PI on Law versus Practice, a digital humanities project exploring women’s property ownership in early modern Ireland.
https://www.lawvpractice.ie/
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Frances Nolan
@francesmnolan.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Beyond excited to share that my new book on the history of National Hunt and point-to-point racing is out NOW! It’s published by the fantastic Four Courts Press and is available online and in bookshops nationwide!
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
National Hunt & Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland has been getting some nice coverage in the press! Lovely review in the @irishindosport.bsky.social last week and a Q&A w/ Paul Rouse in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today! 📖 is available online & in bookshops nationwide! 🏇 #horseracing #irishhistory
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
National Hunt & Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland has been getting some nice coverage in the press! Lovely review in the @irishindosport.bsky.social last week and a Q&A w/ Paul Rouse in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today! 📖 is available online & in bookshops nationwide! 🏇 #horseracing #irishhistory
I was also delighted to speak to David from Racing’s Inside Track about the book, ahead of its launch at Punchestown last week! #history #irishhistory #sporthistory #horseracing
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Frances Nolan is responsible for putting together a fantastic book to mark 150yrs of NH Racing
YouTube video by Racing's Inside Track tv
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October 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I was also delighted to speak to David from Racing’s Inside Track about the book, ahead of its launch at Punchestown last week! #history #irishhistory #sporthistory #horseracing
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcgS...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcgS...
I had a lovely time chatting to Declan Ralph of @nearfm.ie about National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland on Saturday. You can listen back here: listenagain.org?p=57373 The book is now on sale in-store and online in bookshops across Ireland and at www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
Declan Ralph chats with Frances Nolan about her new book…National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland-A History – Near FM – Listen Again
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September 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I had a lovely time chatting to Declan Ralph of @nearfm.ie about National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland on Saturday. You can listen back here: listenagain.org?p=57373 The book is now on sale in-store and online in bookshops across Ireland and at www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
So lovely to see copies of National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland: A History on the shelves in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social and Eason on Nassau St, and on the bestseller stand (eek) in Dubray Books on Grafton St today! 🏇
September 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So lovely to see copies of National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland: A History on the shelves in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social and Eason on Nassau St, and on the bestseller stand (eek) in Dubray Books on Grafton St today! 🏇
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Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...
I’ve also been busy working on Irish women who acted as #Jacobite agents in the eighteenth century! My article on that very topic has just been published in Eighteenth-Century Ireland. Check it out here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
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@ucddublin.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie
@ucddublin.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I’ve also been busy working on Irish women who acted as #Jacobite agents in the eighteenth century! My article on that very topic has just been published in Eighteenth-Century Ireland. Check it out here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...
@researchireland.ie
@ucddublin.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie
@ucddublin.bsky.social
Check out my RTÉ Brainstorm article on the first recorded steeplechase, which took place in County Cork in 1752 - it was the result of a wager made by two huntsmen over a (presumably boozy) dinner in Buttevant Castle.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How Ireland became home of the horse racing steeplechase
The first ever steeplechase took place in Cork in 1752, when two huntsmen decided to settle a wager on horseback
www.rte.ie
September 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Check out my RTÉ Brainstorm article on the first recorded steeplechase, which took place in County Cork in 1752 - it was the result of a wager made by two huntsmen over a (presumably boozy) dinner in Buttevant Castle.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The early reviews are in! Robin gives National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland five (5) paws 🐾
September 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The early reviews are in! Robin gives National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland five (5) paws 🐾
Beyond excited to share that my new book on the history of National Hunt and point-to-point racing is out NOW! It’s published by the fantastic Four Courts Press and is available online and in bookshops nationwide!
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Beyond excited to share that my new book on the history of National Hunt and point-to-point racing is out NOW! It’s published by the fantastic Four Courts Press and is available online and in bookshops nationwide!
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
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We had great fun working on this. So many gems in this extraordinary archive! @tailteeireann.bsky.social
Abstracts of wills like these can be explored in the new Registry of Deeds curated collection, curated by Dr Patrick Walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social and Dr Brendan Twomey, in partnership with @tailteeireann.bsky.social
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
July 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We had great fun working on this. So many gems in this extraordinary archive! @tailteeireann.bsky.social
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A day in the life of an eighteenth century office! Features doodles, chop shops, an English Jesuit and lots of clock watching clerks
There is also a fascinating hiddent story: A Day in the Life of the Registry of Deeds.
virtualtreasury.ie/hidden-stori...
virtualtreasury.ie/hidden-stori...
July 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A day in the life of an eighteenth century office! Features doodles, chop shops, an English Jesuit and lots of clock watching clerks
Really looking forward to speaking to Celbridge Historical Society tonight, on 200 years of jump racing in Kildare.
kildarelocalhistory.ie/events/runne...
kildarelocalhistory.ie/events/runne...
Runners and riders: 230 years of jump racing in Kildare – Kildare Local History . ie
kildarelocalhistory.ie
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Really looking forward to speaking to Celbridge Historical Society tonight, on 200 years of jump racing in Kildare.
kildarelocalhistory.ie/events/runne...
kildarelocalhistory.ie/events/runne...
May 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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At some point we all have to take responsibility for allowing to let this happen. The people we have voted for to represent us (almost everywhere in the West) have supported Israel for years, some of them have armed this genocide & we all just watch passively while our governments refuse to stop it
A world historical crime, taking place in full view, with the perpetrators so convinced of their impunity that they can brag about genocidal intent, and it’s hard not to agree with their calculation that no one will stop them and no one will be held accountable
Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
At some point we all have to take responsibility for allowing to let this happen. The people we have voted for to represent us (almost everywhere in the West) have supported Israel for years, some of them have armed this genocide & we all just watch passively while our governments refuse to stop it
A new blog post on the launch of A List of the Claims (coedited by me and Prof Ivar McGrath and published by @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social) is now live on the Law versus Practice website: www.lawvpractice.ie/index.php/20... @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
A List of the Claims LAUNCH – LAW VERSUS PRACTICE
www.lawvpractice.ie
May 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A new blog post on the launch of A List of the Claims (coedited by me and Prof Ivar McGrath and published by @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social) is now live on the Law versus Practice website: www.lawvpractice.ie/index.php/20... @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
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The CFP for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference is now open. TSIXIII will take place at University College Dublin on 21-22 August, so please join us. All details are in the link, but get please get in touch if you have any questions. tudorstuartireland.com
Tudor and Stuart Ireland
Post by @TudorStuartIre.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The CFP for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference is now open. TSIXIII will take place at University College Dublin on 21-22 August, so please join us. All details are in the link, but get please get in touch if you have any questions. tudorstuartireland.com
I’m heartened to see that @ria.ie is funding up to four postdoctoral fellowships to encourage research into its historic links to colonial enterprises. Each fellowship is worth €5,000 and the deadline for applications is 9 June 2025.
www.ria.ie/grants/colon...
www.ria.ie/grants/colon...
Colonial Legacies Fellowship Scheme - Royal Irish Academy
The Colonial Legacies fellowships are intended to encourage research into the RIA’s historic links with colonial enterprises.
www.ria.ie
April 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I’m heartened to see that @ria.ie is funding up to four postdoctoral fellowships to encourage research into its historic links to colonial enterprises. Each fellowship is worth €5,000 and the deadline for applications is 9 June 2025.
www.ria.ie/grants/colon...
www.ria.ie/grants/colon...
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an entire people is being deliberately starved to death
In Gaza, World Central Kitchen @wck.org is among the last organizations still able to cook meals. The IDF has shut all crossings to shipments, including humanitarian relief. We are now nearing the end of our supplies—and the limits of what’s possible.
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GAZA UPDATE | WCK among last organizations still cooking
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April 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
an entire people is being deliberately starved to death
Popped up on The Long and the Short of It tonight on @bbcnireland.bsky.social, to explain why the Battle of the Boyne wasn’t all that! I also appeared in the episode on Cromwell last week. You can catch both on the iplayer now! @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Popped up on The Long and the Short of It tonight on @bbcnireland.bsky.social, to explain why the Battle of the Boyne wasn’t all that! I also appeared in the episode on Cromwell last week. You can catch both on the iplayer now! @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social
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A good crowd on a sunny evening @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social for the launch of this handsome volume. See www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/cromwellian-surveys for the prequel 🙂
April 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A good crowd on a sunny evening @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social for the launch of this handsome volume. See www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/cromwellian-surveys for the prequel 🙂
A wonderful launch night for
A List of the Claims, edited by Professor Ivar McGrath and me for the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
A List of the Claims, edited by Professor Ivar McGrath and me for the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
Launching this beauty tonight! @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research
April 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A wonderful launch night for
A List of the Claims, edited by Professor Ivar McGrath and me for the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
A List of the Claims, edited by Professor Ivar McGrath and me for the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
Professors David Hayton and John McCafferty speaking at the launch event of A List of the Claims, published by the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social.
@researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research
@researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research
April 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Professors David Hayton and John McCafferty speaking at the launch event of A List of the Claims, published by the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social.
@researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research
@researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research
Launching this beauty tonight! @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research
April 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Launching this beauty tonight! @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research
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CFP. 35th Irish Conference of Historians, 'Inner lives and outer realities', 12-13 September, Maynooth University www.historians.ie/cfp-35th-iri...
CFP. 35th Irish Conference of Historians, 12-13 September, Maynooth University
Irish Conference of Historians CFPDownload
www.historians.ie
March 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM