History Ireland Magazine
@historyireland.bsky.social
Established in 1993, Ireland's premier history magazine.
Published bi-monthly.
Editor: Tommy Graham.
www.historyireland.com
A Wordwell Group publication.
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Published bi-monthly.
Editor: Tommy Graham.
www.historyireland.com
A Wordwell Group publication.
Subscribe in print or online here: https://historyireland.com/subscribe/
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Enjoyed reading an expert article in History Ireland Nov/Dec 2025 (33:6) by @eneclann.bsky.social's Fiona Fitzsimons about Grand Jury records (One of our favourite sources 🙂)
And very kindly linking to our free downloadable guidebook:
People, Place and Power www.virtualtreasury.ie/publications 😀👍
And very kindly linking to our free downloadable guidebook:
People, Place and Power www.virtualtreasury.ie/publications 😀👍
November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Just received my copy of the latest edition of @historyireland.bsky.social which has an essay of mine about E.L. Godkin, ‘An Irish Mugwump in Gilded Age America’, and many other fascinating essays. History Ireland is always a great read.
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just received my copy of the latest edition of @historyireland.bsky.social which has an essay of mine about E.L. Godkin, ‘An Irish Mugwump in Gilded Age America’, and many other fascinating essays. History Ireland is always a great read.
Coming tomorrow- A new History Ireland Hedge School Podcast.
Ballyshannon may or may not be the ‘oldest town in Ireland’ but it has certainly been the site of human settlement and activity for thousands of years and has been mapped since the late sixteenth century.
Ballyshannon may or may not be the ‘oldest town in Ireland’ but it has certainly been the site of human settlement and activity for thousands of years and has been mapped since the late sixteenth century.
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Coming tomorrow- A new History Ireland Hedge School Podcast.
Ballyshannon may or may not be the ‘oldest town in Ireland’ but it has certainly been the site of human settlement and activity for thousands of years and has been mapped since the late sixteenth century.
Ballyshannon may or may not be the ‘oldest town in Ireland’ but it has certainly been the site of human settlement and activity for thousands of years and has been mapped since the late sixteenth century.
JOHN BRADLEY MEMORIAL WEEKEND
October 31 @ 5:00 pm – November 1 @ 5:00 pm GMT
Join the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for the Annual John Bradley Memorial Weekend. This year’s theme is William Robertson, (1770-1850) Kilkenny’s First Architect.
October 31 @ 5:00 pm – November 1 @ 5:00 pm GMT
Join the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for the Annual John Bradley Memorial Weekend. This year’s theme is William Robertson, (1770-1850) Kilkenny’s First Architect.
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
JOHN BRADLEY MEMORIAL WEEKEND
October 31 @ 5:00 pm – November 1 @ 5:00 pm GMT
Join the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for the Annual John Bradley Memorial Weekend. This year’s theme is William Robertson, (1770-1850) Kilkenny’s First Architect.
October 31 @ 5:00 pm – November 1 @ 5:00 pm GMT
Join the Kilkenny Archaeological Society for the Annual John Bradley Memorial Weekend. This year’s theme is William Robertson, (1770-1850) Kilkenny’s First Architect.
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🌈 Some stories were never meant to be hidden. But they were. We’re joining the effort to bring them into the light.
📣 “In Conversation” at Collins Barracks
🗓️ Sept 4 | 🕕 6–7PM | 🎟️ Free
With Dr. El Reid Buckley & @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
📣 “In Conversation” at Collins Barracks
🗓️ Sept 4 | 🕕 6–7PM | 🎟️ Free
With Dr. El Reid Buckley & @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
August 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🌈 Some stories were never meant to be hidden. But they were. We’re joining the effort to bring them into the light.
📣 “In Conversation” at Collins Barracks
🗓️ Sept 4 | 🕕 6–7PM | 🎟️ Free
With Dr. El Reid Buckley & @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
📣 “In Conversation” at Collins Barracks
🗓️ Sept 4 | 🕕 6–7PM | 🎟️ Free
With Dr. El Reid Buckley & @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
August 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Talk Title: Do fence me in: boundaries, liminality and transgressions in early medieval Ireland, AD 400–1100
Professor Aidan O’Sullivan is Head of School and Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin.
🎟️ Booking now open:
👉 bit.ly/Within-Without
Cork University Press recently published an interesting book titled Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, Craft, Art by Elizabeth Wincott Heckett.
www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205571...
www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205571...
Textiles of Ireland - Cork University Press
Spanning the life’s work of archaeologist Elizabeth Wincott Heckett, Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, craft, art is the first wide-ranging book on the arc...
www.corkuniversitypress.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Cork University Press recently published an interesting book titled Textiles of Ireland: Archaeology, Craft, Art by Elizabeth Wincott Heckett.
www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205571...
www.corkuniversitypress.com/978178205571...
New History Ireland Hedge School Podcast Now Available!
This special Hedge School was recorded as part of O’Connell 250: Liberty, Democracy and the Struggle for Human Rights, a two-day symposium supported by Trinity College Dublin.
historyireland.com/hedge-schools/
This special Hedge School was recorded as part of O’Connell 250: Liberty, Democracy and the Struggle for Human Rights, a two-day symposium supported by Trinity College Dublin.
historyireland.com/hedge-schools/
Hedge Schools – History Ireland
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August 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
New History Ireland Hedge School Podcast Now Available!
This special Hedge School was recorded as part of O’Connell 250: Liberty, Democracy and the Struggle for Human Rights, a two-day symposium supported by Trinity College Dublin.
historyireland.com/hedge-schools/
This special Hedge School was recorded as part of O’Connell 250: Liberty, Democracy and the Struggle for Human Rights, a two-day symposium supported by Trinity College Dublin.
historyireland.com/hedge-schools/
Our second speaker is Professor Howard Williams
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
August 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Our second speaker is Professor Howard Williams
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Dykes as deeds? Re-evaluating linear earthworks from early medieval Britain
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions
Saturday 18 October 2025 | 🕘 9:15–17:30
Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Register now: bit.ly/Within-Without
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
8th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference
Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions
bit.ly
August 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📚 From the Archives of Archaeology Ireland
Fixing Boundaries
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Summer 1997 (Vol. 11:2)
In the lead-up to Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions, we’re sharing articles that examine boundaries.
📖 Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/81489...
Fixing Boundaries
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Summer 1997 (Vol. 11:2)
In the lead-up to Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions, we’re sharing articles that examine boundaries.
📖 Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/81489...
July 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📚 From the Archives of Archaeology Ireland
Fixing Boundaries
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Summer 1997 (Vol. 11:2)
In the lead-up to Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions, we’re sharing articles that examine boundaries.
📖 Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/81489...
Fixing Boundaries
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Summer 1997 (Vol. 11:2)
In the lead-up to Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions, we’re sharing articles that examine boundaries.
📖 Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/81489...
As part of their summer lecture series Rathmichael Historical Society will be hosting a talk on the Boyne Valley Landscape with Stephen Mandal. This talk will take place on the 11th of August at 8pm.
July 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
As part of their summer lecture series Rathmichael Historical Society will be hosting a talk on the Boyne Valley Landscape with Stephen Mandal. This talk will take place on the 11th of August at 8pm.
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
8th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference
Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions
bit.ly
July 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
Dr Cóilín Ó Drisceoil
📣 Where power lies: Ireland’s Iron Age earthworks as territorial oppida.
Cóilín is with @nationalmonumentsirl and co-authored Materialising Power on the Black Pig’s Dyke.
🎟️ bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct
#WithinWithout2025 #IrishArchaeology
📣 Where power lies: Ireland’s Iron Age earthworks as territorial oppida.
Cóilín is with @nationalmonumentsirl and co-authored Materialising Power on the Black Pig’s Dyke.
🎟️ bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct
#WithinWithout2025 #IrishArchaeology
8th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference
Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions
bit.ly
July 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Dr Cóilín Ó Drisceoil
📣 Where power lies: Ireland’s Iron Age earthworks as territorial oppida.
Cóilín is with @nationalmonumentsirl and co-authored Materialising Power on the Black Pig’s Dyke.
🎟️ bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct
#WithinWithout2025 #IrishArchaeology
📣 Where power lies: Ireland’s Iron Age earthworks as territorial oppida.
Cóilín is with @nationalmonumentsirl and co-authored Materialising Power on the Black Pig’s Dyke.
🎟️ bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin, 18 Oct
#WithinWithout2025 #IrishArchaeology
Meath Archaeological and Historical Society will host a lecture titled ‘The Story of Old Mosney’ with Colin Byrne. The lecture will be held in Bettystown Library on July 29th at 7:30pm
July 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Meath Archaeological and Historical Society will host a lecture titled ‘The Story of Old Mosney’ with Colin Byrne. The lecture will be held in Bettystown Library on July 29th at 7:30pm
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
8th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference
Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions
bit.ly
July 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
An exciting new book, Dublin’s Industrial Heritage, will be launched by Senator Michael McDowell this evening in Rathmines Library at 6pm. All are welcome!
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
July 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
An exciting new book, Dublin’s Industrial Heritage, will be launched by Senator Michael McDowell this evening in Rathmines Library at 6pm. All are welcome!
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
🗓️ Tonight, July 17th, 6pm
📍 Rathmines Library
🎤 Launched by Senator Michael McDowell
📚 From the Archives of Archaeology Ireland
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2008 (Vol. 22:4)
To mark the upcoming Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions conference, we’re sharing an article from the Archaeology Ireland archive.
📖Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54689...
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📰 Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2008 (Vol. 22:4)
To mark the upcoming Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions conference, we’re sharing an article from the Archaeology Ireland archive.
📖Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54689...
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reader.exacteditions.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📚 From the Archives of Archaeology Ireland
📰 Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2008 (Vol. 22:4)
To mark the upcoming Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions conference, we’re sharing an article from the Archaeology Ireland archive.
📖Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54689...
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📰 Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2008 (Vol. 22:4)
To mark the upcoming Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions conference, we’re sharing an article from the Archaeology Ireland archive.
📖Read the article here:
🔗 reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54689...
⸻
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We’re seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Facilities Officer – Facilities Specialist in the National Museum of Ireland. Closing Date for Applications; Friday, 25th July 2025 www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/... #JobFairy #MuseumJobs
July 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We’re seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Facilities Officer – Facilities Specialist in the National Museum of Ireland. Closing Date for Applications; Friday, 25th July 2025 www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/... #JobFairy #MuseumJobs
Sligo Field Club will be hosting an outing to Rathcroghan and Roscommon Castle on July 19th. Departing from Sligo Retail Park (F91 Y030) at 9.00am and returning at 6.00pm. For more details click below! sligofieldclub.ie/lecture/outi...
July 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Sligo Field Club will be hosting an outing to Rathcroghan and Roscommon Castle on July 19th. Departing from Sligo Retail Park (F91 Y030) at 9.00am and returning at 6.00pm. For more details click below! sligofieldclub.ie/lecture/outi...
📰 Community Archaeology: More Questions than Answers
Archaeology Ireland, Autumn 2016 (Vol. 30:3)
📖 Read: reader.exacteditions.com/issues/55360...
🎟 Register for Within|Without: bit.ly/Within-Without
Archaeology Ireland, Autumn 2016 (Vol. 30:3)
📖 Read: reader.exacteditions.com/issues/55360...
🎟 Register for Within|Without: bit.ly/Within-Without
reader.exacteditions.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📰 Community Archaeology: More Questions than Answers
Archaeology Ireland, Autumn 2016 (Vol. 30:3)
📖 Read: reader.exacteditions.com/issues/55360...
🎟 Register for Within|Without: bit.ly/Within-Without
Archaeology Ireland, Autumn 2016 (Vol. 30:3)
📖 Read: reader.exacteditions.com/issues/55360...
🎟 Register for Within|Without: bit.ly/Within-Without
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We're Hiring:
The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History
🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00
📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
#JobFairy #museumjobs
The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History
🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00
📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
#JobFairy #museumjobs
July 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We're Hiring:
The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History
🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00
📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
#JobFairy #museumjobs
The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History
🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00
📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
#JobFairy #museumjobs
The Kerry Archaeology and Historical Society will be holding a walking tour with Prof. Maurice Bric on the 13th of July at 2pm leaving from Fair Field, Cahirsiveen Garda Station
July 7, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The Kerry Archaeology and Historical Society will be holding a walking tour with Prof. Maurice Bric on the 13th of July at 2pm leaving from Fair Field, Cahirsiveen Garda Station
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
8th National Monuments Service annual archaeology conference
Within|Without: the archaeology of partitions
bit.ly
July 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🎟️ Concession places now available
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
📍 Trinity College Dublin or online
🗓 Sat 18 Oct 2025 | 9:15–17:30
Within|Without: The Archaeology of Partitions — the 8th Annual @nationalmonumentsservice Conference.
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Within-Without
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Great virtual exhibition on collecting Irish history records here virtualtreasury.ie/collecting-h... #skystorians #history #ireland
Collecting History Exhibition - Virtual Treasury
Virtual Treasury
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July 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Great virtual exhibition on collecting Irish history records here virtualtreasury.ie/collecting-h... #skystorians #history #ireland