Damian Shiels
@irishacw.bsky.social
Historian & Archaeologist. Digital Humanities, Public Engagement.
Latest Book: lsupress.org/9780807183700/green-and-blue/
Transatlantic Podcast: shows.acast.com/transatlantic
StoryMaps: https://shielsheritage.com/storymaps/
www.shielsheritage.com
Latest Book: lsupress.org/9780807183700/green-and-blue/
Transatlantic Podcast: shows.acast.com/transatlantic
StoryMaps: https://shielsheritage.com/storymaps/
www.shielsheritage.com
Our new episode of Transatlantic is live! We are joined by Dr. Jane Halloran to discuss the multi-generational impact and influence the emigration of two siblings had on their home locality in Clare, and their new home in Connecticut: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Clare to Connecticut: One Family’s Escape from the Great Hunger | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our new episode of Transatlantic is live! We are joined by Dr. Jane Halloran to discuss the multi-generational impact and influence the emigration of two siblings had on their home locality in Clare, and their new home in Connecticut: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
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The Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage project has passed 2,000 documented bench mark site records across County Limerick. This is an extraordinary achievement in the timeframe and a clear reflection of the interest communities take in heritage @heritagecouncil.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage project has passed 2,000 documented bench mark site records across County Limerick. This is an extraordinary achievement in the timeframe and a clear reflection of the interest communities take in heritage @heritagecouncil.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social
For the day that's in it, remembering the three Sheehan brothers, from Fermoy, #Cork, who lost their lives in seperate missions over Europe while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
Brothers in arms: Vancouver's three Sheehans died in Second World War, to be remembered in Belgium
Saturday service in Belgium's Heverlee war cemetery to honour brothers who died in separate missions within a year in the Second World War.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
For the day that's in it, remembering the three Sheehan brothers, from Fermoy, #Cork, who lost their lives in seperate missions over Europe while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
Grave of Joseph McHugh of Drumnabey,#Tyrone, KIA with the 69th PA at Antietam. His mother Annie in Ireland was dependent on him and claimed a pension based on his death delivered to Castlederg. One of 11 Irish pensions found so far with wounding/fatalities linked to Antietam.
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Grave of Joseph McHugh of Drumnabey,#Tyrone, KIA with the 69th PA at Antietam. His mother Annie in Ireland was dependent on him and claimed a pension based on his death delivered to Castlederg. One of 11 Irish pensions found so far with wounding/fatalities linked to Antietam.
Trauma among U.S. pensioners in Ireland. An image detailing wounds a Warrenpoint, Co. Down resident lived with, including "gunshot wounds to the privates and shoulder and a grapeshot wound of thigh" inflicted in Virginia in 1864. He was later bayoneted while a POW. He survived to return to Ireland.
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trauma among U.S. pensioners in Ireland. An image detailing wounds a Warrenpoint, Co. Down resident lived with, including "gunshot wounds to the privates and shoulder and a grapeshot wound of thigh" inflicted in Virginia in 1864. He was later bayoneted while a POW. He survived to return to Ireland.
It was great to join Gerry on the legendary Civil War Talk Radio to discuss the Irish in the American Civil War and my new book Green & Blue. The show is now live across all podcast platforms if you fancy having a listen! www.impedimentsofwar.org/singleshow.p...
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It was great to join Gerry on the legendary Civil War Talk Radio to discuss the Irish in the American Civil War and my new book Green & Blue. The show is now live across all podcast platforms if you fancy having a listen! www.impedimentsofwar.org/singleshow.p...
My copy of "Traces: The Archaeology of Small Things" has landed! It's great to be included among such great list of contributors. My chapter explores the archaeology of small finds on Irish conflict and battlefield sites. For anyone interested you can order it here: wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My copy of "Traces: The Archaeology of Small Things" has landed! It's great to be included among such great list of contributors. My chapter explores the archaeology of small finds on Irish conflict and battlefield sites. For anyone interested you can order it here: wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
For anyone who wants to have a listen to my RTE History Show chat last night about the 250,000 Irish Americans who served in the U.S. military during the Civil War, you can now listen to that section of the show here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865
Damian Shiels joins Myles to discuss the Irishmen who fought for the Union in the American Civil War; and whose stories are revealed in forgotten U.S. pension files.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
For anyone who wants to have a listen to my RTE History Show chat last night about the 250,000 Irish Americans who served in the U.S. military during the Civil War, you can now listen to that section of the show here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In this episode we take a look at the unusual but enormous success two 19th century Irish emigrants had in creating and building, of all things, a billiards empire: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Phelan & Collender: The Irishmen Who Built an American Billiards Empire | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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November 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In this episode we take a look at the unusual but enormous success two 19th century Irish emigrants had in creating and building, of all things, a billiards empire: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
For anyone in Ireland, I'll be on The History Show tonight on RTE Radio 1, chatting with Myles about my new book "Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865".
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
For anyone in Ireland, I'll be on The History Show tonight on RTE Radio 1, chatting with Myles about my new book "Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865".
The new Surgeon's Call: The Journal of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine has landed in Finland. We have an article on the life altering impact of wounds 2 Irishmen received at Bull Run. For one it ended his life 15 years later- and may even have indirectly caused his wife's fatal illness.
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The new Surgeon's Call: The Journal of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine has landed in Finland. We have an article on the life altering impact of wounds 2 Irishmen received at Bull Run. For one it ended his life 15 years later- and may even have indirectly caused his wife's fatal illness.
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A great pleasure to join Damian @irishacw.bsky.social and the Transatlantic podcast to talk about the Irish in Wisconsin & Milwaukee.
The latest episode of Transatlantic is live! We were joined by @timtimothy87.bsky.social to discuss all things Irish in Wisconsin, with a focus on Milwaukee. We cover everything from the horrific Lady Elgin disaster to the the photo of de Valera in Chippewa headdress: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
The Irish in Wisconsin | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A great pleasure to join Damian @irishacw.bsky.social and the Transatlantic podcast to talk about the Irish in Wisconsin & Milwaukee.
The latest episode of Transatlantic is live! We were joined by @timtimothy87.bsky.social to discuss all things Irish in Wisconsin, with a focus on Milwaukee. We cover everything from the horrific Lady Elgin disaster to the the photo of de Valera in Chippewa headdress: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
The Irish in Wisconsin | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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October 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The latest episode of Transatlantic is live! We were joined by @timtimothy87.bsky.social to discuss all things Irish in Wisconsin, with a focus on Milwaukee. We cover everything from the horrific Lady Elgin disaster to the the photo of de Valera in Chippewa headdress: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
It's amazing the reach of the U.S. Civil War pension system. I'm now up to at least five off-shore Irish islands where 19th century U.S. pensions were being paid- Achill, Arranmore, Bere, Inishmore and Inisheer. They weren't as isolated and removed from the world as we sometimes might think.
October 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's amazing the reach of the U.S. Civil War pension system. I'm now up to at least five off-shore Irish islands where 19th century U.S. pensions were being paid- Achill, Arranmore, Bere, Inishmore and Inisheer. They weren't as isolated and removed from the world as we sometimes might think.
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The latest episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In this show Fin and I explore Irish placenames in America- from Vinegar Hill to Menlo Park, and Dublin Gulch to Roscommon County-with a quick visit to Glendalough State Park thrown in! shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Irish Placenames in the USA | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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October 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The latest episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In this show Fin and I explore Irish placenames in America- from Vinegar Hill to Menlo Park, and Dublin Gulch to Roscommon County-with a quick visit to Glendalough State Park thrown in! shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
The latest episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In this show Fin and I explore Irish placenames in America- from Vinegar Hill to Menlo Park, and Dublin Gulch to Roscommon County-with a quick visit to Glendalough State Park thrown in! shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Irish Placenames in the USA | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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October 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The latest episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In this show Fin and I explore Irish placenames in America- from Vinegar Hill to Menlo Park, and Dublin Gulch to Roscommon County-with a quick visit to Glendalough State Park thrown in! shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Just in case you ever wondered what the alcohol requirements were for a 1909 Irish wake: 3 gallons whiskey, 2 cases stout, 3 bottles wine, 3 bottles brandy! The receipt was sent to the U.S. government from Liscahane, #Cork for reimbursement as it related to the death of a pensioned Civil War sailor!
October 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Just in case you ever wondered what the alcohol requirements were for a 1909 Irish wake: 3 gallons whiskey, 2 cases stout, 3 bottles wine, 3 bottles brandy! The receipt was sent to the U.S. government from Liscahane, #Cork for reimbursement as it related to the death of a pensioned Civil War sailor!
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The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In "The Red Branch: Dynamite, Death & Diaspora in 1880s San Francisco" we chat to @mylesdungan.bsky.social about his super new novel, and explore the compelling history that lies behind it: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
The Red Branch: Dynamite, Death & Diaspora in 1880s San Francisco | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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October 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In "The Red Branch: Dynamite, Death & Diaspora in 1880s San Francisco" we chat to @mylesdungan.bsky.social about his super new novel, and explore the compelling history that lies behind it: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In "The Red Branch: Dynamite, Death & Diaspora in 1880s San Francisco" we chat to @mylesdungan.bsky.social about his super new novel, and explore the compelling history that lies behind it: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
The Red Branch: Dynamite, Death & Diaspora in 1880s San Francisco | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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October 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In "The Red Branch: Dynamite, Death & Diaspora in 1880s San Francisco" we chat to @mylesdungan.bsky.social about his super new novel, and explore the compelling history that lies behind it: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
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A rare American Civil War memorial in Dunblane Cathedral burial ground to 'William McCowan of 6 Bat. Massachusetts Infantry who died in Camp Readville U.S. America in defence of the Union against the rebellion', 1864.
#31DaysofGraves 11: military
#31DaysofGraves 11: military
October 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
A rare American Civil War memorial in Dunblane Cathedral burial ground to 'William McCowan of 6 Bat. Massachusetts Infantry who died in Camp Readville U.S. America in defence of the Union against the rebellion', 1864.
#31DaysofGraves 11: military
#31DaysofGraves 11: military
The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! We discuss the Body Snatching Case that scandalized Gilded Age America- and how it was linked to two highly successful Irish emigrants: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
America's Most Notorious Grave Robbery: Patrick Jones & the AT Stewart Case. | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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October 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! We discuss the Body Snatching Case that scandalized Gilded Age America- and how it was linked to two highly successful Irish emigrants: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
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The new episode of Transatlantic is live! Fin and I explore the Gilded Age American heriesses who married into Victorian Ireland, and the legacy these women left behind in some of Ireland's most famous country houses and National Parks: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Heiresses of the Wild Atlantic Way: American Fortunes, Irish Families | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
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September 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The new episode of Transatlantic is live! Fin and I explore the Gilded Age American heriesses who married into Victorian Ireland, and the legacy these women left behind in some of Ireland's most famous country houses and National Parks: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Nice to see this being floated, based on Andrew Newby's excellent research into his identity. I wrote about the Finn and Swede in the GPO back in 2013 here: www.thejournal.ie/readme/ordic... It led to a nice interview with YLE in a rainy Dublin back in 2016!
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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Alison Healy: Renewed push to honour Finnish sailor who fought in the Easter Rising
Antti Juho Mäkipaltio was sent to Kilmainham Gaol and Knutsford Prison following GPO surrender
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September 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Nice to see this being floated, based on Andrew Newby's excellent research into his identity. I wrote about the Finn and Swede in the GPO back in 2013 here: www.thejournal.ie/readme/ordic... It led to a nice interview with YLE in a rainy Dublin back in 2016!
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
The new episode of Transatlantic is live! Fin and I explore the Gilded Age American heriesses who married into Victorian Ireland, and the legacy these women left behind in some of Ireland's most famous country houses and National Parks: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Heiresses of the Wild Atlantic Way: American Fortunes, Irish Families | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast
shows.acast.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The new episode of Transatlantic is live! Fin and I explore the Gilded Age American heriesses who married into Victorian Ireland, and the legacy these women left behind in some of Ireland's most famous country houses and National Parks: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
What must be one of the most unusual names for an Irish #WW1 veteran. Hilmar Bielitz of Thurles, Tipperary. Named for his Leipzig-born grandfather, a Civil War U.S. Navy veteran who his grandmother married in New Orleans. Hilmar was gassed in 1918 during the Second Battle of The Marne, but survived.
September 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What must be one of the most unusual names for an Irish #WW1 veteran. Hilmar Bielitz of Thurles, Tipperary. Named for his Leipzig-born grandfather, a Civil War U.S. Navy veteran who his grandmother married in New Orleans. Hilmar was gassed in 1918 during the Second Battle of The Marne, but survived.