Irish Historical Studies
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The official page of the joint journal of the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies and the Irish Historical Society. Published by Cambridge University Press.
Research article, 'Navigating Ireland's 'ambivalent heritage' of nationalism and empire: a Corkonian's journey, 1849-1901', by Julyan G Peard is now available:
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Navigating Ireland’s ‘ambivalent heritage’ of nationalism and empire: a Corkonian’s journey, 1849–1901 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Navigating Ireland’s ‘ambivalent heritage’ of nationalism and empire: a Corkonian’s journey, 1849–1901
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January 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Research article, 'Navigating Ireland's 'ambivalent heritage' of nationalism and empire: a Corkonian's journey, 1849-1901', by Julyan G Peard is now available:
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Research article, 'Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914-1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots', by Ciaran Toal, is now available through the following link:
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Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914–1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914–1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots
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January 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Research article, 'Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914-1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots', by Ciaran Toal, is now available through the following link:
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#OpenAccess highlight, 'Urban rebels in medieval Connacht: the revolt of Galway, 1388-9', by Patrick McDonagh is available through the following link!
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Urban rebels in medieval Connacht: the revolt of Galway, 1388–9 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Urban rebels in medieval Connacht: the revolt of Galway, 1388–9
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January 12, 2026 at 9:31 AM
#OpenAccess highlight, 'Urban rebels in medieval Connacht: the revolt of Galway, 1388-9', by Patrick McDonagh is available through the following link!
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#OpenAccess research article, 'The role of the Irish language summer college in revolutionary Ireland, 1913-1921', by Máire McCafferty is available through the following link:
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The role of the Irish language summer college in revolutionary Ireland, 1913–1921 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
The role of the Irish language summer college in revolutionary Ireland, 1913–1921 - Volume 49 Issue 175
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January 8, 2026 at 10:14 AM
#OpenAccess research article, 'The role of the Irish language summer college in revolutionary Ireland, 1913-1921', by Máire McCafferty is available through the following link:
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Research article, 'Matters best forgotten': the Ulster Special Constabulary in 1922, by Patrick Mulroe is available through the following link:
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‘Matters best forgotten’: the Ulster Special Constabulary in 1922 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
‘Matters best forgotten’: the Ulster Special Constabulary in 1922
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January 6, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Research article, 'Matters best forgotten': the Ulster Special Constabulary in 1922, by Patrick Mulroe is available through the following link:
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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:
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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:
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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!
#OpenAccess Research article, 'Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990', by Charlie Lynch is available through the following link:
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Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 - Volume 49 Issue 175
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December 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
#OpenAccess Research article, 'Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990', by Charlie Lynch is available through the following link:
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#OpenAccess Research article, 'Gendered hierarchies and marked bodies: narratives of household violence in early modern Ireland' by Dianne Hall is available through the following link!
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Gendered hierarchies and marked bodies: narratives of household violence in early modern Ireland | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Gendered hierarchies and marked bodies: narratives of household violence in early modern Ireland - Volume 49 Issue 175
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December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#OpenAccess Research article, 'Gendered hierarchies and marked bodies: narratives of household violence in early modern Ireland' by Dianne Hall is available through the following link!
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Research article, 'The experimental non-experimental committee': governing the workhouse in late-eighteenth-century Dublin', by Padhraig Higgins is available here:
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‘The experimental non-experimental committee’: governing the workhouse in late-eighteenth-century Dublin | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
‘The experimental non-experimental committee’: governing the workhouse in late-eighteenth-century Dublin
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December 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Research article, 'The experimental non-experimental committee': governing the workhouse in late-eighteenth-century Dublin', by Padhraig Higgins is available here:
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#OpenAccess research article, 'Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century' by Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Roisín Higgins and Carole Holohan is available through the following link!
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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 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#OpenAccess research article, 'Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century' by Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Roisín Higgins and Carole Holohan is available through the following link!
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#OpenAccess research article 'A most curious collection of foreign beasts': menageries in Ireland, 1790-1840, by Karina Holton is available here!
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‘A most curious collection of foreign beasts’: menageries in Ireland, 1790–1840 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
‘A most curious collection of foreign beasts’: menageries in Ireland, 1790–1840
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December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
#OpenAccess research article 'A most curious collection of foreign beasts': menageries in Ireland, 1790-1840, by Karina Holton is available here!
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We are delighted that Dr Ruth Duffy has been awarded an honourable mention in the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 for Healthcare and the Troubles! Congratulations, Ruth 🎉
Discover more about the book here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Discover more about the book here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
May 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
We are delighted that Dr Ruth Duffy has been awarded an honourable mention in the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 for Healthcare and the Troubles! Congratulations, Ruth 🎉
Discover more about the book here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Discover more about the book here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
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Delighted that The Medieval Irish kings & the English invasion has been chosen for the IHS first book prize for 2024!
Many congratulations to @hoireabhard.bsky.social who has won the @irishhistsoc.bsky.social First Book Prize 2024 for The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion! 🎉
The first analysis of the twelfth-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and impact of the English invasion.
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The first analysis of the twelfth-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and impact of the English invasion.
bit.ly/3UZeSky
May 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Delighted that The Medieval Irish kings & the English invasion has been chosen for the IHS first book prize for 2024!
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Many congratulations to @hoireabhard.bsky.social who has won the @irishhistsoc.bsky.social First Book Prize 2024 for The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion! 🎉
The first analysis of the twelfth-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and impact of the English invasion.
bit.ly/3UZeSky
The first analysis of the twelfth-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and impact of the English invasion.
bit.ly/3UZeSky
May 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Many congratulations to @hoireabhard.bsky.social who has won the @irishhistsoc.bsky.social First Book Prize 2024 for The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion! 🎉
The first analysis of the twelfth-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and impact of the English invasion.
bit.ly/3UZeSky
The first analysis of the twelfth-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and impact of the English invasion.
bit.ly/3UZeSky
Congratulations to Dr Ruth Duffy, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social who is awarded an honourable mention in the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 for her @livunipress.bsky.social book, 'Healthcare and the Troubles: the conflict experience of the Northern Ireland Health Service, 1968–1998'
May 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Congratulations to Dr Ruth Duffy, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social who is awarded an honourable mention in the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 for her @livunipress.bsky.social book, 'Healthcare and the Troubles: the conflict experience of the Northern Ireland Health Service, 1968–1998'
The board of Irish Historical Studies are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 First Book Prize is @hoireabhard.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie for his book 'The Medieval Irish kings and the English invasion', published by @livunipress.bsky.social. Congratulations Seán!
May 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The board of Irish Historical Studies are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 First Book Prize is @hoireabhard.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie for his book 'The Medieval Irish kings and the English invasion', published by @livunipress.bsky.social. Congratulations Seán!