Irish Studies at QUB
@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. An interdisciplinary research institute for all aspects of Irish culture, history, politics and society. See 'Lists' for more info. Find us at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
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We created an Irish Studies starter pack here: go.bsky.app/VDXWKgk
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On Friday 16 January we will be hosting a one-day conference on LABOUR POLITICS IN WEST BELFAST, 1918-83. Free event - all welcome (in-person and online). www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
December 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
On Friday 16 January we will be hosting a one-day conference on LABOUR POLITICS IN WEST BELFAST, 1918-83. Free event - all welcome (in-person and online). www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
I reviewed Chris Morash's excellent "Dublin: A Writer's City" for Irish Studies Review - all now published online here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G77YU...
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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This week we are featuring some extraordinary Irish women in honour of #NollaignamBan. Mary Ann McCracken campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and argued that the liberty and equality sought by the United Irishmen should be extended to women. www.dib.ie/biography/mc... #DIBLives @ria.ie
January 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This week we are featuring some extraordinary Irish women in honour of #NollaignamBan. Mary Ann McCracken campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and argued that the liberty and equality sought by the United Irishmen should be extended to women. www.dib.ie/biography/mc... #DIBLives @ria.ie
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Happy New Year! In our new episode Dr Sparky Booker @historytcd.bsky.social shares some wonderful, instructive, insights into how we can explore gender, class, ethnicity & community through an exam of individual legal cases in a fascinating period of Irish history. open.spotify.com/episode/38Aq...
Women, marriage and the law in later medieval Ireland with Dr Sparky Booker
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January 5, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Happy New Year! In our new episode Dr Sparky Booker @historytcd.bsky.social shares some wonderful, instructive, insights into how we can explore gender, class, ethnicity & community through an exam of individual legal cases in a fascinating period of Irish history. open.spotify.com/episode/38Aq...
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A Companion to Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland: Collection of hard but necessary truths
A Companion to Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland: Collection of hard but necessary truths
Thought-provoking essays explore a place that has made progress but retains a strong capacity for self-sabotage
www.irishtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:04 AM
A Companion to Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland: Collection of hard but necessary truths
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‘Some nights I do not sleep’: Families remember 16 sectarian killings in 24 hours in North
‘Some nights I do not sleep’: Families remember 16 sectarian killings in 24 hours in North
Relatives reflect on 50th anniversary of Kingsmill, O’Dowd and Reavey murders
www.irishtimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 AM
‘Some nights I do not sleep’: Families remember 16 sectarian killings in 24 hours in North
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More on the significance of our UKRI QUADRAT DTP funded excavations at Brusselstown Ring, Co. Wicklow (Ire.) @jodarchaeology.bsky.social @lindaboutoille.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @quadratdtp.bsky.social @ukri.org @antiquity.ac.uk
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County Wicklow: Settlement find may challenge Vikings first towns theory - researcher
Dr Dirk Brandherm and his colleagues have identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
More on the significance of our UKRI QUADRAT DTP funded excavations at Brusselstown Ring, Co. Wicklow (Ire.) @jodarchaeology.bsky.social @lindaboutoille.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @quadratdtp.bsky.social @ukri.org @antiquity.ac.uk
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Thanks to all who participated in our Irish Studies events this year! You can find recordings of most of them on our website at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
December 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Thanks to all who participated in our Irish Studies events this year! You can find recordings of most of them on our website at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Why did Budweiser use Daniel O'Connell in newspaper ads? A new documentary tells the story of the global influence of O'Connell, 'the greatest leader the world has ever seen'. By Jay Roszman @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
December 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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The new episode of the Irish History Podcast features me with Fin O'Dwyer on 'The Secret Sex Lives of Our Ancestors'. Listen in to hear more about Presbyterians & their sex lives in c18th Ireland #HistSex #PiousPromiscuous @ulhistory.bsky.social @ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Links below 👇
Links below 👇
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The new episode of the Irish History Podcast features me with Fin O'Dwyer on 'The Secret Sex Lives of Our Ancestors'. Listen in to hear more about Presbyterians & their sex lives in c18th Ireland #HistSex #PiousPromiscuous @ulhistory.bsky.social @ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Links below 👇
Links below 👇
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The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society has a new website that is well-worth checking out for details of the annual conference, journal, and news of the inaugural ECR bursary, which was awarded to @mzukovs.bsky.social. The next bursary will be announced shortly.
www.ecis.ie/news-events/
www.ecis.ie/news-events/
News and Events
www.ecis.ie
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society has a new website that is well-worth checking out for details of the annual conference, journal, and news of the inaugural ECR bursary, which was awarded to @mzukovs.bsky.social. The next bursary will be announced shortly.
www.ecis.ie/news-events/
www.ecis.ie/news-events/
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#OTD in 1890 Bram Stoker published Gibbet Hill in a Christmas supplement of the Daily Express (Dublin). This long-lost story is published by the Rotunda Foundation in aid of the Charlotte Stoker Fund, supporting research on preventable hearing loss in newborns. This fund is already making an impact
![Shot of masthead of Daily Express Wednesday Dec 17, 1890
Gibbet Hill [All Rights Reserved] by Bram Stoker is underneath.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:urzqdzhh6lj5ahewb6qzv37u/bafkreiat2foekbwgh2skfv3tlotgzpiwr2dgb5qvacqpzvy6odwca6n4dm@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#OTD in 1890 Bram Stoker published Gibbet Hill in a Christmas supplement of the Daily Express (Dublin). This long-lost story is published by the Rotunda Foundation in aid of the Charlotte Stoker Fund, supporting research on preventable hearing loss in newborns. This fund is already making an impact
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It's a few weeks away - January 23rd - but it would be great to see a good turnout for this Dublin discussion of Averill Earls' important new book on male same-sex desire in 20th c. Ireland!
If you'll be in Dublin at the end of January, come to hear me talk for a bit (and then converse with the wonderful @tomhulme.bsky.social and @paraickerrigan.bsky.social), the eventbrite sign up is now live: www.eventbrite.ie/e/love-in-th...
'Love in the Lav' by Dr Averill Earls - Talk and Panel Discussion
Irish launch of Averill Earl’s 'Love in the Lav' with Páraic Kerrigan (UCD) and Tom Hulme (QUB).
www.eventbrite.ie
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It's a few weeks away - January 23rd - but it would be great to see a good turnout for this Dublin discussion of Averill Earls' important new book on male same-sex desire in 20th c. Ireland!
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...
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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 7th most-read Political Quarterly article of 2025 was:
'Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?' by @lpcooley.bsky.social and Elliott Hill, which argues a single solution isn't enough to address ecological crisis.
Read it now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
'Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?' by @lpcooley.bsky.social and Elliott Hill, which argues a single solution isn't enough to address ecological crisis.
Read it now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The 7th most-read Political Quarterly article of 2025 was:
'Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?' by @lpcooley.bsky.social and Elliott Hill, which argues a single solution isn't enough to address ecological crisis.
Read it now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
'Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?' by @lpcooley.bsky.social and Elliott Hill, which argues a single solution isn't enough to address ecological crisis.
Read it now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
CFP: Violence: Legacies of Conflict in Ireland
Comhfhios Boston Irish Studies at Boston College
Feb 7, 2026, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
All proposals should be 200 - 300 words, for papers 15-20 minutes long. Please submit all proposals by January 5th, 2026. Contact ComhfhiosBC@gmail.com
Comhfhios Boston Irish Studies at Boston College
Feb 7, 2026, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
All proposals should be 200 - 300 words, for papers 15-20 minutes long. Please submit all proposals by January 5th, 2026. Contact ComhfhiosBC@gmail.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
CFP: Violence: Legacies of Conflict in Ireland
Comhfhios Boston Irish Studies at Boston College
Feb 7, 2026, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
All proposals should be 200 - 300 words, for papers 15-20 minutes long. Please submit all proposals by January 5th, 2026. Contact ComhfhiosBC@gmail.com
Comhfhios Boston Irish Studies at Boston College
Feb 7, 2026, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
All proposals should be 200 - 300 words, for papers 15-20 minutes long. Please submit all proposals by January 5th, 2026. Contact ComhfhiosBC@gmail.com
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Great to see a big review of @wmmjenkins.bsky.social’s new edited book on the Famine in Canada in the Irish Times this morning, by Breandan Mac Suibhne 🙂
How Canada coped with an influx of destitute and diseased Irish people during the Famine
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
How Canada coped with an influx of destitute and diseased Irish people during the Famine
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Great to see a big review of @wmmjenkins.bsky.social’s new edited book on the Famine in Canada in the Irish Times this morning, by Breandan Mac Suibhne 🙂
How Canada coped with an influx of destitute and diseased Irish people during the Famine
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
How Canada coped with an influx of destitute and diseased Irish people during the Famine
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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The PSNI has apologised to the family of Patrick Rooney, the first child killed in the Troubles.
The family will also receive "significant compensation," the High Court in Belfast heard this morning.
jrnl.ie/6900813
The family will also receive "significant compensation," the High Court in Belfast heard this morning.
jrnl.ie/6900813
Family of first child killed in Troubles receive apology and ‘significant’ settlement from PSNI
Patrick Rooney was shot through the head while sheltering in a bedroom with his family.
jrnl.ie
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The PSNI has apologised to the family of Patrick Rooney, the first child killed in the Troubles.
The family will also receive "significant compensation," the High Court in Belfast heard this morning.
jrnl.ie/6900813
The family will also receive "significant compensation," the High Court in Belfast heard this morning.
jrnl.ie/6900813
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Congratulations to Holly Shipton on passing her History PhD viva this week.
Her thesis explores landscape, environment, and agricultural decision-making in medieval Ireland, focusing on the manors of Roger Bigod (c.1279–90).
With examiners Prof Brendan Smith (Bristol, Right) & Dr Simon Egan (Left).
Her thesis explores landscape, environment, and agricultural decision-making in medieval Ireland, focusing on the manors of Roger Bigod (c.1279–90).
With examiners Prof Brendan Smith (Bristol, Right) & Dr Simon Egan (Left).
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Congratulations to Holly Shipton on passing her History PhD viva this week.
Her thesis explores landscape, environment, and agricultural decision-making in medieval Ireland, focusing on the manors of Roger Bigod (c.1279–90).
With examiners Prof Brendan Smith (Bristol, Right) & Dr Simon Egan (Left).
Her thesis explores landscape, environment, and agricultural decision-making in medieval Ireland, focusing on the manors of Roger Bigod (c.1279–90).
With examiners Prof Brendan Smith (Bristol, Right) & Dr Simon Egan (Left).
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If you've ever wondered why 'Stakeknife' wasn't called 'Steak Knife' (as we did), it turns out he was.
A piece from the sadly missed Ed Moloney here:
thebrokenelbow.com/2023/04/22/s...
A piece from the sadly missed Ed Moloney here:
thebrokenelbow.com/2023/04/22/s...
Scap’s Proper Codename Was ‘Steak Knife’ Not ‘Stakeknife’….
I had known for some years that ‘Steak Knife’ was Freddie Scappaticci’s real code name but I had it in my mind that after a British court had ordered a ban of some sort on the use…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you've ever wondered why 'Stakeknife' wasn't called 'Steak Knife' (as we did), it turns out he was.
A piece from the sadly missed Ed Moloney here:
thebrokenelbow.com/2023/04/22/s...
A piece from the sadly missed Ed Moloney here:
thebrokenelbow.com/2023/04/22/s...
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Far too much of the Kenova reporting has utterly ignored the recommendations. There seems to be endless capacity in UK media to generate headlines about lawfare and no recognition of the dangers resulting from the UK Govt restricting conflict legacy information release:
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December 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Far too much of the Kenova reporting has utterly ignored the recommendations. There seems to be endless capacity in UK media to generate headlines about lawfare and no recognition of the dangers resulting from the UK Govt restricting conflict legacy information release:
share.google/Ehn7pxKpsDwR...
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