Dr. Owen O'Shea
@owenoshea.bsky.social
History, politics, books and coffee, in no particular order. PhD from UCD on post-Civil War politics in Kerry. New books coming in 2025. Author, historian, researcher. More at www.owenoshea.ie
Pinned
Two new books coming soon in time for the Christmas list!
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
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Out now from @ucdpress.bsky.social is @owenoshea.bsky.social - From Bullets to Ballots thebookshop.ie/owen-o-shea-... ( the cover image shows Kerry's Fionán Lynch TD campaigning )
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Out now from @ucdpress.bsky.social is @owenoshea.bsky.social - From Bullets to Ballots thebookshop.ie/owen-o-shea-... ( the cover image shows Kerry's Fionán Lynch TD campaigning )
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‼️TOMORROW
ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social
🗓️ 6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
👥 Guest Speaker Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie @booksupstairs.bsky.social
ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social
🗓️ 6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
👥 Guest Speaker Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie @booksupstairs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‼️TOMORROW
ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social
🗓️ 6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
👥 Guest Speaker Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie @booksupstairs.bsky.social
ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social
🗓️ 6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
👥 Guest Speaker Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie @booksupstairs.bsky.social
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Join us at 6.30pm tomorrow where Diarmaid Ferriter will launch @owenoshea.bsky.social’s new history of Post-Civil War Kerry. All are welcome booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-from-bullets-to-ballots-by-owen-oshea/
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Join us at 6.30pm tomorrow where Diarmaid Ferriter will launch @owenoshea.bsky.social’s new history of Post-Civil War Kerry. All are welcome booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-from-bullets-to-ballots-by-owen-oshea/
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Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry now available in all good bookshops including @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Tralee, pictured here alongside From Crown To Harp by @mcculld.bsky.social
#books 📚
#books 📚
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry now available in all good bookshops including @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Tralee, pictured here alongside From Crown To Harp by @mcculld.bsky.social
#books 📚
#books 📚
Very pecial delivery from the postman today 📚
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very pecial delivery from the postman today 📚
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
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💥 Hot off the printing press! We’re delighted to share that From Bullets to Ballots by Owen O’Shea is now available.
Get your copy at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... or bookshops nationwide
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
Get your copy at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... or bookshops nationwide
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
💥 Hot off the printing press! We’re delighted to share that From Bullets to Ballots by Owen O’Shea is now available.
Get your copy at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... or bookshops nationwide
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
Get your copy at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... or bookshops nationwide
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
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The Civil War in Kerry and Beyond (edited by Bridget McAuliffe, @owenoshea.bsky.social and myself) is back from the printers and will be launched on
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách. All welcome 📚
#history #speirgorm
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách. All welcome 📚
#history #speirgorm
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Civil War in Kerry and Beyond (edited by Bridget McAuliffe, @owenoshea.bsky.social and myself) is back from the printers and will be launched on
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách. All welcome 📚
#history #speirgorm
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách. All welcome 📚
#history #speirgorm
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
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📣 REMINDER
ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
📣 REMINDER
ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce the official launch of our new book on the Civil War in Kerry and Beyond which is based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thrilled to announce the official launch of our new book on the Civil War in Kerry and Beyond which is based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📚 BOOK LAUNCH 👇
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📚 BOOK LAUNCH 👇
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
ALL WELCOME
to the Dublin launch of
From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
by Owen O’Shea
6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
to the Dublin launch of
From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
by Owen O’Shea
6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ALL WELCOME
to the Dublin launch of
From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
by Owen O’Shea
6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
to the Dublin launch of
From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
by Owen O’Shea
6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
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🥁 COVER REVEAL
From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
by Owen O’Shea
Out November 2025
🔗 Preorder now at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
by Owen O’Shea
Out November 2025
🔗 Preorder now at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🥁 COVER REVEAL
From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
by Owen O’Shea
Out November 2025
🔗 Preorder now at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33
by Owen O’Shea
Out November 2025
🔗 Preorder now at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
Excited to announce the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter at Books Upstairs, Dublin on 11 November at 6.30pm.
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Excited to announce the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter at Books Upstairs, Dublin on 11 November at 6.30pm.
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
Two new books coming soon in time for the Christmas list!
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Two new books coming soon in time for the Christmas list!
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Pleased to announce our book is with the printers and will be published in the coming weeks
Based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
Supported by Kerry Library and @deptcultureirl.bsky.social
Pre-order from Four Courts Press:
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
Supported by Kerry Library and @deptcultureirl.bsky.social
Pre-order from Four Courts Press:
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Four Courts Press | The Civil War in Kerry and Beyond
Histories, memories and legacies by Bridget McAuliffe, Mary McAuliffe and Owen O’Shea, editors
www.fourcourtspress.ie
October 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Pleased to announce our book is with the printers and will be published in the coming weeks
Based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
Supported by Kerry Library and @deptcultureirl.bsky.social
Pre-order from Four Courts Press:
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
Supported by Kerry Library and @deptcultureirl.bsky.social
Pre-order from Four Courts Press:
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Launches coming up in both Dublin and Kerry in November so stay tuned for details!
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Launches coming up in both Dublin and Kerry in November so stay tuned for details!
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
Sweden's Greta Thunberg is dehydrated, under-fed and being held in poor conditions ans subjected to intimidation by the Israelis after being illegally kidnapped in international waters - and her government is saying nothing.
As pathetic as they are spineless.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
As pathetic as they are spineless.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell infested with bedbugs
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Sweden's Greta Thunberg is dehydrated, under-fed and being held in poor conditions ans subjected to intimidation by the Israelis after being illegally kidnapped in international waters - and her government is saying nothing.
As pathetic as they are spineless.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
As pathetic as they are spineless.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
I am honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org in recognition of my contribution to historical scholarship
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I am honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org in recognition of my contribution to historical scholarship
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
"O’Shea’s adroit presentation of the text and the contextual commentaries he provides lifts it to another level."
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
September 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"O’Shea’s adroit presentation of the text and the contextual commentaries he provides lifts it to another level."
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
Sorry to hear of the passing of Martin Mansergh
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Sorry to hear of the passing of Martin Mansergh
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
Inspiring evening at the Kerry Young Historian of the Year Awards hosted by the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
September 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Inspiring evening at the Kerry Young Historian of the Year Awards hosted by the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie