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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 3h

@judybolger.bsky.social will also speak on illegitimacy and infant care in early twentieth-century Irish workhouses.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 4h

I'll be speaking at the @historytcd.bsky.social Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar tomorrow, Wednesday 12 November at 2.30pm in @tlrhub.bsky.social. I'll be speaking on O'Connellite politics in south Ulster from 1824 to 1844. More information here: www.tcd.ie/history/rese...

Trinity Research Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminars - Department of History - Trinity College Dublin

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 7d

4 Nov 1641: Sir Phelim O'Neill publishes a forged commission from Charles I #otd 'authorising' him and his allies to take arms in defence of the King.

Read eyewitness accounts of this violent time in the 1641 Depositions series from @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social

The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 7d

Born #OnThisDay 1650 King William III. He celebrated his 38th birthday (1688) by invading England and driving his father-in-law, James II, from the throne.
100 years on, politicians were convinced the event should be marked but couldn't agree how: for which, see our new blog this Thursday!
#HistParl

painting of a man with long brown hair and an aquiline nose wearing armour with a lace cravat and silk sash over the top.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 7d

The schedule for the Donegal County Museum and County Donegal Historical Society 'Borders and boundaries' conference has been announced! @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social @lynseyblack.bsky.social

Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward to speaking at this Dublin County Council event 'Borders & Boundaries', although mostly looking forward to hearing these people speak: @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social @pduffy1.bsky.social, Kieran Rankin, Niamh Brennan, Liam Campbell and Jim McBride: www.donegalcoco.ie/en/news/2025...

Commemorative Conference - 'Borders & Boundaries'

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 8d

I'm looking forward to speaking at two conferences this weekend on the Free State's approach to the Irish Boundary Commission, 1923-25. The conference in Lifford can be booked via the contact below, while the @1925ibc100.bsky.social can be booked here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-1925-i...

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 10d

More on Kevin Barry in @ria.ie @historydib.bsky.social here: www.dib.ie/biography/ba...

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 10d

I was at mass for All Saints' Day at Meath Street in Dublin. The priest's homily mentioned the various saints depicted in artwork throughout the church, but didn't mention Saint Kevin Barry, who was hanged on 1 November 1920 and whose bust was carved by a church sculptor with republican sympathies!

Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · 15d

In 1948 Seán Ó Faoláin wrote about the partition of Ireland.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 18d

@cormacmoorehist.bsky.social, Kieran Rankin, Niamh Brennan, Liam Campbell, Lynsey Black and Jim McBride will also be speaking

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 18d

I'm looking forward to speaking on the activities of the North-Eastern Boundary Bureau, 1923-25 at this conference in Lifford on 8 November. Booking details are below. The talk will expand on my research, which was published #OpenAcess with @ria.ie last year: muse.jhu.edu/article/956691

Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 20d

On 10 November we will be joined by Hiram Morgan (UCC), who will talk about '"Anatomies of death": forced famine in the Tudor conquest of Ireland'. All welcome, in-person or online: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 21d

5am? It's like what Pat Rabbitte said about @oireachtasnews.bsky.social Report on @rte.ie - only drunks and insomniacs watched it! Thankfully, on-demand services and podcasts make these programmes much more accessible!

Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 21d

Our assistant editor @kathrynrix.bsky.social and our @histparl.bsky.social colleague @emmapeplow.bsky.social appeared this morning on a special Radio 4 programme marking the 80th anniversary of 'Today in Parliament'. If you missed it at 5 a.m.(!), catch up here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Yesterday in Parliament - 20/10/2025 - BBC Sounds

Susan Hulme looks back on 80 years of Today in Parliament.

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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 21d

Our assistant editor @kathrynrix.bsky.social and our @histparl.bsky.social colleague @emmapeplow.bsky.social appeared this morning on a special Radio 4 programme marking the 80th anniversary of 'Today in Parliament'. If you missed it at 5 a.m.(!), catch up here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Yesterday in Parliament - 20/10/2025 - BBC Sounds

Susan Hulme looks back on 80 years of Today in Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 24d

We're going to be raising a glass to John Wilkes on his 300th birthday at 17:57.
Do join us, and share a toast to Wilkes and Liberty!
#HistParl

photograph of a glass of wine with books behind it

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 25d

An empty seat is reserved every night at the castle for an unexpected guest. According to tradition, Lord Howth's grandson was taken hostage by Grace O'Malley when she was denied entry to the castle around 1575. He was released on the condition that any unexpected guest would be welcomed.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 25d

I was delighted to have been given a fascinating tour of the twelfth-century Howth Castle, home of the St. Lawrence family from Daniel Eglington-Carey, in association with Dublin Decoded Tours

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 26d

Great to hear @willdalrymple.bsky.social give the @tlrhub.bsky.social Edmund Burke lecture on the history of the East India Company in the Edmund Burke Theatre at @tcddublin.bsky.social this evening.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Oct 9

I was delighted to attend the launch of the exhibition on Project Children at Monaghan County Museum last night, which heard from the project founder Denis Mulcahy and the Garda and NYPD bands

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Jay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social · Oct 6

As the History Representative for ACIS, I have the distinct privilege to chair the Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book. If you, or someone you know, has a book copyrighted in 2025 in Irish Studies please do consider submitting! Details here. 🗃️ #speirgorm

Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book | American Conference for Irish Studies – An Chomhdháil Mheiriceánach do Léann na hÉireann

Don Murphy, husband of ACIS Past President Maureen Murphy, was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and died in New York on March 2, 1986. He received his bachelor of electrical engineering degree and his…

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Oct 3

For anyone around Co. Monaghan next Friday, 10 Ocotber, I will be giving a talk on the Ballybay Orangeman Sam Gray at Cahans Meeting House at 8pm. Adm. by donation. Refreshments served. Eircode H18 E7N1. An intro to Gray can be found in @ria.ie @historydib.bsky.social: www.dib.ie/biography/gr...

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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · Oct 3

Continuing with P in our #1832AtoZ we are looking at Prorogation – the ending of a parliamentary session – and how this power was used during the 19th century. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2019/09/04/p...

Political Prorogations: a view from the Victorian Commons

It’s been a long time since the business of suspending Parliament and starting a new session has generated so much political controversy. Throughout most of the 20th century prorogations inva…

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Oct 3

We Roman Catholics won't even allow women to be ordained as deacons, yet a woman is chosen as the most senior cleric of @churchofengland.org and the worldwide spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

Dame Sarah Mullally will be first woman Archbishop of Canterbury in Church of England's history

Mullally, 63, has served as Bishop of London for more than seven years and is a former nurse.

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Sep 17

Yes, but this was a history student who made the remark 🤣🤣🤣

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Sep 17

When I first came to Dublin to study history at @ucddublin.bsky.social I met somebody who actually thought Monaghan was in Northern Ireland!

Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · Sep 17

I spoke to Newstalk Breakfast earlier about a Shared Island, Heather Humphreys' campaign for president and coverage of her husband's past membership of the Orange Order.
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“Gotcha” claims regarding presidential nominee Heather Humphreys’ husband has no place in modern Ireland | Newstalk

Edward Burke, historian at UCD and author of Ulster’s Lost Counties, joined Newstalk Breakfast ...

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Sep 16

It is ironic that Charles III today became the first British monarch to attend a Catholic mass in the UK in modern times, probably since the reign of James II himself. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/king-ch...

Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · Sep 16

Excited to release the conference programme for 'Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives'. There are only a few tickets left, so if you would like to attend I would suggest getting one as soon as possible. Attendance is free but booking is essential.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Sep 16

I agree with Ed. Having someone from the Ulster Protestant tradition as president of Ireland would be a significant contribution towards reconciliation on this island.

Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · Sep 16

My opinion piece for the Irish Times

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Ed Burke: ‘Gotcha’ claims about Heather Humphreys’s husband have no place in a shared island

Why should the Humphreys family apologise for their historical connections with the Orange tradition?

www.irishtimes.com

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