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Salvador Ryan
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Native of Moneygall. Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Patrick's Pontifical University Maynooth. Loves teaching & writing, and has published widely on social, cultural and religious history, medieval to modern. Editor, Irish Theological Quarterly. .. more

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Kevin Hargaden @kevinhargaden.bsky.social · 3d
I had great fun writing a chapter about the connections between Monaghan, a youth minister, and the founding of Manchester City for this (excellent Christmas gift) book edited by @salvadorryan.bsky.social www.hodgesfiggis.ie/book/childho...
An ad for the soon-to-be-published collection of short essays from Wordwell called Childhood and the Irish. The front cover features a boy in the 1950s wearing roller skates.

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 6d
Gone to the printer and soon to be released…

Launching in the Royal Irish Academy on Monday 1 December at 5:30pm.

Further details to follow.

“Christmas prezzies sorted, so…” 🎄

#Childhood #Ireland #IrishHistory

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Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany
Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany
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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · 8d
The November 2025 issue of Irish Theological Quarterly has just appeared. See the Table of Contents below:

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Irish Theological Quarterly - Volume 90, Number 4
Table of contents for Irish Theological Quarterly, 90, 4
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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 8d
Great thanks to Professor Alana Harris, King's College London, who delivered a wonderful ITQ lecture last night.

If you missed last night's lecture, Prof Harris' lecture will be published in the ITQ Journal in the future.

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 9d
The graduation tree at @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
looking particularly resplendent this morning.

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 10d
Join us tomorrow evening to hear Prof. Alana Harris from King’s College, London. All welcome.
stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 29d
Join us on the 4th of November for an @irishtheolquart.bsky.social Lecture with Prof Alana Harris, King's College London, who will deliver the lecture.

Don't miss out, register your place at specialevents@spcm.ie.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 24d
The 2025 Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture with Prof David I. Kertzer is now available to view on our YouTube channel in full below:

"Eugenio Pacelli and the Vatican’s Irish Plan to Save Baptized Jews (1938-1939)"
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#stpatricks #maynooth #corishlecture
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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 29d
Join us on the 4th of November for an @irishtheolquart.bsky.social Lecture with Prof Alana Harris, King's College London, who will deliver the lecture.

Don't miss out, register your place at specialevents@spcm.ie.

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 13
Join us THIS EVENING for what promises to be a very engaging @irishtheolquart.bsky.social lecture @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
by Prof. Stephen Pope. All welcome.
irishtheolquart.bsky.social Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Oct 9
Join us next Monday evening for an ITQ Lecture @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
with Prof. Stephen Pope @bostoncollege.bsky.social.
Prof. Pope is a wonderful speaker with a wealth of experience in peace & reconciliation, & restorative justice. It promises to be a very thought-provoking presentation.

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 11
In today’s @independent.ie
I review Victoria Whitworth’s new book on the #BookofKells held at @tcddublin.bsky.social. Whitworth’s study is sumptuously produced and a fascinating read. I’m just not crazy about the title…

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The Scottish village now touted as being the birthplace of The Book of Kells
In 1912, a Polish rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich (1865-1930) purchased a manuscript from a Jesuit college near Frascati in Rome. Now housed at the Beinecke Library, Yale University, the Voynich Man...
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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Oct 9
Join us next Monday evening for an ITQ Lecture @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
with Prof. Stephen Pope @bostoncollege.bsky.social.
Prof. Pope is a wonderful speaker with a wealth of experience in peace & reconciliation, & restorative justice. It promises to be a very thought-provoking presentation.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Oct 7
🛎️ Join us tonight at the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture, at 7:30pm in Renehan Hall.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual...

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Oct 6
A wide range of book reviews will appear in the November 2025 issue of ITQ. See them first on OnlineFirst here:

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Book Reviews: Retribution in Chronicles: Ideology and Reality - Jeremy Corley, 2025
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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 6
What a beautiful morning here at @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 6
A reminder that Prof. David Kertzer will deliver the Corish Lecture tomorrow evening in Maynooth. Register below.
stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 26
🛎️ Reminder of the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture.

Please visit www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual... to register your place.

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Oct 3
My friend and colleague Declan Marmion, who served as Editor of ITQ (2013-2023), & with whom I have edited a number of volumes over the years, has been elected Superior General of the Society of Mary (the Marists). Wishing him blessing and fulfilment in his new role. @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 1
Pulitzer-prize winner, Prof. David Kertzer will deliver the Corish Lecture at @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social next Tuesday evening. Book your place here. @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 26
🛎️ Reminder of the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture.

Please visit www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual... to register your place.

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Sep 29
Coming soon!

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Childhood and the Irish
In eighty short essays, historians, folklorists, archaeologists, theologians, anthropologists, poets, novelists, artists, literature scholars, and educationalists cast light on the lived experience of...
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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 27
Archbishop Eamon Martin, Chancellor of SPPU, today conferred an honorary Doctorate in Theology on Sr Orla Treacy in recognition of her contribution to social justice and women’s educational rights across the world.
#sppu #spcm #orlatreacy #honorarydoctorate

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 26
🛎️ Reminder of the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture.

Please visit www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual... to register your place.

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Sep 18
Teetotaller that I am, it’s entirely appropriate that I’ve just reviewed a newly-released book on the early history of the #Guinness family brewery, just ahead of the (unrelated) new eight-part @netflix series #HouseofGuinness.

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Guinness family history is more than an account of the stout’s success – it’s also a love letter to the city which produced it
In Guinness: A Family Succession, Arthur Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh, tells “the true story and real lives of the first four Guinness generations”.
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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Sep 16
William Crozier of @durham-university.bsky.social
writes on “Historia Sicut Prophetia: Re-Reading Joseph Ratzinger in the Light of His Habilitationsschrift on St Bonaventure” for the November issue, but it is now already available to read on OnlineFirst:
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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Sep 16
Dale C. Allisons article “From Jesus to the Fourth Gospel: The Evolution of Early Christian Eschatology” will be published in the November issue of ITQ, but can already be accessed on OnlineFirst here:

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From Jesus to the Fourth Gospel: The Evolution of Early Christian Eschatology - Dale C. Allison, 2025
The so-called “realized eschatology” of John’s Gospel is typically thought to be distinctive, to differentiate it from other early Christian sources, and so to ...
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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Sep 16
Andrew R. Davis of @bostoncollege.bsky.social
has published “Notes on Biblical Mercy: God’s Womb-Like Love” in the November issue of ITQ. It is now available to read on OnlineFirst here:

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Sep 16
Barbora Šmejdová @charlesuni.cuni.cz
writes on “Searching for the Language of Hope with Mary” in the November issue of ITQ. It’s available on OnlineFirst here:

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 11
Join us at the Irish Theological Quarterly Lecture with Prof Stephen J Pope, Boston College, who will deliver the lecture, entitled "Can Forgiving Ever Be A Moral Mistake? Considerations from Christian Ethics".

To register your place, please email specialevents@spcm.ie.

#bostoncollege #theology

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 4
Join us at the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish Lecture 2025 where Prof David I. Kertzer, Brown University, will give the lecture on "Eugenio Pacelli and the Vatican’s Irish Plan to Save Baptized Jews (1938-1939)".

Register here - www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual...

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Sep 4
This just popped up on Amazon this morning, so I guess it must be happening!

To be kept in mind when compiling your Christmas prezzie list.

And yes, it will be available in lots of other places besides Amazon.

And no, it’s not me on the front cover!

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Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany: Amazon.co.uk: Ryan, Salvador: 9781916742192: Books
Buy Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany by Ryan, Salvador (ISBN: 9781916742192) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Sep 1
For those who are curious about #theology as subject, and why you should check it out, have a listen…

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Alumni Stories | An Interview with Alex O'Connor @CosmicSkeptic
YouTube video by Faculty of Theology and Religion Oxford
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