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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies
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Promoting Irish History in Ulster since 1936.
https://usihs36.com/
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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · Sep 29
This semester's seminar series will begin in a few weeks!

All are very welcome to join us in person (27 University Square, QUB) or online. For more information, stay tuned to the USIHS Bluesky or head to our website usihs36.com
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies Seminars, Autumn 2025 Seminars usually take place in hybrid format on Thursdays at 6pm. In person seminars are hosted in the Institute of Irish Studies, 27 University Square, Queen’s University Belfast. Please sign up to the Eventbrite for a link to the Teams meeting – these will be circulated to the USIHS mailing list and on the USIHS Bluesky. Thursday 16 October: Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth University), When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages Thursday 13 November: Bridget Keown (University of Pittsburgh), title TBD Please note this seminar will be online only and will take place at 7pm (GMT). Thursday 4 December: Henry Jefferies (UU), Irish women and the Reformation All are welcome to join us! If you would like to join the USIHS mailing list, please get in touch – details can be found on the USIHS website (www.usihs36.com)
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tomhulme.bsky.social
NEW QUEER HISTORY ARTICLE from me & @charlielynch.bsky.social!

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Project MUSE - Queer Men and Networks of Communication in Northern Ireland Before the 1970s
muse.jhu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
usihs.bsky.social
In a change to our planned seminar series, our next seminar will be Sophie Cooper speaking on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora'. Thursday 13 Nov, *online* at 7pm. @sophcocooper.bsky.social
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Sophie Cooper: USIHS seminar - Building to feel ‘at home’
USIHS Seminar. Online, Thursday 13 November at 7pm.
www.eventbrite.ie
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
usihs.bsky.social
Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social
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Daisy Edgar-Jones And Emilia Jones To Star In ‘Bad Bridgets’ From LuckyChap
Daisy Edgar Jones and Emilia Jones are set to star in 'Bad Bridgets', from 'Kneecap' director Rich Peppiatt.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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thecelticist.bsky.social
An important contribution on metal detecting & archaeology in England and Wales.

(N.B.: Metal detecting is illegal in Ireland, & subject to fines & even imprisonment, under the National Monuments Acts)

#MedievalSky

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tessmachling.bsky.social Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 14d
The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?

(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)

#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺

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The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
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October 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
On Monday 17 November we'll be joined by Luca Bertolani Azeredo (Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples), who will speak on 'The Enniskillen Horse: illegality, legitimacy and the birth of Irish paramilitarism'. All welcome, in-person or online. Registration is at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
usihs.bsky.social
If you missed Seán's talk the other week, the recording is now on our website! usihs36.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
usihs.bsky.social
Thanks so much to Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for such a fascinating (and beautifully illustrated!) paper to USIHS last night. It was an excellent way to begin this year's seminar series. The recording will be up on the website soon! @hoireabhard.bsky.social
Seán stood at the lectern while Simon introduces him Seán stands at the lectern. The slide on the wall says Gaelic Politics and the Gaelic Polity and it has a Medieval illustration of a man hitting another man in the head with an axe
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
usihs.bsky.social
This semester's seminar series will begin in a few weeks!

All are very welcome to join us in person (27 University Square, QUB) or online. For more information, stay tuned to the USIHS Bluesky or head to our website usihs36.com
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies Seminars, Autumn 2025 Seminars usually take place in hybrid format on Thursdays at 6pm. In person seminars are hosted in the Institute of Irish Studies, 27 University Square, Queen’s University Belfast. Please sign up to the Eventbrite for a link to the Teams meeting – these will be circulated to the USIHS mailing list and on the USIHS Bluesky. Thursday 16 October: Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth University), When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages Thursday 13 November: Bridget Keown (University of Pittsburgh), title TBD Please note this seminar will be online only and will take place at 7pm (GMT). Thursday 4 December: Henry Jefferies (UU), Irish women and the Reformation All are welcome to join us! If you would like to join the USIHS mailing list, please get in touch – details can be found on the USIHS website (www.usihs36.com)
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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irishhistorians.bsky.social
Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities. Maynooth university, 12-13 September.

Please share widely.
August 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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ihr.bsky.social
Even historians have a history. @lisapine.bsky.social launches her new @ihr.bsky.social podcast A Historian's Life, where historians talk about the histories they’ve explored and the lives they’ve lived. Listen to series 1 now.
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/a-h...
stylised drawing of an hour glass attached to a microphone with A Historian's Life written underneath. Below is the logo of the Institute of Historical Research School of Advanced Study University of London
June 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
This is a fantastic tour, highly recommend it #speirgorm #pride2025
nmireland.bsky.social National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · Jun 25
🏳️‍🌈 Discover Non-Conformist Histories at the National Museum of Ireland 🏛️
Join us for a brand-new LGBTQIA+ guided tour & explore our collections through a fresh, inclusive lens🌈
🗓️ Saturday, 28th June
🕛 12:00 PM
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
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LGBTQIA+ Tours of Collins Barracks | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland
Explore the National Museum through an LGBTQIA+ lens on our brand new tour.
www.museum.ie
June 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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dublincityheritage.bsky.social
Oein DeBhairduin's (@nmireland.bsky.social) talk 'Challenging the Narrative: Reclaiming Traveller Heritage in Ireland's National Collections' is now available to watch on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/yhIroMkqoAw
June 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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irishhiststudies.bsky.social
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
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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
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hoireabhard.bsky.social
Delighted that The Medieval Irish kings & the English invasion has been chosen for the IHS first book prize for 2024!
livunipress.bsky.social Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · May 28
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
Promotional banner graphic. The book cover for The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion is placed on the left of the image. Next to this on the right, red text on a cream background reads 'Winner Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024'. In the bottom right corner is the LUP logo. The background is taken from the book cover and is a medieval manuscript featuring text and an illustration of men fighting.
May 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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livunipress.bsky.social
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....
May 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
usihs.bsky.social
Thank you to @tortietabby.bsky.social for an excellent J.C. Beckett Lecture last night - what a brilliant way to round off the 2024/25 year of talks! We'll be back in the autumn with more.
A woman (with a great dress and earrings) standing behind a PRONI lectern. The title slide behind her reads The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland
May 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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I’m delighted to be giving the J.C. Beckett lecture for the @usihs.bsky.social at PRONI in Belfast on 22 May. I’ll be talking about the history of the anti-abortion movement in Ireland, c.1972-92. Do come along if you’re in Belfast that day.
May 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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clodaghtait.bsky.social
'Ti's far from it I was reared etc etc, but delighted to celebrate Jackie Hill's retirement after an uparalleled 45 years of service as secretary to the Irish Historical Studies editorial board! @irishhistsoc.bsky.social @usihs.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
usihs.bsky.social
Brilliant news for our committee member (and past president) @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social !
drandrewsneddon.bsky.social Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 13
It’s now official! I’ve been awarded a 12 month @leverhulme.ac.uk Trust research fellowship to look at disability and the supernatural in the early modern world. Quite chuffed tbf @usihs.bsky.social @ulsteruni.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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A reminder that the final @usihs.bsky.social event of the year is tomorrow!

Prof. Laura Kelly will speak on The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland, c.1972-92. This will take plqce at PRONI at 6pm. More information below.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-anti-a...
The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland, c.1972-92
Prof. Laura Kelly will deliver the J.C. Beckett Annual Lecture on 22 May at 6pm. This *in person* event will be held at PRONI.
www.eventbrite.ie
May 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Our #IrishStudies seminar on Mon 31 March will be given by Dr Colleen Taylor of @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social on 'Tales of seals and shipwrecks: Irish new materialism goes to sea’. All welcome, in-person or online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irish-stud...
March 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Our #IrishStudies International Lecture this year will be given by Prof David Wilson (U of Toronto) on ‘Parallels and patterns: Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Conor Cruise O’Brien and Edmund Burke’, 20 May at 5pm (in person and online) #IrishHistory #CanadianHistory
Irish Studies International Lecture: David Wilson - ‘D’Arcy McGee, Cruise O'Brien and Burke'
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March 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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A recording of Frank Rynne's talk on ‘The Most Wanted tourist, the Invincible Frank Byrne in France, 1883’, is now available at youtu.be/bHdPG4JPGZ8
Frank Rynne 24.3.25
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
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March 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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adriankirwan.bsky.social
This should be a great conference with keynotes by Professor Lindsey Earner-Byrne (Trinity College Dublin) and Professor M’Hamed Oualdi (European University Institute)
March 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM