Delighted that 'The Dublin Pub' has been nominated for History Book of the Year at @irishbookawards.bsky.social.

The book is dedicated to the memory of my friend Tommy Smith, who encouraged me to get cracking on it many years ago! If you like it,please give it a vote: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

Thanks for supporting The Dublin Pub which has gone into the bestsellers list upon release.

An honour to be there with not one but THREE titles from the legendary Manchán Magan. His loss will be deeply felt for a long time, and I will miss our chance encounters in the Blackpitts and beyond.

A few days ahead of schedule, but delighted to see 'The Dublin Pub' is now widely available in bookshops. If you're picking it up, please support an independent bookshop. You can get it with free post and packaging from thebookshop.ie at shorturl.at/L4iO4

NEW EPISODE. In conversation with Grainne Shaffrey at the wonderful Sean Corcoran Series. On conservation, planning, Henrietta Street and much more.

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NEW EPISODE of Three Castles Burning. Brian Kerr on fantastic form, remembering all from the great Liam Tuohy to his days as a UCD lab technician. Drimnagh, Libya and North Korea's 1966 heroics all feature....

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NEW EPISODE of Three Castles Burning.

Historian Padraic X. Scanlan, author of Rot, joins me to discuss the visit of 'celebrity chef' Alexis Soyer to Dublin in 1847. This was his soup kitchen by the Royal Barracks.

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NEW EPISODE explores the extraordinary life of Captain James Robert Ingram, bringing us through some of the big fires of the 19th century city. Here's the Theatre Royal ablaze.

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Delighted to host an excellent talk in Richmond Barracks last night by @gerardshannon.bsky.social on Sean Russell.

Inspired me to root out this image showing Russell unveiling the monument on Upper Rathmines Road to Thomas O’Leary, whose body was dumped there in 1923.

Last weeks column was on Feargus O'Connor, the Chartists and their relationship with Daniel O'Connell. I'm a great admirer of O'Connell on some fronts, but certainly not all.

"History has recast Daniel O’Connell as a liberal icon, but he was no revolutionary."

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The centenary of Con Houlihan's birth fast approaches (December). I've given him a chapter in the forthcoming book 'The Dublin Pub'.

Here is a lovely piece of writing from him on Paul McGrath, and the football team from Emmet Road who Con adopted in Dublin.