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Ciaran O'Neill
@ciaranon.bsky.social
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Historian at TCD, interested in Ireland and Empire, Public History, and lots of other things. Co-lead for Trinity's Colonial Legacies.
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Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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A very interesting read here by Martin Jay in History and Theory. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MFJQP8...
CAN HISTORY ABSOLVE? CAN HISTORY JUDGE?
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October 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Published today: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4nwj9Y2

Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2
Book cover for "Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940", by Gareth Roddy
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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hoireabhard.bsky.social
It is a great honour to be selected for the NUI Publication Prize for Irish History! Many thanks to everyone for their continued support
livunipress.bsky.social Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 24d
🎉 @hoireabhard.bsky.social has been awarded the 2025 @nuimerrionsq.bsky.social Publication Prize in Irish History, for his book The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion. Congratulations, Seán!

Learn more about the book here ⬇️
bit.ly/MedievalIris...
Book cover image for "The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion" by Seán Ó Hoireabhárd, published by Liverpool University Press. The background features medieval manuscript illustrations and script. Text on the right reads: "Winner NUI Publication Prize in Irish History 2025." The Liverpool University Press logo and founding date (1899) are also included.
October 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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petergray47.bsky.social
New resource on BNA for people interested in 1890s Ireland - 'The Illustrograph' (1894-9)
Dubbed 'The Graphic of Ireland,' it was a monthly paper edited by H. Easom Hudson, printing a range of photographs celebrating Irish personalities & places.
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/illus...
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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julialaite.bsky.social
Here is my first publication from my new project on the history of colonial Newfoundland and the Beothuk people, and I'm rather nervous to put it out in the world. Genuinely, all thoughts on this work are welcome as I head into writing a book about it...
royalhistsoc.org Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 25d
New in 'Transactions': 'Possible Maps: Newfoundland, 1763–1829' bit.ly/4oygf5V

@julialaite.bsky.social shows how overlapping maps highlight complexity of encounter with place over a coherence of colonial ideologies. What were peripheries of some people’s empires were centres of others' worlds 1/2
Opening page for the new Transactions article: 'Ppssible Maps: Newfoundland, 1763-1829'. Full abstract: "Islands have a disproportionate role – as strategic locations, as imaginative or symbolic locales, as extractive zones and as ecological bellwethers – in oceanic imperial histories. They were and are places of ‘great practical use and metaphorical power’. And yet Newfoundland was seen (and continues to be seen) as marginal and peripheral, even if the biomass that was pulled out of its ocean fed – quite literally – a global network of exploitation. This article uses four overlapping maps to tell four overlapping stories: James Cook’s circumnavigation of the island in 1763–8; Lt David Buchan’s trek into the interior to contact the Beothuk in 1811 and 1820; William Eppes Cormack and Joseph Sylvester’s trek across the island in 1822; and finally, a series of story-maps created by Shanawdithit, who is apocryphally known as ‘the last of the Beothuk’. In doing so, it draws in Indigenous ‘storywork’ and cartographic histories and makes a case for storytelling as powerful methodology for examining overlooked colonial histories. These maps and stories highlight the complexity of encounter with a place rather than a coherence of colonial ideologies. Through the stories these maps help me tell, I hope to show how the peripheries of some people’s empires were the centres of other people’s worlds." Extract from Julia Laite's new TRHS article with image of Clarence Brown's 'The Newfoundland Centred World' (1977), reproduced with permission from the Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.
October 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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efacis.bsky.social
The cfp for the 9th EFACIS PhD seminar in Irish Studies is now live! The seminar will take place at the Irish College Leuven from 24 to 28 August 2026.

You can find all the information and the full call for papers at www.efacis.eu/event/9th-ef.... Deadline for applications is 31 January 2026.
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Great 12-month opportunity for an historian. Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade). Edinburgh/hybrid. Closing date 21 October.
Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church
Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
ciaranon.bsky.social
4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.

One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.

www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...
PhD Opportunity - Trinity East - Graduate Studies | Trinity College Dublin
Professor Timothy Stott and his team are inviting applications to doctoral research on the heritage of Trinity East in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.
www.tcd.ie
October 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
This collaborative PhD project with the LSE and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century, sounds amazing.

I’m sure many of you might be interested.

#STS #HPS #HistSci

www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
www.lse.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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profelainechalus.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History
Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...
Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at Dublin City University
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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jayroszman.bsky.social
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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October 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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kbruisch.bsky.social
📣 It's publication day! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 is out with @universitypress.cambridge.org ! My book tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia’s industrialization & electrification and points to the lingering presence of past extraction 1/5

#envhist #energysky
Book cover of "Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy" by Katja Bruisch. A black and white photograph shows a woman with a headscarf stacking peat
September 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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speakerconolly.bsky.social
Just finished preparing for this lecture tomorrow evening for Dublin City Council's 2025 Heritage series. I will be talking about 400 years of ‘cultivating virtue‘ in Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social. @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social
Oak Room talk on Trinity’s Colonial Legacies in Dublin’s Mansion House 24 September
September 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
ciaranon.bsky.social
Just in case there’s anyone out there who still thinks that statues are about ‘history’ rather than politics.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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manchesterup.bsky.social
This Thursday, author #DarrenReid will be launching his new monograph 'Invoking Empire' with the #NACBS online.

Tune in from 12pm EDT / 5pm BST on 18th September 📅

RSVP here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
September 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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speakerconolly.bsky.social
In 1843 71,000 people lived on the Trinity College Estates which covered 190,000 acres or 1.25% of Ireland. Most of them originated as land grants made as part of the colonial plantation of Munster and Ulster. The history of these lands and the people who lived on them is part of the TCD story
September 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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leannecalvert.bsky.social
Ahhhhhhhhhhh look what just arrived in the post. My BOOK!! It exists 🥰🥰
September 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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speakerconolly.bsky.social
Thrilled to have this piece up on Dublin Review of Books today drb.ie/tcds-forgott... it brings together my own family history and the work we are doing as part of the Trinity Colonial Legacies project.
TCD’s Forgotten Tenantry - DRB
Patrick Walsh writes: 1923 was a significant year in the life of Thomas Horgan of Ballynaskreena, Co Kerry. His youngest surviving daughter, Bridget (known as Bridie), was born, and he became the firs...
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September 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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aearls.bsky.social
Fun to chat with Aidan for the channel!
leabhairnua.bsky.social New Books in Irish Studies @leabhairnua.bsky.social · Sep 10
Talking about police surveillance, archives and queer lives with @aearls.bsky.social

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White and purple cover of Averill Earls' book "Love in the Lav"
September 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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royalhistsoc.org
New in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'

'Irish Catholic Recruitment into the British Army
during the American Revolution: A Case Study
of the 46th Regiment of Foot', by Sadie Sunderland bit.ly/4m80z84

What can Irish recruitment tell us about the complexity of the C18th military? 1/2
Article cover for Sadie Sunderland's new article in Transactions: 'Irish Catholic Recruitment into the British Army during the American Revolution: A Case Study of the 46th Regiment of Foot'. Abstract: This article looks at military history through a social lens, focusing on the identity and experiences of the Irish Catholics recruited for service in the British army during the American Revolution, a conflict which occurred before Catholics were legally permitted to serve, but during which significant numbers were recruited nonetheless. Using Irish Catholic recruitment and subsequent service in the 46th Regiment of Foot as a case study, this article will discuss the integration of this group into a regular regiment on the British establishment, arguing that despite contemporary anxieties to the contrary, the incorporation of Irish Catholics into the British army happened smoothly and without negative impact on regimental cohesion and discipline. They became well-integrated, and while their loyalty to the British state can never be definitively proven, they certainly became effective participants in its army and empire. This provides a compelling viewpoint from which to discuss the integration of ‘others’ into Britishness and the imperial apparatus during this period.
September 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Enjoying our #IrishStudies recommendations? Stay tuned for SEEING IRELAND: ART, CULTURE, AND POWER IN MODERN IRELAND, edited by @ciaranon.bsky.social and Billy Shortall. #GoIrish #Art

Coming this spring–preorder today! undpress.nd.edu/9780...
September 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ciaranon.bsky.social
If anyone wants to listen to me talking about a despicable little brat from Newry on RTE, you can listen back to this Irish imperial lives episode below. Lambert Blair rose from being a small time trader on St Eustatius to become one of the largest slaveowners in the Dutch empire.
kateom.bsky.social Kate O'Malley @kateom.bsky.social · Aug 25
📢 #Listenback to #IrishImperialLives 🌎 Wherever you get your #podcasts 📻
Ciaran O'Neill @tcddublin.bsky.social tells us about Lambert Blair's time as a teenage #pirate & his role in the trade of #enslavedafricans in what became #BritishGuyana
#transatlanticslavetrade #empire #ireland #pirates
August 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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More @librarycongress.bsky.social fun for Irish history folks: ‘A dream in Dublin or A night on Kilmainham Guard’ aquatint (1822) by IR Cruikshank (brother to George). A bored soldier at Kilmainham Gaol dreams of all the things he’d rather be doing; check out details!

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Vividly coloured aquatint caricature shows soldier in British uniform reclining in an interior with his hand over his face, surrounded by pigs, dreaming of all the leisure pursuits he’d rather be doing, instead of being stuck on guard at Kilmainham Gaol visible outside (with prisoners hanging on gallows). He holds a book entitled ‘Ennui’, with pigs snuffling at his face and hands, and a bottle labelled ‘poteen’ Dreaming of afternoons spent strolling in the park; with ladies and carriages; and a ball or dance in a palatial interior Meanwhile prisoners swing from the gallows outside the window; crude graffiti related to soldiering is scratched on the wall above the fireplace, with a piece of paper reading ‘Garrison Order’ with Masonic-looking symbols
August 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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"Following two years of community feedback, expert guidance, and comprehensive research and review, we have announced official policies that provide clearly defined guidelines for the Mütter Museum’s use, acceptance, and exhibition of human remains." 📜
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August 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM