John Borgonovo
@drjohnborgonovo.bsky.social
Historian, Sr Lecturer UCC
Revolutionary Ireland, WW1,
‘Atlas of the Irish Civil War’,
‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’
‘Dynamics of War & Revolution’
Californian in Cork
Tells stories around the campfire
Revolutionary Ireland, WW1,
‘Atlas of the Irish Civil War’,
‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’
‘Dynamics of War & Revolution’
Californian in Cork
Tells stories around the campfire
I was very pleased to have watched the great Irish writer Irish writer Conal Creedon receive an honorary doctorate from UCC this afternoon. What a wonderful day.
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was very pleased to have watched the great Irish writer Irish writer Conal Creedon receive an honorary doctorate from UCC this afternoon. What a wonderful day.
Full house at Cronin’s of Gougane Barra for the launch of Anthony Barrett’s new book: ‘West Cork at War: the forgotten guerrilla war 1922’. I was very pleased to launch a fine book before a great crowd in a real special place.
October 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Full house at Cronin’s of Gougane Barra for the launch of Anthony Barrett’s new book: ‘West Cork at War: the forgotten guerrilla war 1922’. I was very pleased to launch a fine book before a great crowd in a real special place.
Fergal Keane, ‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’
September 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Fergal Keane, ‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’
Thomas McCarthy, ‘The Irish Review’
September 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Thomas McCarthy, ‘The Irish Review’
Session 4, Linda Connolly, ‘Attic Press’
September 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Session 4, Linda Connolly, ‘Attic Press’
Margaret Lantry, John A Murphy, ‘The College’
September 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Margaret Lantry, John A Murphy, ‘The College’
Catriona O Dochartaigh, Patrick Power, ‘The Ogham stones at University College Cork’
September 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Catriona O Dochartaigh, Patrick Power, ‘The Ogham stones at University College Cork’
Virginia Teehan, John O’Connell, ‘The collegiate chapel, Cork’
September 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Virginia Teehan, John O’Connell, ‘The collegiate chapel, Cork’
Session 3, Heather Laird, Daniel Corkery, ‘Synge and Anglo-Irish literature’
September 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Session 3, Heather Laird, Daniel Corkery, ‘Synge and Anglo-Irish literature’
Ciara Chambers, Sean Crosson, ‘Gaelic games on film’
September 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ciara Chambers, Sean Crosson, ‘Gaelic games on film’
Michelle McKeown, Parnell and Curtis ‘Webb’s an Irish Flora, 8th Ed’
September 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Michelle McKeown, Parnell and Curtis ‘Webb’s an Irish Flora, 8th Ed’
the second session of the CUP symposium, ‘Claire Connolly ‘the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, vols 4 and 5’
September 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
the second session of the CUP symposium, ‘Claire Connolly ‘the Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, vols 4 and 5’
And Cormac O’Grada on William O’Sullivan’s ‘The economic history of cork city’
September 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
And Cormac O’Grada on William O’Sullivan’s ‘The economic history of cork city’
Sile ni Mhurcu on Thomas O’Rallihy’s ‘Danta Grada’
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Sile ni Mhurcu on Thomas O’Rallihy’s ‘Danta Grada’
Great first session of the CUP symposium, Paul McSweeney on Mickey Grime’s ‘Urban milk supply’
September 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Great first session of the CUP symposium, Paul McSweeney on Mickey Grime’s ‘Urban milk supply’
Really pleased to be honoured last night with UCC Research Team of the Year(Atlas of the Irish Civil War Project): Mike Murphy, Helene O’Keeffe, John Crowley, Donal O’Drisceoil, John Dorney, & Andy Bielenberg (Charlie Roche not pictured). Thanks to President John O’Halloran and Prof John Cryan.
May 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Really pleased to be honoured last night with UCC Research Team of the Year(Atlas of the Irish Civil War Project): Mike Murphy, Helene O’Keeffe, John Crowley, Donal O’Drisceoil, John Dorney, & Andy Bielenberg (Charlie Roche not pictured). Thanks to President John O’Halloran and Prof John Cryan.
I was really pleased to launch Martin Buckley’s new book, ‘A sense of duty: Bantry Bay 1979’ last night at the Sirius Centre in Cobh. It’s an oral history of the divers who recovered victims of the Betelgeuse disaster. Some were there last night, and were amazing to talk to. We’ll done Martin!
May 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I was really pleased to launch Martin Buckley’s new book, ‘A sense of duty: Bantry Bay 1979’ last night at the Sirius Centre in Cobh. It’s an oral history of the divers who recovered victims of the Betelgeuse disaster. Some were there last night, and were amazing to talk to. We’ll done Martin!
Really proud to launch Padraig Og O Ruairc’s new ‘A history of the far right and fascism in Ireland’ tonight at Eason’s in Cork. Great turnout for an important book!
April 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Really proud to launch Padraig Og O Ruairc’s new ‘A history of the far right and fascism in Ireland’ tonight at Eason’s in Cork. Great turnout for an important book!
The UCC Quad is soaking up the rays this afternoon
March 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The UCC Quad is soaking up the rays this afternoon
Congrats to the organisers and presenters who attended the Irish History Students’ Association conference at UCC yesterday. I was honoured to give the keynote. Between the IHSA and the UCC History Society, the future of the discipline is in good hands!
March 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Congrats to the organisers and presenters who attended the Irish History Students’ Association conference at UCC yesterday. I was honoured to give the keynote. Between the IHSA and the UCC History Society, the future of the discipline is in good hands!
Great celebration last night of the Corpus of Electronic Texts of Ireland (CELT), the world’s first digital humanities project still going strong since 1991. Great talks by Eamon O’Flaherty & Victoria Pearson. Congrats to Hiram Morgan & Beatrix Faeber.
February 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great celebration last night of the Corpus of Electronic Texts of Ireland (CELT), the world’s first digital humanities project still going strong since 1991. Great talks by Eamon O’Flaherty & Victoria Pearson. Congrats to Hiram Morgan & Beatrix Faeber.