National Hunt & Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland has been getting some nice coverage in the press! Lovely review in the @irishindosport.bsky.social last week and a Q&A w/ Paul Rouse in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today! 📖 is available online & in bookshops nationwide! 🏇 #horseracing #irishhistory

So lovely to see copies of National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland: A History on the shelves in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social and Eason on Nassau St, and on the bestseller stand (eek) in Dubray Books on Grafton St today! 🏇

I’ve also been busy working on Irish women who acted as #Jacobite agents in the eighteenth century! My article on that very topic has just been published in Eighteenth-Century Ireland. Check it out here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

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The early reviews are in! Robin gives National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland five (5) paws 🐾

Beyond excited to share that my new book on the history of National Hunt and point-to-point racing is out NOW! It’s published by the fantastic Four Courts Press and is available online and in bookshops nationwide!

www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...

Not a massive fan of indexing. #history #horseracing #sporthistory #nationalhunt #book

I even managed to shout out my favourite Jacobite woman, Frances Talbot, countess (and Jacobite duchess) of Tyrconnell!

Popped up on The Long and the Short of It tonight on @bbcnireland.bsky.social, to explain why the Battle of the Boyne wasn’t all that! I also appeared in the episode on Cromwell last week. You can catch both on the iplayer now! @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social

Professors David Hayton and John McCafferty speaking at the launch event of A List of the Claims, published by the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social.

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Launching this beauty tonight! @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research

Get the word out - @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! I had the great fortune to co-edit ‘A List of the Claims … 1700’ for the IMC. The work they do to make historical sources more accessible is incredible! Find more details on the LOC here: www.irishmanuscripts.ie/product/list...

Second paper in a week! This time I had the honour of speaking to members of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland about the progress we are making on Law versus Practice. You can find out more about the project at www.lawvpractice.ie @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

I was delighted to deliver a paper to the Oxford Irish History Seminar yesterday. I spoke about some of the exciting initial findings from my SFI-IRC Pathway-funded project, Law versus Practice! @researchireland.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @ucddublin.bsky.social

Room with a view! #Oxford @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Celebrating my UCD College Level Teaching & Learning Award with my biggest fan! @ucddublin.bsky.social