IrishPhilosophy
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Catherine Barry, Hume Scholar, working on a PhD at Maynooth University on religious toleration in 18th century Ireland.
#EarlyModern, with a broad interest in Irish intellectual thought.
Can't reply to messages (shrug)
Catherine Barry, Hume Scholar, working on a PhD at Maynooth University on religious toleration in 18th century Ireland.
#EarlyModern, with a broad interest in Irish intellectual thought.
Can't reply to messages (shrug)
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A first attempt at a list of philosophy departments and those working on philosophy in the island of Ireland.
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"for he that is born in Ireland, though his parents and all his ancestors were aliens, nay if his parents are Indians or Turks, if converted to Christianity, is an Irishman as fully as if his ancestors were born here for thousands of years..."
So, they're memory-holed in Ireland as a bunch of losers to Cromwell. Which isn't fair, because the Confederacy really did aspire to be an all-Ireland, cross-religion body.
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"for he that is born in Ireland, though his parents and all his ancestors were aliens, nay if his parents are Indians or Turks, if converted to Christianity, is an Irishman as fully as if his ancestors were born here for thousands of years..."
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I've been unsuccessfully looking for a book that covers the Irish Confederacy Wars (1641-1653: basically the Irish strand of the War of the 3 Kingdoms).
And instead, I found a podcast, @paxbritannicapod.bsky.social ,
whose series 2 and 3 covers the period in a lot of detail ).
And instead, I found a podcast, @paxbritannicapod.bsky.social ,
whose series 2 and 3 covers the period in a lot of detail ).
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I've been unsuccessfully looking for a book that covers the Irish Confederacy Wars (1641-1653: basically the Irish strand of the War of the 3 Kingdoms).
And instead, I found a podcast, @paxbritannicapod.bsky.social ,
whose series 2 and 3 covers the period in a lot of detail ).
And instead, I found a podcast, @paxbritannicapod.bsky.social ,
whose series 2 and 3 covers the period in a lot of detail ).
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This anyone? (from @tomgauld.bsky.social)
November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This anyone? (from @tomgauld.bsky.social)
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I‘ll also add this article here, which came out earlier this year. it works well as a preview to the book manuscript I am working on.
‘The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilization of the British Empire, c. 1695–1765’
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
‘The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilization of the British Empire, c. 1695–1765’
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilization of the British Empire, c. 1695–1765 | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilization of the British Empire, c. 1695–1765
www.cambridge.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I‘ll also add this article here, which came out earlier this year. it works well as a preview to the book manuscript I am working on.
‘The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilization of the British Empire, c. 1695–1765’
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
‘The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilization of the British Empire, c. 1695–1765’
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Mad about Literature? Not mad about literature? Shopping for something for the Bluestocking in your life? Looky here!
www.anniewest.com/books-cards
#IrishLiterature #IrishWriters #ChristmasGifts #Christmas #ActualArt
www.anniewest.com/books-cards
#IrishLiterature #IrishWriters #ChristmasGifts #Christmas #ActualArt
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Mad about Literature? Not mad about literature? Shopping for something for the Bluestocking in your life? Looky here!
www.anniewest.com/books-cards
#IrishLiterature #IrishWriters #ChristmasGifts #Christmas #ActualArt
www.anniewest.com/books-cards
#IrishLiterature #IrishWriters #ChristmasGifts #Christmas #ActualArt
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Tomorrow is today! Open for your Sunday browsing
Plans for the weekend? We're open today until 6pm, tomorrow noon until 5pm
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Tomorrow is today! Open for your Sunday browsing
Today I learned Charles Stewart Parnell was the subject of Hollywood film.
Played by Clarke Gable no less!
Played by Clarke Gable no less!
Amazing charity shop find today: three professionally framed original 1937 movie ads for ‘Parnell’, starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy. They are fabulous - exhibition quality framing 😱 €5 each - so of course I bought all of them 🤩
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Today I learned Charles Stewart Parnell was the subject of Hollywood film.
Played by Clarke Gable no less!
Played by Clarke Gable no less!
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I've just signed a contract with @princetonupress.bsky.social for my book When Things Get Personal: A Philosophical Guide to Conflict, and am getting down to my final round of revisions. Philosophy got really exciting for me when my research met real life, and I look forward to showing you how.
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I've just signed a contract with @princetonupress.bsky.social for my book When Things Get Personal: A Philosophical Guide to Conflict, and am getting down to my final round of revisions. Philosophy got really exciting for me when my research met real life, and I look forward to showing you how.
As I read this while writing a thesis on toleration...
The difference between simple prejudice and a valid argument not tolerate something is the latter is based on reason.
Unclear what the valid argument is here.
The difference between simple prejudice and a valid argument not tolerate something is the latter is based on reason.
Unclear what the valid argument is here.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
As I read this while writing a thesis on toleration...
The difference between simple prejudice and a valid argument not tolerate something is the latter is based on reason.
Unclear what the valid argument is here.
The difference between simple prejudice and a valid argument not tolerate something is the latter is based on reason.
Unclear what the valid argument is here.
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the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
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For anyone in Dublin city centre later today, I'm chairing a conversation between @sineadgibney.bsky.social TD and Dr Tom Cowin on the subject of "is right wing populism unstoppable?". We're the second session, so we'll be kicking off around 3:30pm - Academy Plaza Hotel, just off Cathal Brugha St.
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
For anyone in Dublin city centre later today, I'm chairing a conversation between @sineadgibney.bsky.social TD and Dr Tom Cowin on the subject of "is right wing populism unstoppable?". We're the second session, so we'll be kicking off around 3:30pm - Academy Plaza Hotel, just off Cathal Brugha St.
He is ignoring the passage of time. US was established based on British polical ideas, but the British establishment moved on from those ideas precisely because of that.
Skinner's Liberty as Independence good on this.
Well documented US also has moved away from those ideas, esp in recent decades.
Skinner's Liberty as Independence good on this.
Well documented US also has moved away from those ideas, esp in recent decades.
'America is British'.
It turns out Danny Kruger is peak 'Americans are the same as us'.
Until this mindset – conscious and subconscious – is defeated in Britain, we'll never see ourselves as properly European.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It turns out Danny Kruger is peak 'Americans are the same as us'.
Until this mindset – conscious and subconscious – is defeated in Britain, we'll never see ourselves as properly European.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
He is ignoring the passage of time. US was established based on British polical ideas, but the British establishment moved on from those ideas precisely because of that.
Skinner's Liberty as Independence good on this.
Well documented US also has moved away from those ideas, esp in recent decades.
Skinner's Liberty as Independence good on this.
Well documented US also has moved away from those ideas, esp in recent decades.
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Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 27 November at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Bígí linn | Join us for the next Early Irish & Celtic Studies research seminar. Thursday 27 November at 17:00, Room 2.31 IONTAS.
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
*Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments*
Dr Riona Doolan (Maynooth University)
Fáilte roimh chách!
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This evening! #philsky
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
Cardiff Annual Lecture 2025
Perception Under Threat
Frédérique de Vignemont
Thursday 20 November
8.30pm (UK time)
Live on YouTube
with audience questions
Everyone is welcome!
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
Cardiff Annual Lecture 2025
Perception Under Threat
Frédérique de Vignemont
Thursday 20 November
8.30pm (UK time)
Live on YouTube
with audience questions
Everyone is welcome!
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Perception Under Threat - Frédérique de Vignemont
YouTube video by The Royal Institute of Philosophy
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This evening! #philsky
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‘By 1790, one in eight Liverpool households were dependent on the slave trade.’
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
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John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
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John Kerrigan · No Illusions: Syntax of Slavery
Slavery was accepted across most of the early modern world. No one wanted to be a slave, except when the alternative was...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
‘By 1790, one in eight Liverpool households were dependent on the slave trade.’
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#WorldPhilosophyDay has crept up on me, so have this quote from #UmbertoEco 's "The Search for a Perfect Language" on the original perfect language, ar an teanga bhunaidh fhoirfe, Gaeilge (Irish).
www.irishphilosophy.com/2016/02/20/p...
www.irishphilosophy.com/2016/02/20/p...
Read more about how the newly released #UmbertoEco book came to be in this interview with author Antonio Roselli and illustrator Ansgar Lorenz on our blog:
blog.degruyter.com/umberto-eco-...
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Umberto Eco neu erzählt: Hinter den Kulissen des Philosophencomics - De Gruyter Conversations
Er war Schriftsteller, Philosoph, Semiotiker – und auch Comic-Kenner. Umberto Eco hätte an dieser bebilderten Einführung in sein Leben und Schaffen wohl Gefallen gefunden – davon gehen der Literaturwi...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#WorldPhilosophyDay has crept up on me, so have this quote from #UmbertoEco 's "The Search for a Perfect Language" on the original perfect language, ar an teanga bhunaidh fhoirfe, Gaeilge (Irish).
www.irishphilosophy.com/2016/02/20/p...
www.irishphilosophy.com/2016/02/20/p...
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On #WorldPhilosophyDay, we're raffling off two exclusive tote bags filled with illustrated introductions to Aristotle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, Umberto Eco and Judith Butler from our comic book series "Philosophische Einstiege."
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November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
On #WorldPhilosophyDay, we're raffling off two exclusive tote bags filled with illustrated introductions to Aristotle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, Umberto Eco and Judith Butler from our comic book series "Philosophische Einstiege."
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🎉 Booking is now open for Philosophy Today 2026!
Delighted to launch the 2026 line-up of our popular annual lecture series on #WorldPhilosophyDay. From wealth & emotion to memory & more, the series explores ideas that shape how we live today. Starts Jan 29.
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Delighted to launch the 2026 line-up of our popular annual lecture series on #WorldPhilosophyDay. From wealth & emotion to memory & more, the series explores ideas that shape how we live today. Starts Jan 29.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ymcprkyx
'Philosophy Today' Public Lecture Series 2026
Philosophy Today returns for 2026 with six public talks exploring power, wealth, science, memory, and the emotions that shape our lives.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🎉 Booking is now open for Philosophy Today 2026!
Delighted to launch the 2026 line-up of our popular annual lecture series on #WorldPhilosophyDay. From wealth & emotion to memory & more, the series explores ideas that shape how we live today. Starts Jan 29.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ymcprkyx
Delighted to launch the 2026 line-up of our popular annual lecture series on #WorldPhilosophyDay. From wealth & emotion to memory & more, the series explores ideas that shape how we live today. Starts Jan 29.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ymcprkyx
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It's World Philosophy Day!
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Vittorio Bufacchi: Philosophy is an antidote to toxic certainty
The world desperately needs philosophy today, to stand up to totalitarianism, and halt the process of democratic backsliding, writes Vittorio Bufacchi on World Philosophy Day
www.irishexaminer.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It's World Philosophy Day!
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Brian Hanley appeared on RTE's Nationwide on Monday 17th discucssing the first years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Nationwide 2025-11-17
Nationwide reflects on the remarkable journey of Project Children, fifty years of hope, leadership, and cross-community friendship. Presented by Anne Cassin. Watch Nationwide 2025-11-17 on RTÉ Player ...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Brian Hanley appeared on RTE's Nationwide on Monday 17th discucssing the first years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
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✨ #13 of 85 Things About DIAS - Dunsink Observatory becomes part of DIAS
Dunsink Observatory was built in 1785, and is considered Ireland’s oldest scientific institution. In 1947 the DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics section became the caretakers of Dunsink Observatory.
#DIASdiscovers #DIAS85
Dunsink Observatory was built in 1785, and is considered Ireland’s oldest scientific institution. In 1947 the DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics section became the caretakers of Dunsink Observatory.
#DIASdiscovers #DIAS85
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
✨ #13 of 85 Things About DIAS - Dunsink Observatory becomes part of DIAS
Dunsink Observatory was built in 1785, and is considered Ireland’s oldest scientific institution. In 1947 the DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics section became the caretakers of Dunsink Observatory.
#DIASdiscovers #DIAS85
Dunsink Observatory was built in 1785, and is considered Ireland’s oldest scientific institution. In 1947 the DIAS Astronomy & Astrophysics section became the caretakers of Dunsink Observatory.
#DIASdiscovers #DIAS85
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For no reason remembering Plato’s argument that our rulers - the Philosopher Kings - should be prohibited from owning private property in order to avoid corruption.
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 AM
For no reason remembering Plato’s argument that our rulers - the Philosopher Kings - should be prohibited from owning private property in order to avoid corruption.
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Launch details for Catherine Healy’s excellent new monograph, based on her brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social PhD: happening tomorrow evening in Dublin
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
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Book launch: Intimate Connections
Join us at EPIC to celebrate the publication of a new book on Irish female migration
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November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Launch details for Catherine Healy’s excellent new monograph, based on her brilliant @historytcd.bsky.social PhD: happening tomorrow evening in Dublin
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/book-launc...
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As a reminder, the traditional gift to the philosopher in your life on World Philosophy Day is cash
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As a reminder, the traditional gift to the philosopher in your life on World Philosophy Day is cash
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Great to have these videos up for those interested who weren't able to attend the conference. Keynotes by Prof. Eliga Gould and Prof. Nicholas Canny and a @virtualtreasury.bsky.social panel. Please share widely.
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@historytcd.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social
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@historytcd.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Great to have these videos up for those interested who weren't able to attend the conference. Keynotes by Prof. Eliga Gould and Prof. Nicholas Canny and a @virtualtreasury.bsky.social panel. Please share widely.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@historytcd.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@historytcd.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social