Jay Roszman
banner
jayroszman.bsky.social
Jay Roszman
@jayroszman.bsky.social
Historian of 19th-c Ireland, Britain, & Empire at University College Cork. An 🇺🇸in 🇮🇪. Book on agrarian violence and British policy w Cambridge (2022). Next project on Irishmen, education, and empire.
That's very generous of you, Marc. Thanks for the kind words.
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ordered my copy from Kenny's last week. Looking forward to digging into it as soon as the semester ends, Marc. Congratulations!
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
...and there demands never withdrawn."
speech at the hustings by Dr Baldwin, a candidate for Cork City MP in the 1830 election.

Was not expecting such forceful language against slavery to show up in Cork in the 1830s.
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
...till their detestation was so forcibly marked, and their determination so unalterably fixed, as to shew the Parliament that until a total, unqualified, irrevocable, and unlimited liberation was granted and confirmed to their fellow-creatures, their importunities would never cease...
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Dunno if we can dig out of this performance.
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Looking forward to digging into this.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Definitely defensive injuries. Also not going for it on 4th and 1 on the first drive, and trying to be too cute by half on their other 4th and 1.

McDermott getting fired is …crazy?
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This may sound like some kind of weird brag but it really is just me being like: “why are you so terrified to say you’re moving out? You now own a house?” “But, but, but…what if?!?”

That’s the housing crisis seeping into every pore of one’s being living in this country.
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Oh, I'm sure he did! Add it to the list of why his behavior is utterly contemptible.
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM