Dr. Owen O'Shea
@owenoshea.bsky.social
History, politics, books and coffee, in no particular order. PhD from UCD on post-Civil War politics in Kerry. New books coming in 2025. Author, historian, researcher. More at www.owenoshea.ie
Humbled by the attendance at my book launch last night
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Humbled by the attendance at my book launch last night
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
Our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry now available in all good bookshops including @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Tralee, pictured here alongside From Crown To Harp by @mcculld.bsky.social
#books 📚
#books 📚
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry now available in all good bookshops including @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Tralee, pictured here alongside From Crown To Harp by @mcculld.bsky.social
#books 📚
#books 📚
Very pecial delivery from the postman today 📚
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very pecial delivery from the postman today 📚
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce the official launch of our new book on the Civil War in Kerry and Beyond which is based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thrilled to announce the official launch of our new book on the Civil War in Kerry and Beyond which is based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📚 BOOK LAUNCH 👇
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📚 BOOK LAUNCH 👇
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
Excited to announce the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter at Books Upstairs, Dublin on 11 November at 6.30pm.
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Excited to announce the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter at Books Upstairs, Dublin on 11 November at 6.30pm.
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
Two new books coming soon in time for the Christmas list!
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Two new books coming soon in time for the Christmas list!
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Launches coming up in both Dublin and Kerry in November so stay tuned for details!
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Launches coming up in both Dublin and Kerry in November so stay tuned for details!
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
I am honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org in recognition of my contribution to historical scholarship
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I am honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org in recognition of my contribution to historical scholarship
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
"O’Shea’s adroit presentation of the text and the contextual commentaries he provides lifts it to another level."
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
September 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"O’Shea’s adroit presentation of the text and the contextual commentaries he provides lifts it to another level."
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
Sorry to hear of the passing of Martin Mansergh
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Sorry to hear of the passing of Martin Mansergh
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
Inspiring evening at the Kerry Young Historian of the Year Awards hosted by the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
September 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Inspiring evening at the Kerry Young Historian of the Year Awards hosted by the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
Honoured to receive such a generous endorsement for my forthcoming book from Dr Bill Kissane of the London School of Economics who has described the work as 'a first class piece of scholarship'.
From Bullets to Ballots will be published soon by @ucdpress.bsky.social
From Bullets to Ballots will be published soon by @ucdpress.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Honoured to receive such a generous endorsement for my forthcoming book from Dr Bill Kissane of the London School of Economics who has described the work as 'a first class piece of scholarship'.
From Bullets to Ballots will be published soon by @ucdpress.bsky.social
From Bullets to Ballots will be published soon by @ucdpress.bsky.social
A great privilege to have attended the State Commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell at his home at Derrynane today.
A fitting tribute and celebration of a giant of a man whose politics and message are as powerful and relevant today as they ever were.
#OConnell250
A fitting tribute and celebration of a giant of a man whose politics and message are as powerful and relevant today as they ever were.
#OConnell250
August 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A great privilege to have attended the State Commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell at his home at Derrynane today.
A fitting tribute and celebration of a giant of a man whose politics and message are as powerful and relevant today as they ever were.
#OConnell250
A fitting tribute and celebration of a giant of a man whose politics and message are as powerful and relevant today as they ever were.
#OConnell250
📚BOOK NEWS 📢
Really thrilled to be working with the wonderful team at @ucdpress.bsky.social to publish my #PhD research on politics and electioneering in County #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
"From Bullets to Ballots" will be published in September 2025
www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalog...
Really thrilled to be working with the wonderful team at @ucdpress.bsky.social to publish my #PhD research on politics and electioneering in County #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
"From Bullets to Ballots" will be published in September 2025
www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalog...
July 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
📚BOOK NEWS 📢
Really thrilled to be working with the wonderful team at @ucdpress.bsky.social to publish my #PhD research on politics and electioneering in County #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
"From Bullets to Ballots" will be published in September 2025
www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalog...
Really thrilled to be working with the wonderful team at @ucdpress.bsky.social to publish my #PhD research on politics and electioneering in County #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
"From Bullets to Ballots" will be published in September 2025
www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalog...
Looking forward to speaking at the Sneem Summer Festival in #Sneem #Kerry on 19 July and reflecting on the Decade of Centenaries in Kerry. What lessons can we learn from the commemoration of events over the past decade?
🎟️Free admission
📅Saturday 19 July
⏲️5.00pm
⛪️Old Church
🎟️Free admission
📅Saturday 19 July
⏲️5.00pm
⛪️Old Church
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Chatted with Radio Kerry about some of the amazing revelations about #Kerry contained in the new #census reports from the 1800s which have been released by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.
Will post more details in due course on my website. Listen back:
www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/ker...
Will post more details in due course on my website. Listen back:
www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/ker...
July 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Chatted with Radio Kerry about some of the amazing revelations about #Kerry contained in the new #census reports from the 1800s which have been released by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.
Will post more details in due course on my website. Listen back:
www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/ker...
Will post more details in due course on my website. Listen back:
www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/ker...
Thrilled to have been granted a Commemorations Bursary from the Royal Irish Academy for an exhibition on the early years of the Fianna Fáil party in #Kerry to coincide with the centenary of the party's foundation in 1926.
The exhibition will be presented during the early months of 2026 across Kerry
The exhibition will be presented during the early months of 2026 across Kerry
June 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thrilled to have been granted a Commemorations Bursary from the Royal Irish Academy for an exhibition on the early years of the Fianna Fáil party in #Kerry to coincide with the centenary of the party's foundation in 1926.
The exhibition will be presented during the early months of 2026 across Kerry
The exhibition will be presented during the early months of 2026 across Kerry
The first thing Pope Leo should do is travel to #Gaza to demand an end to the Israeli genocide on behalf of Catholics and on behalf of humanity.
It would be a real statement of leadership which is so sadly lacking among so-called leaders and genocide enablers worldwide
I wish him well 🙏 #PopeLeo
It would be a real statement of leadership which is so sadly lacking among so-called leaders and genocide enablers worldwide
I wish him well 🙏 #PopeLeo
May 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#OTD in 2023 I was proud to unveil a plaque in my home town of Milltown, Co. Kerry, to honour three local civilians killed during Ireland's Civil War
Read more about their tragic deaths and how the theft of a small quantity of flour triggered cataclysmic events:
owenoshea.ie/looting-kidn...
Read more about their tragic deaths and how the theft of a small quantity of flour triggered cataclysmic events:
owenoshea.ie/looting-kidn...
May 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#OTD in 2023 I was proud to unveil a plaque in my home town of Milltown, Co. Kerry, to honour three local civilians killed during Ireland's Civil War
Read more about their tragic deaths and how the theft of a small quantity of flour triggered cataclysmic events:
owenoshea.ie/looting-kidn...
Read more about their tragic deaths and how the theft of a small quantity of flour triggered cataclysmic events:
owenoshea.ie/looting-kidn...
🎬6,000 years of history ...
🎬A stunning landscape ...
🎬Historic sites ...
🎬Special places ...
🎬Precious heritage ...
Join us on 26th April to view the remarkable and spectacular story of Milltown, Co Kerry on the big screen.
Register now at:
www.milltownhistoryheritage.ie
🎬A stunning landscape ...
🎬Historic sites ...
🎬Special places ...
🎬Precious heritage ...
Join us on 26th April to view the remarkable and spectacular story of Milltown, Co Kerry on the big screen.
Register now at:
www.milltownhistoryheritage.ie
April 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎬6,000 years of history ...
🎬A stunning landscape ...
🎬Historic sites ...
🎬Special places ...
🎬Precious heritage ...
Join us on 26th April to view the remarkable and spectacular story of Milltown, Co Kerry on the big screen.
Register now at:
www.milltownhistoryheritage.ie
🎬A stunning landscape ...
🎬Historic sites ...
🎬Special places ...
🎬Precious heritage ...
Join us on 26th April to view the remarkable and spectacular story of Milltown, Co Kerry on the big screen.
Register now at:
www.milltownhistoryheritage.ie
What a tremendous honour to be invited to Áras an Uachtaráin this week to meet President Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins to present copies of my recent books on the history of the War of Independence and the Civil War in Kerry, including 'One Man's Ireland'
www.owenoshea.ie
www.owenoshea.ie
April 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What a tremendous honour to be invited to Áras an Uachtaráin this week to meet President Michael D Higgins and Sabina Higgins to present copies of my recent books on the history of the War of Independence and the Civil War in Kerry, including 'One Man's Ireland'
www.owenoshea.ie
www.owenoshea.ie
My thanks to the large crowd who attended the launch of my new book, 'One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill, Maverick Republican' on Saturday night.
It was a fitting celebration of a remarkable man.
Available here from Merrion Press:
www.irishacademicpress.ie/product/one-...
It was a fitting celebration of a remarkable man.
Available here from Merrion Press:
www.irishacademicpress.ie/product/one-...
March 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My thanks to the large crowd who attended the launch of my new book, 'One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill, Maverick Republican' on Saturday night.
It was a fitting celebration of a remarkable man.
Available here from Merrion Press:
www.irishacademicpress.ie/product/one-...
It was a fitting celebration of a remarkable man.
Available here from Merrion Press:
www.irishacademicpress.ie/product/one-...