Patrick walsh
@speakerconolly.bsky.social
Associate Professor of eighteenth century Irish History, co- director Trinity Colonial Legacies Project. Procrastinator
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Patrick walsh
@speakerconolly.bsky.social
· Sep 16
TCD’s Forgotten Tenantry - DRB
Patrick Walsh writes: 1923 was a significant year in the life of Thomas Horgan of Ballynaskreena, Co Kerry. His youngest surviving daughter, Bridget (known as Bridie), was born, and he became the firs...
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Another plug for my piece on Trinity’s forgotten tenants in Kerry, Armagh and Donegal and many places in between. Connecting colonial legacies, family history and institutional selective remembering. drb.ie/tcds-forgott...
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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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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
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@historytcd.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social
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Great feature in historyireland.bsky.social by bsky.app/profile/mayn... Eamon Darcy on William Molyneux & the birth of #LocalHistory in Ireland.
👀 our Curated collection
www.virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
📢 Shout out to funders bsky.app/profile/ria.ie
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📷TCD Library bsky.app/profile/tcdd...
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👀 our Curated collection
www.virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
📢 Shout out to funders bsky.app/profile/ria.ie
&
📷TCD Library bsky.app/profile/tcdd...
😊
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Great feature in historyireland.bsky.social by bsky.app/profile/mayn... Eamon Darcy on William Molyneux & the birth of #LocalHistory in Ireland.
👀 our Curated collection
www.virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
📢 Shout out to funders bsky.app/profile/ria.ie
&
📷TCD Library bsky.app/profile/tcdd...
😊
👀 our Curated collection
www.virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
📢 Shout out to funders bsky.app/profile/ria.ie
&
📷TCD Library bsky.app/profile/tcdd...
😊
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Not only is Trump making war on the past, but now he is making war on the pasta.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Not only is Trump making war on the past, but now he is making war on the pasta.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Estate agents outbidding morality once again. If perhaps a logical outcome to over zealous unthinking and uncritical remembrance
We will respect them but also, have you taken the two minute silence to really think about the value of your property? It's what the fallen would have wanted. They gave their tomorrow so we can tout for your business today.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Estate agents outbidding morality once again. If perhaps a logical outcome to over zealous unthinking and uncritical remembrance
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AHRC Awards for PhD study in Arts and Humanities at QUB (starting Sept. 2026) are now advertised at www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
AHRC Awards for PhD study in Arts and Humanities at QUB (starting Sept. 2026) are now advertised at www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
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The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is hiring!
Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy.
Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm.
www.ria.ie/about/career...
Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy.
Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm.
www.ria.ie/about/career...
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is hiring!
Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy.
Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm.
www.ria.ie/about/career...
Applications are invited for the position of Research and Engagement, Senior Programme Manager as part of the DRI team headquartered at the Royal Irish Academy.
Apply by 27.11.2025 at 3pm.
www.ria.ie/about/career...
@cwallacedublin.bsky.social one got your MPhil class!
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@cwallacedublin.bsky.social one got your MPhil class!
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#WomenInRebellion Grief & defiance: Mary Ann McCracken’s letter after her brother’s execution is searing: a sister’s grief, a patriot’s outrage, and a refusal to forget.
Read her unflinching words here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...
Read her unflinching words here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...
![NAI CSO/REB/620/16/3/8 — Mary Ann McCracken to Thomas Russell, describing trial and execution of her brother Henry Joy McCracken [Wednesday, 18 July 1798]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lpeuvpzstxbn4zomtnfzvwa/bafkreibo7hnvow2behn66iyxmnvvnyczh25klfcxq7ofjyzya7kxta6mmi@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#WomenInRebellion Grief & defiance: Mary Ann McCracken’s letter after her brother’s execution is searing: a sister’s grief, a patriot’s outrage, and a refusal to forget.
Read her unflinching words here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...
Read her unflinching words here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...
Fantastic to see this coming out. Great to see a number of new books appearing challenging received wisdoms on 18thC Ireland. See also @marcmulholland.bsky.social’s fantastic new book (and threads here) as well as Caitriona Kennedy’s superb new book on women and the public sphere.
Bloody Summer is a fresh and comprehensive exploration of the rebellion that seeks to answer the question of not just what happened in 1798, but why it happened, and demonstrates a new, compelling account of this seismic event in Irish history.
🔗 Preorder: www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
🔗 Preorder: www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Bloody Summer
The 1798 Rebellion was one of the bloodiest events in Irish history. Thousands of people were slaughtered in a single summer in a massive popular uprising against British rule. Thousands more were ser...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Fantastic to see this coming out. Great to see a number of new books appearing challenging received wisdoms on 18thC Ireland. See also @marcmulholland.bsky.social’s fantastic new book (and threads here) as well as Caitriona Kennedy’s superb new book on women and the public sphere.
Read this excellent book by Sunil Amrith over reading week along with Annie Proulx’s fascinating Bog, Fen and Mountain and slowly working through Amitav Ghosh’s superb new collection of essays. All part of trying to teach myself more environmental history.
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Read this excellent book by Sunil Amrith over reading week along with Annie Proulx’s fascinating Bog, Fen and Mountain and slowly working through Amitav Ghosh’s superb new collection of essays. All part of trying to teach myself more environmental history.
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👻 🧙♀️🎃 Molyneux Papers (TCD MS 883): Examinations & depositions taken in Co. Antrim in 1710 respecting witches and witchcraft — including testimony from Mary Dunbar, who has been "in a most grievous and violent manner / tormented and afflicted with Witches".
www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/TCD-MS-...
www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/TCD-MS-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
👻 🧙♀️🎃 Molyneux Papers (TCD MS 883): Examinations & depositions taken in Co. Antrim in 1710 respecting witches and witchcraft — including testimony from Mary Dunbar, who has been "in a most grievous and violent manner / tormented and afflicted with Witches".
www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/TCD-MS-...
www.virtualtreasury.ie/item/TCD-MS-...
Great to see @kbruisch.bsky.social’s superb essay on AI and Academic publishing and its extractive dimensions up on the DRB. @historytcd.bsky.social drb.ie/move-over-fo...
Move over for AI - DRB
Katja Bruisch writes: I recently completed a scholarly monograph – an environmental, economic and energy history of peat in imperial and Soviet Russia. After years of thinking and writing, I approache...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Great to see @kbruisch.bsky.social’s superb essay on AI and Academic publishing and its extractive dimensions up on the DRB. @historytcd.bsky.social drb.ie/move-over-fo...
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#WomeninRebellion Bella Martin started as a Belfast barmaid. By 1798, she was a Crown agent inside a rebel leader’s home, reporting on arms hidden under a chapel altar. Her world was dangerous — and morally murky.
Read more here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...
Read more here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...
![Detail from NAI CSO/REB/620/38/222 -- Examination of Bella Martin (Co. Meath) as to activities of William Aylmer [Saturday, 23 June 1798]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lpeuvpzstxbn4zomtnfzvwa/bafkreiezewoec6hzrg7erduzkdr25dpr3kotv2gm2fgx2o5u3znr5a4m4q@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#WomeninRebellion Bella Martin started as a Belfast barmaid. By 1798, she was a Crown agent inside a rebel leader’s home, reporting on arms hidden under a chapel altar. Her world was dangerous — and morally murky.
Read more here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...
Read more here: virtualtreasury.ie/item/NAI-CSO...
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“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Another great thread from what is a fascinating book.
Here's another thread from me book, 'At the Rising of the Moon': www.kennys.ie/shop/at-the-...
At the Rising of the Moon: The Peasantry and Ireland from the Tudor Conquest to the fall of Landlordism
paperback.
www.kennys.ie
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Another great thread from what is a fascinating book.
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“I can’t think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world.”
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“I can’t think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world.”
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
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A really interesting research opportunity and a chance to contribute to broader work on Scotland, Empire and the slave trade www.scotland.anglican.org/vacancy-lega...
Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church
Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A really interesting research opportunity and a chance to contribute to broader work on Scotland, Empire and the slave trade www.scotland.anglican.org/vacancy-lega...
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This #MapMonday, explore historic maps of #Ireland!
We've added new georeferenced map layers to our Maps Images Website. View first and second edition one-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey of Ireland maps in our georeferenced and side-by-side viewers 🗺️
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
We've added new georeferenced map layers to our Maps Images Website. View first and second edition one-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey of Ireland maps in our georeferenced and side-by-side viewers 🗺️
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This #MapMonday, explore historic maps of #Ireland!
We've added new georeferenced map layers to our Maps Images Website. View first and second edition one-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey of Ireland maps in our georeferenced and side-by-side viewers 🗺️
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
We've added new georeferenced map layers to our Maps Images Website. View first and second edition one-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey of Ireland maps in our georeferenced and side-by-side viewers 🗺️
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...
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4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.
One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.
www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...
One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.
www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...
PhD Opportunity - Trinity East - Graduate Studies | Trinity College Dublin
Professor Timothy Stott and his team are inviting applications to doctoral research on the heritage of Trinity East in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.
www.tcd.ie
October 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.
One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.
www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...
One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.
www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...
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This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The recording of my recent Dublin City Council Oak Room talk ‘Cultivating Virtue:Trinity’s Colonial Legacies‘ is now available here youtu.be/exe-Us9tgQo?... @historytcd.bsky.social
Cultivating Virtue? Trinity College Dublin's Colonial Legacies | Oak Room Talks 2025
YouTube video by Dublin City Heritage
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October 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The recording of my recent Dublin City Council Oak Room talk ‘Cultivating Virtue:Trinity’s Colonial Legacies‘ is now available here youtu.be/exe-Us9tgQo?... @historytcd.bsky.social
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It was a fantastic closing roundtable and a fitting end to a wonderful two days. Many thanks to my co-organisers, @virtualtreasury.bsky.social, @tlrhub.bsky.social, and all the speakers, participants, and attendees! The start of a generative conversation that I hope we will continue.
October 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It was a fantastic closing roundtable and a fitting end to a wonderful two days. Many thanks to my co-organisers, @virtualtreasury.bsky.social, @tlrhub.bsky.social, and all the speakers, participants, and attendees! The start of a generative conversation that I hope we will continue.
Resonant and always relevant words about how we are always migrants from late Manchan Magan’s last book: Ireland and Iceland
October 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Resonant and always relevant words about how we are always migrants from late Manchan Magan’s last book: Ireland and Iceland
Very much looking forward to getting stuck into this new book from @marcmulholland.bsky.social bringing peasants to centre off Irish history
October 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Very much looking forward to getting stuck into this new book from @marcmulholland.bsky.social bringing peasants to centre off Irish history
This was an excellent two days, some really thoughtful and stimulating papers and conversation. a great mix of papers from a wonderful range of speakers. Much to think about. Brilliantly convened by @joelherman.bsky.social and @timvrti.bsky.social.
Off to @tlrhub.bsky.social for what should be a fascinating conference on Ireland and the American Revolution organised by @joelherman.bsky.social and @timvrti.bsky.social with support from @historytcd.bsky.social and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
Ireland and the American Revolution - Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute
| Trinity College Dublin
A-two day conference exploring the role of Ireland and its people in the American Revolution, will take place in Trinity Long Room Hub on Thursday, 9 October and Friday, 10 October.
www.tcd.ie
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This was an excellent two days, some really thoughtful and stimulating papers and conversation. a great mix of papers from a wonderful range of speakers. Much to think about. Brilliantly convened by @joelherman.bsky.social and @timvrti.bsky.social.