Patrick walsh
@speakerconolly.bsky.social
Associate Professor of eighteenth century Irish History, co- director Trinity Colonial Legacies Project. Procrastinator
‘and they called it Macaroni…’
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
‘and they called it Macaroni…’
’It can provide tutoring that supports personalised learning at scale, meaning future students could receive individualised, tailored mentoring that no overstretched academic could hope to supply’ Like that’s literally our job! There has been some excellent pushback from colleagues…
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
’It can provide tutoring that supports personalised learning at scale, meaning future students could receive individualised, tailored mentoring that no overstretched academic could hope to supply’ Like that’s literally our job! There has been some excellent pushback from colleagues…
We were told AI can help with personal tutoring and pastoral care! so dangerous. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: From personalised tutoring to improved accessibility, why AI can democratise higher education
Artificial intelligence is to be embraced rather than feared, but educators and students cannot ignore its dark side
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We were told AI can help with personal tutoring and pastoral care! so dangerous. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
It was! Rather looking forward to Wiles Lectures now too.
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It was! Rather looking forward to Wiles Lectures now too.
Age of Fracture? picks up on his last book and captures the long 2016pretty well I think
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Age of Fracture? picks up on his last book and captures the long 2016pretty well I think
I thought these were extraordinary when I first saw them in your book. I think they be new to historians. where did you find the pamphlet?
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I thought these were extraordinary when I first saw them in your book. I think they be new to historians. where did you find the pamphlet?
It’s really striking how much the language of plantation and settlement is used in anti Rapparee legislation in the 1690s and how sectarian demographic engineering is just routinely deployed to meet all sorts of objectives. Must keep reading now!
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It’s really striking how much the language of plantation and settlement is used in anti Rapparee legislation in the 1690s and how sectarian demographic engineering is just routinely deployed to meet all sorts of objectives. Must keep reading now!
I have been greatly enjoying the book (and these threads). I have already found your argument about the continuing nature of colonisation and plantation into the 18c very helpful in clarifying an argument I am trying to make about ‘barbarous’ frontier areas in southwest.
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I have been greatly enjoying the book (and these threads). I have already found your argument about the continuing nature of colonisation and plantation into the 18c very helpful in clarifying an argument I am trying to make about ‘barbarous’ frontier areas in southwest.