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‘This is well worth the read, not just for theatre lovers, but for women and for anyone interested in recent social history.’

📰 Our thanks to Anne Cunningham for including this positive review of WTF Happened in First Chapter

🔗 www.meathchronicle.ie/2025/11/02/a...
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
📚 Located in Dublin? Visit your local bookshop to pick up a signed copy of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social!

✍️ Find them in @booksupstairs.bsky.social
Connolly Books
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
Dubray Grafton St
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ALL WELCOME to the launch of From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33 by @owenoshea.bsky.social

7pm, Friday, 28 Nov. 2025
O’Mahony’s Booksellers
Castle Street,
Tralee,
V92 RX64

Guest Speaker
Norma Foley TD

RSVP at ucdpress@ucd.ie
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
✨ Talking Heads by Paul Muldoon has arrived!

Introducing the latest installment in The Poet’s Chair Series, available now in bookshops nationwide or online via www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
'A gorgeously illustrated multi-voice account...

A clever double whammy of teaching while documenting...'

Thank you @irishtimes.com @martindoyle.bsky.social for a warm review of WTF HAPPENED

Congratulations @sarahdurcan.bsky.social @lianbell.bsky.social and all the WTF activists
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Copies of Bloody Summer can be purchased in local Wexford bookshops or online at www.ucdpress.ie

#1798Rebellion #VisitEnniscorthy #VisitWexford #WexfordHistory #WexfordBooks #ShopLocal #SupportLocal
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Dr Whelan also spoke about the relevance of the rebellion in modern Ireland, and the importance of recording and accessing our history for today’s world.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We are very grateful to the National 1798 Rebellion Centre for hosting yesterday evening’s special event in Enniscorthy to celebrate the publication of Bloody Summer by James Quinn.

Wexford historian Kevin Whelan spoke about author James Quinn’s significant contributions to this historical period.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
‼️ TOMORROW

The National 1798 Rebellion Centre and UCD Press are pleased to invite you to celebrate

Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion by James Quinn

⏰ 6pm, Thur, 13 Nov
📍 The National 1798 Rebellion Centre, Enniscorthy

Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan

ALL WELCOME
RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
✍️ A select number of signed copies of From Bullets to Ballots are available at Books Upstairs – get them now!

#KerryHistory #IrishPolitics #BookLaunch #BooksUpstairs #DublinBookshop @booksupstairs.bsky.social @owenoshea.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
📚 A special thank you to the author and guest speaker Diarmaid Ferriter for highlighting the importance of Kerry history and politics for Ireland today.
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A very warm thanks to the staff at Books Upstairs for hosting us tonight, and to all the attendees who ventured out in the rain to celebrate the launch of Owen O’Shea’s From Bullets to Ballots with us at this beautiful bookshop!
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
📣 REMINDER – Thursday

The National 1798 Rebellion Centre and UCD Press
are pleased to invite you to celebrate

Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion

⏰ 6pm, Thur, 13 Nov
📍 The National 1798 Rebellion Centre, Enniscorthy

Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan

ALL WELCOME

RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
‼️TOMORROW

ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social

🗓️ 6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06

👥 Guest Speaker Professor Diarmaid Ferriter

RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie @booksupstairs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A super event Women Writing History at the Main Hall @immaireland.bsky.social as part of the fabulous Dublin Book Festival @dublinbookfest.bsky.social

Thank you to @dublinbookfest.bsky.social & speakers @sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social & writers Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We’re looking forward to tomorrow morning!

@dublinbookfest.bsky.social
@sineadgleeson.bsky.social
@clodaghfinn.bsky.social

📚 PS. Get your signed copies of After the Train at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social throughout the festival!
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
‼️ TOMORROW

Only a handful of tickets left to ‘Women Writing History’ with Dublin Book Festival!

⏰ 11am
📌 IMMA
🗓️ Saturday, 8 November

Join us for a panel with Evelyn Conlon and Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with journalist Clodagh Finn

🎟️ Free – dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Our sincere thanks to @valerieflynn.bsky.social & @stingingfly.bsky.social for this glowing review of After the Train.

‘[A]n eye-opening and evocative mosaic of first-person reflections on the 1975-1977 feminist collective’.

🔗 stingingfly.org/review/after...
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
📣 REMINDER – Next Thursday

All welcome to a special event in celebration of

Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion by James Quinn

⏰ 6pm, Thursday, 13 November
📍 The National 1798 Rebellion Centre, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan

RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
💥 Hot off the printing press! We’re delighted to share that From Bullets to Ballots by Owen O’Shea is now available.

Get your copy at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... or bookshops nationwide

@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📣 REMINDER

ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33

6.30pm, Tuesday
11 November 2025
Books Upstairs,
17 D’Olier Street
Dublin 2,
D02 RX06

RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
✨THIS SATURDAY✨

Women Writing History

At 11am in IMMA on 8 November, join us during Dublin Book Festival for a panel with After the Train co-editor Evelyn Conlon and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with journalist Clodagh Finn

🎟️ Free – booking required dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ALL WELCOME to a special event in celebration of

Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion by James Quinn

🗓️ Thursday, 13 November, 6pm
The National 1798 Rebellion Centre,
Parnell Road, Mill Park Rd,
Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Y21 PY03

Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan

RSVP ucdpress@ucd.ie
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
✨ Next Saturday, join us during Dublin Book Festival for a panel with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with Clodagh Finn

Women Writing History
Saturday, 8 November
11 am
IMMA, RHK

🎟️ dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🗳️ In anticipation of the release of Dr Owen O'Shea's From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33, this week’s #TBT also focuses on Kerry politics.

Find Land, Popular Politics and Agrarian Violence in Ireland at www.ucdpress.ie or bookshops nationwide
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM