Ultán Gillen
@ultan1793.bsky.social
Interested in counter-revolution, but also Wolfe Tone. And Robespierre
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Our last seminar for this year, on 15 Dec. will be Patrick Walsh (TCD) speaking on 'A colonial sinew of power? Rethinking the 18th-century Irish state' (joint event with CECS). All welcome in-person and online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our last seminar for this year, on 15 Dec. will be Patrick Walsh (TCD) speaking on 'A colonial sinew of power? Rethinking the 18th-century Irish state' (joint event with CECS). All welcome in-person and online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
Just waitingfor the Sindo article calling for the Treaty ports to be returned to the UK to protect the undersea cables
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Just waitingfor the Sindo article calling for the Treaty ports to be returned to the UK to protect the undersea cables
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Naughty goings on in 18th-century Cork
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Naughty goings on in 18th-century Cork
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If you missed Catriona Kennedy's talk yesterday on 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere in the age of revolution', a recording is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dV...
Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
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November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you missed Catriona Kennedy's talk yesterday on 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere in the age of revolution', a recording is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dV...
Udo Kier was in Blade, and said the lesson he learned was to not agree to be killed off so.easily. Also, Blade is great
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Udo Kier was in Blade, and said the lesson he learned was to not agree to be killed off so.easily. Also, Blade is great
No memory of ever hearing of something called "stir-up Sunday" until this year, and have heard of it twice in 3 days.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
No memory of ever hearing of something called "stir-up Sunday" until this year, and have heard of it twice in 3 days.
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We published our first essay 10 years ago today on @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. It was based on a side idea I had for my dissertation that would explore news of Franklin’s death around the revolutionary Atlantic. ageofrevolutions.com/2015/11/21/f...
“Franklin is Dead”: Celebrity, Genius, and Religion in the Age of Revolutions
By Bryan A. Banks On June 11, 1790, an emotionally wrought Mirabeau took to the rostrum of the National Constituent Assembly after numerous days away suffering from ophthalmia to announce Benjamin …
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November 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We published our first essay 10 years ago today on @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social. It was based on a side idea I had for my dissertation that would explore news of Franklin’s death around the revolutionary Atlantic. ageofrevolutions.com/2015/11/21/f...
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From my book: the aftermath of the 1798 Rebellion.
1/10
The 1798 Irish rebellion was largely crushed, but guerrilla resistance lingered until 1804. The government then launched a strategic de-radicalisation drive, especially targeting the middle-class leaders.
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The 1798 Irish rebellion was largely crushed, but guerrilla resistance lingered until 1804. The government then launched a strategic de-radicalisation drive, especially targeting the middle-class leaders.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
From my book: the aftermath of the 1798 Rebellion.
1/10
The 1798 Irish rebellion was largely crushed, but guerrilla resistance lingered until 1804. The government then launched a strategic de-radicalisation drive, especially targeting the middle-class leaders.
1/10
The 1798 Irish rebellion was largely crushed, but guerrilla resistance lingered until 1804. The government then launched a strategic de-radicalisation drive, especially targeting the middle-class leaders.
227 years to the day after Wolfe Tone died, we renain as far away from the unity of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter as ever
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
227 years to the day after Wolfe Tone died, we renain as far away from the unity of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter as ever
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In this blog, we uncover new information about the provenance of the RIA Library's Haliday Pamphlet and Tract Collections. Charles Haliday MRIA (1789?-1866) was a 19th C book collector whose extraordinary collection of over 25,000 pamphlets is house in RIA Library. www.ria.ie/blog/notes-o...
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In this blog, we uncover new information about the provenance of the RIA Library's Haliday Pamphlet and Tract Collections. Charles Haliday MRIA (1789?-1866) was a 19th C book collector whose extraordinary collection of over 25,000 pamphlets is house in RIA Library. www.ria.ie/blog/notes-o...
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🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
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(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
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(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
Programs - School of Advanced Study
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
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1832 Committee on Tithes: "The late Bishop of Cork said to me, 'We are in the habit of blaming the Roman-catholics for the resistance to tithes, but I believe, if the real truth was known, there is scarcely any country gentlemen in Ireland who is not in his heart a whiteboy.'"
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
1832 Committee on Tithes: "The late Bishop of Cork said to me, 'We are in the habit of blaming the Roman-catholics for the resistance to tithes, but I believe, if the real truth was known, there is scarcely any country gentlemen in Ireland who is not in his heart a whiteboy.'"
The second best Northern Star behind the original
The first issue of the Chartist newspaper, the Northern Star, appeared #OnThisDay 18 November 1837. Without it, Chartism would have been a far weaker thing.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The second best Northern Star behind the original
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Join us online for this year’s Breandán Ó Buachalla Lecture, organised with the support of @nlireland.bsky.social. The lecture, “The harp and the harper in Classical Irish Poetry” will be given by Dr Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh. Registration now open
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Binn gotha na dtéad
The harp and the harper in Classical Irish Poetry
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November 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Join us online for this year’s Breandán Ó Buachalla Lecture, organised with the support of @nlireland.bsky.social. The lecture, “The harp and the harper in Classical Irish Poetry” will be given by Dr Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh. Registration now open
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
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It's 1987. PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN are in theaters.
It's 2025. PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN are in theaters.
It's 2025. PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN are in theaters.
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It's 1987. PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN are in theaters.
It's 2025. PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN are in theaters.
It's 2025. PREDATOR and THE RUNNING MAN are in theaters.
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Walt Disney Presents at Disney's Hollywood Studios now features an exhibit with props and costumes from holiday films like 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' and 'The Santa Clause.'
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Walt Disney Presents at Disney's Hollywood Studios now features an exhibit with props and costumes from holiday films like 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' and 'The Santa Clause.'
Want
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Want
Never seen this before. A fervent counter-revolutionary
Archbishop Troy is an absolutely fascinating person, and was the head of the archdiocese where most of the worst of the violence of 1798 took place (in Wexford and Wicklow). He had a pastoral read across the city urging people not to become part of secret societies and to keep the peace
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Never seen this before. A fervent counter-revolutionary
Delighted to lay my grubby little hands on this from James Quinn and @ucdpress.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Delighted to lay my grubby little hands on this from James Quinn and @ucdpress.bsky.social
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1798: The Second Defender Rising' (after the 1793 'Militia Riots')? A thread from my book.
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
1798: The Second Defender Rising' (after the 1793 'Militia Riots')? A thread from my book.
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Really enjoyed watching Kingdom on BBC IPlayer. A good reminder of why public service broadcasting must be protected
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Really enjoyed watching Kingdom on BBC IPlayer. A good reminder of why public service broadcasting must be protected
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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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@historytcd.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social
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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
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@historytcd.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social