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Patrick Duffy

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Historian interested in O'Connellite politics and the emergence of a north-south frontier, 1824-44. All opinions expressed are my own. [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-6049-1089 irishhistorians.ie/members/patrick-barry-duffy/ .. more

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 1d

I was delighted to attend the launch of the exhibition on Project Children at Monaghan County Museum last night, which heard from the project founder Denis Mulcahy and the Garda and NYPD bands

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Jay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social · 4d

As the History Representative for ACIS, I have the distinct privilege to chair the Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book. If you, or someone you know, has a book copyrighted in 2025 in Irish Studies please do consider submitting! Details here. 🗃️ #speirgorm

Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book | American Conference for Irish Studies – An Chomhdháil Mheiriceánach do Léann na hÉireann

Don Murphy, husband of ACIS Past President Maureen Murphy, was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and died in New York on March 2, 1986. He received his bachelor of electrical engineering degree and his…

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 7d

For anyone around Co. Monaghan next Friday, 10 Ocotber, I will be giving a talk on the Ballybay Orangeman Sam Gray at Cahans Meeting House at 8pm. Adm. by donation. Refreshments served. Eircode H18 E7N1. An intro to Gray can be found in @ria.ie @historydib.bsky.social: www.dib.ie/biography/gr...

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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 7d

Continuing with P in our #1832AtoZ we are looking at Prorogation – the ending of a parliamentary session – and how this power was used during the 19th century. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2019/09/04/p...

Political Prorogations: a view from the Victorian Commons

It’s been a long time since the business of suspending Parliament and starting a new session has generated so much political controversy. Throughout most of the 20th century prorogations inva…

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 7d

We Roman Catholics won't even allow women to be ordained as deacons, yet a woman is chosen as the most senior cleric of @churchofengland.org and the worldwide spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion

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Dame Sarah Mullally will be first woman Archbishop of Canterbury in Church of England's history

Mullally, 63, has served as Bishop of London for more than seven years and is a former nurse.

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 23d

Yes, but this was a history student who made the remark 🤣🤣🤣

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 23d

When I first came to Dublin to study history at @ucddublin.bsky.social I met somebody who actually thought Monaghan was in Northern Ireland!

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Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · 23d

I spoke to Newstalk Breakfast earlier about a Shared Island, Heather Humphreys' campaign for president and coverage of her husband's past membership of the Orange Order.
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“Gotcha” claims regarding presidential nominee Heather Humphreys’ husband has no place in modern Ireland | Newstalk

Edward Burke, historian at UCD and author of Ulster’s Lost Counties, joined Newstalk Breakfast ...

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 24d

It is ironic that Charles III today became the first British monarch to attend a Catholic mass in the UK in modern times, probably since the reign of James II himself. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/king-ch...

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 24d

Excited to release the conference programme for 'Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives'. There are only a few tickets left, so if you would like to attend I would suggest getting one as soon as possible. Attendance is free but booking is essential.

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 24d

I agree with Ed. Having someone from the Ulster Protestant tradition as president of Ireland would be a significant contribution towards reconciliation on this island.

Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · 24d

My opinion piece for the Irish Times

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Ed Burke: ‘Gotcha’ claims about Heather Humphreys’s husband have no place in a shared island

Why should the Humphreys family apologise for their historical connections with the Orange tradition?

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Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · 24d

My opinion piece for the Irish Times

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Ed Burke: ‘Gotcha’ claims about Heather Humphreys’s husband have no place in a shared island

Why should the Humphreys family apologise for their historical connections with the Orange tradition?

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 29d

I have suspicions it may be the shadowy figure behind the @georgianlords.bsky.social account! Am I right?

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 29d

Excellent! I didn't realise it was an edited volume. I look forward to reading Richard's piece!

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 29d

Does he mention the County Clare by-election of 1828?

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 29d

An early present in the post today...
Delighted to take possession of this latest brilliant collection by @iaindale.bsky.social
There may just be a mention of John Wilkes at the beginning...
#HistParl

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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · Sep 1

Irish printed fan from the British Museum collection - catalogue suggests it relates to Act of Union, but much more likely to be a celebration of the Irish Volunteers, c.1779-84

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thanks Ed. It is indeed

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you!

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Aug 26

Celebrating my 27th birthday (I feel old)at one of my favourite Dublin restaurants - Tenters Gastropub on Mill St. Mill Street was the homeplace of John Lawless, about whom I've been reading and writing a lot recently. See his @ria.ie @historydib.bsky.social entry here: www.dib.ie/biography/la...

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · Aug 12

Born #OnThisDay 1762, King George IV.
As Prince of Wales he became closely attached to the Foxite Whig opposition. From 1811 he acted as Prince Regent during George III's long period of ill health.
His spending habits were always a problem.
#skystorians

Painting of a middle-aged man with curled short hair looking straight at the viewer. He wears a dark uniform with frogging and has a red ribbon around his neck carrying insignia.

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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · Aug 8

#OnThisDay 1831 Lord Melbourne asked Thomas Drummond to establish a boundary commission to undertake the process of redrawing constituency boundaries as part of the major electoral reforms of 1832. Our research fellow Dr Martin Spychal explains more: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/06/28/s...

Surveying the UK’s parliamentary boroughs: map-making and the 1831-2 boundary commissions

To coincide with the publication of the initial proposals of the 2023 English boundary commission and the Society for One-Place Studies recent focus on maps, our research fellow, Dr Martin Spychal,…

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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · Aug 6

This 'lift the flap' satire is of Dublin Tory provenance (usual suspects) but we should also discuss O'Connell's marginalisation of socially radical critics - not just Young Ireland, but figures such as John Lawless, Thaddeus O'Malley, Sharman Crawford, and of course Feargus O'Connor & the Chartists

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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Aug 6

@petergray47.bsky.social's biography of William Sharman Crawford has encouraged debate on O'Connell's relationship with liberal Protestants in Ulster. I hope also to contribute to once I finalise and submit my thesis on O'Connellite politics and its Protestant opponents in south Ulster.

Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · Aug 6

For the day that’s in it: ‘Phrenological survey of the head of an agitator’ (c.1843, NLI). Important to celebrate the life and legacy of one of Ireland’s greatest political leaders, but we need a bit of critical debate about this also.

Under the flap - hostile cartoons of scenes from O’Connell’s life

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · Aug 6

Who was the real Daniel O'Connell? An assessment of the Emancipator's strengths and flaws on his 250th birthday www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Who was the real Daniel O'Connell?

From a fierce passion for civil rights and huge energy to anger, ego and vanity, an assessment of the Emancipator's strengths and flaws

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · Aug 6

Daniel O’Connell would have enjoyed his life being celebrated 250 years on, says historian

The Liberator’s ancestral home in Kerry will hold a number of events from Wednesday to mark his anniversary

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · Aug 6

🧵(1) Born #OTD 1775, Daniel O'Connell. Known by supporters as 'The Liberator', O'Connell was considered the leader of Ireland's Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century, and 'by far the most prominent Irishman in the Commons' from 1830. buff.ly/eBmk09B

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Aug 6

Before Daniel O'Connell's body was repatriated to Dublin for burial in Glasnevin Cemetery, his heart was removed, embalmed and donated to the Irish College in Rome - however, his heart later vanished without trace.

The curious case of Daniel O'Connell's missing heart

Before Daniel O'Connell's body was repatriated to Dublin for burial in Glasnevin Cemetery, his heart was eviscerated and embalmed and donated to the Irish College in Rome. However, his heart later van...

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Aug 6

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, the man known as 'The Liberator’.

Daniel O'Connell's legacy remembered on 250th birthday

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, the man known as 'The Liberator'.

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