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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 12h

Was a fantastic first day at ’Ireland and the American Revolution’ capped off by a brilliant keynote address by Prof. Eliga Gould. Looking forward to day two.

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

In Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire, historian Eliga Gould reinterprets the Revolutionary era not just as a domestic struggle for independence, but as a quest for legitimacy on the global stage.

#ReadtheRevolution: https://bit.ly/4mWCnG9

Among the Powers of the Earth

Read an excerpt from Eliga H. Gould's book, Among the Powers of the Earth.

bit.ly

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 3d

QUB History will be participating in the 2026 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship competition. Eligible applicants (post-PhD) with strong proposals should contact a suitable mentor (www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...) to discuss application (EOI closes 5 Nov.)
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...

www.leverhulme.ac.uk

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 3d

Wow! Happy reading!

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 7d

Many thanks to the editors at the @historicaljnl.bsky.social blog for publishing this short piece, and to @ellasbaraini.bsky.social for her help with it. My recent article, and one of the central ideas of the book manuscript I’m currently working on, in a nutshell.

www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 8d

This looks fascinating. Very much looking forward to reading it. And OA too.

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 8d

Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu

The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians

Cover of new Royal Historical Society monograph published on 30 October 2025: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 8d

Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu

The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians

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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 13d

50th anniversary issue of Saothar, the journal of the Irish Labour History Society, featuring articles by TCD staff members Carole Holohan, Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Deirdre Foley and Brian Hanley. The back cover has a photograph of the late Jack McGinley, long time Trinity librarian and union activist.

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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · 14d

More information about this seminar and a link to sign up to join in online is available via the link below:
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QUB Public History Seminar: Patrick Walsh

Eventbrite - QUB History Seminars presents QUB Public History Seminar: Patrick Walsh - Friday, September 26, 2025 at Irish Studies Room, 27 University Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Find event and...

www.eventbrite.com

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 14d

QUB History Seminar tomorrow at 4pm BST

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 14d

Finishing prepping my final paper this week. Tomorrow I am speaking at @qubhistory.bsky.social as part of the @publichistoryqub.bsky.social seminar on the colonial legacies of Trinity’s estates.

From Fellows Hall to Front square: Reckoning with the colonial legacies of the Trinity estates

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 15d

Congratulations Katja!

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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · 15d

📣 It's publication day! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 is out with @universitypress.cambridge.org ! My book tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia’s industrialization & electrification and points to the lingering presence of past extraction 1/5

#envhist #energysky

Book cover of "Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy" by Katja Bruisch. A black and white photograph shows a woman with a headscarf stacking peat

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 15d

This was a very interesting evening with some great questions from an engaged and thoughtful audience. more to think about which what this sort of work is always about.

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 16d

Just finished preparing for this lecture tomorrow evening for Dublin City Council's 2025 Heritage series. I will be talking about 400 years of ‘cultivating virtue‘ in Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social. @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Oak Room talk on Trinity’s Colonial Legacies in Dublin’s Mansion House 24 September

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 16d

Just finished preparing for this lecture tomorrow evening for Dublin City Council's 2025 Heritage series. I will be talking about 400 years of ‘cultivating virtue‘ in Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social. @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

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Elliot @altirishhistorian.bsky.social · 16d

Hi everyone! I'm currently looking for participants for interviews for my PhD research. I'm working on the history of the LGBT+ community in rural Ireland, the way being in rural Ireland impacted the community and how the community impacted rural Ireland, 1970-2000.

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Thomas Cauvin @thomascauvin.bsky.social · 18d

Rich discussion about #PublicHistory in the UK.
Katie Carpenter, Anna Maguire, David Geiringer, and Julia Laite in History Workshop journal

academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...

Teaching Public History in Britain Today: A Roundtable Discussion

Abstract. ‘What is Public History Now?’ This was the question posed by the 2022 AHRC Network led by Julia Laite. The network culminated in a conference of

academic.oup.com

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 19d

Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below:

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 20d

Will let you know. I am becoming quite interested in idea of ‘profitable acres’ at the moment so this is very pertinen.

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 20d

This looks great. Looking forward to reading it.

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 21d

He was very interesting indeed. Sadly I don’t set or benefit from the price. I am a big fan of Castleward

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 21d

Swift calls him Micky Windybanks in one of his bank poems!

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 21d

yes he was involved in sorts of ‘improvement’ - he turns up in my book on the South Sea Bubble. was also a barrack speculator and a rock salt entrepreneur. a busy man!

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 21d

send me an email at tcd and will send it on

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 21d

My latest article now out in Eighteenth-Century Ireland my first and probably last foray into Swift Studies liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 21d

A great lineup for this semester's Department of History Research Seminar in Maynooth. This is open to all so do join us and please share widely.

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 22d

Job opportunity: Engagement and Outreach Officer at the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies - please let anyone know who might be interested ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...
The link to NI Jobs is here – www.nijobs.com/job/Outreach...

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 22d

This is utterly depressing.

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 22d

Yes indeed. The Galway estates provided a specific personal income stream for the provost! And yes the Landed Estates database is an excellent resource for this extractive history

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