Dr. Owen O'Shea
@owenoshea.bsky.social
History, politics, books and coffee, in no particular order. PhD from UCD on post-Civil War politics in Kerry. New books coming in 2025. Author, historian, researcher. More at www.owenoshea.ie
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Dr. Owen O'Shea
@owenoshea.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Two new books coming soon in time for the Christmas list!
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
The Mass Rock or 'Poll an Airfrinn' at Killaclohane Wood near Milltown, Co. Kerry, where Domican priest, Fr Thaddeus Moriarty was arrested while celebrating Mass in 1653.
Fr Moriarty was tortured at Ross Castle in Killarney and hanged under the provisions of the Penal Laws.
A very special place.
Fr Moriarty was tortured at Ross Castle in Killarney and hanged under the provisions of the Penal Laws.
A very special place.
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Mass Rock or 'Poll an Airfrinn' at Killaclohane Wood near Milltown, Co. Kerry, where Domican priest, Fr Thaddeus Moriarty was arrested while celebrating Mass in 1653.
Fr Moriarty was tortured at Ross Castle in Killarney and hanged under the provisions of the Penal Laws.
A very special place.
Fr Moriarty was tortured at Ross Castle in Killarney and hanged under the provisions of the Penal Laws.
A very special place.
All welcome to the launch of my new book on politics and elections in #Kerry after the Civil War
📆 Friday 28th November
🕙 7.00pm
📖 O'Mahony's Bookshop
🏦 Tralee
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
📆 Friday 28th November
🕙 7.00pm
📖 O'Mahony's Bookshop
🏦 Tralee
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
All welcome to the launch of my new book on politics and elections in #Kerry after the Civil War
📆 Friday 28th November
🕙 7.00pm
📖 O'Mahony's Bookshop
🏦 Tralee
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
📆 Friday 28th November
🕙 7.00pm
📖 O'Mahony's Bookshop
🏦 Tralee
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
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So i did this #TedX talk in October in Tralee -a different way of communicating for me- it was a nerve-wracking but fascinating experience, & met some wonderfully diverse speakers on the day. Hope it gets more notice for the Irish 🇮🇪 revolutionary women #tedxtralee #speirgorm youtu.be/FLRIKMiJ5Qc?...
Revolutionary Women | Mary McAuliffe | TEDxTraleeWomen
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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November 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So i did this #TedX talk in October in Tralee -a different way of communicating for me- it was a nerve-wracking but fascinating experience, & met some wonderfully diverse speakers on the day. Hope it gets more notice for the Irish 🇮🇪 revolutionary women #tedxtralee #speirgorm youtu.be/FLRIKMiJ5Qc?...
Very enjoyable evening last night at the launch of the Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society and the Kerry Magazine 2025. I have a piece in the Magazine on the remarkable story of Kerry TD, Kathleen O'Connor Fitzgerald, who was a Clann na Poblachta TD for Kerry North 1956-57.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Very enjoyable evening last night at the launch of the Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society and the Kerry Magazine 2025. I have a piece in the Magazine on the remarkable story of Kerry TD, Kathleen O'Connor Fitzgerald, who was a Clann na Poblachta TD for Kerry North 1956-57.
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📚 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
✍️ Find them in @booksupstairs.bsky.social
Connolly Books
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
Dubray Grafton St
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 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
✍️ Find them in @booksupstairs.bsky.social
Connolly Books
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
Dubray Grafton St
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
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 [email protected]
7pm, Friday, 28 Nov. 2025
O’Mahony’s Booksellers
Castle Street,
Tralee,
V92 RX64
Guest Speaker
Norma Foley TD
RSVP at [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 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 [email protected]
7pm, Friday, 28 Nov. 2025
O’Mahony’s Booksellers
Castle Street,
Tralee,
V92 RX64
Guest Speaker
Norma Foley TD
RSVP at [email protected]
The cover of my new book features Kerry TD Fionán Lynch canvassing for votes in the early 1930s
The Waterville native was Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1932 and later a Circuit Court judge
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@ucdpress.bsky.social
The Waterville native was Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1932 and later a Circuit Court judge
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@ucdpress.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The cover of my new book features Kerry TD Fionán Lynch canvassing for votes in the early 1930s
The Waterville native was Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1932 and later a Circuit Court judge
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@ucdpress.bsky.social
The Waterville native was Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1932 and later a Circuit Court judge
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Tonight week, Friday, 21st November, please join us for the official launch of our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry and beyond from Four Courts Press
📅 Friday, 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏦 Kerry County Museum
🎙️ Minister Norma Foley
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social #booklaunch
📅 Friday, 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏦 Kerry County Museum
🎙️ Minister Norma Foley
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social #booklaunch
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tonight week, Friday, 21st November, please join us for the official launch of our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry and beyond from Four Courts Press
📅 Friday, 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏦 Kerry County Museum
🎙️ Minister Norma Foley
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social #booklaunch
📅 Friday, 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏦 Kerry County Museum
🎙️ Minister Norma Foley
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social #booklaunch
It was lovely to drop into @dubraybooks.bsky.social Books on Grafton Street in Dublin during the week to sign copies of my new book, in the company of Noelle Moran of @ucdpress.bsky.social
That's a light over my head, by the way, and not a halo! 😇 📚
That's a light over my head, by the way, and not a halo! 😇 📚
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It was lovely to drop into @dubraybooks.bsky.social Books on Grafton Street in Dublin during the week to sign copies of my new book, in the company of Noelle Moran of @ucdpress.bsky.social
That's a light over my head, by the way, and not a halo! 😇 📚
That's a light over my head, by the way, and not a halo! 😇 📚
Humbled by the attendance at my book launch last night
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Humbled by the attendance at my book launch last night
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
Out now from @ucdpress.bsky.social is @owenoshea.bsky.social - From Bullets to Ballots thebookshop.ie/owen-o-shea-... ( the cover image shows Kerry's Fionán Lynch TD campaigning )
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Out now from @ucdpress.bsky.social is @owenoshea.bsky.social - From Bullets to Ballots thebookshop.ie/owen-o-shea-... ( the cover image shows Kerry's Fionán Lynch TD campaigning )
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‼️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 [email protected] @booksupstairs.bsky.social
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 [email protected] @booksupstairs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 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 [email protected] @booksupstairs.bsky.social
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 [email protected] @booksupstairs.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
Join us at 6.30pm tomorrow where Diarmaid Ferriter will launch @owenoshea.bsky.social’s new history of Post-Civil War Kerry. All are welcome booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-from-bullets-to-ballots-by-owen-oshea/
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Join us at 6.30pm tomorrow where Diarmaid Ferriter will launch @owenoshea.bsky.social’s new history of Post-Civil War Kerry. All are welcome booksupstairs.ie/all-events/launch-from-bullets-to-ballots-by-owen-oshea/
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry now available in all good bookshops including @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Tralee, pictured here alongside From Crown To Harp by @mcculld.bsky.social
#books 📚
#books 📚
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry now available in all good bookshops including @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Tralee, pictured here alongside From Crown To Harp by @mcculld.bsky.social
#books 📚
#books 📚
Very pecial delivery from the postman today 📚
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very pecial delivery from the postman today 📚
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
💥 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
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
💥 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
Get your copy at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... or bookshops nationwide
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
The Civil War in Kerry and Beyond (edited by Bridget McAuliffe, @owenoshea.bsky.social and myself) is back from the printers and will be launched on
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách. All welcome 📚
#history #speirgorm
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách. All welcome 📚
#history #speirgorm
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Civil War in Kerry and Beyond (edited by Bridget McAuliffe, @owenoshea.bsky.social and myself) is back from the printers and will be launched on
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách. All welcome 📚
#history #speirgorm
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách. All welcome 📚
#history #speirgorm
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Reposted by Dr. Owen O'Shea
📣 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 [email protected]
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
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 [email protected]
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 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 [email protected]
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
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 [email protected]
@owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce the official launch of our new book on the Civil War in Kerry and Beyond which is based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thrilled to announce the official launch of our new book on the Civil War in Kerry and Beyond which is based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📚 BOOK LAUNCH 👇
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📚 BOOK LAUNCH 👇
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!