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Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 17h

Sam Gray had his conviction for a non-capital felony quashed by the House of Lords in 1844. He was denied a peremptory challenge against one of his jurors, as defendants in England had the right to do. Now it seems that most defendants in England won't have a jury at all! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Conor J. Kelly @conorjkelly.bsky.social · 1d

New vacancy (Junior Research Fellowship) working on the Northern Ireland Peace Process at the Quill Project in Oxford!

Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.

See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...

Junior Research Fellowship in the Northern Ireland Peace Process (Quill Project)

Pembroke College wishes to appoint a Junior Research Fellow in the History of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The appointment will be from early 2026 until 31 July 2027. The post is full-time and ...

www.pmb.ox.ac.uk

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 1d

I could order a file for you on Thursday if that's time enough? I'm afraid that I'll be away from Dublin tomorrow and Wednesday

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 2d

I agree. However, Monaghan County Museum, despite moving to a new multi-million euro facility, can only display a fraction of their collection. Unfortunately, the majority of their collection is in storage for most of the time.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 2d

The door of Rossmore Castle, the Westenra family seat outside Monaghan town was also on display. The castle was built by the second Baron Rossmore in 1827 but was demolished in 1974 due to dry rot damage.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Farrell's @histparl.bsky.social and Stephen Ball's forthcoming @victoriancommons.bsky.social profiles of Rossmore mention his bagpiping. To Ball, it was evidence of
Rossmore's 'strong sense of Irishness'. Farrell's profile can be read here: www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-...

www.historyofparliamentonline.org

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday I visited Monaghan County Museum for the first time since they moved the new Peace Campus last year. My favourite item exhibited was the bagpipes of William Henry Westenra, third Baron Rossmore, much about whom I have researched and written for my thesis.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 4d

Previous issues of the Clogher Record can be viewed on @jstor.bsky.social: www.jstor.org/journal/clog...

Clogher Record | JSTOR

Published since 1953, it forms a well of knowledge on the local history of all parts of the diocese of Clogher. Our editorial committee sources and selects ...

www.jstor.org

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 4d

The photograph shows Gray's public house, the York Hotel on Ballybay's Main Street

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 4d

I'll be giving a talk on the political activities and criminal trials of the Ballybay Orangeman Sam Gray at the AGM of the Clogher Historical Society at the Monaghan Peace Campus on 26 November at 7.30pm. The latest issue of the society's journal, the Clogher Record will be launched on the night

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 7d

Dundalk IT to get university college status after agreeing merger with Queen’s of Belfast

Students enrolling at the Louth campus in September 2026 will graduate with a Queen’s degree

www.irishtimes.com

Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · 8d

cambridgeblog.org/2024/09/ulst...

Ulster’s Lost Counties: A Warning from the Past? - Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press

In the midst of the Anglo-Irish War, on 21 August 1920, fourteen IRA volunteers attacked a farm owned by the Corscadden family at Carricknahorna in the hills of South Donegal. This was later the famil...

cambridgeblog.org

The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 11d

William of Orange (King William III) was born #OnThisDay 1650 (new style/4 Nov. old style). His successful invasion in 1688 proved a vital turning point in the development of the constitution. 100 years on, though, even fans were unsure how to mark the event:
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/06/c...

‘Confirmation of the People’s Rights’: commemorating the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688 - The History of Parliament

For many, the beginning of November means the advent of longer nights as the year winds down to Christmas. Some may still enjoy attending firework displays

historyofparliament.com

Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 13d

Sometimes I think the Victorians really did take too much laudanum in their tea

N16Breda Corish @n16breda.bsky.social · 13d

Some #IrishLondonHistory ☘️for the Monaghan people here #spéirghorm
Castleshane House, the ancestral home of Edward Lucas MP, burned down in 1920 - accident or one of the Big House burnings of Ireland's War of Independence? Here's Terence Dooley's account: cshihe.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/i...

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 13d

I have studied much about Edward Lucas for my PhD research, particularly his role as MP for County Monaghan from 1834 to 1841. For anyone in Dublin today and free, I'll be mentioning him in my talk at @historytcd.bsky.social seminar in @tlrhub.bsky.social at 2.30pm

Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 13d

Edward Lucas, who died #OnThisDay 1871, was a talented Irish MP. In September 1841 Sir Robert Peel appointed him as under-secretary for Ireland. He served until 1845, during a turbulent time in Irish politics. Find out more about him here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/m...

MP of the Month: Edward Lucas and the administration of Ireland, 1841-5

Edward Lucas was already an experienced parliamentarian when in September 1841 he was appointed under-secretary for Ireland, a post which for at least three-quarters of the year made the holder ‘th…

victoriancommons.wordpress.com

Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 13d

Edward Lucas, who died #OnThisDay 1871, was a talented Irish MP. In September 1841 Sir Robert Peel appointed him as under-secretary for Ireland. He served until 1845, during a turbulent time in Irish politics. Find out more about him here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/m...

MP of the Month: Edward Lucas and the administration of Ireland, 1841-5

Edward Lucas was already an experienced parliamentarian when in September 1841 he was appointed under-secretary for Ireland, a post which for at least three-quarters of the year made the holder ‘th…

victoriancommons.wordpress.com

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 15d

@judybolger.bsky.social will also speak on illegitimacy and infant care in early twentieth-century Irish workhouses.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 15d

I'll be speaking at the @historytcd.bsky.social Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar tomorrow, Wednesday 12 November at 2.30pm in @tlrhub.bsky.social. I'll be speaking on O'Connellite politics in south Ulster from 1824 to 1844. More information here: www.tcd.ie/history/rese...

Trinity Research Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminars - Department of History - Trinity College Dublin

www.tcd.ie

John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 22d

4 Nov 1641: Sir Phelim O'Neill publishes a forged commission from Charles I #otd 'authorising' him and his allies to take arms in defence of the King.

Read eyewitness accounts of this violent time in the 1641 Depositions series from @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social

The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 22d

Born #OnThisDay 1650 King William III. He celebrated his 38th birthday (1688) by invading England and driving his father-in-law, James II, from the throne.
100 years on, politicians were convinced the event should be marked but couldn't agree how: for which, see our new blog this Thursday!
#HistParl

painting of a man with long brown hair and an aquiline nose wearing armour with a lace cravat and silk sash over the top.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 22d

The schedule for the Donegal County Museum and County Donegal Historical Society 'Borders and boundaries' conference has been announced! @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social @lynseyblack.bsky.social

Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 22d

Looking forward to speaking at this Dublin County Council event 'Borders & Boundaries', although mostly looking forward to hearing these people speak: @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social @pduffy1.bsky.social, Kieran Rankin, Niamh Brennan, Liam Campbell and Jim McBride: www.donegalcoco.ie/en/news/2025...

Commemorative Conference - 'Borders & Boundaries'

www.donegalcoco.ie

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 22d

I'm looking forward to speaking at two conferences this weekend on the Free State's approach to the Irish Boundary Commission, 1923-25. The conference in Lifford can be booked via the contact below, while the @1925ibc100.bsky.social can be booked here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-1925-i...

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 24d

More on Kevin Barry in @ria.ie @historydib.bsky.social here: www.dib.ie/biography/ba...

www.dib.ie

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · 24d

I was at mass for All Saints' Day at Meath Street in Dublin. The priest's homily mentioned the various saints depicted in artwork throughout the church, but didn't mention Saint Kevin Barry, who was hanged on 1 November 1920 and whose bust was carved by a church sculptor with republican sympathies!

Edward Burke @edwardburke.bsky.social · Oct 27

In 1948 Seán Ó Faoláin wrote about the partition of Ireland.

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Oct 24

@cormacmoorehist.bsky.social, Kieran Rankin, Niamh Brennan, Liam Campbell, Lynsey Black and Jim McBride will also be speaking

Patrick Duffy @pduffy1.bsky.social · Oct 24

I'm looking forward to speaking on the activities of the North-Eastern Boundary Bureau, 1923-25 at this conference in Lifford on 8 November. Booking details are below. The talk will expand on my research, which was published #OpenAcess with @ria.ie last year: muse.jhu.edu/article/956691

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