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Salvador Ryan

@salvadorryan.bsky.social

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Native of Moneygall. Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Patrick's Pontifical University Maynooth. Loves teaching & writing, and has published widely on social, cultural and religious history, medieval to modern. Editor, Irish Theological Quarterly. .. more

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 9d

Childhood and the Irish will be launched by RTÉ’s Miriam O’Callaghan in the Royal Irish Academy on Monday 1 December at 5:30pm. Book your place at Eventbrite below. Hope to meet many of you there!

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CHILDHOOD AND THE IRISH - A MISCELLANY

A new book by SALVADOR RYAN

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 7d

For those of you working at @maynoothuniversity.ie and @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
and who may wish to get a head-start on your #Christmas prezzie purchases, I’ve spotted some copies of “Christmas and the Irish” on sale in the Maynooth University bookshop, among many other fabulous books.

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Brendan C. Hamilton @revoltedstates.bsky.social · 8d

I am excited to announce that my article, "Willie Charlton: A New York Irish ‘Street Boy’ in the American Civil War" will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany, ed. by @salvadorryan.bsky.social
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Book cover labeled "Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany. Salvador Ryan (Ed.)." Beside the cover is a plaque reading "COMING SOON."

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 8d

"Childhood and the Irish", a new book by SPPU faculty member Prof Salvador Ryan, will be launched on the 1st of December by RTE's Miriam O'Callaghan in the The Royal Irish Academy.

See details below:

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 9d

Save the Date: Launch of Under Crimblin Hill (the journal of the Dunkerrin Parish History Society) vol. 5 on Friday 28 November at 8pm.

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Kevin Hargaden @kevinhargaden.bsky.social · 16d

I had great fun writing a chapter about the connections between Monaghan, a youth minister, and the founding of Manchester City for this (excellent Christmas gift) book edited by @salvadorryan.bsky.social www.hodgesfiggis.ie/book/childho...

An ad for the soon-to-be-published collection of short essays from Wordwell called Childhood and the Irish. The front cover features a boy in the 1950s wearing roller skates.

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 19d

Gone to the printer and soon to be released…

Launching in the Royal Irish Academy on Monday 1 December at 5:30pm.

Further details to follow.

“Christmas prezzies sorted, so…” 🎄

#Childhood #Ireland #IrishHistory

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Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany

Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · 21d

The November 2025 issue of Irish Theological Quarterly has just appeared. See the Table of Contents below:

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Irish Theological Quarterly - Volume 90, Number 4

Table of contents for Irish Theological Quarterly, 90, 4

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · 21d

Great thanks to Professor Alana Harris, King's College London, who delivered a wonderful ITQ lecture last night.

If you missed last night's lecture, Prof Harris' lecture will be published in the ITQ Journal in the future.

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 22d

The graduation tree at @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
looking particularly resplendent this morning.

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 23d

Join us tomorrow evening to hear Prof. Alana Harris from King’s College, London. All welcome.

St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Oct 15

Join us on the 4th of November for an @irishtheolquart.bsky.social Lecture with Prof Alana Harris, King's College London, who will deliver the lecture.

Don't miss out, register your place at [email protected].

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Oct 20

The 2025 Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture with Prof David I. Kertzer is now available to view on our YouTube channel in full below:

"Eugenio Pacelli and the Vatican’s Irish Plan to Save Baptized Jews (1938-1939)"
youtu.be/U7DGyIcyBaA

#stpatricks #maynooth #corishlecture

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Oct 15

Join us on the 4th of November for an @irishtheolquart.bsky.social Lecture with Prof Alana Harris, King's College London, who will deliver the lecture.

Don't miss out, register your place at [email protected].

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 13

Join us THIS EVENING for what promises to be a very engaging @irishtheolquart.bsky.social lecture @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
by Prof. Stephen Pope. All welcome.

Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Oct 9

Join us next Monday evening for an ITQ Lecture @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
with Prof. Stephen Pope @bostoncollege.bsky.social.
Prof. Pope is a wonderful speaker with a wealth of experience in peace & reconciliation, & restorative justice. It promises to be a very thought-provoking presentation.

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 11

In today’s @independent.ie
I review Victoria Whitworth’s new book on the #BookofKells held at @tcddublin.bsky.social. Whitworth’s study is sumptuously produced and a fascinating read. I’m just not crazy about the title…

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The Scottish village now touted as being the birthplace of The Book of Kells

In 1912, a Polish rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich (1865-1930) purchased a manuscript from a Jesuit college near Frascati in Rome. Now housed at the Beinecke Library, Yale University, the Voynich Man...

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Oct 9

Join us next Monday evening for an ITQ Lecture @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social
with Prof. Stephen Pope @bostoncollege.bsky.social.
Prof. Pope is a wonderful speaker with a wealth of experience in peace & reconciliation, & restorative justice. It promises to be a very thought-provoking presentation.

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Oct 7

🛎️ Join us tonight at the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture, at 7:30pm in Renehan Hall.

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Oct 6

A wide range of book reviews will appear in the November 2025 issue of ITQ. See them first on OnlineFirst here:

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Book Reviews: Retribution in Chronicles: Ideology and Reality - Jeremy Corley, 2025

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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 6

What a beautiful morning here at @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 6

A reminder that Prof. David Kertzer will deliver the Corish Lecture tomorrow evening in Maynooth. Register below.

St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 26

🛎️ Reminder of the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture.

Please visit www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual... to register your place.

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Oct 3

My friend and colleague Declan Marmion, who served as Editor of ITQ (2013-2023), & with whom I have edited a number of volumes over the years, has been elected Superior General of the Society of Mary (the Marists). Wishing him blessing and fulfilment in his new role. @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Oct 1

Pulitzer-prize winner, Prof. David Kertzer will deliver the Corish Lecture at @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social next Tuesday evening. Book your place here. @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social

St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 26

🛎️ Reminder of the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture.

Please visit www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual... to register your place.

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Sep 29

Coming soon!

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Childhood and the Irish

In eighty short essays, historians, folklorists, archaeologists, theologians, anthropologists, poets, novelists, artists, literature scholars, and educationalists cast light on the lived experience of...

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 27

Archbishop Eamon Martin, Chancellor of SPPU, today conferred an honorary Doctorate in Theology on Sr Orla Treacy in recognition of her contribution to social justice and women’s educational rights across the world.
#sppu #spcm #orlatreacy #honorarydoctorate

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St Patrick's Pontifical University @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 26

🛎️ Reminder of the Annual Monsignor Patrick J Corish lecture.

Please visit www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-annual... to register your place.

Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · Sep 18

Teetotaller that I am, it’s entirely appropriate that I’ve just reviewed a newly-released book on the early history of the #Guinness family brewery, just ahead of the (unrelated) new eight-part @netflix series #HouseofGuinness.

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Guinness family history is more than an account of the stout’s success – it’s also a love letter to the city which produced it

In Guinness: A Family Succession, Arthur Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh, tells “the true story and real lives of the first four Guinness generations”.

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Sep 16

William Crozier of @durham-university.bsky.social
writes on “Historia Sicut Prophetia: Re-Reading Joseph Ratzinger in the Light of His Habilitationsschrift on St Bonaventure” for the November issue, but it is now already available to read on OnlineFirst:
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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Sep 16

Dale C. Allisons article “From Jesus to the Fourth Gospel: The Evolution of Early Christian Eschatology” will be published in the November issue of ITQ, but can already be accessed on OnlineFirst here:

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From Jesus to the Fourth Gospel: The Evolution of Early Christian Eschatology - Dale C. Allison, 2025

The so-called “realized eschatology” of John’s Gospel is typically thought to be distinctive, to differentiate it from other early Christian sources, and so to ...

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Sep 16

Andrew R. Davis of @bostoncollege.bsky.social
has published “Notes on Biblical Mercy: God’s Womb-Like Love” in the November issue of ITQ. It is now available to read on OnlineFirst here:

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Irish Theological Quarterly @irishtheolquart.bsky.social · Sep 16

Barbora Šmejdová @charlesuni.cuni.cz
writes on “Searching for the Language of Hope with Mary” in the November issue of ITQ. It’s available on OnlineFirst here:

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