Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies
@usihs.bsky.social
Promoting Irish History in Ulster since 1936.
https://usihs36.com/
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Our spring 2026 seminar series programme is here! We'll be adding eventbrite links soon so you can join us online or in person - all are welcome!
First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
A reminder that our first seminar of 2026 is on Thursday! Neil Murphy @northumbriauni.bsky.social will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'. If you can't join us in person @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social join online 👇
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February 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM
A reminder that our first seminar of 2026 is on Thursday! Neil Murphy @northumbriauni.bsky.social will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'. If you can't join us in person @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social join online 👇
www.eventbrite.ie/e/violence-c...
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Our Irish Studies seminar programme for Spring 2026 www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
January 24, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Our Irish Studies seminar programme for Spring 2026 www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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Our Annual MacCurtain/Cullen prize is now open for entries. The competition is open to current or recent BA or MA/MPhil students. closing date for entries is 1 March 2026.
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womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/
Grants & Prizes
The MacCurtain/Cullen Essay Prize in Irishwomen’s History The Women’s History Association of Ireland awards an annual MacCurtain/Cullen Prize in Irishwomen’s History in recognition of the outstandi…
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January 26, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Our Annual MacCurtain/Cullen prize is now open for entries. The competition is open to current or recent BA or MA/MPhil students. closing date for entries is 1 March 2026.
womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/
womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/
Susan Flavin gave us a sneak peek of this film and her research last year - and it was excellent! Get along to Dublin Castle on 6 February if you can!
Film screening at Dublin Castle
Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing
Introduced by Dr Susan Flavin & Shreepali Patel
Fri, 6 Feb | 7pm
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1980811598814
Department of History, Trinity College Dublin
Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing
Introduced by Dr Susan Flavin & Shreepali Patel
Fri, 6 Feb | 7pm
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1980811598814
Department of History, Trinity College Dublin
January 26, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Susan Flavin gave us a sneak peek of this film and her research last year - and it was excellent! Get along to Dublin Castle on 6 February if you can!
Our spring 2026 seminar series programme is here! We'll be adding eventbrite links soon so you can join us online or in person - all are welcome!
First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
January 26, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Our spring 2026 seminar series programme is here! We'll be adding eventbrite links soon so you can join us online or in person - all are welcome!
First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
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We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
WHAI2026
Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference.
Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
The conferenc...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
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We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
Just a reminder that this seminar is tonight! You are very welcome to join us in person in 27 University Square, Queen's University Belfast, or online by signing up to the link below!
Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇
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USIHS seminar: Irish women and the Reformation
Dr Henry Jefferies on Irish women and the Reformation
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December 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Just a reminder that this seminar is tonight! You are very welcome to join us in person in 27 University Square, Queen's University Belfast, or online by signing up to the link below!
Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
USIHS seminar: Irish women and the Reformation
Dr Henry Jefferies on Irish women and the Reformation
www.eventbrite.ie
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
If you missed Sophie's talk last week, just head to our website and you can catch up! @sophcocooper.bsky.social
A recording of @sophcocooper.bsky.social's recent @usihs.bsky.social talk on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora' is now available at: usihs36.com/2025/11/04/u...
USIHS Lecture – Dr Sophie Cooper (QUB): Building to feel ‘at home’
USIHS Seminar. Online only, Thursday 13 November at 7pm. Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora. This paper will explore the var…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If you missed Sophie's talk last week, just head to our website and you can catch up! @sophcocooper.bsky.social
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Project MUSE - Queer Men and Networks of Communication in Northern Ireland Before the 1970s
muse.jhu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In a change to our planned seminar series, our next seminar will be Sophie Cooper speaking on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora'. Thursday 13 Nov, *online* at 7pm. @sophcocooper.bsky.social
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Sophie Cooper: USIHS seminar - Building to feel ‘at home’
USIHS Seminar. Online, Thursday 13 November at 7pm.
www.eventbrite.ie
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In a change to our planned seminar series, our next seminar will be Sophie Cooper speaking on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora'. Thursday 13 Nov, *online* at 7pm. @sophcocooper.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ie/e/sophie-coo...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/sophie-coo...
Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social
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Daisy Edgar-Jones And Emilia Jones To Star In ‘Bad Bridgets’ From LuckyChap
Daisy Edgar Jones and Emilia Jones are set to star in 'Bad Bridgets', from 'Kneecap' director Rich Peppiatt.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social
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An important contribution on metal detecting & archaeology in England and Wales.
(N.B.: Metal detecting is illegal in Ireland, & subject to fines & even imprisonment, under the National Monuments Acts)
#MedievalSky
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(N.B.: Metal detecting is illegal in Ireland, & subject to fines & even imprisonment, under the National Monuments Acts)
#MedievalSky
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The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
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October 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
An important contribution on metal detecting & archaeology in England and Wales.
(N.B.: Metal detecting is illegal in Ireland, & subject to fines & even imprisonment, under the National Monuments Acts)
#MedievalSky
👇🏻
(N.B.: Metal detecting is illegal in Ireland, & subject to fines & even imprisonment, under the National Monuments Acts)
#MedievalSky
👇🏻
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On Monday 17 November we'll be joined by Luca Bertolani Azeredo (Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples), who will speak on 'The Enniskillen Horse: illegality, legitimacy and the birth of Irish paramilitarism'. All welcome, in-person or online. Registration is at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
On Monday 17 November we'll be joined by Luca Bertolani Azeredo (Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples), who will speak on 'The Enniskillen Horse: illegality, legitimacy and the birth of Irish paramilitarism'. All welcome, in-person or online. Registration is at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
If you missed Seán's talk the other week, the recording is now on our website! usihs36.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you missed Seán's talk the other week, the recording is now on our website! usihs36.com
Thanks so much to Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for such a fascinating (and beautifully illustrated!) paper to USIHS last night. It was an excellent way to begin this year's seminar series. The recording will be up on the website soon! @hoireabhard.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Thanks so much to Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for such a fascinating (and beautifully illustrated!) paper to USIHS last night. It was an excellent way to begin this year's seminar series. The recording will be up on the website soon! @hoireabhard.bsky.social
This semester's seminar series will begin in a few weeks!
All are very welcome to join us in person (27 University Square, QUB) or online. For more information, stay tuned to the USIHS Bluesky or head to our website usihs36.com
All are very welcome to join us in person (27 University Square, QUB) or online. For more information, stay tuned to the USIHS Bluesky or head to our website usihs36.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This semester's seminar series will begin in a few weeks!
All are very welcome to join us in person (27 University Square, QUB) or online. For more information, stay tuned to the USIHS Bluesky or head to our website usihs36.com
All are very welcome to join us in person (27 University Square, QUB) or online. For more information, stay tuned to the USIHS Bluesky or head to our website usihs36.com
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Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities. Maynooth university, 12-13 September.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
We are delighted to release the full conference programme for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians. Full details and registration available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/35th-irish...
35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities
The 35th annual Irish conference of historians hosted by the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences & Maynooth University Dept. of History
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August 15, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities. Maynooth university, 12-13 September.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
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Even historians have a history. @lisapine.bsky.social launches her new @ihr.bsky.social podcast A Historian's Life, where historians talk about the histories they’ve explored and the lives they’ve lived. Listen to series 1 now.
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/a-h...
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/a-h...
June 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Even historians have a history. @lisapine.bsky.social launches her new @ihr.bsky.social podcast A Historian's Life, where historians talk about the histories they’ve explored and the lives they’ve lived. Listen to series 1 now.
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/a-h...
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/a-h...
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This is a fantastic tour, highly recommend it #speirgorm #pride2025
🏳️🌈 Discover Non-Conformist Histories at the National Museum of Ireland 🏛️
Join us for a brand-new LGBTQIA+ guided tour & explore our collections through a fresh, inclusive lens🌈
🗓️ Saturday, 28th June
🕛 12:00 PM
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Join us for a brand-new LGBTQIA+ guided tour & explore our collections through a fresh, inclusive lens🌈
🗓️ Saturday, 28th June
🕛 12:00 PM
📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
LGBTQIA+ Tours of Collins Barracks | Decorative Arts & History | National Museum of Ireland
Explore the National Museum through an LGBTQIA+ lens on our brand new tour.
www.museum.ie
June 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is a fantastic tour, highly recommend it #speirgorm #pride2025
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Oein DeBhairduin's (@nmireland.bsky.social) talk 'Challenging the Narrative: Reclaiming Traveller Heritage in Ireland's National Collections' is now available to watch on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/yhIroMkqoAw
June 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Oein DeBhairduin's (@nmireland.bsky.social) talk 'Challenging the Narrative: Reclaiming Traveller Heritage in Ireland's National Collections' is now available to watch on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/yhIroMkqoAw
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Congratulations to Dr Ruth Duffy, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social who is awarded an honourable mention in the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 for her @livunipress.bsky.social book, 'Healthcare and the Troubles: the conflict experience of the Northern Ireland Health Service, 1968–1998'
May 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Congratulations to Dr Ruth Duffy, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social who is awarded an honourable mention in the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 for her @livunipress.bsky.social book, 'Healthcare and the Troubles: the conflict experience of the Northern Ireland Health Service, 1968–1998'
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The board of Irish Historical Studies are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 First Book Prize is @hoireabhard.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie for his book 'The Medieval Irish kings and the English invasion', published by @livunipress.bsky.social. Congratulations Seán!
May 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The board of Irish Historical Studies are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 First Book Prize is @hoireabhard.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie for his book 'The Medieval Irish kings and the English invasion', published by @livunipress.bsky.social. Congratulations Seán!
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Delighted that The Medieval Irish kings & the English invasion has been chosen for the IHS first book prize for 2024!
Many congratulations to @hoireabhard.bsky.social who has won the @irishhistsoc.bsky.social First Book Prize 2024 for The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion! 🎉
The first analysis of the twelfth-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and impact of the English invasion.
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The first analysis of the twelfth-century Irish kingdoms, Irish kingship and impact of the English invasion.
bit.ly/3UZeSky
May 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Delighted that The Medieval Irish kings & the English invasion has been chosen for the IHS first book prize for 2024!