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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 5h

It’s really striking how much the language of plantation and settlement is used in anti Rapparee legislation in the 1690s and how sectarian demographic engineering is just routinely deployed to meet all sorts of objectives. Must keep reading now!

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 5h

I have been greatly enjoying the book (and these threads). I have already found your argument about the continuing nature of colonisation and plantation into the 18c very helpful in clarifying an argument I am trying to make about ‘barbarous’ frontier areas in southwest.

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James Smith @sobukwescozia.bsky.social · 21h

A really interesting research opportunity and a chance to contribute to broader work on Scotland, Empire and the slave trade www.scotland.anglican.org/vacancy-lega...

Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church

Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...

www.scotland.anglican.org

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 3d

4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.

One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.

www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...

PhD Opportunity - Trinity East - Graduate Studies | Trinity College Dublin

Professor Timothy Stott and his team are inviting applications to doctoral research on the heritage of Trinity East in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.

www.tcd.ie

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 3d

This PhD on a reparatory history of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, exploring the legacies of empire is open for applications. It features a great supervisory team (moi, Kerry Pimblott, and Sadia Habib) and fabulous public history opportunities. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 3d

The recording of my recent Dublin City Council Oak Room talk ‘Cultivating Virtue:Trinity’s Colonial Legacies‘ is now available here youtu.be/exe-Us9tgQo?... @historytcd.bsky.social

Cultivating Virtue? Trinity College Dublin's Colonial Legacies | Oak Room Talks 2025

YouTube video by Dublin City Heritage

youtu.be

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 3d

This #MapMonday, explore historic maps of #Ireland!

We've added new georeferenced map layers to our Maps Images Website. View first and second edition one-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey of Ireland maps in our georeferenced and side-by-side viewers 🗺️

Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...

side by side view of first and second edition ordnance survey maps for Waterford from National Library of Scotland website

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 4d

Resonant and always relevant words about how we are always migrants from late Manchan Magan’s last book: Ireland and Iceland

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 5d

Very much looking forward to getting stuck into this new book from @marcmulholland.bsky.social bringing peasants to centre off Irish history

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 5d

It was a fantastic closing roundtable and a fitting end to a wonderful two days. Many thanks to my co-organisers, @virtualtreasury.bsky.social, @tlrhub.bsky.social, and all the speakers, participants, and attendees! The start of a generative conversation that I hope we will continue.

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 6d

We also had a fantastic introduction to the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social portal on the Age of Revolutions from @timvrti.bsky.social @cwallacedublin.bsky.social and Lynne Kilgannon. An extraordinary resource for anyone teaching or researching 18c Ireland virtualtreasury.ie/portals/age-...

The Age of Revolution - Virtual Treasury

Virtual Treasury

virtualtreasury.ie

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 6d

Also very insightful keynotes from Eliza Gould and Nicholas Canny.

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 6d

Highlights included Jonathan Wright on American loyalist refugees in muddy Co Down, Victoria Pearson using inate Corkness to explain Moylan brothers contribution to revolution and Andrew Dorman showing army careers are exact opposite to academia in terms of fixed term contracts vs permanent posts

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 6d

This was an excellent two days, some really thoughtful and stimulating papers and conversation. a great mix of papers from a wonderful range of speakers. Much to think about. Brilliantly convened by @joelherman.bsky.social and @timvrti.bsky.social.

Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 7d

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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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 7d

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 · 8d

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

Wow! Happy reading!

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 13d

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 · 15d

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

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15d

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 · 15d

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 · 20d

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 · 21d

More information about this seminar and a link to sign up to join in online is available via the link below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-public...

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 · 21d

QUB History Seminar tomorrow at 4pm BST

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 21d

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 · 21d

Congratulations Katja!

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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · 21d

📣 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 · 21d

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 · 22d

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 · 22d

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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