Peter Gray
@petergray47.bsky.social
Historian of 19thC Ireland; Director of Irish Studies, QUB. Last book: William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism (2023); working on politics of Irish land reform and the Tenant League(s). Chair of @Irishhistorians.bsky.social There may also be cats.
We only win when it snows
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
We only win when it snows
A wee dash of Wigtown book and kitten porn to welcome in the new year
January 1, 2026 at 11:16 AM
A wee dash of Wigtown book and kitten porn to welcome in the new year
Portpatrick - once ‘Ireland’s Gretna Green’
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Portpatrick - once ‘Ireland’s Gretna Green’
Stormy in - cosy out
December 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Stormy in - cosy out
Seasonal visitor to Belfast’s finest cheese emporium
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Seasonal visitor to Belfast’s finest cheese emporium
Singalong family outing to north Down’s smallest farmyard cinema 🎦
December 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Singalong family outing to north Down’s smallest farmyard cinema 🎦
Also with my MA history dissertation student Jon Walker
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Also with my MA history dissertation student Jon Walker
Delighted to meet up with MA Irish Studies graduates Natalie Boehmer and Brynna Crumley at yesterday’s graduation
December 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Delighted to meet up with MA Irish Studies graduates Natalie Boehmer and Brynna Crumley at yesterday’s graduation
ULS 67 - 7 Racing : zut alors
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
ULS 67 - 7 Racing : zut alors
Some counter-hegemonic protest from a Limavady Presbyterian in 1889 (from the wonderfully named 'County Derry Liberal', 27 Apr. 1889)
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Some counter-hegemonic protest from a Limavady Presbyterian in 1889 (from the wonderfully named 'County Derry Liberal', 27 Apr. 1889)
For example, I want to know if the UK government really did consider ‘planting’ Zululand with the obstreperous Irish in 1879 (as imagined here by the Weekly Freeman)
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
For example, I want to know if the UK government really did consider ‘planting’ Zululand with the obstreperous Irish in 1879 (as imagined here by the Weekly Freeman)
Nor far from the bizarre horse gear gifted by Col. Gaddafi to Dev in the early 70s (surrounded by less welcome Gaddafi gifts from later years)
November 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Nor far from the bizarre horse gear gifted by Col. Gaddafi to Dev in the early 70s (surrounded by less welcome Gaddafi gifts from later years)
An unexpected item in the NMI’s new and well-presented ‘Changing Ireland’ exhibition - a Bronze Age anthropomorphic beaker from Co. Cork - the earliest representation of an ‘Irish face’?
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
An unexpected item in the NMI’s new and well-presented ‘Changing Ireland’ exhibition - a Bronze Age anthropomorphic beaker from Co. Cork - the earliest representation of an ‘Irish face’?
In the spirit of the autumn internationals, the GOM proving himself a handy no. 10 by kicking into touch the HL inquiry on the Irish Land Act in 1882
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In the spirit of the autumn internationals, the GOM proving himself a handy no. 10 by kicking into touch the HL inquiry on the Irish Land Act in 1882
Sometimes I think the Victorians really did take too much laudanum in their tea
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Sometimes I think the Victorians really did take too much laudanum in their tea
A real privilege to be giving the citation for an hon DLitt for Rob Savage this evening. At Aviva University, now a constituent college of the National University of Ireland (it seems)
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A real privilege to be giving the citation for an hon DLitt for Rob Savage this evening. At Aviva University, now a constituent college of the National University of Ireland (it seems)
Visiting the great and good of Budapest past on All Souls Day
November 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Visiting the great and good of Budapest past on All Souls Day
You left out poor old Schubert
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
You left out poor old Schubert
Ossian in Budapest - a spooktastic painting
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Ossian in Budapest - a spooktastic painting
Budapest gothic and neo-gothic
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Budapest gothic and neo-gothic
Cafe culture in fin de siècle Pest
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Cafe culture in fin de siècle Pest
Doing a thing tomorrow night for the Crossgar Historical Society
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Doing a thing tomorrow night for the Crossgar Historical Society
Stephen Collins’ latest
October 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Stephen Collins’ latest
New resource on BNA for people interested in 1890s Ireland - 'The Illustrograph' (1894-9)
Dubbed 'The Graphic of Ireland,' it was a monthly paper edited by H. Easom Hudson, printing a range of photographs celebrating Irish personalities & places.
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/illus...
Dubbed 'The Graphic of Ireland,' it was a monthly paper edited by H. Easom Hudson, printing a range of photographs celebrating Irish personalities & places.
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/illus...
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New resource on BNA for people interested in 1890s Ireland - 'The Illustrograph' (1894-9)
Dubbed 'The Graphic of Ireland,' it was a monthly paper edited by H. Easom Hudson, printing a range of photographs celebrating Irish personalities & places.
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/illus...
Dubbed 'The Graphic of Ireland,' it was a monthly paper edited by H. Easom Hudson, printing a range of photographs celebrating Irish personalities & places.
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/illus...
A bit late to finding this but still interesting - a silhouette made c.1829 of Mabel Sharman Crawford, and the only image I’ve seen of WSC’s wife (1785-1844). Part of the 1947 Crawfordsburn House sale and now at the Crawford AG Cork
October 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A bit late to finding this but still interesting - a silhouette made c.1829 of Mabel Sharman Crawford, and the only image I’ve seen of WSC’s wife (1785-1844). Part of the 1947 Crawfordsburn House sale and now at the Crawford AG Cork