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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · 10d

Our first seminar will be Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth University), When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages.

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USIHS Seminar: When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath

The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages by Seán Ó Hoireabhárd

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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · Aug 15

Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities. Maynooth university, 12-13 September.

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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · Aug 13

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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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · Jun 25

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...

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · Jun 26

This is a fantastic tour, highly recommend it #speirgorm #pride2025

National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · Jun 25

🏳️‍🌈 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...

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

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Dublin City Heritage Office @dublincityheritage.bsky.social · Jun 26

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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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · May 28

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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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · May 28

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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Seán Ó Hoireabhárd @hoireabhard.bsky.social · May 28

Delighted that The Medieval Irish kings & the English invasion has been chosen for the IHS first book prize for 2024!

Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · May 28

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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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · May 29

We are delighted that Dr Ruth Duffy has been awarded an honourable mention in the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 for Healthcare and the Troubles! Congratulations, Ruth 🎉

Discover more about the book here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · May 23

We also had the USIHS AGM yesterday and we have a new President and Secretary! @sophcocooper.bsky.social is now President and @conorbrockbank.bsky.social is our new Secretary. Thank you to Trevor Parkhill for his excellent years as President!

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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you to @tortietabby.bsky.social for an excellent J.C. Beckett Lecture last night - what a brilliant way to round off the 2024/25 year of talks! We'll be back in the autumn with more.

A woman (with a great dress and earrings) standing behind a PRONI lectern. The title slide behind her reads The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland

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Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · May 6

I’m delighted to be giving the J.C. Beckett lecture for the @usihs.bsky.social at PRONI in Belfast on 22 May. I’ll be talking about the history of the anti-abortion movement in Ireland, c.1972-92. Do come along if you’re in Belfast that day.

Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · Mar 20

Due to where Easter falls, our next USIHS event will be the J.C. Beckett Lecture which will be delivered by Prof. Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social on 22 May at PRONI. More information on the eventbrite www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-anti-a...

The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland, c.1972-92

Prof. Laura Kelly will deliver the J.C. Beckett Annual Lecture on 22 May at 6pm. This *in person* event will be held at PRONI.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · May 13

'Ti's far from it I was reared etc etc, but delighted to celebrate Jackie Hill's retirement after an uparalleled 45 years of service as secretary to the Irish Historical Studies editorial board! @irishhistsoc.bsky.social @usihs.bsky.social

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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · May 21

Brilliant news for our committee member (and past president) @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social !

Dr Andrew Sneddon @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social · May 13

It’s now official! I’ve been awarded a 12 month @leverhulme.ac.uk Trust research fellowship to look at disability and the supernatural in the early modern world. Quite chuffed tbf @usihs.bsky.social @ulsteruni.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social

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Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social · May 21

A reminder that the final @usihs.bsky.social event of the year is tomorrow!

Prof. Laura Kelly will speak on The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland, c.1972-92. This will take plqce at PRONI at 6pm. More information below.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-anti-a...

The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland, c.1972-92

Prof. Laura Kelly will deliver the J.C. Beckett Annual Lecture on 22 May at 6pm. This *in person* event will be held at PRONI.

www.eventbrite.ie

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · Mar 11

Our #IrishStudies seminar on Mon 31 March will be given by Dr Colleen Taylor of @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social on 'Tales of seals and shipwrecks: Irish new materialism goes to sea’. All welcome, in-person or online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irish-stud...

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · Mar 25

Our #IrishStudies International Lecture this year will be given by Prof David Wilson (U of Toronto) on ‘Parallels and patterns: Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Conor Cruise O’Brien and Edmund Burke’, 20 May at 5pm (in person and online) #IrishHistory #CanadianHistory

Irish Studies International Lecture: David Wilson - ‘D’Arcy McGee, Cruise O'Brien and Burke'

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · Mar 26

A recording of Frank Rynne's talk on ‘The Most Wanted tourist, the Invincible Frank Byrne in France, 1883’, is now available at youtu.be/bHdPG4JPGZ8

Frank Rynne 24.3.25

YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies

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Adrian Kirwan @adriankirwan.bsky.social · Mar 26

This should be a great conference with keynotes by Professor Lindsey Earner-Byrne (Trinity College Dublin) and Professor M’Hamed Oualdi (European University Institute)

Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · Mar 26

35th Conference of Irish Historians. Hosted by @maynoothuniversity.ie Department of History. Theme 'Inner Lives and Outer Realities'. Call for papers closes 31 March @muahi.bsky.social @mu-ssi.bsky.social @iaphistorians.bsky.social

www.historians.ie/cfp-35th-iri...

CFP. 35th Irish Conference of Historians, 12-13 September, Maynooth University

Irish Conference of Historians CFPDownload

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · Mar 26

Bill Kirk / Belfast Archive Project photography exhibition opening at Ulster Museum on 28 March #Belfast

Photomontage of Belfast photographs by Bill Kirk

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · Mar 26

Next week, through the magic of the internet, I'll appear simultaneously at the Uni of Texas (Austin) as part of their Second Books Series, at 11am local time, and at 5pm Irish time. I'll talk about my new book, and I'll also talk about the (sometimes tortuous) process of writing it. Join us!

The Program in British, Irish, and Empire Studies (BIES) at the University of Texas at Austin invites you to the final talk in the Second Books series: Ciaran O'Neill (Trinity College Dublin):
Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State
Ciaran O'Neill (Trinity College Dublin)
Wednesday, April 2 at 11:00 am CT / 5:00 p.m. IST (UTC +1)
Zoom Registration required: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMuc--hrT4tGtXpLQ5459tCOzdufmxsAup-

The Second Books series host virtual sessions with the authors of new academic monographs. Please join us to hear about these extraordinary books as well as the stages of creation and development that brought these authors' second monographs into print. This event is free and open to the public.

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Ciara Nic Ionnraic PhD #SciComms #Skystorian @chendirl.bsky.social · Mar 25

#WHAI2025 Registration opens April. Delighted to welcome Prof Caitríona Beaumont as our keynote. @caitbeaumont.bsky.social is an expert on Female Activism in the early 20th century so you won't want to miss it 😎 #SaveTheDate 23 -24 May 2025 #Skystorians #Historians #GenderHist #WomensHist #History

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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · Mar 26

If you missed Prof. Cara Delay's excellent paper on transnational mothering in the era of the Famine last week, a recording is now on our website! usihs36.com

Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies

Promoting Irish History in Ulster since 1936

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · Mar 14

Looking forward to first of two events on 'Ireland and America' that I'm organizing with the help of Tim Murtagh (@timvrti.bsky.social) and other colleagues at PRONI and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social. This event will bring experts together to discuss points of connection in Irish and American Pasts.

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · Mar 14

As we approach a series of 250th anniversaries relating to the period of the American Revolution it is important to interrogate points of connection in Irish and American pasts. This is the focus of ‘Ireland and America: 250th Anniversary Perspectives’, hosted by PRONI in partnership with the VRTI.

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