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Felix M Larkin

@felixmlarkin.bsky.social
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Historian & retired public servant

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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“This is a collection of essays about a most important subject….” Thus begins this review of the latest book from the NPHFI, published today in the Irish Catholic. Thanks to my fellow editors and contributors, and to Peter Lang (publisher of the book) for a lovely production.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Very pleased to be associated again this year with CUT&PASTE. The 2025 issue will be launched by: Paschal Donohue TD, Minister for Finance 10am on MONDAY 31st MARCH 2025 at the JAMES JOYCE CENTRE NORTH GREAT GEORGE'S STREET DUBLIN 1 Copies on sale at the event €7 each
 Cover of CUT & PASTE 2025, featuring a little-known portrait of Arthur Griffith.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Here’s the print version of the article.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
My letter in today’s Irish Times.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
My review of Ghosts of a Family by @edwardburke.bsky.social published today in the Irish Catholic.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
My letter in today’s Irish Independent.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
My “browser” paragraph on Robert Schmuhl’s “Mr Churchill in the White House” published today online by the Irish Times.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
‘Books of the Year’ in this week’s Irish Catholic. My choice is ‘Under the Rainbow’ by Shane Kenny, about John Bruton’s Rainbow Coalition government. www.irishcatholic.com/2024-books-o...
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I spoke this evening to Kilmacanogue History Society about the Freeman’s Journal newspaper & courtesy of An Post, I was able to present everyone in the audience with a copy of the stamp issued for the Freeman this year on a First Day Cover.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Notice in the Bray People newspaper of a lecture I’ll be giving in Kilmacanoge, Co. Wicklow, on Monday next, December 2nd.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Very positive of Ian d’Alton’s volume of his essays on Southern Irish Protestants. The review, in the Irish Times, is by Professor Alvin Jackson. He generously references my Foreword to Ian’s book in his review.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends. Earlier this year Ireland issued a stamp marking 100 years of diplomatic relations with the US.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The anniversary of the assassination of JFK. We have travelled a great distance downhill from Kennedy to Trump. I visited Dallas in 2017.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Some photos from the launch.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
On a quick visit to Belfast today & admiring the new Grand Central station.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
A small but beautiful gift to myself at Art Source in the RDS yesterday. It’s by Alison Hurst.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Delighted to receive today the Irish Stamp Yearbook 2024 issued by An Post. My introduction refers to the highlights of our stamp programme in 2024. I have now retired as chair of the Philatelic Advisory Committee. It was the greatest honour to chair it since 2016.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I loved Tasmania: Port Arthur and Museum of Modern Art (of course). But take a tour of the Parliament Building & see the portrait of Edmund Dwyer Gray Jr (of the family that owned the Freeman’s Journal, premier of Tasmania 1939). In Melbourne, take a tour of the old jail.
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Felix M Larkin @felixmlarkin.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
My most recent publication is a review of Nicholas Robinson’s book on late 18th and early 19th century cartoons.
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