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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

National Hunt & Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland has been getting some nice coverage in the press! Lovely review in the @irishindosport.bsky.social last week and a Q&A w/ Paul Rouse in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today! 📖 is available online & in bookshops nationwide! 🏇 #horseracing #irishhistory

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I was also delighted to speak to David from Racing’s Inside Track about the book, ahead of its launch at Punchestown last week! #history #irishhistory #sporthistory #horseracing m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcgS...

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Frances Nolan is responsible for putting together a fantastic book to mark 150yrs of NH Racing

YouTube video by Racing's Inside Track tv

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I had a lovely time chatting to Declan Ralph of @nearfm.ie about National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland on Saturday. You can listen back here: listenagain.org?p=57373 The book is now on sale in-store and online in bookshops across Ireland and at www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...

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Declan Ralph chats with Frances Nolan about her new book…National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland-A History – Near FM – Listen Again

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

So lovely to see copies of National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland: A History on the shelves in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social and Eason on Nassau St, and on the bestseller stand (eek) in Dubray Books on Grafton St today! 🏇

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I’ve also been busy working on Irish women who acted as #Jacobite agents in the eighteenth century! My article on that very topic has just been published in Eighteenth-Century Ireland. Check it out here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/... @researchireland.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Check out my RTÉ Brainstorm article on the first recorded steeplechase, which took place in County Cork in 1752 - it was the result of a wager made by two huntsmen over a (presumably boozy) dinner in Buttevant Castle. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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How Ireland became home of the horse racing steeplechase

The first ever steeplechase took place in Cork in 1752, when two huntsmen decided to settle a wager on horseback

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Thanks Melissa - she is pretty perfect!

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The early reviews are in! Robin gives National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland five (5) paws 🐾

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Beyond excited to share that my new book on the history of National Hunt and point-to-point racing is out NOW! It’s published by the fantastic Four Courts Press and is available online and in bookshops nationwide! www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We had great fun working on this. So many gems in this extraordinary archive! @tailteeireann.bsky.social

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

A day in the life of an eighteenth century office! Features doodles, chop shops, an English Jesuit and lots of clock watching clerks

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Really looking forward to speaking to Celbridge Historical Society tonight, on 200 years of jump racing in Kildare. kildarelocalhistory.ie/events/runne...

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Runners and riders: 230 years of jump racing in Kildare – Kildare Local History . ie

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Thanks Nicola, that’s much appreciated!

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Thanks Chris, I’m looking forward to reading your work on Swift! Do let me know when it’s published :)

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

A new blog post on the launch of A List of the Claims (coedited by me and Prof Ivar McGrath and published by @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social) is now live on the Law versus Practice website: www.lawvpractice.ie/index.php/20... @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

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A List of the Claims LAUNCH – LAW VERSUS PRACTICE

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Thanks so much Chris. That book was a real labour of love, so it means a lot to know it has impacted on your scholarship!

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The CFP for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference is now open. TSIXIII will take place at University College Dublin on 21-22 August, so please join us. All details are in the link, but get please get in touch if you have any questions. tudorstuartireland.com

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Tudor and Stuart Ireland

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

These fellowships will facilitate valuable research across two strands - 1. The RIA & Networks of Empire: Members, Colonisers & Collectors and 2. The RIA Museum & Library. Their award reflects the Academy’s serious engagement with the report and, ultimately, its colonial legacies. @ria.ie

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I undertook a scoping exercise on the RIA’s colonial legacies in 2023, producing a report and making a number of recommendations.Among other things, I recommended that any exploration of the RIA’s historic ties to colonial enterprises should take a multi-stranded approach.

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I’m heartened to see that @ria.ie is funding up to four postdoctoral fellowships to encourage research into its historic links to colonial enterprises. Each fellowship is worth €5,000 and the deadline for applications is 9 June 2025. www.ria.ie/grants/colon...

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Colonial Legacies Fellowship Scheme - Royal Irish Academy

The Colonial Legacies fellowships are intended to encourage research into the RIA’s historic links with colonial enterprises.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

an entire people is being deliberately starved to death

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I even managed to shout out my favourite Jacobite woman, Frances Talbot, countess (and Jacobite duchess) of Tyrconnell!

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Popped up on The Long and the Short of It tonight on @bbcnireland.bsky.social, to explain why the Battle of the Boyne wasn’t all that! I also appeared in the episode on Cromwell last week. You can catch both on the iplayer now! @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

GRMA Bríd! And congrats to you on the imminent launch of the Boyle volume!

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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A good crowd on a sunny evening @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social for the launch of this handsome volume. See www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/cromwellian-surveys for the prequel 🙂

LIST
OF THE
CLAIMS
As they
ate ENTRED with the
TRUSTEES
CHICHESTER HOUSE
ON
COLLEGE GREEN
DUBLIN,

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A wonderful launch night for A List of the Claims, edited by Professor Ivar McGrath and me for the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Professors David Hayton and John McCafferty speaking at the launch event of A List of the Claims, published by the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social. @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Reminder - get your abstracts in by March 31st #speirgorm #skystorians #history #irishhistory

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Get the word out - @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! I had the great fortune to co-edit ‘A List of the Claims … 1700’ for the IMC. The work they do to make historical sources more accessible is incredible! Find more details on the LOC here: www.irishmanuscripts.ie/product/list...

Front cover of ‘A list of the claims as they are entered with the trustees at Chichester House’, published by the Irish Manuscripts Commission.

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Second paper in a week! This time I had the honour of speaking to members of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland about the progress we are making on Law versus Practice. You can find out more about the project at www.lawvpractice.ie @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I was delighted to deliver a paper to the Oxford Irish History Seminar yesterday. I spoke about some of the exciting initial findings from my SFI-IRC Pathway-funded project, Law versus Practice! @researchireland.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Ah no way, it was actually on yesterday evening - I should have plugged it beforehand!

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Hi Kiara, sadly no, it was a flying visit to give a paper!

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Frances Nolan @francesmnolan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Celebrating my UCD College Level Teaching & Learning Award with my biggest fan! @ucddublin.bsky.social

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