Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Last chance for sign ups to this three week online course on researching Civil War servicemen for anyone interested, kicking off Wednesday evening! Details in the link below. 142
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Tonight's Northern Lights from the back door. #Finland 314223
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The new epsiode of Transatlantic is live! This week we chat to Dr Ian Delahanty about the Irish origins of Irish American opposition to Abolitionism and follow those views across the Atlantic, through both antebellum and Civil War America. You can listen here: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...shows.acast.com51. Irish America & Slavery | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast 052
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It is late alright Claire! They aren't recorded, so far I've only been asked to do them for two different US centers but I would be happy to do them for Ireland at some point as well if there was an interest, maybe something I should look into down the line! 120
Reposted by Damian ShielsThe Irish Story @theirishstory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Part 3 of our podcast series on the Fenians. Enjoy! irishhistoryshow.ie/119-the-feni...irishhistoryshow.ie119 The Fenians (Part Three)On this episode of the Irish History Show we have part three of our series on the Fenians. By the late 1890s, the Irish Republican Brotherhood was led by an older, cautious Supreme Council that pri… 172
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026😂 I know definitely more challenging times for us 😅 020
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026For anyone interested I'm giving an online course on researching American Civil War servicemen with an Irish focus, covering things like pension files. The first class is on 14 October at 5pm Central. More details and sign up info at the link below! celticjunction.org/product/amer...celticjunction.orgResearching the American Civil WarAmerican Civil War: online course will provide an overview of Irish American participation and provide details on how to discover more about their service. 2188
Reposted by Damian ShielsSophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It was such a treat to work with @fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social (and Nick and Judy) on this - and thank you to all our authors. More to come later but for now, have a look muse.jhu.edu/issue/57682muse.jhu.eduProject MUSE -- Verification required! 1114
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The 50th (🤯) instalment of our Transatlantic Podcast is out today. We chat with Matt Barker about the story of the Irish in Portland, Maine. There's some extremely interesting people and politics in this one-as well as very close connections to Galway: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...shows.acast.com50. Forest City Irish: The Story of Portland, Maine | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast 030
Reposted by Damian ShielsCian T. McMahon, PhD @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026There is something simultaneously nerve-wracking and rewarding about correcting the proofs of a forthcoming book! It really helps when you have a top-notch press by your side. Thanks, @uncpress.bsky.social 2193
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thanks a million for coming on Catherine it was a great chat! 010
Reposted by Damian ShielsCatherine Healy @catherine-healy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Enjoyed getting a chance to chat about my research with @irishacw.bsky.social and Fin Dwyer shows.acast.com/transatlanti...shows.acast.com49. Irish Domestic Servants in America | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast 121
Reposted by Damian ShielsMark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Was very happy to beam into QUB today to launch the Africans in Ireland website that I and a number of colleagues have been working on for years. Maps, database, & other resources documenting the African presence in Ireland from the late 16th to early 20th centuries. africansinireland.com 1015263
Reposted by Damian ShielsNational Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 16/09/2026‘Where the murdering cannons roar’ | Explore the McMonagle family’s American Civil War correspondence, documenting the hardship and horrors faced by Irish emigrants With Tommy Graham, Sineád McCoole, Lar Joye & Breandán MacSuibhne. Readings by Stephen Rea Tues 29 Sept 7pm ow.ly/spt450ZLaLEow.ly‘Where the murdering cannons roar’The American Civil War correspondence of the McMonagle family 071
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is back! We have spent the summer recording a wide range of new episodes- you can find out what is coming up (and even get a bit of Irish Prehistory news...) below: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...shows.acast.com48. The Return of Transatlantic | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast 052
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Another of the recent Heritage Week StoryMaps, produced by Abarta Heritage on behalf of TII. It explores some of the incredible archaeology found across over 100 sites on road schemes between Nenagh and Limerick City from 1996 to 2007: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/89ba...storymaps.arcgis.comStories from a Shifting LandscapeA StoryMap exploring the spectacular archaeological discoveries made on TII road schemes between Nenagh and Limerick City. 041
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The latest StoryMap focuses on the impact of 17th century conflict, exploring the 1650 Siege of Clonmel where Cromwell and the New Model Army suffered there biggest combat loss. Produced by Abarta Heritage for Clonmel Junction Festival. You can explore it👇 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0262...storymaps.arcgis.com"Never So Hot A Storm": The 1650 Siege of ClonmelA StoryMap exploring the people, stories and locations of the Siege of Clonmel 153
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A very significant re-analysis for Irish archaeology: www.thejournal.ie/ancient-kerr...thejournal.ieAncient 'Kerry cow' bones discovered on Dingle Peninsula ‘were never cattle at all’The discovery ‘removes one of the most significant pieces of evidence for when agriculture developed in Ireland or Britain’. 084
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Incredible scenes at Croke Park. The curse is finally over after 75 Years! Fair play to Mayo, absolutely delighted for them. Massive performance. 0165
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The fantastic Tifo unfurled tonight by FF Jaro ultras before the big derby match against SJK in Jakobstad. Super game, super crowd, and capped off with a massive three points! 000
Reposted by Damian ShielsPádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Fenian Summer continues!☀️ Mo mhíle buíochas le Jim Carroll and the folks at @RTEBrainstorm for the opportunity to write a bit about the roots of Irish-Cuban solidarity 2189
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Old Carrigart Cemetery, #Donegal. Somewhere here in an unmarked grave is Charly Gallagher, who faced Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg with the famed 69th PA. Charly also served with the 1st PA Light Artillery and in the Regulars. He returned home to Glen and died there in 1907. 092
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The latest episode of Transatlantic is live! We discuss General Stephen Moylan, one of the senior Irish participants in the American Revolution, and the man who penned the earliest known example of the phrase "United States of America": shows.acast.com/transatlanti...shows.acast.com47. Stephen Moylan: The Irish General in the American Revolution | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast 0155
Reposted by Damian ShielsPádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · 21/06/2026One week since The Fenian Empire hit US shelves! A massive thank you to everyone who has reached out, and to the brilliant series editors Kevin Kenny & Nicholas Wolf - and the entire @nyupress.bsky.social team for putting together a final product that really captures the spirit of the text. 1289
Reposted by Damian ShielsNeil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 21/06/2026That's it from our research exacavation at Viking Woodstown for this year! For a small targeted dig, we discovered SO much about this structure and about Woodstown, but this is only the beginning. Now all of that material and information must be processed so the story will evolve futher. 3439
Reposted by Damian ShielsNeil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026In today's tale from the trench we take a look at the partially excavated foundational trench of the large structure — well, before any Scandinavians come for me, it's very large by Irish standards! At 18.5m it appears to be the largest Viking house yet recorded here. #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺 2335
Reposted by Damian ShielsElaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 15/06/2026🎯 Our poor beleaguered waters 'The data tell the story:they’re filthy with pollution, clogged with man-made barriers & wrecked by State-funded drainage schemes that channel them, pour herbicides along them & cut vegetation that otherwise offers much-needed shade' www.irishtimes.com/environment/...irishtimes.comWild salmon are on the verge of extinction. There is not one fish to spareWhat happened on the river Glyde in June is not a local incident. It is a national emergency 10335158
Reposted by Damian ShielsNeil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026An incredible opening week for the research excavation at the Woodstown Viking Site! In today's tale from the trench we meet Hilde Fyllingen as she uncovers a little glimpse of daily life in this enormous Viking settlement. #ireland #archaeology 🏺 #vikings #irishhistory 26412
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 10/06/2026😂 why am I not surprised! I hope that's the last of that prehistoric stuff now only horned helmets from now on 😃 110
Reposted by Damian ShielsNeil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026It's [hopefully] going to be a really interesting couple of weeks! We're doing a research dig at the Viking site at Woodstown Waterford, with support from @ria.ie, @nationalmons.bsky.social and Waterford City & County Council, in a collaborative project between Irish & Norwegian archaeologists 910623
Reposted by Damian ShielsLSU Press @lsupress.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Another win for "Green & Blue"! The American Conference for Irish Studies has awarded Damian Shiels’s book the Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America for Irish Studies. Check out the prize announcement here: bit.ly/4o2ppIZ 162
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 02/06/2026My deepest thanks to @acirishstudies.bsky.social for selecting Green & Blue for the Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America. A super way to kick off June 😀 2177
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Wish I could Gav but wont make it, though I am swinging by the Ulster American Folk Park at the very end of June! By the by cant wait for the 1798 book! 120
Reposted by Damian ShielsEmily Mark-FitzGerald @emilymfg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026An incredible day yesterday, spent with a major U.S. collector of stereoscopy who is downsizing. He has generously donated four full travel sets of Irish stereoviews (totalling 400 images), plus c100 more, to University College Dublin. These are extraordinary photos, dating from the 1880s-1900s. 46615
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026The reviews for Green & Blue seem to be coming thick and fast these days :-) Many thanks to the Civil War Monitor and Jeremy Knoll for this look at my latest book: www.civilwarmonitor.com/green-and-bl...civilwarmonitor.comGreen & Blue (2025)A detailed review of "Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865" by Damian Shiels. 0163
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 26/05/2026One of my favourite Abarta Heritage StoryMaps to work on, launched this week by Athlone No 1 Gun Battery Heritage Group. It tells the background and story of the Shannon's Napoleonic-era defences and the incredible work of the Heritage Group in Athlone. You can check it out below! arcg.is/09yiGf0arcg.isNo. 1 Battery: Recovering Athlone's Napoleonic War HeritageA StoryMap exploring the history of a remarkable surviving piece of Athlone's military heritage—and the Heritage Group that recovered it. 051
Reposted by Damian ShielsPeter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Very sorry to hear of the recent death of Don MacRaild. Don was Professor of History at Northumbria, Wellington, Ulster, Roehampton, and London Met, where he was a PVC before his recent retirement. A leading historian of Ireland’s diaspora, he will be much missed by all who knew him. 34111
Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 20/05/2026😂no these are very much the trailblazers of the Yank pensioners in Ireland😊 110
