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The official page of the joint journal of the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies and the Irish Historical Society. Published by Cambridge University Press.

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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#OpenAccess research article highlight! 'A policy of national emasculation'? The gendered debate over Irish neutrality in the Second World War, by Timothy Ellis-Dale, is available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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‘A policy of national emasculation’? The gendered debate over Irish neutrality in the Second World War | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
‘A policy of national emasculation’? The gendered debate over Irish neutrality in the Second World War
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#OpenAccess review article highlight! 'Will there ever be enough books about women? Mary MacSwiney, biographies of women, and Irish history', by Jennifer Redmond, reviews Leeann Lane's latest book 'Mary MacSwiney'. Click the following link to access this review: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Will there ever be enough books about women? Mary MacSwiney, biographies of women, and Irish history | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Will there ever be enough books about women? Mary MacSwiney, biographies of women, and Irish history
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#OpenAccess research article highlight! 'Strum, strum and be hanged: reassessing the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival' by Maura Valenti, is now available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Strum, strum and be hanged: reassessing the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Strum, strum and be hanged: reassessing the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival - Volume 50 Issue 177
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#OpenAccess research article highlight! 'Coping with the Great Irish Famine: the agency of Skibbereen' by Norbert Götz, is now available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Coping with the Great Irish Famine: the agency of Skibbereen | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Coping with the Great Irish Famine: the agency of Skibbereen
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
#OpenAccess highlight! 'Military service pensions for the dependants of deceased combatants of the Irish Revolution and Civil War in Northern Ireland' by Cormac Keenan, is now available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Military service pensions for the dependants of deceased combatants of the Irish Revolution and Civil War in Northern Ireland | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Military service pensions for the dependants of deceased combatants of the Irish Revolution and Civil War in Northern Ireland
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#OpenAccess highlight! Review article 'Commemorating revolutionary Ireland from above and below' by Brendan Scott, is now available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Commemorating revolutionary Ireland from above and below | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Commemorating revolutionary Ireland from above and below
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Review highlight! Sean Connolly's review of 'Supernatural bodies: stigmata in modern Britain and Ireland' by Kristof Smeyers, is now available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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supernatural bodies: stigmata in modern Britain and Ireland. By Kristof Smeyers. Pp ix, 248. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 2024. £85 hardback. | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
supernatural bodies: stigmata in modern Britain and Ireland. By Kristof Smeyers. Pp ix, 248. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 2024. £85 hardback.
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#OpenAccess research article highlight! 'Books for old soldiers? Creating a library at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 1711-15', by Jason McElligott is now available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Books for old soldiers? Creating a library at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 1711–15 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Books for old soldiers? Creating a library at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 1711–15
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Review by Sarah-Anne Buckley of Olwen Purdue and Georgina Laragy's book 'Poverty, Children and the Poor Law in Industrial Belfast, 1880-1918', is available here: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Poverty, children and the poor law in industrial Belfast, 1880–1918. By Olwen Purdueand Georgina Laragy . Pp 304. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 2024. £31.99 paperback. | Irish Historical Stud...
Poverty, children and the poor law in industrial Belfast, 1880–1918. By Olwen Purdueand Georgina Laragy . Pp 304. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 2024. £31.99 paperback.
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
#OpenAccess highlight, 'No race hate here? Irish national identity and racism in the mid twentieth century', by Jack Crangle is available here: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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‘No race hate here’? Irish national identity and racism in the mid twentieth century | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
‘No race hate here’? Irish national identity and racism in the mid twentieth century - Volume 48 Issue 174
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Review by Niamh Cullen of Laura Kelly's 'Contraception and modern Ireland: a social history, c.1922-92', is available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Contraception and modern Ireland: a social history, c.1922–92. By Laura Kelly . Pp xiii, 363. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. £22.99 paperback. | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Contraception and modern Ireland: a social history, c.1922–92. By Laura Kelly . Pp xiii, 363. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. £22.99 paperback.
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Research article, 'Navigating Ireland's 'ambivalent heritage' of nationalism and empire: a Corkonian's journey, 1849-1901', by Julyan G Peard is now available: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Navigating Ireland’s ‘ambivalent heritage’ of nationalism and empire: a Corkonian’s journey, 1849–1901 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Navigating Ireland’s ‘ambivalent heritage’ of nationalism and empire: a Corkonian’s journey, 1849–1901
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Research article, 'Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914-1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots', by Ciaran Toal, is now available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914–1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914–1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
#OpenAccess highlight, 'Urban rebels in medieval Connacht: the revolt of Galway, 1388-9', by Patrick McDonagh is available through the following link! @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Urban rebels in medieval Connacht: the revolt of Galway, 1388–9 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Urban rebels in medieval Connacht: the revolt of Galway, 1388–9
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
#OpenAccess research article, 'The role of the Irish language summer college in revolutionary Ireland, 1913-1921', by Máire McCafferty is available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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The role of the Irish language summer college in revolutionary Ireland, 1913–1921 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
The role of the Irish language summer college in revolutionary Ireland, 1913–1921 - Volume 49 Issue 175
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Research article, 'Matters best forgotten': the Ulster Special Constabulary in 1922, by Patrick Mulroe is available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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‘Matters best forgotten’: the Ulster Special Constabulary in 1922 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
‘Matters best forgotten’: the Ulster Special Constabulary in 1922
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
#OpenAccess highlight: 'Britishness, Irishness, and class: Catholic identities in Anglo-Australia 1880-1916', by Scott Denis McCarthy is available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Britishness, Irishness and class: Catholic identities in Anglo-Australia, 1880–1916 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Britishness, Irishness and class: Catholic identities in Anglo-Australia, 1880–1916 - Volume 49 Issue 175
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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
#OpenAccess Research article, 'Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990', by Charlie Lynch is available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Between sickness and sin: models of male homosexuality in Northern Ireland c.1960-1990 - Volume 49 Issue 175
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
#OpenAccess Research article, 'Gendered hierarchies and marked bodies: narratives of household violence in early modern Ireland' by Dianne Hall is available through the following link! @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Gendered hierarchies and marked bodies: narratives of household violence in early modern Ireland | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Gendered hierarchies and marked bodies: narratives of household violence in early modern Ireland - Volume 49 Issue 175
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Research article, 'The experimental non-experimental committee': governing the workhouse in late-eighteenth-century Dublin', by Padhraig Higgins is available here: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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‘The experimental non-experimental committee’: governing the workhouse in late-eighteenth-century Dublin | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
‘The experimental non-experimental committee’: governing the workhouse in late-eighteenth-century Dublin
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
#OpenAccess research article, 'Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century' by Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Roisín Higgins and Carole Holohan is available through the following link! @universitypress.cambridge.org @earner.bsky.social
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Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
#OpenAccess research article 'A most curious collection of foreign beasts': menageries in Ireland, 1790-1840, by Karina Holton is available here! @universitypress.cambridge.org
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‘A most curious collection of foreign beasts’: menageries in Ireland, 1790–1840 | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
‘A most curious collection of foreign beasts’: menageries in Ireland, 1790–1840
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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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The Conflict Experience of the Northern Ireland Health Service, 1968–1998
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Seán Ó Hoireabhárd @hoireabhard.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Delighted that The Medieval Irish kings & the English invasion has been chosen for the IHS first book prize for 2024!
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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. bit.ly/3UZeSky
Promotional banner graphic. The book cover for The Medieval Irish Kings and the English Invasion is placed on the left of the image. Next to this on the right, red text on a cream background reads 'Winner Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024'. In the bottom right corner is the LUP logo. The background is taken from the book cover and is a medieval manuscript featuring text and an illustration of men fighting.
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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 · 28/05/2025
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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