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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Brilliant book. Am not reading like I used to. This book made me want to read more.

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Doing a bit of writing today. Just described someone 12 years younger than I am as ‘elderly’.

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Cécile Archives @cecilearchives.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This letter from Dromore District Council President Anna McNulty reflects the experiences of those from the Six Counties seeking pension recognition after 1922. It shows how their circumstances were often overlooked by authorities in the 'South' militarypensions.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/a...

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A letter from Dromore, Co Tyrone

Although they are not always easy to identify unless you know what to look for, documents beyond simple membership listings can also be found in the Nominal Rolls series. Ana McNulty (1889–1975) se…

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

To single out Eileen Flynn, a woman who has contributed so much to representing the marginalised and has managed to build her own political base against substantial odds, as the supposed exemplar of incompetence in the Seanad (of all places) is clearly motivated by racism and misogyny.

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

My main personal takeaway from census 1926 is how hard life was for so many on a day-to-day basis. We memorialise conflict after conflict. But there are few statues for the workers who were killed or had their bodies mangled by the daily grind of the early 20th century capitalist system.

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Crazy that a government circular explicitly asks schools to discriminate against members of a particular union (ASTI) - barring them from applying for promotions. assets.gov.ie/static/docum...

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Toxic overconfidence is on the rise www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Great piece of innovative research

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Gerard Shannon @gerardshannon.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Delighted to make both the print and electronic editions of the Irish Times today, in a look at the fateful friendship of Rory O'Connor and Kevin O'Higgins - discussed in depth in my new book 'Rory O'Connor: To Defend the Republic'. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

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A best-man bond broken by Civil War: Kevin O’Higgins and the order for Rory O’Connor’s execution

Two men who were close as revolutionaries were forever torn apart by the split over the Anglo-Irish Treaty

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Quite the surprise-Report funded by billionaires says that ‘the country needs to do more to attract and retain people with "strategic vision" www.rte.ie/news/busines...

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Irish economic model in need of urgent reform - report

A new report says Ireland's economic model is in urgent need of reform to sustain high living standards.

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Conor J. Kelly @conorjkelly.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

“A plan is under way to rebrand it as Ireland’s “northern literary lands” and to create the world’s first Unesco region of literature.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

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Plan to turn Irish borderlands into Unesco ‘region of literature’

Arts group proposes literary routes across 11 counties linked to writers from Jonathan Swift to Lisa McGee

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

GDP growth of 12%, we’re good craic

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Let’s just see how the BBC is framing this war of aggression, shall we?

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

On nexr wesnesday, TG4, 9.39pm Mná na Léinte Gorma / Women Blueblouses ‘The documentary resists easy judgments, offering a nuanced and critical re-examination of women’s political agency at a moment of profound social change’ . #spéirgorm www.echolive.ie/corklives/ar...

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The Cork ladies who left their mark on Irish history

Their now forgotten story is told in Mná na Léinte Gorma, a bilingual documentary on TG4.

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Excellent idea here for all Irish sports bodies to migrate from X to another platform (eg Bluesky). The shift to nastiest parts of the right is most visible among young males. X is central to their indoctrination. Many of these young men join X for sports news and get poisoned by other content.

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

John Collison, who uncritically interviewed Musk recently www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p... should be asked about that interview and his view on the fascist-tendencies of some tech billionaires in future business section interviews (I am always open to interviewing either of the Collison brothers)

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Logged back into Twitter briefly yesterday (looking sports coverage). Instantly reminded of the toxicity of that forum and how desensitised to nastiness I must have been when on it.

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Kieran Glennon @drnightdub.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Outstanding insights provided here. Paddy points to an interesting question which no-one has addressed: how come the B Specials weren't disbanded in the mid-'20s like the A and C Specials and what impact did they have between then, during "peacetime," and the start of the Troubles?

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Patrick Mulroe @paddymulroe.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I was delighted to discuss my research on the Ulster Special Constabulary with the Irish History Podcast podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...

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The Ulster Special Constabulary - A Troubled History

Podcast Episode · Irish History Podcast · 04/02/2026 · 45m

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Huw Bennett @bennetthuw.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Uncivil War, my book about the British Army and the Troubles in the early 1970s, is out in paperback on 15 January. Come and hear me talk about it at the National Army Museum on 13 February: www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/unc...

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Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-75

Join historian Huw Bennett as he examines the interactions between the British Army and paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during the most violent phase of the Troubles.

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Kieran Glennon @drnightdub.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

New blog post: "The use of bombs in Belfast." Hand-grenades, or bombs, killed dozens and wounded hundreds, yet many people had bombs thrown through their front window and still walked out of the house unscathed. thebelfastpogrom.com/2025/12/29/t...

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The use of bombs in Belfast

“Bomb” was a common description applied to hand-grenades, which were used by both republicans and loyalists in some of the most notorious incidents of the conflict. The period also saw new types of…

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Kieran Glennon @drnightdub.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This is superb: a great addition to what we know about a chronically underdocumented force.

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