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Claire Dubois @clairedubois.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can’t wait to give this talk as part of our collaborative research project on the lives and afterlives of Franco-Irish photographs of the revolutionary period! @myiadt.bsky.social @justinmcarville.bsky.social @siobhraaiken.bsky.social

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Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Of the 61st, Devoy later recalled: "It was supposed to be an English Regiment but there were not one hundred men in it who were not Irish, and there were 600 Fenians. It was the banner Fenian regiment." Amongst this lot of course was Robert Cranston of Catalpa-fame

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Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It was moving to think of the rich Fenian history of the Barracks while walking the grounds afterwards - In 1866 when John Devoy and others devised a plan to seize Dublin, they anticipated a central role for the Irish soldiers serving here, particularly in the 61st Regiment

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Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Really enjoyed taking a jaunt down to Inchicore recently to take part in the 'Talks at the Mess' series in Richmond Barracks - thanks to Donal Fallon for the invite and serving as fear an tí ar an oíche !

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Age of Revolutions @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Enter our raffle for a chance to win a copy of Patrick J. Mahoney's The Fenian Empire: A Hemispheric History of Irish Republican Nationalism (NYU Press, 2026). Raffle closes this Friday (8/21) at 11:59 PM Eastern. ageofrevolutions.com/2026/08/17/f...

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Fenian Empire Book Raffle

Patrick J. Mahoney, The Fenian Empire: A Hemispheric History of Irish Republican Nationalism (NYU Press, 2026). In the aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fenian movement stood at a crossroads…

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Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It was a pleasure to make an appearance at the first annual John Boyle O'Reilly Festival in County Meath at the weekend. Really great to see so many engaging with the history of Fenianism. Congrats to the organisers, especially Ciarán and Catriona Warfield.

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Congratulations to Peter on his outstanding leadership over the past decade @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social. He leaves big shoes to fill, but we are excited to continue building on the vibrancy of the programmes and community at Irish Studies in Queen's.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/07/2026

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: call for participation now open for our annual gathering of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27's theme is connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy, value and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

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'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

"Given the racial tensions that often existed between Irish and Black Americans, why would Black veterans volunteer to join the fight for Irish freedom?"

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Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

160 years ago this summer, a group of Black American Civil War veterans gathered in New York's Washington Square Park to offer their services to the cause of Irish freedom - their story is recalled in my 'From the Square' blog for @nyupress.bsky.social nyupress.org/blog/2026/07...

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Forgotten Black Fenians – New Research Reveals Post-Civil War Solidarity by Patrick J. Mahoney, author of The Fenian Empire - NYU Press

This summer marks 160 years since the Battle of Ridgeway, the definitive event of the Fenian raids on Canada. Fought on June 2, 1866, near Ridgeway, Ontario, it pitted hundreds... READ MORE

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NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In RTÉ Brainstorm, Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna (Patrick J. Mahoney), author of "The Fenian Empire," recovers the little-known history of Fenian solidarity with Cuba's 1868 revolution and its echoes in today's geopolitics

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A short history of Irish Fenians and the Cuban revolution

When revolution swept Cuba in autumn 1868, Fenian leaders developed an intense interest in the island

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Anna Lively @annalively.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢 Book news!! My new book, Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923, with Oxford University Press is now out online & open access ahead of print! doi.org/10.1093/9780... This image comes from the final chapter on Bolshevik and early Soviet attitudes to Ireland @leverhulme.ac.uk

Illustration from Novoe vremia, 8 July 1916, 4.

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Post mar léachtóir/ léachtóir sinsearach in Ollscoil na Banríona. Sprioc: 20 Iúil 2026.

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A short history of Irish Fenians and the Cuban revolution. When revolution swept Cuba in autumn 1868, Fenian leaders developed an intense interest in the island, explains @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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A short history of Irish Fenians and the Cuban revolution

When revolution swept Cuba in autumn 1868, Fenian leaders developed an intense interest in the island

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 02/07/2026

Yesterday evening, the Society was delighted to announce the winners of its 2026 First Book and Early Career Article prizes: bit.ly/44HbAH2 Many congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RHS Early Career Article Prize: Dr Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh and Dr Stephanie Wanga 1/4 #Skystorians

Images of the journals 'Past and Present' and 'Development and Change' and the text: Early Career Article Prize

WINNERS, 2026

Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh &
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NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"The Fenian Empire" by Patrick J. Mahoney reframes the Fenian story as a web of alliances, ambitions, and collisions with race and colonialism across the Civil War-era Americas. Now available everywhere.

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The Fenian Empire

A bold new exploration of Fenian revolutionary activity across the AmericasIn the aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fenian movement stood at a crossro...

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Ciara Breathnach @ciarab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

So this was a nice surprise to wake up to, thanks to all Cambridge University Press & Assessment and series editor @woolf-atthedoor.bsky.social Delighted that it is Open Access doi.org/10.1017/9781... @researchireland.ie @ucc.ie

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Absence in the Archives

Cambridge Core - Global History - Absence in the Archives

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Helen Ní Shé @muintirshe.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Saothar nua filíochta ó Róise Ní Bhaoill, foillsithe go slachtmhar ag @eabhloid.bsky.social

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Not to mention the many (hundreds?) of people who have had to evacuate their homes due to threats or fear. I hope there are some journalists tracking this.

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Check out @fergallenehan.bsky.social’s article on the Irish revolution in Nazi Germany. Part of a forthcoming special edition on multilingual responses to revolutionary Ireland that interrogates questions of translation, language ability, and transnational appropriations and solidarities.

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Hot off the press! Patrick Mahoney's @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social new book Fenian Empire, available now: lnkd.in/eW3FFERw "Teeming with individual Fenians, splits, spies, and swagger, it is a captivating read contending with ideas which are at once both historical and contemporary." Ú Ní Bhroiméil

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Mary M. Burke @maryburke.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

new edition of 19thc Irish-language stories about the American West! Ed/trans @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social

cover of Recovering an Irish Voice from the American Frontier, a bilingual compilation of stories by Eoin Ua Cathail, an Irish emigrant, based loosely on his experiences in the West and Midwest.

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Emily Mark-FitzGerald @emilymfg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

An 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.

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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Colleagues might consider signing this petition against the downgrading of AHSS research by Research Ireland openletter.earth/concern-abou...

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Concern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan

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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It was a pleasure & privilege to chair this year’s Wiles Lectures by Sunil Amrith on ‘Towards a History of Repair’, responding to the planetary environmental crisis. Thanks to Sunil, academic guests Glenda Sluga, Prashant Kidambi, Laura Martin, Patricia Clavin, Kiran Kumbhar & trustee David Armitage

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Final spaces available for our ‘Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces’ conference next week @unioflimerick.bsky.social - 27 May. Free, all welcome (booking required) - we have a wonderful line-up of speakers on the day - www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...

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Irish Humanities Alliance | Locating Loss

Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility in Landscapes and Spaces conference, University of Limerick on 27 May 2026.<br /> <br /> The aim of the Locating Loss project is to explore the spaces…

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Scoláire Gaeilge á lorg le cuidiú le leabharliosta IASIL (International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures)

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 13/05/2026

Rydym nawr yn cloi ein diwrnod @aberuni.bsky.social gyda darlith wadd gan yr Athro Miri Rubin (QMUL). Mae darlith Miri, ‘Du/Prydferth: Ystyron Duwch mewn Adnod Feiblaidd’, yn cyflwyno themâu o’i llyfr sydd ar ddod trwy sylwebaeth ar Gân y Caniadau 1:5: ‘Rwy’n ddu a/ond yn brydferth’.

Darlith Miri Rubin ar gyfer ymweliad y Gymdeithas Hanesyddol Frenhinol â Phrifysgol Aberystwyth, 13 Mai 2026.

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Michael Pierse @michaelpierse.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Great to get hands on the first print copies of our new book, the product of many "notions", edited by @ionaburnellreilly.bsky.social @stephenbaker.bsky.social and yours truly. Official launch 8 May at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Pribhléid iomlán a bhí ann a bheith i láthair ag seoladh thuairisc taighde Róisín Nic Liam, ‘Éire aontaithe: Deis chlaochlaitheach don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht’, in Ionad Séamus Heaney in Ollscoil na Banríona inniu. Is féidir an tuairisc a léamh ar shuíomh @cnagaeilge.bsky.social.

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Michael Pierse @michaelpierse.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Dr @siobhraaiken.bsky.social speaking at Queen's at the launch of Róisín Nic Liam's important report, 'A United Ireland: A Transformative Opportunity for the Irish Language and Gaeltacht'. Comhghairdeas Róisín agus gach duine a cabhraigh leis an taighde tábhachtach seo.

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

If you missed Enda Delaney's talk last week on 'The cognitive revolution in modern Ireland, 1850-1920', there's a recording available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDc...

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Irish Studies Seminar: Enda Delaney (27.4.26)

YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 28/04/2026

"The study of history is not merely an intellectual pursuit but a civic obligation, essential to the maintenance of a reflective, resilient and democratic society ... And yet opportunities to learn the skills of historical practice are disappearing at an alarming rate." bit.ly/3QyZQCO

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'Protecting what matters': a statement from the Royal Historical Society, Institute of Historical Research, History UK and Historical Association - RHS

The following is a joint statement from the Historical Association, History UK, Institute of Historical Research, and the Royal Historical Society following the most recent meeting of this quartet of ...

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Stephen O'Neill @oneillsb.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Dustjacket

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

MA Irish Studies students Natalie Boehmer, Brynna Crumley and Harriet Brown graduating yesterday. Natalie was awarded the Mary O’Dowd prize for best dissertation in gender history.

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Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Delighted to be part of the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series and a real privilege to work with series editor @kevinkenny.bsky.social. 📚✍🏼

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Pádraig Fhia Ó Mathúna @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

My new book, 'The Fenian Empire: A Hemispheric History of Irish Republican Nationalism' is now live in the NYU Press catalogue and due for release in early June, fittingly on the 160th anniversary of the first major Fenian raid on Canada nyupress.org/978147983258...

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The Fenian Empire

A bold new exploration of Fenian revolutionary activity across the AmericasIn the aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fenian movement stood at a crossro...

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