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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A warm reception for both Mary and Padraic Colum at Granard Community Library Longford as part of the 'Padraic Colum Gathering'. Beautiful readings and discussions. Special thanks to wonderful team at Glanard Library, guest speaker Chair of Poetry Vona Grourke and our author Margaret Kelleher 👏👏

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Frankfurt Buchmesse was wonderful to experience. Many thanks to all the publishing houses that shared, pitched and listened through a number of very fruitful discussions. We will continue the dialogue once we return. The future of the printed book - in many languages - is bright 🌞 📚🇩🇪👌🙌

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Frankfurt Book Fair 🇩🇪 here we come! A first of many to come for UCD Press we hope. Looking forward to learning and connecting 📚📚📚

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Lives and and the Dream is available in bookshops nationwide and at ucdpress.ie

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Very much looking forward to the Padraic Colum Gathering this Saturday 10th October in Granard Community Library, Longford. Author Margaret Kelleher will be speaking & her book on Mary and Padraic Colum will be on sale all day. Copies of Lives and the Dream are available in bookshops nationwide

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

All welcome to the Dublin launch of New Zealand’s Irish Revolution edited by Lisa Marr and Rory Sweetman ⏰ 5pm to 6.30pm sharp 🗓️ Tuesday, 20 October 2026 📍 New Zealand Embassy, Level 3, 2–4 Merrion Row, Dublin, D02 YN56 👥 RSVP at ucdpress@ucd.ie

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In War to the Death! The Waterford Farm Strikes of 1922 and 1923, leading labour historian Emmet O’Connor delves into an intense local movement during a time of constitutional upheaval in Ireland. Between August 1921 and December 1923 boom yielded to slump and employers struggled to cut wages.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our thanks to RTÉ Culture @rte.ie for sharing the extract from Marian Keyes and the Politics of Commercial Fiction, the new book by Dr. Maria Butler 📰 Read at www.rte.ie/culture/2026/0930/1592395-marian-keyes-and-the-politics-of-commercial-fiction/ ⏰ Coming next week! Preorder at ucdpress.ie

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎙️ Tune in to author Margaret Kelleher on Arena (@rteradio1.bsky.social). In this interview, Margaret Kelleher discusses her new book Mary and Padraic Colum: Lives and the Dream 📘 🎧 Listen back here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lives and the Dream by Margaret Kelleher is available in bookshops nationwide and at ucdpress.ie

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Forgotten power couple of Irish literature. In Lives and the Dream Kelleher has brought this singular couple back to life and shown how in matters of intellectual courage, tenacity, and depth of feeling, they demand to be our contemporaries Wonderful REVIEWS in Irish Times & Irish Examiner

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're still thinking about the inspiring speeches given by MoLI Director David Cleary, Laureate for Irish Fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, and author Margaret Kelleher.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thanks to UCD President Orla Feely; Vice-President for Research, Innovation & Impact Professor Kate Robson Brown; and Vice-President for Strategy and External Engagement Triona McCormack for their support at the launch of Mary and Padraic Colum by @mgtkell.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A few more photos from last Thursday's launch of Mary and Padraic Colum because we're still celebrating! It was great to see so many new and familiar faces, including some University College Dublin and Museum of Literature Ireland colleagues. 📸 Mark Stedman

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A special thank you to David Cleary and the team at MoLI for their support.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our deepest gratitude to all who attended yesterday evening's launch of Mary and Padraic Colum at the Museum of Literature Ireland with marvelous speeches from Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and author Margaret Kelleher, followed by a live song performance. It was wonderful to see the book in so many hands!

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thanks to Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social for a stunning launch for our new book Lives and the Dream by Margaret Kelleher @mgtkell.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social Available in bookshops nationwide and at the Moli Bookshop and www.ucdpress.ie

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🔎 Another look at Mary & Padraic Colum: Lives and the Dream by Margaret Kelleher The first joint biography of the Colums, this book is a story of lives and dreams that deserves to be heard and celebrated. Find a copy in bookshops nationwide or internationally at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The five-decade love story of an Irish literary power couple. Thanks to @irishtimes.com @martindoyle.bsky.social for this stunning double-page spread highlighting our biography on this fascinating power couple Mary and Padraic Colum: Lives and the Dream by @margaretkeller.bsky.social is OUT NOW

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📣 We could not be more excited for Dublin Book Festival 2026! UCD Press author Maria Butler will join an exciting panel of Irish authors to discuss her new book, Marian Keyes and the Politics of Commercial Fiction. 🗓️ Sunday, 8 Nov. ⏰ 11.00 am 📍Royal Irish Academy of Music 🎟️ €8 Booking Required

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📰 Our thanks to the Ticket magazine in the Irish Times for this feature of Mary and Padraic Colum: Lives and the Dream by Margaret Kelleher The book is available in bookshops nationwide and internationally at www.ucdpress.ie

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It is in the world and it is a thing of beauty! 'This highly original account of the extraordinarily rich and varied lives of Mary and Padraic Colum is not just welcome, but, given the magnitude of their legacy, an urgent rectification' Barry McCrea University of Notre Dame In bookshops next week

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

UCD Press are pleased to invite you to the Dublin launch of Mary & Padraic Colum by Margaret Kelleher ⏰ 6.30 pm, 🗓️ Thurs., 17 Sept 2026 Museum of Literature Ireland Guest Speaker Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Laureate for Irish Fiction ALL WELCOME 🎟️ Free via Eventbrite 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/mary-padra...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

❓Who were the Colums? Mary Colum was an influential reviewer and critic, feared for her rapier wit by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Her husband Padraic Colum was a successful author of children’s stories, a poet, playwright and essayist, and like Mary a political activist.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

🥁 COVER REVEAL The Stained Glass of Earley Studios, 1864–1975 by Michael Earley 🔗Preorder now at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

It is with deep sadness that we say goodbye to one of our dear authors, colleagues and friends. James Quinn has written several books for UCD Press and was always an absolute joy to work with. Diligent and humble in his work, he is a great loss to our history community in Ireland. RIP James

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📚 Three new UCD Press books are publishing in the autumn! All available on www.ucdpress.ie for preorder. 🌐 Visit our website more info on each title, and keep an eye on this space for more books to be announced soon.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

‘The editors of this work, Tomás Finn and Tony Varley, have to be congratulated…’ Our thanks to Eamonn Slater and Historia Agraria for a generous review of Inside Rural Ireland, edited by Tomás Finn and Tony Varley.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🔔 Coming this autumn! Marian Keyes and the Politics of Commercial Fiction by Maria Butler 🔗 Preorder at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

'The influence of Katherine Hughes on the spread and development of the [Self-Determination for Ireland League] movement cannot be overstated.' 💡 Learn more about Katherine Hughes in New Zealand's Irish Revolution, edited by Lisa Marr and Rory Sweetman. 🔗 Preorder: www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🥁 COVER REVEAL New Zealand's Irish Revolution This fresh and thought-provoking collection offers original New Zealand perspectives on the Irish Revolution from the third Home Rule crisis to the establishment of the Irish Free State. ⏰Out September 2026 🔗Preorder: www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🔔 Coming September 2026! In the histories of 20th-century Irish literature and of New York literary circles, Mary & Padraic Colum are unjustly forgotten. Margaret Kelleher’s meticulous and long-overdue excavation is the first joint biography of the Colums. 🔗 Preorder: ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📣 COVER REVEAL Mary and Padraic Colum: Lives and the Dream The first joint biography of Mary and Padraic Colum by Margaret Kelleher, the author of The Maamtrasna Murders. A story of lives and dreams that deserves to be heard. ✨ Coming to bookstores this September! 🔗 Preorder now at ucdpress.ie

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

⭐️ Reminder for 20% off ⭐️ A Summer of Irish Literature 🌼Through the end of July, get a discount on a selection of books about Irish literature and language to celebrate Ireland's extraordinary literary heritage. 📚 Find more titles under Special Offers at www.ucdpress.ie

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Boasting new research from leading experts in Irish women’s writing, the essays explore representations of unmarried and widowed women in writing in order to better understand the historical trajectories of the ‘female celibate’ as a political and cultural figure in Ireland.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Edited by Dr Paul Fagan, Celibacy in Irish Women’s Writing is an open-access Humanities special issue dedicated to less familiar feminist, queer, and activist versions of celibacy in Irish women’s movements and literature.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It was a lovely and sunny Friday evening for the launch of Celibacy in Irish Women’s Writing in The James Joyce Centre ☀️ Two UCD Press authors, Leeann Lane (Mary MacSwiney, Dorothy Macardle, Rosamond Jacob) and Anne Fogarty (co-editor of Voices on Joyce) are contributors to the special collection 👏

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🎉 Happy birthday to renowned historian, Joe Lee! A Tract for Our Times, edited by Miriam Nyhan Grey (2024) honours Lee’s contribution to historical scholarship with essays from leading historians of modern Ireland. 🔗 Find the book in shops nationwide or at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

⚽Following the World Cup or Wimbledon this summer? Check out our books on sports, covering a range of topics from football hooliganism to nationalism and identity to Irish history. 🏆Find these books and more on www.ucdpress or bookshops nationwide

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🔗Purchase the book at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... or bookshops nationwide. If you enjoyed reading The Maamtrasna Murders, keep your eyes peeled for the announcement of Margaret Kelleher's new book with UCD Press – coming soon!

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🎧Listen back to the Irish History Podcast episode on the Maamtrasna Murders Bestselling UCD Press author Margaret Kelleher joined host Fin Dwyer to discuss the shocking events that inspired her book, The Maamtrasna Murders (2018). Find the full episode here: shows.acast.com/irishhistory...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Many thanks to the staff at the National Print Museum for such an engaging and informative guided tour. An inspiring print museum no publisher should miss. Take a look at our bookshelf. Can you spot traces of how our typefaces have changed over time? #printinireland #printhistory #irishhistory

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🌈 #QueerHistory: Margaret Skinnider is perhaps best known as the female rebel who was wounded commanding a military action in the 1916 Rising. However, Mary McAuliffe’s detailed biography re-evaluates the queer revolutionary’s long and politically active life.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

📚 We were also delighted to find UCD Press books – including two 2025 books, After the Train and WTF Happened – on display at The Campus Bookshop’s table among other brilliant offerings. Pick up your copy at the conference or pop into the bookshop on campus.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

‘Our histories are not errors. They are evidence.’ 💡We have been so inspired by the wonderful range of topics and insightful presentations at the second Thinking Gender Justice conference hosted by the UCD Centre for Gender Feminisms & Sexualities this week! @ucdspswsj.bsky.social

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🎩 Happy Bloomsday from UCD Press 🧼🍋 16 June marks the day immortalised in James Joyce's Ulysses 📖 We’re offering 20% off all of our books about James Joyce through the end of June as part of our ‘Summer of Irish Literature’ special offer at www.ucdpress.ie #bloomsday #jamesjoyce #bloomsdayfestival

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Happy Yeats Day 🖼️ 13 June marks the birthday of renowned Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats. To celebrate, find a small selection of books about W. B. Yeats 20% off as a part of the ‘Summer of Irish Literature’ special offer on our website. 📚 Browse more books on www.ucdpress.ie

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🔔 BACK IN STOCK The reprint of Ireland’s Rivers has landed! Get your copy on our website or bookshops nationwide 🌊 www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy Pride Month from UCD Press 🌈 Queer Whispers is among a small selection of books in our catalogue that examine LBGTQ+ voices.

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UCD Press @ucdpress.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Superb keynote Speaker Professor Sarah Richardson University of Glasgow ‘Law-breaking justified' Many congratulations to @whaireland.bsky.social and all speakers and chairs. Inspiring!

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