David N. Doyle’s Ireland, Irishmen and Revolutionary America explores the political and social links between Ireland and America from 1760 to 1820. It focuses on Irish migration, especially of Ulster Protestants, and how their identities and loyalties evolved in the revolutionary Atlantic world. He examines why some Irish emigrants supported American independence while others remained loyal to Britain, and connects developments in Ireland to wider movements for reform and revolution in America, France, and Britain.
The book places Ireland within the broader Atlantic context, showing how ideas and people moved across borders.
Enjoyable conference today @joelherman.bsky.social - esp. Atlantic world session of interest, encourages me to read again a slightly battered copy of David N.Doyle's book.
Back tomorrow.
09.10.2025 19:01 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities
Ireland and the American Revolution
How was Ireland involved in the American Revolution? 🇮🇪 🇺🇸
Launching the ‘Ireland and the American Revolution’ conference, Dr @joelherman.bsky.social (@tcddublin.bsky.social & @virtualtreasury.bsky.social) explains how Ireland is connected with the #AmericanRevolution.
youtube.com/shorts/Q0hb9...
09.10.2025 12:04 — 👍 10 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
Was a fantastic first day at ’Ireland and the American Revolution’ capped off by a brilliant keynote address by Prof. Eliga Gould. Looking forward to day two.
09.10.2025 21:08 — 👍 18 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Join us on 8 Oct at the RIA for Irish STEM Lives: Spotlighting Irish Contribution to STEM
Irish STEM Lives editors, Turlough O’Riordan and Jane Grimson will discuss some of the fascinating lives featured the book
Book your tickets now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1804403
06.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Great day to buy a book from Dublin’s most gorgeous bookshop - online orders available too at keen prices!
06.10.2025 16:45 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
We were delighted to recently receive 2 volumes once owned by Dublin City Architect H.T. O’Rourke.
For more information about H.T. O'Rourke and the work he did, and this wonderful donation, read our recent blog post: www.dublincity.ie/library/blog... @dublincitylibs.bsky.social
17.06.2025 14:22 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Are those little shamrocks on the shield, quartered with the three lions of England? (Excuse the non-medievalist ignorance of the question 🙃)
04.10.2025 20:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
#HistFest2025 event at 45 Merrion Square this morning, with @tailteeireann.bsky.social and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social
04.10.2025 10:36 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Word cloud showing the huge range of business reflected in the Partnership memorials in @tailteeireann.bsky.social
04.10.2025 11:12 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
And we’re off!
04.10.2025 08:41 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
Not just any red branch… the one worth reading. Today’s the day, my debut novel The Red Branch hits the shelves.
30.09.2025 01:01 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#BiographyoftheWeek from the Dictionary of Irish Biography
'Women shall be admitted on precisely the same terms as men.’ (King's Inns, January 1920)
On 23 December 1919 the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was passed, allowing women admission to the legal and other professions.
30.09.2025 14:54 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Cork City Libraries, Cork CL GJ
Professor Gillian O'Brien (https://www.gillianobrien.net/about)
This Fri, 3 October at 2pm — 3rd and final talk in @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy's "Finding Ireland" online series: "Ireland's undiscovered past: the 1800s" from @gillianobrien.bsky.social. More info on how to join here:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
29.09.2025 12:05 — 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Two paragraphs of text from architecture journal
Interesting take by The Irish Builder in March 1922 on statuary on O'Connell Street in Dublin #dublin
28.09.2025 18:20 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of the response given by Google's AI overview in response to the search query "benefits for irish citizens applying for uk citizenship"
This part of the AI Overview response is wrong:
"Irish citizens applying for UK citizenship gain....the right to vote in UK elections, apply for home student fees and loans, access public services and social benefits"
This part of the AI Overview response is correct: "Irish citizens applying for UK citizenship...receive consular assistance. The British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024 introduced an easier and cheaper registration route, eliminating the need to pass the Life in the UK Test and offering a lower application fee compared to other nationalities".
Yet another reminder than Google's AI Overview is only a predictive language model driven by the text ingested by the tool. Garbage in = garbage out.
Contrary to this AI Overview response, the Irish in Britain already have UK voting rights, home student status, and access to NHS & social welfare.
28.09.2025 17:42 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Discover how libraries are helping the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland to recover Ireland's history.
Join us for a lecture with Dr Sarah Hendriks and see the RIA Library's physical exhibition. 3pm, Wednesday 8 October. Visit https://www.ria.ie/events/ for booking
@virtualtreasury.bsky.social
28.09.2025 17:02 — 👍 11 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Very nice 🙂👍 Are those hairy giants Gog and Magog - with clubs etc?
25.09.2025 14:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A CAPTCHA layout with the central Bosch triptych from The Last Judgement:
Select all squares with
THE DAMNED
If there are none, click skip
RAPTCHA
23.09.2025 07:28 — 👍 293 🔁 98 💬 10 📌 3
Live Aid launch
Live Aid launch
Live Aid launch
Live Aid launch
Our new #LiveAid photo exhibition is now open at the National Photographic Archive, Temple Bar!
Launched by Minister Patrick O'Donovan @deptcultureirl.bsky.social & donor #BobGeldof, it features 70+ rare images from the iconic 1985 concerts.
🎶 Free entry | From Sep 24: www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...
23.09.2025 16:27 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Great if true 🤞I can't see any confirmation though 🤔
23.09.2025 17:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Eighteenth-Century Clickbait...
22.09.2025 16:12 — 👍 54 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1
Detailed black and white map of Waterford city and its surrounding suburbs, including the River Suir
It's #MapMonday!
This map, dated 1764, shows a detailed view of Waterford city, with streets and many notable buildings and locations identified, including the City gates. It was deposited in the DRI by Waterford City and County Council.
Discover more in the collection: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
22.09.2025 15:34 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
If by any chance someone is selling two tickets for this, let me know! 🎟️ 🎟️
20.09.2025 12:31 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
#FiantFriday - Virtual Treasury
Virtual Treasury
We hope you enjoyed our #FiantFriday series, curated by our fabulous Data Steward, Sadhbh Dunne! In case you missed any posts, you can find them all here in our new Fiant Friday Image Gallery:
virtualtreasury.ie/image-galler...
12.09.2025 12:05 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Dutch late night TV has its take
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Good to know 👇
19.09.2025 12:14 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
17th C maritime historian at University of Plymouth. interested in all things early modern and boaty - currently writing about women and the navy
Formed in 1976, the Friends of Medieval Dublin is a not-for-profit study-group designed to promote public interest in the medieval city of Dublin. Keep an eye on our page for upcoming events!
Àrd-òraidiche | Senior Lecturer @ University of Edinburgh | Historical (sometimes socio-)linguistics of Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx | manuscripts | dialectology | Gaelic Caribbean
Lecturer in Archives and Records Management at University College London. Shligo woman. Sí / í.
University Librarian @dculibrary.bsky.social. Previously chair of @dri.bsky.social, Director National Archives @deptcultureirl.bsky.social, @oireachtasnews.bsky.social
Librarian & Historian. Twitter migrant.
Researching Slavery - Memory - Power.
Blog > https://medium.com/@Limerick1914/
hcommons > https://hcommons.org/members/liamhogan/
Historian & history communicator - modern, social, medical, women's & Irish.
Feminist. Headstrong, obstinate girl.
Probably wearing pink.
20th Century Social & Gender Historian | Ireland & England| FRHistS| Web Officer WHAI | Treasurer IAPH | Member of the OHNI Steering Committee| Project Officer Oral History Project UL
https://repository.dri.ie/catalog/hh646r35d
OHNI is an organisation with charitable status that aims to promote oral history in Ireland and to provide a network and training for oral historians.
Military Service Pensions Archive.
The largest collection in the Military Archives in Ireland.
Director MSPA: @cecilearchives.bsky.social
www.militaryarchives.ie www.militarypensions.wordpress.com
Architectural historian with a passion for early to mid 20th century Irish architecture. Read my series 100 Buildings for Culture section of @rte.ie website
Historian of modern China living in Dublin
Historian, UCD Gender Studies - ‘woke, leftist academic’. Research-gendered & to sexual violence in the Irish revolutionary wars / afterlives of Irish revolutionary women / Irish sexualities / she/her / Ireland 🇮🇪 Dublin via north Kerry/ views mine
Postdoctoral Researcher. Former journalist. Media history. Oral history. Currently researching the (Catholic) Standard newspaper (1928-1978). Funded through the Research Ireland Government of Ireland scheme. Based at Dublin City University
Research Studentship at the National Library of Ireland | Historian of Late Medieval Ireland, Wales, and England | Irish Traveller | https://shorturl.at/u4JSw
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a CoreTrustSeal-certified digital repository, or online archive, for the long-term preservation of Ireland's social and cultural digital legacy. Explore the Repository: https://repository.dri.ie/
Contemporary historian. Interested in migration, cities and towns, visual and material cultures, 20th century buildings, photography, leisure centres, pubs, creative methodologies, Irish and British history and oral history. Liverpool.
Promoting world-leading research using the unique special collections of The University of Manchester Library.
Open to visitors Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm
Official @tcddublin.bsky.social and @trinityresearch.bsky.social source for the Trinity Community. All the latest updates on funding, events and announcements.
https://www.tcd.ie/research/rdo/
#TrinityResearch
