Ultán Gillen

YouTube video by Dublin City Heritage Cultivating Virtue? Trinity College Dublin's Colonial Legacies | Oak Room Talks 2025

The recording of my recent Dublin City Council Oak Room talk ‘Cultivating Virtue:Trinity’s Colonial Legacies‘ is now available here youtu.be/exe-Us9tgQo?... @historytcd.bsky.social

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This is wrong on more levels than I can count

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Only three sources on JSTOR reference the existence of Championship Manager. My childhood is a walking lacuna in our collective understanding of the 1990s.

A sculpture in white but probably not marble and imitation of Rodin sculpture the kiss we have miss Piggy and Kermit kissing. Kermit sits on Miss Piggy's knees, and she bends down to kiss him — reversing the position of the male and female figures in the original.

The Smooch, from Miss Piggy's Treasury of Art Masterpieces from the Kermitage Collection — Michael K. Frith, 1984

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

In praise of “rip-off” degrees | The Observer Kemi Badenoch’s attack on the arts and humanities isn’t just culturally short-sighted, it’s economically illiterate

'Churchill, you may recall, received the Nobel prize in literature and wrote in four volumes A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. Though, if Badenoch had her way, not the English-studying peoples.' observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

I'm always surprised by people who regard themselves of a liberal disposition and intelligent, arguing for a diminution of the arts, humanities and social sciences. After all we've been through, and are going through politically, they prescribe thinking less.

Would love to see KM Baker talk about Marat. An unlikely pairing

The Book of Lecan Conference - Royal Irish Academy During this two-day event in October 2025, speakers explored the production of the Book of Lecan or Leabhar Mór Lecain, its scribes and patrons, and the texts contained within the manuscript.

Papers from the @ria.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social conference on the Book of Lecan, which took place last week, are now available to listen to on SoundCloud. Enjoy!
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Title similar to Robert Emmet speech (or at least words Emmet is supposed to have said). Wonder if American revolutionaries used the phrase

One big L for woke was that the Rise of Skywalker was really bad, but that was also an L for anti-woke so it kinda came out even.

I'm going to mention some themes from my recent book, 'At the Rising of the Moon'. First up: the tradition of the historical profession in Ireland. thebookshop.ie/marc-mulholl...

As the History Representative for ACIS, I have the distinct privilege to chair the Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book. If you, or someone you know, has a book copyrighted in 2025 in Irish Studies please do consider submitting! Details here. 🗃️ #speirgorm

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Doing a WSC talk for ‘Reclaim the Enlightenment’ Belfast on Wednesday evening at 6pm if anyone’s interested reclaimtheenlightenment.net

Key finding 1: Cold spots have emerged in the North, South West and East of England, as well as parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Key finding 1: Cold spots have emerged in the North, South West and East of England, as well as parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Key finding 2: The biggest loss of provision is at lower-tariff levels. This is concerning given strong links between attainment and socioeconomic disadvantage. Key finding 3: Languages, Linguistics, Anthropology, Classics and Theology are among the hardest hit. If trends continue, English, History, Drama and Celtic studies – including Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh – could follow.

As we await the post-16 White Paper, we’re calling for: - An urgent review of higher education funding - Regulators to monitor provision with an ‘at-risk’ regional register and subject premium - Government to help universities collaborate effectively with clearer guidance about competition law

In case you missed it: our latest report explores a growing crisis in universities.

In many regions, students risk losing access to vital humanities, social science and arts subjects. Swipe to see our key findings and recommendations.

Image of badges with logo 'I know the value of history' and text 'The value and provision of history and the humanities: it's time for a political response.'

This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw

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Just bought this and am really looking forward to reading it. A vital and much-neglected subject

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"O then, tell me Sean O'Farrell, tell me why you hurry so?"
"Why to buy that book on the peasantry, it's got me all aglow!

Ad in a magazine comparing the efficacy of mowers to Napoleon’s campaigns across Europe, with the mowers coming out on top

This might be my favourite historical ad

Jimmy Reid: 'A rat race is for rats. We're not rats', Rectorial address, Glasgow University - 1972 — Speakola short excerpt of speech at 4.27, a longer excerpt is on Education Scotland website When this speech was reprinted in the New York Times, it was described as 'the greatest speech since Presid...

^a rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings"

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Hailed by the NYT as the finest speech since the Gettysburg Address.

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The top 1% in the US have now a record $52 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% have about $4 trillion.

The sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th- and 19th-century Ulster were surprisingly colourful The Presbyterian church closely regulated the intimate lives of its members through a system of church court discipline.

If you need a pick me up this rainy afternoon, here's some colourful stories of sex & C18th Ulster Presbyterians to whet your appetite! #HistSex #HistFam @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ria.ie @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-sex-live...

The kids are alright

Raise your hand if you think the parlement in 1788 calling for the forms of 1614 for the Estates General was about a genuine political belief in an interpretation of the constitution: 0

Raise your hand if you belief it was about securing the class interests and dominance of the aristocracy: all

Many thanks to the editors at the @historicaljnl.bsky.social blog for publishing this short piece, and to @ellasbaraini.bsky.social for her help with it. My recent article, and one of the central ideas of the book manuscript I’m currently working on, in a nutshell.

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Imagine importing the concept of spice bags from Ireland but not pastie suppers 😭😭😭😭

Sometimes, I still can't believe that my Marxist-Leninist and Political Science and Philosophy professor grandfather, made me read Hegel at 17 years old. And get this, it was like, maybe, six years later that I started to understand some (not even all) of what I read. Like, wtf?! Damn!!

That's him to a tee!

Cover of new Royal Historical Society monograph published on 30 October 2025: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940' by Gareth Roddy

Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu

The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians