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I'm pleased to launch a major new update of the Andersonville Irish Project database. It contains details on over 1060 Irish Americans who died. New datapoints include place of enlistment, capture, occupation, together with Irish origins. Access it here: irishamericancivilwar.com/2026/03/01/m...

Thanks Éamann!

I'm pleased to launch a major new update of the Andersonville Irish Project database. It contains details on over 1060 Irish Americans who died. New datapoints include place of enlistment, capture, occupation, together with Irish origins. Access it here: irishamericancivilwar.com/2026/03/01/m...

The Irish in America's Indian Wars: A Dark History | Irish History Podcast

I joined Fin on the Irish History Podcast to discuss my Yankee Pensioners in Ireland Interactive Map. We focused in on those Irish involved in the wars against Native Americans and later on what the database tells us about the lives of women in 19th century Ireland: shows.acast.com/irishhistory...

Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map An interactive map with biographical info and addresses of 700+ women, men and children who received U.S. pensions in 19th century Ireland.

For anyone interested in exploring the map in detail you can do so here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...

The Irish in America's Indian Wars: A Dark History | Irish History Podcast

I joined Fin on the Irish History Podcast to discuss my Yankee Pensioners in Ireland Interactive Map. We focused in on those Irish involved in the wars against Native Americans and later on what the database tells us about the lives of women in 19th century Ireland: shows.acast.com/irishhistory...

38. Early Catholic Power in New York: Rise and Resistance | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

The latest episode of Transatlantic is live! Thanks to Kevin Moore for joining us to chat about the growing Irish Catholic community in New York in the years following American Independence, and some of their successes and setbacks: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

On the ice road to Mässkär.

Big temperature spike here in Österbotten today (up to a balmy -10), so off to the beach to soak up the rays and enjoy the sand and seas!

The Moneyhons, another set of Irish American brothers just identified for the Project at Andersonville. Born in America, their father had emigrated from Dublin in 1817. The brothers were captured at Chickamauga. #AndersonvilleIrish

My image of the grave of 38-year-old Dublin shoemaker William Carroll (Curran) at Andersonville, Georgia, where he died in 1864. William is an example of how well travelled Irish people could be during the period- he and his wife had a child born in Allahabad (Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh, India.

Tough day at the office for Jaro today going down 6-2 at home to Oulu. Lots of good play and a much closer game than the scoreline suggests, but too easy to score against this afternoon. On to next week!

And for Dublin friends I’ll be having a launch for Late Heaney in conversation with John Brannigan on Tuesday 3 March at 6pm in Hodges Figgis. It would be good to see you, discounts for Bohs fans.

Absolutely it is an interesting one to think about! The influence the American West was having on things like this in early 20th century Ireland is fascinating!

Thanks Noreen I hope you enjoyed it!

37. American Emigrants in Irish Folklore | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

The latest episode of Transatlantic is now out! We dip into the Irish Folklore Collection in search of America- looking at ghost stories, sense of loss, fears over returned immigrants and representations of the American West and Native Americans: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

Getting ready for the final part of our series on the 1916 Rising with @irishacw.bsky.social this evening!

Tonight we'll hear about the aftermath of the Rising, its role in the nation that followed, and how it is remembered today.

Congrats!

It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.

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Thanks Greg I'm delighted to hear that. There are a lot of references to farms in them, I've occasionally come across some very detailed descriptions of landholding and what is on the farms as well. Useful on so many levels.

2025 - The CIVIL WAR BOOKS and AUTHORS Book of the Year and Top Ten Year in Review Non-fiction Civil War book reviews, commentary, publishing news, author interviews, and profiles

Thanks so much to the fantastic Civil War Books & Authors for naming "Green & Blue" as runner-up in their 2025 Civil War Top Ten list of books. Amazing to make a list like that and be in such great company (including, appropriately, a battlefield archaeology title)😊 cwba.blogspot.com/2026/01/2025...

Many thanks to @catbateson.bsky.social for her very genorous review of Green & Blue in the Journal of Military History!

Thanks a million Catherine. Great review!

Note attached to the last letters Kate Butler of Dungarvan received from her son, who died in Samoa, requesting they be returned when the U.S. Pension Bureau was finished. They never were. Kate is one of the pensioners on the Yankee Pensioners in Ireland Map: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...

Looking forward to kikcing off our three-part lecture series on the 1916 Rising this evening with Tuatha! Tonight we are looking at the background to the revolutionary movement, going back as far as 1798 -and yes, the American Civil War even gets a (brief!) mention :-)

Irish Americans in the Civil War | Public History Podcast A podcast conversation with historian Damien Shiels on Irish Americans in the Union Army—moving beyond the Irish Brigade to class, wages, pensions, and Civil War memory.

I recently discussed "Green & Blue", Irish Americans in the Civil War and a few other topics on the Public History with Justin, Jake & Molly Podcast. For anyone interested you can catch the episode here: wynninghistory.com/2026/01/12/p...

Kerry’s Yankee Pensioners – January 7th, 2026 | RadioKerry.ie Jerry spoke to Damien Shiels, historian, archaeologist and curator who has created an interactive map of over 700 Irish people who received pensions based on US...

Thanks to Radio Kerry for having me on earlier today to discuss 19th century American Pensioners in Co. Kerry featured on my new Interactive Map. For those interested you can listen back here: www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/ker...