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The rise and fall of Ballyshannon port The port's international connections brought much prosperity to the Co Donegal town, but the good times didn't last

The rise and fall of Ballyshannon port. The port's international connections brought much prosperity to the Co Donegal town from the 15th century onwards, but the good times didn't last, writes @angela-historian.bsky.social @ria.ie @dib.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

17.11.2025 16:13 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Irish slaveholders, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania 1670-1865 - Google My Maps Database (incomplete) created by Martine Brennan, Ireland. Star icon: names of enslaved people attached. Green tags: known or reputed county of birth in Ireland. Blue tags: unknown place of birth in ...

#Slavery was a family business. Uncovering a network of familial relationships between #Irishslaveholders in South Carolina. tinyurl.com/4t76e8ep #speirgorm

06.10.2025 12:17 — 👍 39    🔁 17    💬 2    📌 1

Many thanks to Jim Carroll and the RTE Brainstorm team for publishing my short article on Hans Sloane and the banjo

01.07.2025 15:53 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Strum Strumps and Sangamentos: — ICTMD Ireland

Delighted to have my article on the banjo in late-seventeenth century Jamaica published in the latest issue of Ethnomusicology Ireland. Many thanks to my reviewers and editors for their help along the way!

www.ictmd.ie/strum-strump...

30.06.2025 19:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

REF: CDP01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast

Great news! I am recruiting a(nother) PhD student!

'Ulster Americans' is a collaborative PhD with National Museums NI, specifically the Ulster American Folk Park, and is open to home and international students so please spread the word! More details in the link.

www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

08.04.2025 13:21 — 👍 53    🔁 46    💬 0    📌 2

Research Fellow in Historical Criminology Ref: 40549 (Fixed term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

3 year Research Fellow post in Historical Criminology based at Sussex. Working with me and @esmoriemiller.bsky.social on Leverhulme funded project Imagining Race, Crime and Justice in Sailortown, 1870-1939. Please repost, send to anyone who might be interested: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/18442578...

02.04.2025 09:18 — 👍 29    🔁 37    💬 3    📌 3

ENSLAVEMENT-TO-CITIZENSHIP ​Irish slaveholders in South Carolina & Georgia 1670-1865 29 March 2025 Additional Recordings will be available shortly Many thanks to Margaret Seidler  payne-fulbusiness.com/   Brian Sheffey ...

The upload of recordings for #IrishSlaveholders South Carolina & Georgia has begun. Please share with your networks and help us spread the word. www.enslavement-to-citizenship.com

31.03.2025 11:22 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0

All set for Mar 29. If you are unable to attend tomorrow we will recording the talks. We are grateful for all the support and encouragement we have received. Thank you all.

28.03.2025 15:33 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0

#CallforPapers for upcoming conference @tlrhub.bsky.social in Dublin in July 2025. Of interest to anyone studying #frontiers #boundaries and #Borders in disciplines such as geography, history, political science, anthropology, sociology and law. #CfP deadline 31 March 2025.

18.12.2024 09:48 — 👍 25    🔁 17    💬 0    📌 3

Very interesting discussion!

23.03.2025 00:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm giving a talk today for the Museum of Newport Irish History - Monday Feb. 24 6ET/3PT. Topic: Traditional Music and Irish-American Identity at the Dawn of the Recording Age. www.NewportIrishHistory.org Come join via Zoom!

24.02.2025 15:42 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Structured PhD in Public Humanities

Soon to be launched, a new Structured PhD in Public Humanities @ul-gps.bsky.social - flexible, & designed for those working in museums/ galleries/ outreach & education to build their research around their current work practice. Please share! @irishmuseums.bsky.social www.ul.ie/gps/courses/...

11.02.2025 15:47 — 👍 31    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 3