Very sorry to hear of the recent death of Don MacRaild. Don was Professor of History at Northumbria, Wellington, Ulster, Roehampton, and London Met, where he was a PVC before his recent retirement. A leading historian of Ireland’s diaspora, he will be much missed by all who knew him.
An incredible day yesterday, spent with a major U.S. collector of stereoscopy who is downsizing. He has generously donated four full travel sets of Irish stereoviews (totalling 400 images), plus c100 more, to University College Dublin. These are extraordinary photos, dating from the 1880s-1900s.
It's [hopefully] going to be a really interesting couple of weeks!
We're doing a research dig at the Viking site at Woodstown Waterford, with support from @ria.ie, @nationalmons.bsky.social and Waterford City & County Council, in a collaborative project between Irish & Norwegian archaeologists
The reviews for Green & Blue seem to be coming thick and fast these days :-) Many thanks to the Civil War Monitor and Jeremy Knoll for this look at my latest book: www.civilwarmonitor.com/green-and-bl...
One of my favourite Abarta Heritage StoryMaps to work on, launched this week by Athlone No 1 Gun Battery Heritage Group. It tells the background and story of the Shannon's Napoleonic-era defences and the incredible work of the Heritage Group in Athlone. You can check it out below! arcg.is/09yiGf0
An incredible opening week for the research excavation at the Woodstown Viking Site!
In today's tale from the trench we meet Hilde Fyllingen as she uncovers a little glimpse of daily life in this enormous Viking settlement.
#ireland #archaeology 🏺 #vikings #irishhistory
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My deepest thanks to @acirishstudies.bsky.social for selecting Green & Blue for the Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America. A super way to kick off June 😀
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Another win for "Green & Blue"!
The American Conference for Irish Studies has awarded Damian Shiels’s book the Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America for Irish Studies.
Check out the prize announcement here: https://bit.ly/4o2ppIZ
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A StoryMap exploring the history of a remarkable surviving piece of Athlone's military heritage—and the Heritage Group that recovered it.
A detailed review of "Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865" by Damian Shiels.
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In Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military 1861-1865, Damian Shiels offers fresh insights into the lives of Irish men serving in the Union military. Shining light into the heterogeneity of Irish America, this work was awarded the Lawrence McCaffery Prize
