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We are delighted to announce that Irish Studies at QUB will host @acirishstudies.bsky.social in 2028. The dates will be June 12-15; CFP to follow.
Professor Dominic Bryan believes those involved in disorder feel ‘empowered’ by their actions
Following on from Trinity College's Legacies of Slavery Project, Rachael Scally investigates the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) and its historic links to slavery and empire, in the latest issue of History Ireland.
historyireland.com/the-royal-du...
Issue 161 (Summer 2026) of the Dublin Review of Books (www.drb.ie) is now available. Essays and reviews by Edna Longley, Kevin Power, Luke Gibbons, Ruth Evans, Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, David O'Connor and Enda O'Doherty among many others. All on free access, as is our archive, all 19 years of it.
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The first female professor of politics in Ireland and the UK, Elizabeth Meehan forged an impressive career addressing gender, feminism, women’s rights, identity, citizenship and pluralism. In 2018 the PSAI renamed their annual award as The Elizabeth Meehan prize. www.dib.ie/biography/me...
Great to see the Dublin Review of Books here on Bluesky—why not give them a follow: @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social
Hot off the press! Patrick Mahoney's @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social new book Fenian Empire, available now: lnkd.in/eW3FFERw
"Teeming with individual Fenians, splits, spies, and swagger, it is a captivating read contending with ideas which are at once both historical and contemporary." Ú Ní Bhroiméil
#OpenAccess highlight!
'Military service pensions for the dependants of deceased combatants of the Irish Revolution and Civil War in Northern Ireland' by Cormac Keenan, is now available through the following link:
@universitypress.cambridge.org
Professor Dominic Bryan believes those involved in disorder feel ‘empowered’ by their actions
He hovered for years on the fringes of the community, generating unease. He never married, had no children, lived alone.One acquaintance described him as ‘a very shy, lonely person’. He was also interested in guns. Kevin Power on the perpetrator of the Dunblane massacre. drb.ie/article/mass...
