Sarah Roddy

We are excited for the Society's Distinguished Lecture, which will be delivered tomorrow by Prof. Tyler Abinder.

There is still time to register here: www.eshsi.org

We are very sorry to learn of the death of Frank Prochaska, historian of philanthropy and monarchy, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 1990.

Aren't they great! Thanks Niamh.

Timely piece given recent anxiety about the security of access to Google books...

Fellowship opportunity in Dublin for early modernists:

The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2021)

The roof timbers in Saint Mary’s Collegiate Church Youghal which have been carbon dated to 1170. Likely built by shipwrights so essentially an upside down boat. www.patrickcomerford.com/2021/08/sain... #speirgorm

We’re delighted to announce the society's 2026 Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Prof Tyler Anbinder of George Washington University.

"The Surprising Socio-Economic Mobility of New York’s Great Famine Refugees"

Online, 4pm GMT (11am EST), Thurs. 5 Mar. 2026.

Register here: www.eshsi.org

Hopefully an answer to your question is forthcoming soon!

This is pretty disastrous for many of us. I sincerely hope it's temporary.

You have 10 days left to get your abstracts in for the SSNCI 'Intimacies' conference at Maynooth next June.

The religion of the Irish peasantry (mostly pre-Famine, mostly Catholicism):

Do you love researching #History of #Science #Medicine or #Technology? #CFP now open for abstracts for the #HSTM Annual Meeting 26 April 2026 @unioflimerick.bsky.social CALL CLOSES 15 Jan 2026. This is a very friendly conference for those interested in how humans have constructed knowledge

I did a minor option in Public Administration in first year undergrad. Have a guess what letter was regularly missed in that.

Thanks Dónal!

He doesn't, it's true. (And isn't he right). Delighted with it.

The first review of my book is in! Thanks to Sean Connolly for a typically perceptive read in the latest issue of Irish Economic and Social History. Appropriately, I'll be taking over as co-editor of this very journal in the new year.

Apropos of the CFP announcement for the 2026 @ssnci.bsky.social conference, I have been making my way (slowly) through @marcmulholland.bsky.social new book and it is excellent and very thought provoking. Will be great to hear from him, @leannecalvert.bsky.social & Fionnuala Dillane. 🗃️

@bairishstudies.bsky.social @maynoothenglish.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social @irishhiststudies.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social

@irishinstitute.bsky.social @usihs.bsky.social @canadianirish.bsky.social @bostoncollege.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

@ssnci.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social @petergray47.bsky.social @niamhroisin.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @leannecalvert.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!

‘Doing the Readings’ Dr Will Pooley (Associate Professor in Modern History), University of Bristol The students, we often grumble, don’t read the secondary readings we set for class. Every year, we find ourselves press…

“Scholarly effort is in decline everywhere as never before. Indeed, cleverness is shunned at home and abroad. What does reading offer to pupils except tears?”

this guy has his finger on the pulse amirite

www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p... 🗃️

Sorry I missed it!

Pro-Cathedral designated Dublin's Catholic cathedral Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary's Pro Cathedral in Dublin as the city's official Catholic Cathedral, becoming the first in the capital for 500 years.

TFW your extremely niche area of academic research is in the news! A 🧵 on some aspects of the building formerly known as the Pro-Cathedral (or the Metropolitan chapel as it was called first!) www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025 Registration: Full programme available here: OConnell & his Legacy_CHSI Programme 22 Nov 2025Download

Upcoming conference: ‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025. @dublincityuni.bsky.social

But what if someone picked up the call, hmm?

A reminder to get there early on Thursdsy lest you be subject to the kinds of brawls over seating that @seroddy.bsky.social details in the book. No pew rents will be applied and there may even be some catering to get you in the door before the event.

Really looking forward to hearing @seroddy.bsky.social in conversation with @niamhroisin.bsky.social on her wonderful new book Money and Irish Catholicism in Maynooth on Thursday evening. All are welcome to attend so please do join us.

Thanks Emma!

Looking forward to being in conversation with @niamhroisin.bsky.social on my new book Money and Irish Catholicism: An Intimate History, 1850-1921 in Maynooth next week - all welcome!
Thursday November 6 18:00-19:00 Iontas Building, First Floor, Room 1.33.