In response to the elderly man who thought I'd agree with his anti-immigrant stance (or at least he did until I told him that I'm an immigrant too)

Great day at @beinghumanfest.bsky.social with the @sharinglands.bsky.social crew. Sharing #Choctaw Bvnaha & #Irish Yellowmeal Bread will all & collecting related #recipes from all over the world. #baking #cooking #sharing #bread #deptford

A week of diverse heritage meetings, talks & launches - Plas Newydd in #wales, #kilmainhamGaol, #GlasnevinCemetery, #heritageireland2030 Irish Museums Association conf at #nationalmuseum. @irishmuseums.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie @curioustravellers.bsky.social @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social

Heritage Ireland 2030 summit. Anne Cassin & Deirdre MacMathúna extolling the importance of History & how it encourages critical thinking. Music to my ears. #heritageireland #history #irishhistory #heritage #education #teachers

Go see the new exhibition @kilmainham.bsky.social The photographs in 'The Prisoners' Lens' are revealing & moving (& there are dogs!) Brilliant work by Aoife Torpey & Brian Crowley. #exhibition #history #museums #darktourism #penalhistory #speirgorm

If only every work day could be like this! #plasnewydd #llangollen #wales #research #ladiesofllangollen

Nice to see MichaelD watched over by Jesus at the #Liverpool Irish Centre. It was great to be there at the launch of the Liverpool Irish Festival which runs until 26th Oct. Check out all the events here: www.liverpoolirishfestival.com #LIF2025 #liverpoolIrish #ireland #festival #michaelD #president

A thrill see Michael Collins' slippers finally on display in the #ChangingIreland exhibition @nmireland.bsky.social. Seems a long time since @brendamalone.bsky.social & I made them a social media sensation! Great to see a packed house for the launch this eve. #michaelcollins #museum #exhibition

It's #IndigenousNations Day in the US & it great to mark it listening to Chief Deskaheh #Haudenosaunee, Kenneth Deer, #Mohawk & Anders Oskal, #Sámi speak at the World Food Forum in #Rome. Tomorrow I'll speak about reciprocity in the context of the #Irish #Choctaw relationship. #wff2025 •

A privilege to be representing @sharinglands.bsky.social at the World Food Forum in Rome this week. A great start with Peter Cleary noting the importance of Choctaw Irish relations which I'll expand on tomorrow. #betterfoodsbetterfuture #wff2025 #sharinglands #rome #fao

This Fri, 3 October at 2pm — 3rd and final talk in @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy's "Finding Ireland" online series: "Ireland's undiscovered past: the 1800s" from @gillianobrien.bsky.social. More info on how to join here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...

A gorgeous piece by my friend Danielle O'Donovan on the power of teachers, art & not being afraid to not follow the crowd. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pe... #art #arthistory #museums

World Expo Osaka. A cross between a theme park & a trade show but worse! Massively overcrowded, limited content, queues for hours-3 hours to visit the merch store, 5 hours to visit the Italian pavilion. It's all fur coat, no knickers! Last photo is how I felt at the end of it! #worldexpo #osaka

Incredibly moving to see Japanese school children observe & minute's silence & leave origami peace cranes at the National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims. #japan #nagasaki #memorial #darktourism #research #peace

Evening light #nagasaki #japan

On 3 Oct I'll be talking online about 19th century #ireland for @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy & @virtualtreasury.bsky.social On 4 Oct I'll be in #thurles at an event organised by #Tipperary #Museum of Hidden History about death & burial. Info about both here: www.gillianobrien.net/events-2

Peacocking.

Peacocking.

We caught up with Skylee Glass, a former Choctaw-Ireland scholar at @ucc.ie this summer to find out more about her experience of studying in Ireland. Read Skylee's reflections on the future relationship between the Choctaw and Irish peoples over on our blog. sharinglands.com/2025/08/20/r...

Busy avoiding meteors!

About time & Palestine should be recognised even if Israel abides by a ceasefire www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#sunset by the #sea #whitstable #kent

We have all watched in horror as Israel crosses red line after red line in Gaza. If you agree please share this post on, help us send this message across social media, then contribute a picture to our powerful visual at bit.ly/3HW2ePI Let’s speak out, in our masses, right now. #RedLineForGaza #Gaza

Anyone in #Cork this weekend who is interested in the Irish Choctaw link do come along to the Kindred Spirits sculpture in #Midleton on the 13th at 4pm. My @sharintaint.bsky.social colleague @padraigkirwan.bsky.social will be there.

Visited the Oratory in #DunLaoghaire today. It's exquisite. A gem of Celtic Revival art - all painted by Sr Concepta Lynch in the 1920s & 30s. Tours are free but tickets must be booked. #art #celticrevival #oratory

Sadly unsurprising, but yet another deeply concerning development. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...

Great chatting #PublicHistory with this bunch at @batw.bsky.social today. Chaired by inimitable @jamescrossland.bsky.social. Excellent advice about getting outside & walking, seeing, doing. #ljmu #liverpool #batw2025

Quite possibly my absolutely favourite way to spend a day!

Thursday 4th at 1.15 the @sharinglands.bsky.social crew will be chatting about the Irish Choctaw links (and also stickball, bicycles & virtual walks) at Nano Nagle Place #Cork It's free and everyone is welcome. nanonagleplace.ie/nanoevents/s...

If you're in #Cork next Thursday come along to Nano Nagle Place to learn more about the relationship between #Ireland & the #Choctaw Nation. nanonagleplace.ie/nanoevents/s...

Liverpool skyline at sunset - fitting for the premier league champions! #liverpool #lfc #premierleague #sunset #skyline

@padraigkirwan.bsky.social is cycling the Trail of Tears. Read his moving account of the first few days of the cycle with members of the #Choctaw Nation sharinglands.com/2025/05/19/a... #ireland #history #trailoftears #famine #memory #community #remembrance

Nice to hear I'm 'a leading voice in Irish public history'! Do come along to the National Famine Museum Summer School Info & booking here www.irishcentral.com/events/natio...

Tallulah, Louisiana to Lake Village, Arkansas, via the U.S. Highway 65 (the Delta Rhythm & Bayous Highway). Day 2 of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Bike Team's Trail of Tears ride. The distances covered by Choctaws during the 1830s are simply staggering....

Follow my colleague @padraigkirwan.bsky.social as he cycles the Trail of Tears with members of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

200 bottles of Gatorade. 300 bottles of water. 60 Clif bars. 500+ miles. 9 riders. 4 support crew. 3 tribal vehicles. ONE CHALLNGE. Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team starts a huge ride from Missisissipii to Oklahoma tomorrow. Please help us to keep the cycle going. #choctawgift #sharinglands

Fascinating work week - #convent, #conference, #corpse & a #museum! #monaghan #liverpool #dalkey @irishmuseums.bsky.social @ljmuhistory.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social

Such a wonderful talk from @gillianobrien.bsky.social on Ireland’s places of famine, death and rebellion. The mirror is a fascinating and moving artefact #HAConf25

I've been to an absolutely brilliant paper on dark tourism and the preoccupation with misery by @gillianobrien.bsky.social in the first @histassoc.bsky.social morning session. It was deeply funny and thought-provoking in equal measure. I am looking forward to reading the book 📖

April has been a busy month for our team! We've presented our research at @officialbaas.bsky.social and in the US, been walking the virtual #TrailOfTears in solidarity with #Choctaw citizens and shared our research on @rte.ie. Take a look at our roundup for more: sharinglands.com/2025/05/07/a...

Nothing like some new poetry to start the new month. Thanks @jackiepoetry.bsky.social for this gem. #poetry #snotofthesea #family

If you are in London before 10 May add Gary Owen's version Ibsen's 'Ghosts' to your 'must see' list. It's fantastic. Super cast, staging & direction. Everyone is great but Victoria Smurfit is outstanding! #london #lyrichammersmith #theatre

Huge credit here goes to @dhowlett1692.bsky.social, who has been tireless in coordinating the drafting and signing of the statement.

Padraig Kirwan, 'Sharing Lands' colleague, is taking part in the Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike ride this year beginning on 15 May. Follow him on his journey of remembrance, fellowship & friendship. #choctaw #ireland #trailoftears

Seems a good day for new beginnings. Day 1 of writing the next book - you'll never guess the topic! #writing #history #irishhistory #dublin #ireland

Easter pageantry in #Tarragona #Catalonia #Spain #Easter

Vacancies on the @irishmuseums.bsky.social board. Closing date 23 April. It's a really fulfilling, interesting role & a v welcoming board. irishmuseums.org/news/call-fo... #ulster #connaught #museums #heritage

#FairCity had a storyline this week about the relationship between the #Choctaw Nation & #Ireland I'm just back from visiting the Choctaw Nation in #Oklahoma as part of @sharinglands.bsky.social You can read more about it on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The world is full of such awfulness these days so I took a day of joy today & went to see Tom Hiddleston, Hayley Atwell & the entire cast of 'Much Ado About Nothing' being magnificent. #shakespeare #theatre #london #muchadoaboutnothing #tomhiddleston #hayleyatwell

The Executive Order is 'nothing less than a declaration of war on the historians' profession, our training and integrity' -a-https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/opinion/trump-war-history.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.fbSD.nlwYdHB4fqO5&smid=url-share