3% or less…

Hermes bag: 20k Documented donations to the Iona Institute from far-right groups like the Novae Terrae Foundation: at least 25k? The grassroots desire for an alternative voice: priceless

As a son of Queens, Trump should know that Festivus is in December, not September.

FINAL CALL! ⏰ One week left to apply for our Nottebohm Fellowship! ☟ ☟ ☟

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks. Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

if you read one thing today, make it this absolutely devastating piece from a fact-checker who quit the New Yorker bidoun.org/articles/hou...

G.K Chesterton's account of his visit to Dublin in 1932, for the Eucharistic Congress ( a huge event for the then newly independent Irish Free State) - with an attractive official bookplate inside the front cover.

Likely a very 'good step' to attend this fresh celebration of Tim Robinson, in Dublin this Sunday ... with added Ye Vagabonds:

"Our purpose in The Modern British City is not merely to describe urban change but to explain why British cities, in all their extraordinary multifariousness, look and feel the way they do today" Really excited for this expansive new book coming out in November www.lundhumphries.com/blogs/featur...

Charles Simic

The Irish government has released a report on the benefits of the pilot for a Basic Income for the Arts, and in a total shocker, it seems like it was good for the country as well as the artists. Nobody could have seen this coming. #SpeirGorm #UBI www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

The new student centre @unioflimerick.bsky.social is buzzing

The Spanish PM said this at Columbia University yesterday: “Defending your country is one thing. But killing 60,000 civilians, bombing hospitals, and starving children to death is something else entirely.” “We are witnessing one of the darkest tragedies of the 21st century unfold before our eyes.”

A friend is moving to Limerick & is looking for accommodation- one place is asking for a serious heft of cash upfront (via BoI). I advised him to check their PRTB registration & they said they are not registered because they ‘own their own property portfolio’. This is illegal, right?! 🚩#speirgorm

Come listen to me talk about religious certificates next week! Featuring a fun mix of stranger churches’, recusant, and Church of England approaches to religious paperwork.

As part of the JHI Blog forum on political economy, Marie Louise Krogh examines Hegel's rare reflections on the 19th century international coffee industry as an entry point into the theoretical stakes of political economy in the midst of European imperialism.

Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...

Det heliga korset 👼 Heliga korsets kapell, Skogskyrkogården. Closeups below 🕯️ #gunnarasplund #illustration #art #architecture

Rich discussion about #PublicHistory in the UK. Katie Carpenter, Anna Maguire, David Geiringer, and Julia Laite in History Workshop journal academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-...

This is true

UK recognises Palestine as an independent state

A line of Yale University librarians carry rare 18C volumes from the old library to the brand new Sterling Memorial Library building in July 1930. I love the way library staff turned this humdrum task into a celebratory piece of street theatre!! #WeekLforLines #AlphabetChallenge 💙📚

But barely a blip in the news cycle here

Iontach!!!!!

BREAKING: Sinn Féin announce Nile Rodgers with special guests Chic as their nominee for Áras25

Dublin on the 27th ✊️💚

Another typical morning in town after Culture Night, sean-nós singers left strewn around the footpaths, poets carelessly stuffed under park benches, a lone interpretive dancer being gently blown around the square

Our new website is live!! Hurrah! 🎉 we will share all upcoming COST action events, calls for papers for relevant events, and news about available grants and opportunities. Do share widely with any Prayer Studies scholars/ Historians of Religion who might be interested! prayticipate.eu

Pity about the weather but recommend you don a rain coat and go out and enjoy the best night of the year. #CultureNight #SpeirGhorm I'm starting with this: culturenight.ie/event/the-ni... Followed by: share.google/50VZrUPjx1Nn... Then let's see where the mood takes us.

Looking forward to discussing Dr Sarah Roddy’s fantastic new book ‘Money and Irish Catholicism’ with her on 6 November at Maynooth! #skystorians #speirgorm www.cambridge.org/universitypr...

A great lineup for this semester's Department of History Research Seminar in Maynooth. This is open to all so do join us and please share widely.

From Louis Theroux and Paloma Faith to the Palestinian musicians, doctors, painters, activists, and journalists sharing their stories, Together for Palestine at Wembley Arena resounded with one succinct message: end the genocide in Gaza.

The Society's 2025 events programme continues this autumn with lectures, October-December, by Tim Grady, Daniel Finkelstein, Jane Ohlmeyer and Heather Ellis. Further details and booking for each of these lectures is now available bit.ly/4mobBGe. Events are public and all are welcome #Skystorians

Conference announcement: Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement, 3-5 Oct. Maynooth University. Full programme and registration details👇

Police would like to speak to a Señor Dalí who was seen in the vicinity.

Exciting list of speakers presenting in our Environmental History Research Seminar this term. If you happen to be in Dublin, come along. We'll meet on Mondays at 1 PM in the Trinity Long Room Hub #envhist Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for hosting us! @historytcd.bsky.social 👇

"The university will stop sharing the data required to be included in the ranking as of 2026. As a result, Sorbonne University will no longer feature in future rankings produced by THE, which include the World University Rankings, the Rankings by Subject or the Impact Rankings." Excellent!

Died #Onthisday 1970 Nora Wallace who with her sister Sheila ran a small in the shadow of St. Augustine’s Church, in the centre of #Cork City, central to Volunteer activities during the #IrishWarofIndependence as were the sisters www.rte.ie/culture/2020...

Angela Lansbury at 100: Celebrating her Stardom and Legacy Conference registration now open angelalansbury100.wordpress.com

Projections of U.S. President Donald Trump, Britain's Prince Andrew and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were put on display against the walls of Windsor Castle while Trump was in Britain for a state visit.

A wonderful opportunity with good financial support for a scholar of British periodicals of the 19th c to have time to research, write, think for a period of 4 mos.

JUST IN: An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what it described as “the “most authoritative UN finding to date.” https://cnn.it/3VjaHzS

Love that the @nmireland.bsky.social are at the #ploughing. Farmers are often really important custodians of heritage in Ireland, as well as knowing a huge amount about field names, local histories, & climate histories. #speirgorm

Excited to release the conference programme for 'Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives'. There are only a few tickets left, so if you would like to attend I would suggest getting one as soon as possible. Attendance is free but booking is essential.

“[How] can artistic practices enable us to visualize the legacies of conflict and visions for peace beyond established conventions?” Maria-Adriana Deiana & Heidi Riely (@hidrx2.bsky.social) explore this in a new article in @millennjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...

Truly, this man has shaped our digital lives in important ways far out of our CTRL.

#Genealogy Author Karin Wulf will discuss her new book "Lineage" and the importance of #familyhistory & connections in Colonial America in a webinar on Tuesday Sept 16 at 7 pm Eastern. Register #Free here: mhl.libnet.info/event/14135447

😭 fingers crossed I will be able to find this issue of the Freeman’s Journal in hard copy…

Javier Bardem at the #Emmys: "Here I am today denouncing the genocide in Gaza... Free Palestine!" (via @Variety)