Our new episode of Transatlantic is live! We are joined by Dr. Jane Halloran to discuss the multi-generational impact and influence the emigration of two siblings had on their home locality in Clare, and their new home in Connecticut: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

The Locating Bench Marks, Preserving Heritage project has passed 2,000 documented bench mark site records across County Limerick. This is an extraordinary achievement in the timeframe and a clear reflection of the interest communities take in heritage @heritagecouncil.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social

For the day that's in it, remembering the three Sheehan brothers, from Fermoy, #Cork, who lost their lives in seperate missions over Europe while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...

Grave of Joseph McHugh of Drumnabey,#Tyrone, KIA with the 69th PA at Antietam. His mother Annie in Ireland was dependent on him and claimed a pension based on his death delivered to Castlederg. One of 11 Irish pensions found so far with wounding/fatalities linked to Antietam.

Trauma among U.S. pensioners in Ireland. An image detailing wounds a Warrenpoint, Co. Down resident lived with, including "gunshot wounds to the privates and shoulder and a grapeshot wound of thigh" inflicted in Virginia in 1864. He was later bayoneted while a POW. He survived to return to Ireland.

It was great to join Gerry on the legendary Civil War Talk Radio to discuss the Irish in the American Civil War and my new book Green & Blue. The show is now live across all podcast platforms if you fancy having a listen! www.impedimentsofwar.org/singleshow.p...

My copy of "Traces: The Archaeology of Small Things" has landed! It's great to be included among such great list of contributors. My chapter explores the archaeology of small finds on Irish conflict and battlefield sites. For anyone interested you can order it here: wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...

For anyone who wants to have a listen to my RTE History Show chat last night about the 250,000 Irish Americans who served in the U.S. military during the Civil War, you can now listen to that section of the show here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In this episode we take a look at the unusual but enormous success two 19th century Irish emigrants had in creating and building, of all things, a billiards empire: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

For anyone in Ireland, I'll be on The History Show tonight on RTE Radio 1, chatting with Myles about my new book "Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865".

The new Surgeon's Call: The Journal of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine has landed in Finland. We have an article on the life altering impact of wounds 2 Irishmen received at Bull Run. For one it ended his life 15 years later- and may even have indirectly caused his wife's fatal illness.

A great pleasure to join Damian @irishacw.bsky.social and the Transatlantic podcast to talk about the Irish in Wisconsin & Milwaukee.

The latest episode of Transatlantic is live! We were joined by @timtimothy87.bsky.social to discuss all things Irish in Wisconsin, with a focus on Milwaukee. We cover everything from the horrific Lady Elgin disaster to the the photo of de Valera in Chippewa headdress: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

It's amazing the reach of the U.S. Civil War pension system. I'm now up to at least five off-shore Irish islands where 19th century U.S. pensions were being paid- Achill, Arranmore, Bere, Inishmore and Inisheer. They weren't as isolated and removed from the world as we sometimes might think.

The latest episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In this show Fin and I explore Irish placenames in America- from Vinegar Hill to Menlo Park, and Dublin Gulch to Roscommon County-with a quick visit to Glendalough State Park thrown in! shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

The latest episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In this show Fin and I explore Irish placenames in America- from Vinegar Hill to Menlo Park, and Dublin Gulch to Roscommon County-with a quick visit to Glendalough State Park thrown in! shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

Just in case you ever wondered what the alcohol requirements were for a 1909 Irish wake: 3 gallons whiskey, 2 cases stout, 3 bottles wine, 3 bottles brandy! The receipt was sent to the U.S. government from Liscahane, #Cork for reimbursement as it related to the death of a pensioned Civil War sailor!

The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In "The Red Branch: Dynamite, Death & Diaspora in 1880s San Francisco" we chat to @mylesdungan.bsky.social‬ about his super new novel, and explore the compelling history that lies behind it: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! In "The Red Branch: Dynamite, Death & Diaspora in 1880s San Francisco" we chat to @mylesdungan.bsky.social‬ about his super new novel, and explore the compelling history that lies behind it: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

A rare American Civil War memorial in Dunblane Cathedral burial ground to 'William McCowan of 6 Bat. Massachusetts Infantry who died in Camp Readville U.S. America in defence of the Union against the rebellion', 1864. #31DaysofGraves 11: military

The new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! We discuss the Body Snatching Case that scandalized Gilded Age America- and how it was linked to two highly successful Irish emigrants: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

The new episode of Transatlantic is live! Fin and I explore the Gilded Age American heriesses who married into Victorian Ireland, and the legacy these women left behind in some of Ireland's most famous country houses and National Parks: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

Nice to see this being floated, based on Andrew Newby's excellent research into his identity. I wrote about the Finn and Swede in the GPO back in 2013 here: www.thejournal.ie/readme/ordic... It led to a nice interview with YLE in a rainy Dublin back in 2016! www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...

The new episode of Transatlantic is live! Fin and I explore the Gilded Age American heriesses who married into Victorian Ireland, and the legacy these women left behind in some of Ireland's most famous country houses and National Parks: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

What must be one of the most unusual names for an Irish #WW1 veteran. Hilmar Bielitz of Thurles, Tipperary. Named for his Leipzig-born grandfather, a Civil War U.S. Navy veteran who his grandmother married in New Orleans. Hilmar was gassed in 1918 during the Second Battle of The Marne, but survived.

A Snow Leopard at Ähtäri Wildlife Park, Finland today. Incredible animal.

Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1... @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social

Our Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is back! In this short peisode we discuss some of the great episodes we have lined up over the next few weeks: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

We have a full house, but here's the registration link for Thursday, September 19 @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Finally made it to the final resting place of Harry Järv at Kappelsbacken, Korsholm. His account of his wartime experiences formed the basis of the film Framom främsta linjen. He also captured an incredible photographic record of the conflict with the camera he carried, often taking it into action.

Macha with her pre-match tunnel stare, sporting her Celtic FC competition collar for the first time, as she prepares for the big match in Korsholm.

Thanks to former Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Dan Mulhall and @historyireland.bsky.social for reviewing my new book "Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865." For anyone interested, can read the review here: historyireland.com/green-and-bl...

Niall and myself with the very sound @mcculld.bsky.social at a certain West Cork site which we did landscape analysis on in advance of the 2022 centenary. David's new two-part documentary "Dev: Rise & Rule" kicks off next Wednesday on RTÉ 1 at 9.30pm, be sure to check it out if you can!

Dioramas, Dinosaurs, Drink (History) in the morning around Milwaukee, Discussion in the afternoon and evening at Milwaukee Irish Fest.

Out and about in Milwaukee's Third Ward, where the city's Irish were concentrated in the 19th century. Historic plaques to mark the sinking of the Lady Elgin which saw large numbers of Irish lose their lives, and the 1892 Fire which left large numbers of Irish homeless.

Very sad to hear of the death of the wonderful Bríd McGrath she was an expert on the history of early modern Ireland, especially the histories of parliaments, elections and towns. Thoughtful, fierce, funny, a lover of nature and Connemara: she will be sorely missed. rip.ie/death-notice...

A lovely piece from Fergal Keane on what it means to be Irish in Britain today Ed Sheeran has "two paternal Irish grandparents, an Irish parent, an Irish passport & a childhood filled with Irish summer holidays. Ireland was the place where his musical taste was formed" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Milwaukee from the air en route from Jakobstad to the Irish Fest and Summer School there for a week of talks. If I could have parachuted out it would have saved me the trip back up from Chicago 😀

There's still time to sign up for my 3 workshops at the Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School next week on Irish America--Pioneers of Irish America: From St. Brendan to Jamestown--Irish in the U.S. Civil War--“Dangerous” Irish Women--Registration Details: irishfestsummerschool.com/Summer-Schoo...

Some conflict archaeology spotted on our Far Horizons archaeology tour. Repairs to the bridge at the W.B. Yeats home of Thoor Ballylee, Galway, carried out after it was blown by Anti-Treaty forces during the Civil War. They preserve a "ghost" of that wartime damage (marked with red arrows).

Oldest known baseball card: The Brooklyn Atlantics, 1865. www.loc.gov/exhibitions/...

NEW How did ancient tattooers learn their craft? High-res, near infrared photography and collaboration with modern tattooers reveals the complex process behind tattoos on Siberia's 'ice mummies'. #AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵 Warning: this thread contains images of human remains

It’s been 3 years since we last hosted Damian Shiels and much has changed: - New country: Finland - New podcast: Transatlantic - New book: Green & Blue On all major #podcast platforms or at the link 👇 www.irishstewpodcast.com/from-finnish... #IrishHistory #IrishAmerica #SpéirGhorm

After 15 days passing through 19 counties and a hatful of the best archaeological sites in the country our 2025 Far Horizons Archaeology of Ireland Tour is done. It was nice to get the opportunity to visit some of these amazing places with such a fun and engaged group of people!

I had a great time with @andnapoleon.bsky.social discussing l'Expédition d'Irlande, one of the great 'What Ifs' of #IrishHistory. #18thC #skystorians

So, the book has a cover, thanks to the kindness of Colin Davidson. Out in January 26 with some events in Ireland the end of February, start of March. Will be available in the US slightly later. Thanks to you all for encouragement along the way. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Delighted to have Damian Shiels aka @irishacw.bsky.social back on the podcast. There was lots to catchup on since we lasted chatted back in 2021 #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Self-promotion klaxon! Delighted that Gill Books will be publishing my new book, "From Crown to Harp", in October... how the Treaty was undone in 34 episodes! Pre-order links here: linktr.ee/mcculld