National Hunt & Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland has been getting some nice coverage in the press! Lovely review in the @irishindosport.bsky.social last week and a Q&A w/ Paul Rouse in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today! 📖 is available online & in bookshops nationwide! 🏇 #horseracing #irishhistory

I was also delighted to speak to David from Racing’s Inside Track about the book, ahead of its launch at Punchestown last week! #history #irishhistory #sporthistory #horseracing m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcgS...

I had a lovely time chatting to Declan Ralph of @nearfm.ie about National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland on Saturday. You can listen back here: listenagain.org?p=57373 The book is now on sale in-store and online in bookshops across Ireland and at www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...

So lovely to see copies of National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland: A History on the shelves in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social and Eason on Nassau St, and on the bestseller stand (eek) in Dubray Books on Grafton St today! 🏇

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/...

I’ve also been busy working on Irish women who acted as #Jacobite agents in the eighteenth century! My article on that very topic has just been published in Eighteenth-Century Ireland. Check it out here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/... @researchireland.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social

Check out my RTÉ Brainstorm article on the first recorded steeplechase, which took place in County Cork in 1752 - it was the result of a wager made by two huntsmen over a (presumably boozy) dinner in Buttevant Castle. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The early reviews are in! Robin gives National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland five (5) paws 🐾

Beyond excited to share that my new book on the history of National Hunt and point-to-point racing is out NOW! It’s published by the fantastic Four Courts Press and is available online and in bookshops nationwide! www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...

We had great fun working on this. So many gems in this extraordinary archive! @tailteeireann.bsky.social

A day in the life of an eighteenth century office! Features doodles, chop shops, an English Jesuit and lots of clock watching clerks

Really looking forward to speaking to Celbridge Historical Society tonight, on 200 years of jump racing in Kildare. kildarelocalhistory.ie/events/runne...

Not a massive fan of indexing. #history #horseracing #sporthistory #nationalhunt #book

At some point we all have to take responsibility for allowing to let this happen. The people we have voted for to represent us (almost everywhere in the West) have supported Israel for years, some of them have armed this genocide & we all just watch passively while our governments refuse to stop it

A new blog post on the launch of A List of the Claims (coedited by me and Prof Ivar McGrath and published by @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social) is now live on the Law versus Practice website: www.lawvpractice.ie/index.php/20... @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

The CFP for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference is now open. TSIXIII will take place at University College Dublin on 21-22 August, so please join us. All details are in the link, but get please get in touch if you have any questions. tudorstuartireland.com

I’m heartened to see that @ria.ie is funding up to four postdoctoral fellowships to encourage research into its historic links to colonial enterprises. Each fellowship is worth €5,000 and the deadline for applications is 9 June 2025. www.ria.ie/grants/colon...

an entire people is being deliberately starved to death

Popped up on The Long and the Short of It tonight on @bbcnireland.bsky.social, to explain why the Battle of the Boyne wasn’t all that! I also appeared in the episode on Cromwell last week. You can catch both on the iplayer now! @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social

A good crowd on a sunny evening @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social for the launch of this handsome volume. See www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/cromwellian-surveys for the prequel 🙂

A wonderful launch night for A List of the Claims, edited by Professor Ivar McGrath and me for the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

Professors David Hayton and John McCafferty speaking at the launch event of A List of the Claims, published by the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social. @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research

Launching this beauty tonight! @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research

Reminder - get your abstracts in by March 31st #speirgorm #skystorians #history #irishhistory

Get the word out - @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! I had the great fortune to co-edit ‘A List of the Claims … 1700’ for the IMC. The work they do to make historical sources more accessible is incredible! Find more details on the LOC here: www.irishmanuscripts.ie/product/list...

Second paper in a week! This time I had the honour of speaking to members of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland about the progress we are making on Law versus Practice. You can find out more about the project at www.lawvpractice.ie @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

I was delighted to deliver a paper to the Oxford Irish History Seminar yesterday. I spoke about some of the exciting initial findings from my SFI-IRC Pathway-funded project, Law versus Practice! @researchireland.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @ucddublin.bsky.social

Room with a view! #Oxford @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Celebrating my UCD College Level Teaching & Learning Award with my biggest fan! @ucddublin.bsky.social

"THANKE YOU FOR YOUR EMAYLE ICH AM AWAYE FOR THE HOLIDAYE BREAKE BUT BYCAUSE ICH WORKE YN ACADEMIA YOU WILL RECEYVE AN EMAYLE FROM ME YN FYVE MINUTES"

Some big publication news for 2025! #history #sporthistory #irishhistory #horseracing #nationalhunt

Great to have @bamcshane.bsky.social on Bluesky - if you’re not already following her, you should. And if you haven’t checked out the special issue of Irish Historical Studies we guest edited, then you should do that too! #history #womenshistory #irishhistory

Lucas was apprehended in 1723, in the wake of the Atterbury plot, after she was discovered to be recruiting men for a #Jacobite invasionary force. Her case shines a light on women’s involvement in subversive political movements; indeed, women were often well-placed to act as agents.

Really looking forward to taking part in this one day symposium at #PRONI tomorrow. Speaking about Catherine Lucas, an Irish woman who acted as an agent for the exiled Stuarts in the early eighteenth century. Great to revisit #Jacobite #history! #LoveIrishResearch @researchireland.bsky.social

ICYMI - a blog post I wrote in August, looking at the potential of the sources we are using in Law v Practice. #history #irishhistory #womenshistory #digitalhumanities #dh RTs appreciated!

*New Blog Post* After a busy summer, the Law versus Practice team has started to look at case studies, to see how biographical data extracted from sources can act as a foundation for further research: lawvpractice.ie/index.php/20... #history #womenshistory #loveirishresearch #digitalhumanities