I spoke to Newstalk Breakfast earlier about a Shared Island, Heather Humphreys' campaign for president and coverage of her husband's past membership of the Orange Order. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

It is ironic that Charles III today became the first British monarch to attend a Catholic mass in the UK in modern times, probably since the reign of James II himself. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/king-ch...

I agree with Ed. Having someone from the Ulster Protestant tradition as president of Ireland would be a significant contribution towards reconciliation on this island.

1/ Our editor Richard Gaunt has written a chapter on the 1828 County Clare by-election for @iaindale.bsky.social's new book. Daniel O'Connell, a Catholic, was elected to the House of Commons in a major development in the Catholic emancipation campaign. We will have a special issue in 2029

Irish printed fan from the British Museum collection - catalogue suggests it relates to Act of Union, but much more likely to be a celebration of the Irish Volunteers, c.1779-84

There’s still plenty of time to submit an entry to the Parliamentary History Essay Prize!

Celebrating my 27th birthday (I feel old)at one of my favourite Dublin restaurants - Tenters Gastropub on Mill St. Mill Street was the homeplace of John Lawless, about whom I've been reading and writing a lot recently. See his @ria.ie @historydib.bsky.social entry here: www.dib.ie/biography/la...

Born #OnThisDay 1762, King George IV. As Prince of Wales he became closely attached to the Foxite Whig opposition. From 1811 he acted as Prince Regent during George III's long period of ill health. His spending habits were always a problem. #skystorians

#OnThisDay 1831 Lord Melbourne asked Thomas Drummond to establish a boundary commission to undertake the process of redrawing constituency boundaries as part of the major electoral reforms of 1832. Our research fellow Dr Martin Spychal explains more: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/06/28/s...

This 'lift the flap' satire is of Dublin Tory provenance (usual suspects) but we should also discuss O'Connell's marginalisation of socially radical critics - not just Young Ireland, but figures such as John Lawless, Thaddeus O'Malley, Sharman Crawford, and of course Feargus O'Connor & the Chartists

🧵(1) Born #OTD 1775, Daniel O'Connell. Known by supporters as 'The Liberator', O'Connell was considered the leader of Ireland's Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century, and 'by far the most prominent Irishman in the Commons' from 1830. buff.ly/eBmk09B

@petergray47.bsky.social's biography of William Sharman Crawford has encouraged debate on O'Connell's relationship with liberal Protestants in Ulster. I hope also to contribute to once I finalise and submit my thesis on O'Connellite politics and its Protestant opponents in south Ulster.

Daniel O’Connell would have enjoyed his life being celebrated 250 years on, says historian

Who was the real Daniel O'Connell? An assessment of the Emancipator's strengths and flaws on his 250th birthday www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Before Daniel O'Connell's body was repatriated to Dublin for burial in Glasnevin Cemetery, his heart was removed, embalmed and donated to the Irish College in Rome - however, his heart later vanished without trace.

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell, the man known as 'The Liberator’.

@cnbc.com has listed the long room of the @tcdlibrary.bsky.social as the most beautiful library in the world. It's a pity that us students can't study in it! www.cnbc.com/2025/07/31/t...

The Parliamentary History Essay Prize 2025 is open! The prize is worth £500 and winners will have their essay published in our journal! The submission deadline is 30 Nov 2025! For details 👇 🧵1/4 @histparl.bsky.social @georgianlords.bsky.social @victoriancommons.bsky.social

Looking forward to this symposium marking the 250th anniversary of Daniel O'Connell's birth here at the Edmund Burke Theatre @tcddublin.bsky.social, organised by @tlrhub.bsky.social

Thanks to Francis from Dublinia (www.dublinia.ie) for a walking tour of medieval Dublin for the @thelibertiescp.bsky.social Festival. We visited Dublin Castle, Christ Church, the of the Viking sit at @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social on Wood Quay, the city walls on Cooke St and St Audeon's Gate and church

1/ Thank you to Arran from Dublin Decoded Tours (dublindecoded.com) for his tour around the Francis St area for @thelibertiescp.bsky.social Festival. We visited the two St Audeon's Churches, the Iveagh Markets, Francis St, John's Lane and Meath St Catholic churches but my favourite was Tailors' Hall

1/ I attended two great 'Talking Shop' events for the @thelibertiescp.bsky.social Festival on Meath St this evening - Noel's, my local shop, which is much more like a rural shop than an inner-city one, with the memorial cards of locals on the wall, and Little Flower Penny Dinners which

I marched through Dublin city centre today in solidarity with Palestine. Speeches followed from two Palestinians and Mary Manning, who began the Dunnes Store strike against apartheid South Africa on this day in 1984.

@histparl.bsky.social @parlhistjournal.bsky.social Is it true that this tradition comes from pre-reformation times when the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk met in Saint Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster and that MPs were actually bowing to the tabernacle behind the speaker's chair?

Preaching on the parable of the Good Samaritian, the priest saying mass at John's Lane Augustinian church in Dublin this morning referenced some of the actions of ICE in the United States and this Eleventh Night bonfire in Tyrone as examples of failing to love one's neighbour

I was telling a colleague at @tlrhub.bsky.social today that we had speakers from India and Canada at @frontiers2025.bsky.social conference and my phone beeped and this was on my screen

Finished! A big thank you the speakers, chairs, Rob Shields @ualberta.bsky.social for his keynote, Prof Joseph Clarke and @historytcd.bsky.social for their support, Rike and the team @tlrhub.bsky.social for their help and @researchireland.ie for their support of @pduffy1.bsky.social's research.

Organising this conference has been very stressful but we had some great papers yesterday. I'm looking forward to today!

Anyone attending the conference in person @tlrhub.bsky.social should purchase their tickets before 10am tomorrow, Irish time. We need to finalise numbers for catering. There are plenty of free online tickets available which can be booked until the conference ends! fixr.co/event/fronti...

Make sure to book your tickets before Friday! fixr.co/event/fronti... #frontiers #boundaries #borders #history #geography #anthropology #sociology #literature @tlrhub.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social @langslitscultures.bsky.social @tcdsociology.bsky.social

1/ Finished my week's research at @castlehowardestate.bsky.social today with a tour of the stunning early eighteenth-century house. A big thank you to Chris, Eleanor and Matthew for all their help over the past week.

Online and in-person tickets for the Frontiers before borders conference at @tlrhub.bsky.social can be booked here: fixr.co/event/fronti... #frontiers #boundaries #identity #territory #rhetoric #borders

Continuing with our #1832AtoZ, N is also for Newspapers, which are an invaluable source for our research. This post from our editor Dr Philip Salmon looks at the role of newspapers in reporting Commons debates before Hansard became the official record: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/r...

Finished my first day here at the magnificent @castlehowardestate.bsky.social in beautiful Yorkshire. I'm here this week researching the papers of George Howard, Viscount Morpeth (later the 7th earl of Carlisle) who was chief secretary for Ireland from 1835 to 1841

1/ I was at mass this morning at Leeds Catholic Cathedral. The experience was interesting for anyone casually observing demographics and religious practice in England. I estimate that around 90% of the congregation were of African or Aisan heritage. Probably explains the recent news reports that

Looking forward to some very exciting papers! #frontiers #boundaries

Words are not enough! Fair play to the @catholicbishops.bsky.social for calling out Israeli crimes in both Gaza and the West Bank - using starvation as a weapon of war and ethnic cleansing. www.catholicbishops.ie/2025/06/11/s...

If you want to see where I spend a lot of time studying when in @tcddublin.bsky.social Library, the Eavan Boland, formerly Berkeley Library (including today when we were interrupted by a fire alarm), tune into the Nationwide programme on @player.rte.ie @rteone.rte.ie www.rte.ie/player/serie...

BBC News - Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes in Gaza - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This @irishtimes.com article is an important read. The beaches here in Israel are full. Just an hour’s drive away Palestinians are starving www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

This is the correct and morally right move. Hopefully other universities will follow. @tcddublin.bsky.social board votes to cut ties with Israeli universities and companies www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

1/ As I have more money than sense, I bought a floor tile from the @ukparliament.parliament.uk Palace of Westminster, which arrived in the post today. The tile, designed by Pugin, was taken from the Royal Gallery, situated between the @houseoflords.parliament.uk chamber and the royal robing room.

Call for Papers for our interdisciplinary conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, taking place at the University of Birmingham on 12 September 2025. Keynote delivered by Professor Alec Ryrie. Papers welcome from researchers at any career stage.

Yesterday, at 87, my dad & former Ontario NDP leader Stephen Lewis, stood for an hour by the road in his old riding. As a Jewish elder, he stood against genocide embodying the values he has always championed. I am so proud to see him on the right side of history – as always. ❤️

19c High Court judges went on assizes to counties throughout Ireland several times a year, usually to much fanfare, often involving a brass band on arrival. But in 1887, Carlow Town Commissioners voted against cleaning the streets for the arrival of Baron Dowse (image b-r) Find out why below!

My keffiyeh arrived in the post today. Solidarity with Palestine.

2/ I would also hope that some of the Irish academics who publicly disagreed a genocide was occurring in @irishtimes.com might now revoke their statements in @ITletters They were proven wrong

1/ Many people involved in Holocaust awareness for years and/or with family members involved in the resistance to the Nazis, have held this view for a very long time and it is good to see others now step forward in this way. This a genocide not a war, it must end www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...