#IrishHistory #IrishLaw #IrishStatutes #ILD Good news for those working on Irish history from 1692 to 1800. The Irish Legislation Database is back online at a new address. resources.qub.ac.uk/ild/ Much thanks to Prof David Hayton. Please share widely.

Almost 200,000 historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. The release of the records will cover seven centuries of Irish history and will make over half a million documents free and permanently available to the public

Intro to Researching at the National Library of Ireland Want to explore the Library's collections? Join this free introduction to learn how to search our catalogue, get a reader's ticket, order material, and access resources in person or online. 📅 Tues 30 June 1pm: https://ow.ly/NR5W50ZffuY

'The Prisoners’ Lens: Secret Photography in Kilmainham Gaol, 1921', by Brian Crowley. More than 120 photographs taken secretly by political prisoners during the War of Independence offer a remarkable glimpse into life inside Kilmainham Gaol. historyireland.com/the-prisoner...

Please considering signing this petition protesting against the proposed closure of Carlow College my.uplift.ie/petitions/tr...

First day of conference and things are looking good here at Mary I. The wheather is lovely this morning.

Colleagues might consider signing this petition against the downgrading of AHSS research by Research Ireland openletter.earth/concern-abou...

Two brilliant Irish family history talks this Saturday! 🇮🇪 🔎 @cbgenealogy.ie explores the newly released Irish 1926 Census (inc expert tips for hidden records). 🔥 @ryangenealogy.bsky.social uncovers the truth behind the 1922 Irish Public Record Office Fire + what can still be recovered today.

Sports History Symposium, TUD, 10 June www.tudublin.ie/explore/abou...

Don’t forget to register for ‘Women in Revolution’. A discussion on the revolutionary lives of women with @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social, Dr Catriona Kennedy, and @earner.bsky.social. See the rest of the thread for talk titles. Registration link👇(1/3) events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...

Netflix Snaps Up ‘Bad Bridgets,’ Irish Period Thriller Starring Emilia Jones and Alison Oliver From ‘Kneecap’ Director variety.com/2026/film/gl...

🕰️ The NLI’s reading rooms and ticket office will open to readers from 9:30-13:00 on the following Saturdays in 2026: https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/saturday-opening-hours-january-december-2026

Final spaces available for our ‘Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces’ conference next week @unioflimerick.bsky.social - 27 May. Free, all welcome (booking required) - we have a wonderful line-up of speakers on the day - www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...

The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians

Very sorry to hear of the recent death of Don MacRaild. Don was Professor of History at Northumbria, Wellington, Ulster, Roehampton, and London Met, where he was a PVC before his recent retirement. A leading historian of Ireland’s diaspora, he will be much missed by all who knew him.

The Wiles Lectures start today at 5pm - all welcome to this groundbreaking series on global environmental history

Very sorry to hear that Elizabeth Malcolm has died - an inspirational scholar and leader of Irish Studies in Australia. isaanz.org/the-passing-...

So sorry to see this. The quality of research & teaching here has been absolutely excellent. Thinking of all those impacted. Very sad to see a tradition of humanities education stretching back over two centuries coming to an end.

Note: relatively stable institution; HAPP's a supportive (even harmonious) School; there's another Ancient History colleague; and pay at Queen's is now relatively high (starting salary is junior; post confirmation-in-post, lecturer starts c. £52k, SL starts c. £66k). www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRP030/l...

📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

The Northern Ireland government has just spent £11 million giving GenAI licences to every teacher in every school. A government actively promoting a tool that is more than likely to undermine the knowledge and skills of their teachers is unbelievably dumb. www.education-ni.gov.uk/news/givan-a...

Teaching Associate in Modern History University of Nottingham - Department of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRM192/t...

Postdoctoral Fellowships Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Naples) #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRI695/p...

Departmental Lectureship in History of Medicine University of Oxford - Faculty of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRM026/d...

Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft University of York - Department of English and Related Literature #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL782/r...

Lecturer in Global Environmental History Lancaster University - School of Global Affairs ´skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL786/l...

Lecturer in Modern British History Lancaster University - School of Global Affairs #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL783/l...

Departmental Lectureship in Economic and Social History University of Oxford - Faculty of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL580/d...

🚨 Job fairy 🚨 Project Archivist, the Robert and Nelofer Fisk Archive and Library This role @tcdlibrary.bsky.social will involve project management oversight of the archival description, research, and public presentation of the Robert and Nelofer Fisk Archive and Library. (1 of 5)

Join us for our next Dublin City Heritage talk, '"The Diversity Within": Representations of Fairground Travellers and Showpeople in Irish Tradition' by Dr Mícheál Ó hAodha on Weds 20th May during Traveller Pride Week. Tickets are free but booking is essential. 🎟️: www.eventbrite.ie/e/1981851560...

Also worth noting are the very many specialist UK history societies which support researchers of differing backgrounds and career stages. We've a new listing of 100 such organisations and scholarly communities bit.ly/4uu1yUr, with further listings of record societies & BlueSky networks #Skystorians

Thanks to @niamhkeady-tabbal.bsky.social, this event is coming together! Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/4ge7WFzEY2

I'll be in Rome talking about how we might trace the emotional legacies of the Great(er) War in the colonial archive next week.

Next year I'll be teaching a (very) short course on palaeography, and what it can reveal to historians. We'll be reading things like Julia Crick's demonstration that Exon Domesday was written exclusively by continental scribes. Any suggestions for other work in that vein?

One aim of the Society on BlueSky is to highlight organisations and opportunities that support historians and the humanities. One to promote is @britishacademy.bsky.social's UK-wide Early Career Researcher Network bit.ly/4f2H3tF which offers training, funding, peer support and events #Skystorians

If you missed Enda Delaney's talk last week on 'The cognitive revolution in modern Ireland, 1850-1920', there's a recording available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pDc...

We are delighted to announce that registration for our Annual Conference 2026 is now open. 'Intimacies in nineteenth-century Ireland' takes place @maynoothuniversity.ie 18-19 June 2026. See shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap... More information to follow soon!

New Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) website launched scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-... #genealogy

This evening @petermandler.bsky.social gives the 2026 UCL Neale Lecture: ‘Eight Reasons to Study History: The Rise (and Fall?) of History as an Undergraduate Degree’. In-person and online from 6pm bit.ly/4n8KcKE #Skystorians @ihr.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social

We’re delighted to announce our ‘Women in Revolution’ webinar Thursday 4 June 7:00-8:15 PM featuring @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social + Catriona Kennedy. Attendance is free. All are welcome For more info + to register 👀👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...

G. Henry Kinahan MRIA was an important 19th C Irish geologist and his wife, Harriette, illustrated his work. The couple kept personal diaries for almost 60 years. Here Peadar McArdle, former director of @geolsurvie.bsky.social, shares his research into this collection! www.ria.ie/blog/the-hum...

Explore our online exhibition Power & Privilege: The Big House in Ireland https://ow.ly/x4sj50YQWJu Ireland’s Big Houses were 18–19th century landlord estates, once central to rural life. Photos capture a peaceful world—but by the 1920s land reforms and economic hardship brought this era to an end.

That's a wrap on #HSTM2026! Not only did we learn about the science of baby formula, how to navigate the earth without GPS, the glory of the skies, obscured deaths and hidden prejudices - but the sunshine was glorious - there's us thinking summer had arrived! #Skystorians #HSTM #Speirgorm

If you missed David Dickson’s USIHS talk last week in ‘The Foyle, the Chesapeake, and a fifty-year transatlantic conversation: Getting the measure of the Moore family archive, 1798-1847′, its online at usihs36.com/2026/03/23/u...

Prof. Roisín Higgins (Maynooth), ‘Embodied Conflict: Sensory Histories of the Troubles’. Please join us on Thursday 14 May at 6pm for the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies’ annual J.C. Beckett Lecture at PRONI. All very welcome (in person only). Register at usihs36.com/2026/04/27/u...

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Olwen Purdue on Friday 15 May at 5pm in the Canada Room, Queen's University Belfast: 'The Journeys we Make, the Stories we Tell, and the Spaces In Between' The Lecture will be from 5pm to 6pm, followed by a drinks reception. Register here: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...

We were very sorry to hear of the death of Dr Dympna McLoughlin, a former postdoctoral fellow of the Institute of Irish Studies and for many years a lecturer in History at Maynooth University. Deepest sympathies to her family and friends. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

If you are an #Historian #Skystorian interested in #HSTM do come along tomorrow 24 April 2026 and join us @unioflimerick.bsky.social for our Annual meetup hstmnetworkireland.org/2026/03/16/h...