Few family stories have shaped Ireland’s modern history as profoundly as Guinness. Prof Patrick Geoghegan speaks with Arthur Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh, about Guinness: A Family Succession and the rise of a global brewing dynasty. 🎧Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5nqS...

We are very sad to learn of the death of Dr Deirdre McMahon. Deirdre was an historian nonpareil, as well as a staunch advocate for archives and archivists. She was a great friend of UCD Archives over all the decades of our existence. We will miss her. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

Limerick History Research Seminar series, in association with CEMS: Tues 10 February, Dr David Brown (Trinity College Dublin): ‘Beyond the black box: critical AI pipelines for historical research.' 5.30pm in room G08 (Foundation Bdg) in MIC @ulresearch.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social

Calling History of Fam folks! UL are hiring an Assistant Professor in Irish History with specialism in #HistFam to cover a period of leave. I'm not on the panel but happy to informally answer qs about the MA HoF programme to anyone interested www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE158/a...

Upcoming talk next week by Dr Seçil Yılmaz (University of Pennsylvania): "Love in the Time of Syphilis: Medicine, Sex and the End of Ottoman Empire" Trinity College Dublin, @historytcd.bsky.social Long Room Hub, Neill Lecture Theatre, 27 January 2026 Tuesday, 16.00-18.00 www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

Hello historians - there is a specific purpose role now advertised in UL’s history department - Title of Post: Assistant Professor in Irish History (specialism History of the Family) - all details are over on UL vacancies! Do share! #jobsky #skystorians #speirgorm #speirghorm

Frank Hurley - Endurance 1915

Here’s one thing to look forward to this year: the release of the 1926 census - really looking forward to exploring the census when it comes online - how and where will many of my Cumann na mBan women appear, I wonder? #exploreyourachives #speirgorm www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

We would like to thank our members for their participation through 2025. We look forward to seeing you next year, as we plan in person meet ups for 2026. Until then, the best of the season to all our #skystorian colleagues and their loved ones #IAPH #NollaigShonaDuit #Speirgorm

#IAPH 2026 Members Bursaries are now open to support members in the pursuit of their professional #history activities. Closing 14 Feb 2026 👉https://irishhistorians.ie/2025/12/bursaries-scheme-2026/ #IrishHistory #Skystorians #AcademicSky #Speirgorm #Ireland #Historical #HistoryProfession

@crimeanwar.bsky.social @ssnci.bsky.social @britjnlmilhist.bsky.social @bcmh-news.bsky.social @smh-historians.bsky.social @societyarmy.bsky.social For those of you that missed my lecture, you can now view it via the Military History Society of Ireland's website: www.mhsi.ie/lectures.htm #CrimeanWar

Member publication now accessible via @ucc.ie CORA: hdl.handle.net/10468/17820 O’Leary D. (2025) 'Catholic bioethics from Pius XI to Pope Francis I', in The Cambridge History of the Papacy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 455-485 doi.org/10.1017/9781... #skystorian #speirgorm #Bioethics

JOB KLAXON! CHAIR IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN HISTORY AT @ox.ac.uk: please publicize! Eleanor Rathbone Professor of Contemporary European History my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026. sites.google.com/view/whai202...

Had a wonderful evening with @araireland.bsky.social at the lunch my #exploreyourarchive ambassador role 2025-26. Great chats had about archives and history making with the students on @ucddublin.bsky.social MA Archives & Record Management course. Really looking forward to being the #eya ambassador

REMINDER of this event on Irish and Indian Constitutions at DCU's St Pats campus at 4:30 this evening Delighted to be joining @seanrainford.bsky.social @aoifemod.bsky.social @suryaroy.bsky.social @donalcoffey.bsky.social @dculibrary.bsky.social All welcome

@crimeanwar.bsky.social All thanks to @icuf.bsky.social, the RNSHS and Eastlink TV, you can now watch my 'Ireland, Atlantic Canada and the Crimean War' lecture from Halifax back in June 2025 at youtu.be/X5-voQRJNeM #CrimeanWar #Ireland

As the WHAI continue to promote the Discipline of Women's History in Ireland we are delighted to announce that we are now on LinkedIn. If you are on LinkedIn please do give us a follow.

We are running a search for an Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in Modern Middle Eastern History 1830-1970, with expertise in across key regions, including Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Egypt, and the Maghreb. www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Join us at DCU's St Pats campus for an evening seminar comparing the Irish and Indian constitutions, hosted by the Ireland India Institute, next Wed 26 Nov. Some leading constitutional lawyers and historians will explore shared influences and challenges between 🇮🇳 and 🇮🇪. All welcome

Every marketing team in Ireland right now. #COYBIG

Troooyyyyy 💚💚💚💚💚😭😭😭😭😭

Hi, can anyone figure out the medical term in this document?

🚨Deadline Extended🚨 You now have until December 1st to submit your proposals and/or apply for the bursaries. Come join us in beautiful Amynooth in June. This tree should be back in full summer bloom by then. frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...

Pledge to Remember: Search your family’s military story for free today 🎖️ Search for your parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, or your family name. Each search is a pledge to ensure their service & sacrifice are never forgotten. Free access until 13th November. T&Cs apply https://bit.ly/3LmtWa3

On my way to Dublin to take part in a book panel discussion on "Women, Struggle & Resilience". We're covering women's lives from c18th Ulster to c20th Dublin. It's almost sold out, last tickets here dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-... #WomensHistory #GenderHist #WomensHist

Not in Belfast this evening, but toasting the new book by my @ulhistory.bsky.social colleague @leannecalvert.bsky.social from home! It’s an amazing book & so beautifully produced - congrats Leanne! #skystorians @ria.ie

The history and legacy of the British Empire with @davidolusoga.bsky.social Coming in November. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 🗃️📚📺 #history

This will be of interest to many of our members.

Still a few places to hear me talking ghosts at the Hunt Museum, Limerick, Sat 25th at 2. www.huntmuseum.com/whats-on/mag...

Please come to the annual Bolton-King public lecture on 5 November, at 6pm. Organised by the Limerick Centre for Early Modern Studies (@cemslimerick.bsky.social), in association with the Hunt Museum @ulhistory.bsky.social @michistory.bsky.social @ulresearch.bsky.social @ullibrary.bsky.social

JOB Childers Professorship of Irish History University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/the-chi...

Enjoy a peaceful moment for #WorldMentalHealthDay today with a listen to Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again's Mindful Heaney podcast series: www.nli.ie/learn/podcas...

Ever wonder how Ireland hosted dignitaries in the early days of the state? 🍽️ Join the ISA for a talk with Dr Elaine Mahon: “The Minister Requests the Pleasure: Irish State Hospitality, 1922–1963” 📍Dublin City Library & Archive 📅Oct. 16 🕕Talk @ 6:30 pm sharp 📖 Free + open to all! Register below!

Books Upstairs is a fine store with a particularly excellent poetry section. Why not support them by ordering your books online instead: booksupstairs.ie

Teaching fellow role for six months in Department of History MIC Limerick www.mic.ul.ie/about-mic/va...

Teetotaller that I am, it’s entirely appropriate that I’ve just reviewed a newly-released book on the early history of the #Guinness family brewery, just ahead of the (unrelated) new eight-part @netflix series #HouseofGuinness. m.independent.ie/entertainmen...

Bumping this up again. Deadline for applications is October 3rd.

Tickets for my talk on the letters of sympathy sent to Canon Begley and his parishioners following the 1926 Dromcollogher cinema fire are now available through the link below. The talk is on Sunday 28 September in Newcastle West county Limerick. register.enthuse.com/ps/event/Mar...

Cauvery is one of the nicest people you could ever meet, and I hate that she has to write this. We need leadership and firm action now before the very worst of us succeed in dragging us all down with them

how it feels to contribute to an edited volume

The Hamburg team (Professor Alan Kramer) of our @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant BLOCKADE is looking for a FOUR YEAR PostDoc to work on blockade as 'slow violence' in the Great War-era Middle East. Please share! www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

Link to the event: register.enthuse.com/ps/event/Lea...

If you're in Limerick on the evening of Thursday 25 September, I'll be sharing research from my upcoming book on pregnancy and paternity disputes in 18th/19th century Ulster as part of the Limerick History Festival. Be lovely to see folks there! #womenshist #histsex #histfam

Looking for members help. Dr Maria Luddy and Dr Judith Harford are writing a book on the experiences of Irish women national school teachers, 1890-1950. They would love to hear from anyone with material such as diaries, letters, photographs, or other artefacts. email [email protected].

🚨JOB POSTING🚨 We are currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans among the colonized population/Indigenous population of the interwar imperial polity of the United States of America. 18 month contract, deadline October 03. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...