Coming this October from @ucdpress.bsky.social and historian and author Owen O'Shea The first ever county-based study of Civil War politics in Ireland How and why did the Civil War shape politics and elections in Kerry in the decade after 1923? Pre-order now: shorturl.at/56pZE

We're really looking forward to this Dublin Book Fair event in November with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with author and journalist Clodagh Finn! Saturday, 8 November 11 am IMMA, RHK 🎟️ Get your tickets: bit.ly/dbf-att

#TBT An Underground Theatre: Major Playwrights in the Irish Language, 1930–80 by Philip O’Leary (2017) Inspired by the new release of WTF Happened, our #ThrowbackThursday title this week examines Irish-language theatre, which has at times been on the fringes of Ireland’s cultural landscape.

Join us on October 7 to celebrate the launch of two books exploring institutional change through feminist strategies of complaint, listening, and sector transformation as part of Dublin Theatre Festival 🎭 🎟️ Tickets are €10 and now on sale: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats-on/complaining-for-good/

It’s here! We’re elated to share that WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell has arrived in the world. Learn about the story behind this groundbreaking feminist movement. 🔗 Order at bit.ly/WTF-Happened or bookstores nationwide

Lian is amazing. She’s also one of the people responsible for Waking the Feminists and has co-edited a new book about it, out this month with @ucdpress.bsky.social www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

Looking forward to talking about the performativity of hunger striking during the revolutionary period through the lens of Mary MacSwiney in my keynote at the Thomas MacDonagh Hedge School on 20 September. Thank you to @eleanorhooker.bsky.social and Una Johnson. @ucdpress.bsky.social

Join us at Dublin Theatre Festival for ‘Complaining for Good – Activism, Feminism and How to Affect Change’ featuring UCD Press author Sarah Durcan alongside Sara Ahmed, Caitriona Crowe, and chair Emma Dabiri. 🗓️ 7 Oct Abbey Theatre, Abbey Stage €10 12.30pm 🎟️ Tickets available here: bit.ly/wtf-dtf

Today’s the day! We are thrilled to announce our full programme of events for Dublin Book Festival 2025. All events now up on our website to browse and getting booking ✨ bit.ly/46ixJu1

Coming to a bookstore near you in October 2025… From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33 by Owen O’Shea 🔗 Preorder here bit.ly/From-B2B #IrishCivilWar #CivilWarPolitics #IrishHistory #KerryHistory @owenoshea.bsky.social

#TBT Managing Your Own Learning at University in 2018 and 1997 (Now vs. Then) 🎒 Students are officially back this week, so for #ThrowbackThursday we’re taking a look back at the different covers of volumes of our bestselling study guide. 🍎 Get ahead of your studies: bit.ly/MYOL2018 #BacktoCampus

ALL WELCOME to join our Irish Studies Publishing Workshop at the Institute of Irish Studies, QUB, Belfast 430pm Mon 29 Sept 📚📚📚 @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @petergray47.bsky.social @olwenpurdue.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Booking here www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

On 29 Sept. Noelle Moran and Caitlin O'Neill of @ucdpress.bsky.social will be leading a workshop on publishing in Irish Studies - all welcome in-person or online www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

Thanks so much for sharing our pod!

Honoured to receive such a generous endorsement for my forthcoming book from Dr Bill Kissane of the London School of Economics who has described the work as 'a first class piece of scholarship'. From Bullets to Ballots will be published soon by @ucdpress.bsky.social

Our thanks to Aoife Barry for recommending our forthcoming book WTF Happened by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell (due end of Sept) on the newly returned Get Around To It podcast! It’s a fantastic episode, give it a listen when you get the chance. 🎧 bit.ly/ga2ixwtf @sweetoblivion.bsky.social

There are a lot of great options on their website to check out.

🔖 Don’t miss out on 20% Off Social Justice and Activism Books Sonja Tiernan’s inspiring Irish Women’s Speeches Volumes I and II are currently included in a special offer on our website. 🔗 bit.ly/sj-act-offer – Limited Time, International Shipping Available

Day 2 of the IHA annual conference @ucdhumanities.bsky.social has started on a strong note with panel on society, art, and poetics of nourishment. And @ucdpress.bsky.social are back with us for day 2.

Attending a Friday panel? Visit us between sessions and grab one of our flyers!

Attending the Irish Humanities Alliance Conference ‘Feeding the Soul’? We’ll be showcasing a selection of books related to food and belonging. We’re happy to chat all things research and books are available for purchase. Pop by to say hello! 👋 @irishhumanities.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social

📫 ICYMI our latest digital newsletter is here! Check your inbox for a recap of all the exciting events, new reviews and more from summertime with UCD Press. 📰 Read in full here: mailchi.mp/c31198c08b5c...

🗓️ Today marks Irish nationalist politician and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party John Redmond’s birthday. John Redmond and Irish Parliamentary traditions by eds. Martin O’Donoghue and Emer Purcell offers a new perspective on the legacy of the Redmond family using a longue durée approach.

#ThrowbackThursday How to Write by Robert Mohr (August 1998) ✍️ As we approach the new school year, this book may be a useful resource for incoming students! 🔗 ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

A reflection from author and Laureate for Irish Fiction Anne Enright on the #WakingTheFeminists campaign and activism. 🎟️ Preorder your copy of WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre at bit.ly/WTF-Happened @sarahdurcan.bsky.social @lianbell.bsky.social

Seeing books you wrote on a bookshop shelf never gets old. #dorothymacardle #marymacswiney @ucdpress.bsky.social

Listen 🎶 back to Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan as he discusses our latest bestselling book After the Train ed by Evelyn Conlon and Rebecca Pelan After the Train explores Irish feminist history from the 70s to today 38 mins in Best of August Books | Newstalk share.google/HqSCtrhrVYvD...

🖼️ We visited the Museum of Literature Ireland (@molimuseum.bsky.social) in Dublin city centre this week to check out their new exhibition on Irish romance fiction, Happily Ever After.

I was delighted to speak on Mary MacsSwiney and her connection to St Luke’s at the St Luke’s 200 festival. It was a lovely event. Lovely to be in the company of such wonderful Cork authors as Conal Creedon. Thank you for inviting me. @oliver.ie @ucdpress.bsky.social #purecork #lovecork

📌 Whether you’re visiting or local to Cork, you’ve probably noticed traces of the MacSwiney family’s legacy. Murals, street names, portraits, plaques and busts decorate Cork city in honour of Terence MacSwiney.

🎶 Listen in to Talking History on Newstalk at 7pm this evening. Editors of After the Train will be talking to Patrick Geoghegan about Irish feminist history from the 1970s up to present day activism. We learn how much has been achieved and how much there still is to do. Well worth a listen 🎶 👏

🎭 Take a closer look at the image on the cover of WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminist and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre (Sept 2025). The photo features a crowd of smiling feminists outside the Abbey Theatre holding their now iconic banner. 🔗 Preorder: bit.ly/WTF-Happeend 📸: Fiona Morgan

🥁 COVER REVEAL WTF HAPPENED: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell Out September 2025 _______________________ 🔗 Preorder at bit.ly/WTF-Happened #IrishFeminism #FeministMovement #IrishThreatre #NationalTheate #FeministHistory #WomensHistory

📣 Coming soon from UCD Press… WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell ISBN: 9781739086398 September 2025 #WomeninTheatre #IrishTheatre #IrishPublisher #IrishFeminism @sarahdurcan.bsky.social @lianbell.bsky.social

📚BOOK NEWS 📢 Really thrilled to be working with the wonderful team at @ucdpress.bsky.social to publish my #PhD research on politics and electioneering in County #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War "From Bullets to Ballots" will be published in September 2025 www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalog...

🌼 Our Autumn Winter 2025 catalogue is here 🌼 If you weren’t able to pick up a physical copy while attending IASIL in Galway last week, never fear! You can browse our full catalogue online on our website. 🔗 www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalogue

'by far the most detailed account of one of the most stubborn opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921' Thank you John Bowman @rteradio1.bsky.social for exploring Mary MacSwiney's legacy and @lloislanel.bsky.social's wonderful biography on her Listen back here www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

The Charlie Byrne's team know how to do bookshops.... #supporttheindies #visit Galway 👌📚🇮🇪 @charliebyrne.bsky.social

Thank you to John Bowman for using my biography of Mary MacSwiney as the hinge for his Bowman on Sunday show @rteradio1.bsky.social on 20 July. It was an honour. @ucdpress.bsky.social

We're all set up for the IASIL Conference here in @universityofgalway Pick up a catalogue, new book or just come say hi 👋

Thank you so much to An Taoiseach @fiannafailparty.bsky.social for launching Mary MacSwiney in the Cork City Hall and to the Lord Mayor, Fergal Dennehy. It was a lovely event.

Great to see naming of one of Cork’s bridges after Mary MacSwiney. Thanks to Councillor Oliver Moran @oliver.ie www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari... @ucdpress.bsky.social

Great day to be signing copies of MaryMacSwiney in Cork #uptherebels #loveCork #pureCork

Thanks to all the wonderful bookshops in Cork City for welcoming us. Get your signed copy of Mary MacSwiney! Many thanks Vibes and Scribes Cork @dubraybooks.bsky.social Cork @waterstones.bsky.social Cork @easons.bsky.social Cork 📚🎉👏

Huge congratulations to author Leeann Lane and many thanks to An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Cork Lord Mayor Fergal Dennehy, City Council staff and all attendees for a warm homecoming launch for Mary MacSwiney. Leeann is signing books across Cork bookshops tomorrow - be sure to get a signed copy 📚🖊👏

Our thanks to Margaret Ward and Fortnight Magazine for this generous review of Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane. Join us in two days for the Cork launch with guest speaker Taoiseach Micheál Martin! ALL WELCOME 🗓️ Friday 18 July 2025 4.00pm at The Council Chamber, Cork City Hall RSVP [email protected]

Thank you so very much to @marg50.bsky.social for such a detailed and positive review of Mary MacSwiney @ucdpress.bsky.social Praise from such a wonderful and rigorous historian as Margaret is unparalleled.

'A woman who refused to be silenced in fight for republican independence' Thanks to the @irish_examiner for this wonderful exposure of our new biography on Mary MacSwiney in last Saturday's paper. Mary MacSwiney will have it's Cork launch at City Hall this Friday All welcome RSVP [email protected]

What’s also wonderful is that this book had full support of MacSwiney relatives

A shared heritage - Mary MacSwiney, a very brave and remarkable Irish woman who visited prisoners in #Frongoch and stood her ground in a railway carriage in #Holyhead trying to protect the body of her brother who had died on hunger strike #IrelandWales #Revolution #Empire #Ireland #Wales #Anglesey