Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War 📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm 🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin 📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter @ucdpress.bsky.social

Our sincere thanks to @valerieflynn.bsky.social & @stingingfly.bsky.social for this glowing review of After the Train. ‘[A]n eye-opening and evocative mosaic of first-person reflections on the 1975-1977 feminist collective’. 🔗 stingingfly.org/review/after...

NEW: Valerie Flynn reviews After the Train edited by Evelyn Conlon and Rebecca Pelan and published by @ucdpress.bsky.social “[A]n eye-opening and evocative mosaic of first-person reflections on the 1975-1977 feminist collective” stingingfly.org/review/after...

📣 REMINDER – Next Thursday All welcome to a special event in celebration of Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion by James Quinn ⏰ 6pm, Thursday, 13 November 📍 The National 1798 Rebellion Centre, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan RSVP [email protected]

💥 Hot off the printing press! We’re delighted to share that From Bullets to Ballots by Owen O’Shea is now available. Get your copy at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... or bookshops nationwide @owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social

Delighted to host Dr Leeann Lane's fantastic exhibition on the afterlives of Cork republican women in Cregan Library until the 30th of this month! It'll be travelling to the O'Reilly Library for display from the 1st of November. @dublincityuni.bsky.social

📣 REMINDER ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33 6.30pm, Tuesday 11 November 2025 Books Upstairs, 17 D’Olier Street Dublin 2, D02 RX06 RSVP [email protected] @owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social

When you make it into Cork’s annual Christmas Holly Bough - when you know you know. Thank you so much to Linda Kenny. @ucdpress.bsky.social

✨THIS SATURDAY✨ Women Writing History At 11am in IMMA on 8 November, join us during Dublin Book Festival for a panel with After the Train co-editor Evelyn Conlon and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with journalist Clodagh Finn 🎟️ Free – booking required dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...

ALL WELCOME to a special event in celebration of Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion by James Quinn 🗓️ Thursday, 13 November, 6pm The National 1798 Rebellion Centre, Parnell Road, Mill Park Rd, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford Y21 PY03 Guest Speaker: Kevin Whelan RSVP [email protected]

✨ Next Saturday, join us during Dublin Book Festival for a panel with Evelyn Conlon (author and UCD Press co-editor of After the Train) and Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with Clodagh Finn Women Writing History Saturday, 8 November 11 am IMMA, RHK 🎟️ dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...

🗳️ In anticipation of the release of Dr Owen O'Shea's From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33, this week’s #TBT also focuses on Kerry politics. Find Land, Popular Politics and Agrarian Violence in Ireland at www.ucdpress.ie or bookshops nationwide

Preorder From Bullets to Ballots 'The extent and nature of party organisation and membership, the language and conduct of election campaigns, and the role of newspapers in the political discourse at this time contributed greatly to what emerged from the ballot boxes.' 🔗 Out Nov. 25 www.ucdpress.ie

#IrishBookADay challenge: An Irish book discovered at a bookshop event. While planning #FeministBookFortnight, we discovered After the Train, a collection of first-person testimonials from women who did remarkable things. Would we be where we are today if Irish Women United hadn't existed? @UCDPress

Such an enjoyable afternoon signing books all over Dublin with these wonderful authors of After the Train, Rebecca Pelan and Evelyn Conlon @rebeccapelan Get your signed copy here Books Upstairs Hodgesfm Figgis Dubraybooks Grafton & Mary St Connolly Books Gutterbookshop 🖊📕🍷👏

Seems appropriate to post the final chapter of Irish Women’s Speeches @ucdpress.bsky.social today. Powerful speech by @catherinegalway.bsky.social on the Mother & Baby home report Jan 2021.

A wonderful day of book signing all over Dublin city with the fabulous author of Mary MacSwiney @lloislanel.bsky.social @schoolhumandev.bsky.social Get your signed copy in 🖊📕👏 @gutterbookshop.bsky.social @dubraybooks.bsky.social @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social

Lovely time signing books in Dublin bookshops with the wonderful @ucdpress.bsky.social team, Noelle Moran and Cait O’Neill

ALL WELCOME to the Dublin launch of From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33 by Owen O’Shea 6.30pm, Tuesday 11 November 2025 Books Upstairs, 17 D’Olier Street Dublin 2, D02 RX06 RSVP [email protected] @owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social

Excited to announce the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter at Books Upstairs, Dublin on 11 November at 6.30pm. The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War Please share! See you there! Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social

🥁 COVER REVEAL From Bullets to Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post-Civil War Kerry, 1923–33 by Owen O’Shea Out November 2025 🔗 Preorder now at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... @owenoshea.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @omahonysbooks.bsky.social

Shop local. Shop Irish. #supporttheindies 📕👌

In a time of misinformation and fake news, primary source historical material is more important than ever to preserve and explore. @ox.ac.uk @marcmulholland.bsky.social @historyireland.bsky.social

The hope and sense of possibility that came with the campaign is still very much alive and more necessary than ever, she adds. “There is a lot of incredible activism and resistance happening. What we've learned from #WakingTheFeminists has not been lost.

UCD Press author @sarahdurcan.bsky.social also spoke with Jillian Godsil on Making A Difference (103.2 Dublin City FM) about the legacy of #WakingTheFeminists and the work that still needs to be done to make meaningful social change. 🎧Listen back here: www.mixcloud.com/1032DublinCi...

Our thanks to Jillian Godsil for writing about WTF Happened in her latest blog post: 'WTF Happened: Waking the Feminists turns protest into a playbook' Read the full piece: jilliangodsil.com/wtf-happened...

Thanks for this kind endorsement David

🎉 Today marks the birthday of Irish writer and political activist Rosamond Jacob. In her biography of Jacob, published by UCD Press, Dr Leeann Lane (@lloislanel.bsky.social) considers the legacy of this fringe figure. Get a copy of Rosamond Jacob: Third Person Singular at www.ucdpress.ie

🎭New book published by UCD Press goes behind the scenes of the groundbreaking #WakingTheFeminists grassroots movement for gender equality in Irish theatre. 📕WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre (UCD Press, 2025)👇 www.ucd.ie/research/new...

🎭 Presenting: YOU with our latest book! How special it was to see so many smiling faces gathered together at the launch of WTF Happened. Thanks to all who joined authors Sarah and Lian on Wednesday evening to celebrate this phenomenal book being published.

Launches coming up in both Dublin and Kerry in November so stay tuned for details! Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie #books #history #politics

Celebrating WTF HAPPENED launching into the world 🚀 Thank you @ivanabacik.bsky.social @labourpartyireland.bsky.social and all attendees for a very special evening 👏👏

Women writing #History at the Dublin Book Fair in November.

WTF Happened was officially launched at the stunning NLI tonight Thank you to our speakers Director of the NLI,  Dr Audrey Whitty, Vice President for Research, Innovation and Impact at UCD, Professor Kate Robson Brown and authors Sarah Durcan, Lian Bell & all attendees ONWARDS #WakingTheFeminists

ALL WELCOME TODAY to the launch of WTF HAPPENED #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell 🗓️ TODAY Wednesday, 8 October, 6.30pm National Library of Ireland RSVP [email protected]

A special afternoon talking about activism, compliant, feminism & movements that continue to shape us Thanks to hosts Dublin Theatre Festival & Abbey Theatre, panel chair Emma Dabiri & panelists Sarah Durcan Lian Bell Sara Ahmad & Catriona Crowe WTF Happened is available in bookshops nationwide

See you today at the Abbey Theatre @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social 🎭

A smiling crowd of feminists gathered outside of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin for the #WakingTheFeminists public meeting on 12 November 2015. Captured by Fiona Morgan. A photo so good we had to include it not only on the cover of WTF Happened but also as a double-page spread inside of the book.

Join Sara Ahmed, Emma Dabiri and Catriona Crowe and I, Tuesday 7 Oct @abbeytheatre.bsky.social @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social for Complaining For Good at 12:30. Still a few tickets available. I’ll be talking about WTF Happened, the book I wrote with @lianbell.bsky.social from @ucdpress.bsky.social

The proud legacy of Waking the Feminists. Thank you Aoife Barry for this thorough engagement and warm support for our new book WTF Happened in today's Sunday Times Culture Magazine 📚👌👏 WTF Happened #wakingthefeminists is in bookshops nationwide now and at www.ucdpress.ie

'This book is a fascinating account of the events in 2015/16 which lit a feminist bomb under Irish theatre ...' Our thanks to Katy Hayes and @independent.ie for this thorough review of WTF Happened. 📰 Read in print nationwide or online: www.independent.ie/entertainmen... 📸 @katyhayze.bsky.social

Also, my review of Waking The Feminists book from @ucdpress.bsky.social in today's Irish Independent @independent.ie . Lovely stormy day to go out to Coffee Shop and #buyapaper

ALL WELCOME to the launch of WTF HAPPENED #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre by Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell 🗓️ Wednesday, 8 October, 6.30pm National Library of Ireland RSVP [email protected]

Next Tuesday! Don't miss out – few tickets are left. Join us during Dublin Theatre Festival for a panel discussion featuring WTF Happened author Sarah Durcan 🗓️ 7 Oct Abbey Theatre, Abbey Stage €10 90 mins 🎟️ dublintheatrefestival.ie/event/compla... 🔗 Order a copy: www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

It was this explosive combination of hope and fear that brought about Ireland’s bloody summer. BLOODY SUMMER in bookshops nationwide and at ucdpress.ie 31 October 2025 www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

Our thanks to @petergray47.bsky.social & @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social for inviting and welcoming us yesterday evening to talk with students, scholars and prospective authors about our publishing process and catalogue. 💡For more info about book proposals and our style guide, visit www.ucdpress.ie

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...

This week’s #TBT title is Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History by James Quinn, whose forthcoming book Bloody Summer: A New History of the 1798 Rebellion will be published this autumn – Quinn’s third book with UCD Press. 🔗 Purchase Young Ireland now: ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...

It’s always special to see authors holding their book. Earlier this week, we stopped by the Irish Theatre Institute to hand deliver copies of WTF Happened to its authors, Sarah Durcan and Lian Bell, and we were joined by Niamh O’Donnell of ITI. 🔗 Order a copy: bit.ly/wtf-happened

Extract: WTF Happened: #WakingTheFeminists and the Movement That Changed Irish Theatre ~ Sarah Durcan with Lian Bell @ucdpress.bsky.social 'Goes behind-the-scenes of the groundbreaking grassroots movement for gender equality in Irish theatre...' www.swirlandthread.com/wtf-happened... #booksky