Cian T. McMahon, PhD
@ciantmcmahon.bsky.social
Historian of Ireland and the Irish, at home and abroad. Currently working on a global history of Saint Patrick's Day. *The Routledge History of Irish America* (2024) *The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine* (2021)
***Book of interest to fellow transnational historians*** New from @stanfordpress.bsky.social: Americans Without Borders: The Radical Activists Who Fought for US Ideals Abroad While Facing Political Persecution at Home by Julia Harte www.sup.org/books/histor...
A book launch, like an Irish funeral, is a chance to meet people and exchange a bit of gossip.
Have you checked out the Summer 2026 issue of the Journal of American History? @illinoispress.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
There is something simultaneously nerve-wracking and rewarding about correcting the proofs of a forthcoming book! It really helps when you have a top-notch press by your side. Thanks, @uncpress.bsky.social
I am so excited to share the cover art for my new book, due out on 17 March 2027. It’s been great working with @uncpress.bsky.social again!
Really proud of this volume of Analecta Hibernica, periodical of the Irish Manuscripts Commission. As editor I have encouraged more Irish language texts and more women as editors - thinking about the sources for Irish history in their wonderful diversity
***Save the Date for the Fall Online Book Event*** Join us at 4:30pm ET on 10/27 for our next book event with @unlawfulentries.bsky.social , author of Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship, and Mary E. Mendoza, author of Deadly Divide. Jonathan Cortez will moderate. More info soon!
We’re looking forward to the 2026 Hibernian Lecture by @iandelahanty.bsky.social this Thursday, Sept. 3, at Notre Dame. The lecture is hosted by the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism and cosponsored by the Keough-Naughton Institute. 👉 See details: cushwa.nd.edu/events/2026/...
We're now accepting applications for the newly created role of Assistant Professor of the Practice / Assistant Director of Irish Studies! Apply here apply.interfolio.com/191724 by October 18.
An Emigrant Nation: Ireland, America and the Irish Diaspora: You may enjoy watching/listening to this podcast w/ Kevin Kenny @iehs.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social You Tube (video): www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZTE.... Spotify audio: open.spotify.com/episode/3txq... Kevin
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***Membership Discount for Graduate Students*** Membership comes with many benefits, including opportunities to serve on IEHS committees and be part of IEHS programming. Continuing student members pay $15 per year. All new and renewing members join here: order.press.uillinois.edu/jaeh/order.h...
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What does it mean to be both Black and Irish? Join us for “Blackness and Irishness” by Leon Diop: 📅 Friday, 3 July 📍 Maynooth University – Iontas Building 🕒 3:00–4:00 PM Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blackness-... #BlackHistory #IrishHistory #DiversityAndInclusion #Intersectionality
Blackness and Irishness through the Centuries
Dive into the rich stories and connections between Black and Irish cultures across history with award-winning author Leon Diop.
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Michael Green is a Professor of History in UNLV's Department of History. Green tells the story of Hoover Dam, the colossal public works project that delivered power and reassured America during the Great Depression. #WeAreAmerica250
I had the privilege to serve as the @acirishstudies.bsky.social History Rep, which meant I also chaired the Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book. We had an amazing slate of books – truly inspiring stuff – and it was such a pleasure to read. Irish Studies future is bright!
Hot off the press! Patrick Mahoney's @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social new book Fenian Empire, available now: lnkd.in/eW3FFERw "Teeming with individual Fenians, splits, spies, and swagger, it is a captivating read contending with ideas which are at once both historical and contemporary." Ú Ní Bhroiméil
Here's hoping that @mcdiarmidlucy.bsky.social's wonderful book cover will start a new trend in scholarly publications!
The reviews for Green & Blue seem to be coming thick and fast these days :-) Many thanks to the Civil War Monitor and Jeremy Knoll for this look at my latest book: www.civilwarmonitor.com/green-and-bl...
Green & Blue (2025)
A detailed review of "Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865" by Damian Shiels.
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Marking the 150th anniversary of the rescue of six Fenian leaders from Fremantle Prison by the whaling ship Catalpa. The flag of the Catalpa will be on display at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, on Saturday, 18th and Sunday, 19th April 2026 only. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies Ray Cashman, whose current book project is on Irish funerary traditions, will give a talk at @bostoncollege.bsky.social on Apr. 8 at 6 pm, on “Exploring Belief in Spirits of the Dead Among Contemporary Irish Death Care Workers” bcbookmarks.com/2026/03/26/b...
Burns Scholar Ray Cashman
Provost Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington Ray Cashman, who is serving this semester as BC’s Burns Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies, will deliver a l…
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Delighted to announce that my new book, a global history of Saint Patrick’s Day, will be published by @uncpress.bsky.social in early 2027. Big thanks to @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @unlv.edu and everyone who helped me along the way.
Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride win Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize
Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride win Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
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The BC Chronicle interviewed Burns Scholar Ray Cashman before his lecture on Wednesday, April 8! issuu.com/bcchronicle/...
New book chapter by IEHS member @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social : “Shipwrecks and Society: Press Reports of the Irish Emigrant Passage to Canada, 1845-1855” in William Jenkins, ed., Canada and the Great Irish Famine (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025): 55-72. www.mqup.ca/Books/C/Cana...
Canada and the Great Irish Famine
In the summer of 1847, over four hundred ships arrived in the Gulf of St Lawrence, carrying Irish men, women, and children who were fleeing the starvation and misery of the Great Potato Famine. Tens o...
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The histories Marcus Rediker explores are grounded in the radical and courageous acts of those who remain largely unknown to us. Theirs is a history from below.
Marcus Rediker: History from below
The histories Marcus Rediker explores are grounded in the radical and courageous acts of those who remain largely unknown to us— poor people with calloused hands, often nameless in the historical…
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A packed room as Fintan O'Toole & Sam McBride discuss their arguments 'For and Against a United Ireland' Congratulations to the authors on winning the Ewart-Biggs Prize, recognizing works that promote peace & reconciliation @arinsproject.bsky.social @undpress.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social
