Incredible scenes at Croke Park. The curse is finally over after 75 Years! Fair play to Mayo, absolutely delighted for them. Massive performance.

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Mayo have ended a wait of 75 years to become All-Ireland football champions, beating Kerry 1-20 to 1-17 at Croke Park www.rte.ie/sport/footba...

The fantastic Tifo unfurled tonight by FF Jaro ultras before the big derby match against SJK in Jakobstad. Super game, super crowd, and capped off with a massive three points!

Fenian Summer continues!☀️ Mo mhíle buíochas le Jim Carroll and the folks at @RTEBrainstorm for the opportunity to write a bit about the roots of Irish-Cuban solidarity

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A short history of Irish Fenians and the Cuban revolution. When revolution swept Cuba in autumn 1868, Fenian leaders developed an intense interest in the island, explains @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Old Carrigart Cemetery, #Donegal. Somewhere here in an unmarked grave is Charly Gallagher, who faced Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg with the famed 69th PA. Charly also served with the 1st PA Light Artillery and in the Regulars. He returned home to Glen and died there in 1907.

The latest episode of Transatlantic is live! We discuss General Stephen Moylan, one of the senior Irish participants in the American Revolution, and the man who penned the earliest known example of the phrase "United States of America": shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

47. Stephen Moylan: The Irish General in the American Revolution | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

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One week since The Fenian Empire hit US shelves! A massive thank you to everyone who has reached out, and to the brilliant series editors Kevin Kenny & Nicholas Wolf - and the entire @nyupress.bsky.social team for putting together a final product that really captures the spirit of the text.

That's it from our research exacavation at Viking Woodstown for this year! For a small targeted dig, we discovered SO much about this structure and about Woodstown, but this is only the beginning. Now all of that material and information must be processed so the story will evolve futher.

In today's tale from the trench we take a look at the partially excavated foundational trench of the large structure — well, before any Scandinavians come for me, it's very large by Irish standards! At 18.5m it appears to be the largest Viking house yet recorded here. #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺

🎯 Our poor beleaguered waters 'The data tell the story:they’re filthy with pollution, clogged with man-made barriers & wrecked by State-funded drainage schemes that channel them, pour herbicides along them & cut vegetation that otherwise offers much-needed shade' www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Wild salmon are on the verge of extinction. There is not one fish to spare

What happened on the river Glyde in June is not a local incident. It is a national emergency

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An incredible opening week for the research excavation at the Woodstown Viking Site! In today's tale from the trench we meet Hilde Fyllingen as she uncovers a little glimpse of daily life in this enormous Viking settlement. #ireland #archaeology 🏺 #vikings #irishhistory

It's [hopefully] going to be a really interesting couple of weeks! We're doing a research dig at the Viking site at Woodstown Waterford, with support from @ria.ie, @nationalmons.bsky.social and Waterford City & County Council, in a collaborative project between Irish & Norwegian archaeologists

Another win for "Green & Blue"! The American Conference for Irish Studies has awarded Damian Shiels’s book the Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America for Irish Studies. Check out the prize announcement here: https://bit.ly/4o2ppIZ

My deepest thanks to @acirishstudies.bsky.social for selecting Green & Blue for the Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America. A super way to kick off June 😀

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In Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military 1861-1865, Damian Shiels offers fresh insights into the lives of Irish men serving in the Union military. Shining light into the heterogeneity of Irish America, this work was awarded the Lawrence McCaffery Prize

An incredible day yesterday, spent with a major U.S. collector of stereoscopy who is downsizing. He has generously donated four full travel sets of Irish stereoviews (totalling 400 images), plus c100 more, to University College Dublin. These are extraordinary photos, dating from the 1880s-1900s.

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...

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A detailed review of "Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865" by Damian Shiels.

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One of my favourite Abarta Heritage StoryMaps to work on, launched this week by Athlone No 1 Gun Battery Heritage Group. It tells the background and story of the Shannon's Napoleonic-era defences and the incredible work of the Heritage Group in Athlone. You can check it out below! arcg.is/09yiGf0

No. 1 Battery: Recovering Athlone's Napoleonic War Heritage

A StoryMap exploring the history of a remarkable surviving piece of Athlone's military heritage—and the Heritage Group that recovered it.

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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.

New update to the Yankee Pensioners in Ireland Map. Margaret Cashen of Glenall #Laois. Her son died with Custer at the Little Bighorn. In his last letter he wrote "Sitting Bull...must submitt to Uncl Sam or kill the 7 Hors (Cavalry)." She received a pension until her death in 1892. arcg.is/1CXaDe0

Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map

An interactive map with biographical info and addresses of 700+ women, men and children who received U.S. pensions in 19th century Ireland.

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The new episode of Transatlantic is live! Dr Tara McCarthy joins us to discuss a remarkable group of Irish women in late 19th and early 20th century America, as they campaigned for the causes of Irish nationalism, working rights and female suffrage: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

46. Outsiders: Irish American Radical Women | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

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Fancy a road trip this long weekend? We now have more than 50 itinerary guides covering the whole island of Ireland. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #DiscoverIreland #Travel

I'm shocked to learn Green & Blue is a finalist for the American Battlefield Trust Military History Book Prize. It's surreal to be included among such a stellar list of names. Huge thanks to the Trust for considering it and all who helped make the book a reality. www.battlefields.org/news/america...

American Battlefield Trust Names Finalists for $50,000 Military History Book Prize

(Washington, D.C.) — The American Battlefield Trust has announced the finalists for the 2026 American Battlefield Trust Prize for History, an annual award...

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Macha taking advantage of the increasingly summer-like weather conditions as we approach May in Finland...🌞🌞🌞😎😎😎

Episode 45 of Transatlantic is live! We are off to the 18th century frontiers of Georgia & South Carolina, chatting about the remarkable life of an Armagh emigrant among the Muscogee (Creek) people, and the intimate relationships he maintained: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

45. An Ulster Scot on the American Frontier: The Extraordinary Life of George Galphin | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

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Episode 45 of Transatlantic is live! We are off to the 18th century frontiers of Georgia & South Carolina, chatting about the remarkable life of an Armagh emigrant among the Muscogee (Creek) people, and the intimate relationships he maintained: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

45. An Ulster Scot on the American Frontier: The Extraordinary Life of George Galphin | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

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Episode 44 of Transatlantic is live! In this episode we discuss the long history of the GAA in the U.S. with Bennett Burke. If you ever wondered about why the All Ireland Football Final was played in New York in 1947, or why New York is treated as a seperate "county", this is the show for you!

44. The GAA in the USA | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

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Episode 43 of Transatlantic is live! Fin and I chat with Professor Jim Walsh about the incredibly hard life of Irish men and women in the silver mining town of Leadville, Colorado. Perched way up in the Rockies, where many emigrant journeys ended in a pauper's grave: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

43. Death in the Rockies: Irish Silver Miners in Leadville, Colorado | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

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Episode 43 of Transatlantic is live! Fin and I chat with Professor Jim Walsh about the incredibly hard life of Irish men and women in the silver mining town of Leadville, Colorado. Perched way up in the Rockies, where many emigrant journeys ended in a pauper's grave: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

43. Death in the Rockies: Irish Silver Miners in Leadville, Colorado | Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast

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Many thanks to Professor Steven Ramold for taking the time to write a generous review of Green & Blue in the latest American Historical Review. Unfortunately behind a paywall for those without University access, but you can read the first couple of paragraphs below: academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...