Frances Nolan
@francesmnolan.bsky.social
SFI-IRC (Research Ireland) Pathway Fellow at UCD School of History. PI on Law versus Practice, a digital humanities project exploring women’s property ownership in early modern Ireland. https://www.lawvpractice.ie/
Law versus Practice - news UPDATE www.lawvpractice.ie/index.php/20...
Law versus Practice – news UPDATE
The Law versus Practice team has had a busy few months and 2026 looks set to be another productive year for the project. Law versus Practice is now affiliated with the Virtual Record Treasury of Ir…
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National Hunt & Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland has been getting some nice coverage in the press! Lovely review in the @irishindosport.bsky.social last week and a Q&A w/ Paul Rouse in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today! 📖 is available online & in bookshops nationwide! 🏇 #horseracing #irishhistory
I was also delighted to speak to David from Racing’s Inside Track about the book, ahead of its launch at Punchestown last week! #history #irishhistory #sporthistory #horseracing m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcgS...
Frances Nolan is responsible for putting together a fantastic book to mark 150yrs of NH Racing
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I had a lovely time chatting to Declan Ralph of @nearfm.ie about National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland on Saturday. You can listen back here: listenagain.org?p=57373 The book is now on sale in-store and online in bookshops across Ireland and at www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
Declan Ralph chats with Frances Nolan about her new book…National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland-A History – Near FM – Listen Again
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So lovely to see copies of National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland: A History on the shelves in @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social and Eason on Nassau St, and on the bestseller stand (eek) in Dubray Books on Grafton St today! 🏇
Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...
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I’ve also been busy working on Irish women who acted as #Jacobite agents in the eighteenth century! My article on that very topic has just been published in Eighteenth-Century Ireland. Check it out here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/... @researchireland.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social
Check out my RTÉ Brainstorm article on the first recorded steeplechase, which took place in County Cork in 1752 - it was the result of a wager made by two huntsmen over a (presumably boozy) dinner in Buttevant Castle. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How Ireland became home of the horse racing steeplechase
The first ever steeplechase took place in Cork in 1752, when two huntsmen decided to settle a wager on horseback
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The early reviews are in! Robin gives National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland five (5) paws 🐾
Beyond excited to share that my new book on the history of National Hunt and point-to-point racing is out NOW! It’s published by the fantastic Four Courts Press and is available online and in bookshops nationwide! www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/a...
We had great fun working on this. So many gems in this extraordinary archive! @tailteeireann.bsky.social
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland@virtualtreasury.bsky.social · last yr.Abstracts of wills like these can be explored in the new Registry of Deeds curated collection, curated by Dr Patrick Walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social and Dr Brendan Twomey, in partnership with @tailteeireann.bsky.social virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
A day in the life of an eighteenth century office! Features doodles, chop shops, an English Jesuit and lots of clock watching clerks
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland@virtualtreasury.bsky.social · last yr.There is also a fascinating hiddent story: A Day in the Life of the Registry of Deeds. virtualtreasury.ie/hidden-stori...
Really looking forward to speaking to Celbridge Historical Society tonight, on 200 years of jump racing in Kildare. kildarelocalhistory.ie/events/runne...
Runners and riders: 230 years of jump racing in Kildare – Kildare Local History . ie
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A new blog post on the launch of A List of the Claims (coedited by me and Prof Ivar McGrath and published by @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social) is now live on the Law versus Practice website: www.lawvpractice.ie/index.php/20... @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
A List of the Claims LAUNCH – LAW VERSUS PRACTICE
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The CFP for the 2025 Tudor & Stuart Ireland conference is now open. TSIXIII will take place at University College Dublin on 21-22 August, so please join us. All details are in the link, but get please get in touch if you have any questions. tudorstuartireland.com
Tudor and Stuart Ireland
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I’m heartened to see that @ria.ie is funding up to four postdoctoral fellowships to encourage research into its historic links to colonial enterprises. Each fellowship is worth €5,000 and the deadline for applications is 9 June 2025. www.ria.ie/grants/colon...
Colonial Legacies Fellowship Scheme - Royal Irish Academy
The Colonial Legacies fellowships are intended to encourage research into the RIA’s historic links with colonial enterprises.
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an entire people is being deliberately starved to death
Josie Glausiusz@josiegz.bsky.social · last yr.In Gaza, World Central Kitchen @wck.org is among the last organizations still able to cook meals. The IDF has shut all crossings to shipments, including humanitarian relief. We are now nearing the end of our supplies—and the limits of what’s possible. mailchi.mp/wck/4-23-25-...
Popped up on The Long and the Short of It tonight on @bbcnireland.bsky.social, to explain why the Battle of the Boyne wasn’t all that! I also appeared in the episode on Cromwell last week. You can catch both on the iplayer now! @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social
A good crowd on a sunny evening @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social for the launch of this handsome volume. See www.virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/cromwellian-surveys for the prequel 🙂
A wonderful launch night for A List of the Claims, edited by Professor Ivar McGrath and me for the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
Frances Nolan@francesmnolan.bsky.social · last yr.Launching this beauty tonight! @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research
Professors David Hayton and John McCafferty speaking at the launch event of A List of the Claims, published by the @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social. @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #history #irishhistory #research
Reminder - get your abstracts in by March 31st #speirgorm #skystorians #history #irishhistory
Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS@irishhistorians.bsky.social · last yr.CFP. 35th Irish Conference of Historians, 'Inner lives and outer realities', 12-13 September, Maynooth University www.historians.ie/cfp-35th-iri...
Get the word out - @irishmanuscripts.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! I had the great fortune to co-edit ‘A List of the Claims … 1700’ for the IMC. The work they do to make historical sources more accessible is incredible! Find more details on the LOC here: www.irishmanuscripts.ie/product/list...
Second paper in a week! This time I had the honour of speaking to members of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland about the progress we are making on Law versus Practice. You can find out more about the project at www.lawvpractice.ie @researchireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
I was delighted to deliver a paper to the Oxford Irish History Seminar yesterday. I spoke about some of the exciting initial findings from my SFI-IRC Pathway-funded project, Law versus Practice! @researchireland.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @ucddublin.bsky.social
