Connal Parr
@parrconnal.bsky.social
Associate Prof in History, Northumbria University
Come along to our Research Seminar this week. Dr Connal Parr (Northumbria) will be speaking on 'Irish Strike or International Struggle? The Dunnes Stores Strike Revisited' Wednesday 16 Sept at 4pm in the Hardiman, G010. All welcome! Contact Prof. Pól Ó Dochartaigh for queries.
Institute of Irish Studies Seminar Series - Autumn 2026 21 September : 4.00pm (27 Univ. Sq. 01/003 and online) - Book launch: Dr Stephen R. Millar (QUB) ‘Performing Paramilitarism: Loyalist Songs, Conflict, and Culture War in Northern Ireland’ Register here: www.ticketsource.com/institute-of...
"Book launch: Dr Stephen R. Millar (QUB)" at Irish Studies Seminar Room, 27 University Square 01/003
Tickets are now available for Book launch: Dr Stephen R. Millar (QUB) at Irish Studies Seminar Room, 27 University Square 01/003, Belfast on Monday 21st September 2026 at 4:00PM. Click the link for fu...
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Wins for both Arsenal and the Far Right in Germany this weekend
I'm speaking at the Dublin Festival of History on the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement. Saturday 26th September at 11am, Richmond Barracks. Free attendance, register here: richmondbarracks.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Congratulations to Peter on his outstanding leadership over the past decade @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social. He leaves big shoes to fill, but we are excited to continue building on the vibrancy of the programmes and community at Irish Studies in Queen's.
Peter Gray@petergray47.bsky.social · 2mo agoAfter 10 years at the helm of Irish Studies at QUB, with various ups and downs over the last decade, I’m handing over to our new leadership team from Monday. Many thanks to Peter and @siobhraaiken.bsky.social for stepping up to take forward Irish Studies in Belfast! www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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Ictu boss Owen Reidy: My mum was relieved the Provisional IRA took us hostage in the 1970s, not loyalists
Ictu general secretary Owen Reidy on his long trade union family pedigree, the time his family fell victim to an IRA bank raid and the problems organised labour faces in Ireland
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Wrongful conviction for Sallins train robbery declared miscarriage of justice www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...
Sallins conviction declared miscarriage of justice
The wrongful conviction of Osgur Breatnach for the Sallins train robbery half a century ago has now been declared a miscarriage of justice.
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Former Irish president Mary Robinson and former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark have warned of the potential disappearance of the Palestinian territories and called for an end to what they called Israeli "impunity"
Israeli govt wants to make Palestine disappear - Robinson
Former Irish president Mary Robinson and former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark have warned of the potential disappearance of the Palestinian territories.
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Do people remember the debate England fans had a few years ago about dropping Harry Kane for, who, an Ollie Watkins? I recall it as a fun time with many, many stupid people
I reviewed @garylove.bsky.social and @richardtoye.bsky.social's new edited volume Writing Politics in Modern Britain for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social. I enjoyed it a lot. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Why Read Books When You Have a Mobile Phone?
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#StreetArt #Mural of Greta Thunberg; the Swedish Climate Activist nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The mural is in San Fransisco (south on Mason Street just past Geary near Union Square). #Artist is Cobre #Art #GretaThunberg #murals
Just a wee reminder for anyone listening to politicians doing the ‘I condemn the violence but people have legitimate concerns’, shuffle, immigration in NI is 3.5% of the population. Most of them working in NHS, social care and other badly paid jobs.
RTÉ News@news.rte.ie · 3mo agoNorthern Ireland saw a second night of unrest with police using water cannon on rioters, as the Belfast stabbing attack victim's family said they were "disgusted" by the disorder
Let’s be clear fascists are marching on the streets of Dublin.
I will not be on Cryptpad spreadsheet duty tonight I'm afraid. Things are kicking off and men going door to door near the Crumlin Road right now. Attempted hijacking on Cavehill Road. Get home and look out for your neighbours.
Politicians who fanned these flames should hang their heads in shame. Time and again we've seen this story play out. Single incidents used to fuel a far right narrative - and communities across the nation paying the price.
Masked men have been checking IDs at Broadway and young ones are breaking bricks near there. Stay the fuck away from that area if for some reason you have decided tonight is the night for a drive/walk.
The horrific attack on a man in North Belfast tonight is going to be used by anti-immigrant groups to justify trying to lynch people in reprisal over the next few days. Look out for your neighbours.
Tony Blair on my radio doing full AI Silicon Valley boosterism Unrelatedly…. Tony Blair’s personal think tank has had or been pledged $350 million from Oracle boss Larry Ellison democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
A former PM, Trump's 'CEO of everything' and NHS data - what could go wrong?
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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.
Unbelievably shortsighted and a blow to humanities teaching in the SE. Solidarity with our brilliant colleagues in Carlow. www.rte.ie/news/2026/05...
Carlow College to wind down operations over two years
Carlow College is to wind down its operations over the course of the next two years, with its land and buildings to be transferred to South East Technological University (SETU).
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We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 Awards and Bursaries, which will be presented at a reception at the Embassy of Ireland in London on the 26th of May. Huge congratulations to all our winners! irishstudies.co.uk/2026/05/19/b... #IrishStudies #SpeirGorm
British Association for Irish Studies Awards and Bursaries 2026
We are pleased to announce the winners for our 2026 awards and bursaries, which will be presented at the Embassy of Ireland on 26th May. BAIS would like to acknowledge the valuable support of the E…
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Highly commended is Dr Connal Parr's 'Solidarity and Pressure: The Story of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement' @academic.oup.com
I’m delighted by the review of my recent book (Ireland in the Life and Work of C.S. Lewis) in this weekend’s Irish Times. 😊 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
CS Lewis’s rich Irishness gives the lie to the ‘buttoned-up Englishman’ stereotype
As an ‘alternative’ Ulster Protestant with parents from Cork, his Irishness has been marginalised and reduced
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