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The 3 forthcoming titles from @ucdpress.bsky.social : Marian Keyes and the Politics of Commercial Fiction from @mariabbutler.bsky.social , Mary and Padraic Colum from @mgtkell.bsky.social and New Zealand's Irish Revolution from Lisa Marr & Rory Sweetman Order here - thebookshop.ie/ucd-press/?s...
🔔 Coming this autumn! Marian Keyes and the Politics of Commercial Fiction by Maria Butler 🔗 Preorder at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
'The influence of Katherine Hughes on the spread and development of the [Self-Determination for Ireland League] movement cannot be overstated.' 💡 Learn more about Katherine Hughes in New Zealand's Irish Revolution, edited by Lisa Marr and Rory Sweetman. 🔗 Preorder: www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
🥁 COVER REVEAL New Zealand's Irish Revolution This fresh and thought-provoking collection offers original New Zealand perspectives on the Irish Revolution from the third Home Rule crisis to the establishment of the Irish Free State. ⏰Out September 2026 🔗Preorder: www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
🔔 Coming September 2026! In the histories of 20th-century Irish literature and of New York literary circles, Mary & Padraic Colum are unjustly forgotten. Margaret Kelleher’s meticulous and long-overdue excavation is the first joint biography of the Colums. 🔗 Preorder: ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
📣 COVER REVEAL Mary and Padraic Colum: Lives and the Dream The first joint biography of Mary and Padraic Colum by Margaret Kelleher, the author of The Maamtrasna Murders. A story of lives and dreams that deserves to be heard. ✨ Coming to bookstores this September! 🔗 Preorder now at ucdpress.ie
⭐️ Reminder for 20% off ⭐️ A Summer of Irish Literature 🌼Through the end of July, get a discount on a selection of books about Irish literature and language to celebrate Ireland's extraordinary literary heritage. 📚 Find more titles under Special Offers at www.ucdpress.ie
It was a lovely and sunny Friday evening for the launch of Celibacy in Irish Women’s Writing in The James Joyce Centre ☀️ Two UCD Press authors, Leeann Lane (Mary MacSwiney, Dorothy Macardle, Rosamond Jacob) and Anne Fogarty (co-editor of Voices on Joyce) are contributors to the special collection 👏
🎉 Happy birthday to renowned historian, Joe Lee! A Tract for Our Times, edited by Miriam Nyhan Grey (2024) honours Lee’s contribution to historical scholarship with essays from leading historians of modern Ireland. 🔗 Find the book in shops nationwide or at www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
⚽Following the World Cup or Wimbledon this summer? Check out our books on sports, covering a range of topics from football hooliganism to nationalism and identity to Irish history. 🏆Find these books and more on www.ucdpress or bookshops nationwide
🎧Listen back to the Irish History Podcast episode on the Maamtrasna Murders Bestselling UCD Press author Margaret Kelleher joined host Fin Dwyer to discuss the shocking events that inspired her book, The Maamtrasna Murders (2018). Find the full episode here: shows.acast.com/irishhistory...
Many thanks to the staff at the National Print Museum for such an engaging and informative guided tour. An inspiring print museum no publisher should miss. Take a look at our bookshelf. Can you spot traces of how our typefaces have changed over time? #printinireland #printhistory #irishhistory
🌈 #QueerHistory: Margaret Skinnider is perhaps best known as the female rebel who was wounded commanding a military action in the 1916 Rising. However, Mary McAuliffe’s detailed biography re-evaluates the queer revolutionary’s long and politically active life.
‘Our histories are not errors. They are evidence.’ 💡We have been so inspired by the wonderful range of topics and insightful presentations at the second Thinking Gender Justice conference hosted by the UCD Centre for Gender Feminisms & Sexualities this week! @ucdspswsj.bsky.social
🎩 Happy Bloomsday from UCD Press 🧼🍋 16 June marks the day immortalised in James Joyce's Ulysses 📖 We’re offering 20% off all of our books about James Joyce through the end of June as part of our ‘Summer of Irish Literature’ special offer at www.ucdpress.ie #bloomsday #jamesjoyce #bloomsdayfestival
Happy Yeats Day 🖼️ 13 June marks the birthday of renowned Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats. To celebrate, find a small selection of books about W. B. Yeats 20% off as a part of the ‘Summer of Irish Literature’ special offer on our website. 📚 Browse more books on www.ucdpress.ie
🔔 BACK IN STOCK The reprint of Ireland’s Rivers has landed! Get your copy on our website or bookshops nationwide 🌊 www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Happy Pride Month from UCD Press 🌈 Queer Whispers is among a small selection of books in our catalogue that examine LBGTQ+ voices.
And we are off. First up Prof Bernadette Whelan speaking on Sinead de Valera
First day of conference and things are looking good here at Mary I. The wheather is lovely this morning.
Up now, our ECR Clinic on pathways to publication. Thanks to Noelle @ucdpress.bsky.social for helping out this morning
Warm welcoming atmosphere here at the Summer Conference @whaireland.bsky.social 2026 at Mary Immaculate University Limerick We have a stand near the teas and coffees so pop by for a chat about book ideas and grab our flyer on Women in History. @ucdgender.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social
A most enjoyable morning in conversation with the wonderful Catriona Crowe at Listowel Writers' Week about my book on politics in Kerry after the Civil War. Lovely to be part of such a special festival in lovely Listowel with such a fabulous buzz in town 📚 📖 @ucdpress.bsky.social
Learn more about feminist revolutionary Margaret Skinnider in historian Mary McAuliffe's short biography in our Life and Times New Series. 📖 www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Margaret Skinnider
Margaret Skinnider enters and exits the history books as the female rebel who was wounded commanding a military action in the 1916 Rising. In a re-evaluation of Skinnider's long and politically active...
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irishfamilydetective@irishfamilydetective.ie · 2mo agoBorn #Onthisday 1892 in #Glasgow Margaret Skinnider - #EasterRising #IrishWarofIndependence veteran. In the #IrishCivilWar, after the death of Harry Boland, she took over his job as quartermaster general of the IRA www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...
Happy Poetry Day Ireland from UCD Press! 🧺☀️🕶 The theme for 2026 is HOME 🏡 Have a poetic summer and enjoy our Poet’s Chair Series and Hold Open the Door in the sunshine🌿 Browse our full poetry collection at www.ucdpress.ie/page/results... #PoetryDayIreland #IrishPoetry @poetryireland.bsky.social
🎧 Listen to @owenoshea.bsky.social discussing From Bullets to Ballots with The Irish Nation Lives. 🔔 TOMORROW – Owen O'Shea and Catriona Crowe will discuss how Irish politics evolved after the Civil War for Listowel Writers' Week. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxZB... 🎟️ writersweek.ie/project/expl...
‘MacSwiney’s life is richly detailed and observed’ 💐 A big thank you to @jenniferredmond.bsky.social and @irishhiststudies.bsky.social for an illuminating review of Mary MacSwiney by @lloislanel.bsky.social 📰 Read the full review: doi.org/10.1017/ihs....
#Onthisday 1971 members of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement boarded the 8am train from #Dublin to #Belfast to buy contraceptives, legal under UK law & returned to Dublin highlighting the hypocrisy of Irish law More rte.ie/archives/201...
