Tomás Finn

Coming up Wed. 25th February, 4 pm, University of Galway. To join online (no need to pre-register): https://lnkd.in/dCSKcBX6... The 7:84 (Scotland) Theatre company had a tremendous impact on a generation of Irish actors, directors and writers. For Ollie Jennings, who promoted several of their Galway performances in the 1970s, they had ‘energy, swagger, and a political message … their singing made their shows accessible, and their mix of socialism and entertainment was infectious.’ Taking their name from a statistic of the time (7% of the people own 84% of the wealth), the company took their drama through the highways and lowlands of Scotland, before taking Ireland by storm in 1974, with their radical “ceilidh-play” prompted by the discovery of the North Sea oilfield, The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil. Speaker, Dr Andrew Newby, is a specialist in Scottish-Irish comparative history. The second speaker, archivist Kieran Hoare, will introduce one of the University’s major archival collections: that of John Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy, authors of such classic works of Irish theatre as The Non-Stop Connolly Show (1975) and The Ballygombeen Bequest (1972).

Wed. 25th February, 4 pm, University of Galway seminar lnkd.in/dCSKcBX6 about the 7:84 Scottish Theatre company. Taking their name from a statistic of the time, 7% of the people own 84% of the wealth, the company took their drama to Ireland in 1974. Speakers include Andrew Newby and Kieran Hoare

Thanks Lillis. Hope you're well

T.K. Whitaker – Irishman Of The 20th Century [46-mins radio doc] YouTube video by Paul Wright

Enjoyed contributing to this documentary on T. k. Whitaker. Broadcast earlier today thanks to Paul Wright and the many historians and scholars who spoke about the modernisation of Ireland youtu.be/G8XfzuWBIiw?...

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Looking forward to speaking on the influence of intellectuals in modern Ireland at Economic and Social History conference this Friday

The Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class Seminar this week marks the launch of Kieran Devenish's 'Factory Life in Industrial Yarns, Bray' (Four Courts, 2025) & the 50th volume of Saothar. Speakers include Kieran Devenish and Laurence Marley. O'Donoghue Centre, Wed 26 Nov. 4.15pm.

MA History | College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies YouTube video by University of Galway

Interested in doing a MA in History? Find out more at University of Galway's Postgraduate Open Day on Tues., 11 Nov. 4-6pm in Bailey Allen
www.universityofgalway.ie/postgraduate... For a preview our exciting MA, take a look here youtu.be/SIKBbxm0K1o

The Founding of the Wexford Festival Opera Wexford Festival Opera (Irish: Féile Ceoldráma Loch Garman), an opera festival that takes place in the town of Wexford in southeastern Ireland, first takes place on Oc…

The Founding of the Wexford Festival Opera in the town of Wexford on October 21, 1951 | seamusdubhghaill.com/2025/10/21/t... via @seamusdubhghaill.bsky.social | #IrishHistory #3584

Congratulations to our PhD student Kieran Devenish on the successful launch of his book on an important aspect of the economic and social history of Bray and an article in the 50th issue of Saothar @historyatgalway.bsky.social

Congratulations to our fantastic students, Caden Casey and Aoibhín Ní Gleasáin, on their success at the Global Undergraduate Awards in Dublin last night! Their prize-winning essays are now available to view on the GUA Library: gua.soutron.net/Portal/Defau...

Thanks to History and archives and library and History and all at University of Galway @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social @kieran-hoare.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social

Delighted Caden Casey and Aoibhín Ní Gleasáin received awards at the Global Undergraduate Awards at the Royal Irish Academy undergraduateawards.com/regional-win... Their essays at the @universityofgalway.bsky.social have been recognised as among the very best of those sent from across the world

Call for participants! Spread the word and get in touch with our PhD researcher, Elliot, if you are interested in being interviewed for his exciting PhD project!

Reminder that our Research Seminar Series is kicking off tomorrow 🎉

Aoibhín's essay was entitled 'Ireland's Missed Opportunity; The 1951 Mother and Child Scheme in Comparative Context' and Caden's essay was entitled 'The Transformation of Education in Ireland in the 1950s'. Well done on all your hard work 👏🥳

Poster for Dr Ciaran McCabe's seminar paper entitled 'Privacy, respectability and working class domestic spaces in Dublin's tenements, c.1910-60'. Wednesday 10 September at 4pm in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building

Delighted to share our Research Seminar Series for this semester! We're starting off next Wed 10 Sept @ 4pm by welcoming our new colleague, Dr Ciarán McCabe, who will be speaking on 'Privacy, Respectability, and Working-Class Domestic Spaces in Dublin's Tenements, c.1910-c.1960'!

Borders and Boundaries: Historical Perspectives This book examines the making and remaking of borders and boundaries primarily relating to Ireland. Borders and Boundaries features selected papers from the 33rd Irish Conference of Historians held by...

Forthcoming publication based on papers from the 33rd Irish Conference of Historians editors @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social @kieran-hoare.bsky.social @uniofgalway.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social

The Charlie Byrne's team know how to do bookshops....

#supporttheindies #visit Galway 👌📚🇮🇪

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The @difp-ria.bsky.social is hiring! See the link below for details of an assistant editor position on the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy team - to cover a career break until July 2028.

Please spread the word. DIFP is a very exciting project to work on. 🗃️

www.ria.ie/about/career...

⭐️ UCD Press recently published titles ⭐️

We may be a bit biased, but we think our recent books look pretty good together. Cover and spine designs by the wonderful and talented Fiachra McCarthy

Browse all of our books at www.ucdpress.ie or find them in stores nationwide

Thanks so much to the Irish Ambassador and Embassy in Prague for hosting my talk. So many fascinating insights from so many people into how modern Ireland has emerged and evolved @historyatgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social

If you're in Prague this Thursday, catch Tomás Finn @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social speaking at the Irish Embassy on his brilliant recent research on the transformation of post-WWII Ireland!

Thanks to the Irish Ambassador and the Irish embassy in Prague for the opportunity this Thursday 5 June to speak on the transformation of Ireland from WWII to today @historyatgalway.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social
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Opinion: To learn the lessons of Ireland's institutional past, we must teach it in schools Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley and Elaine Feeney welcome plans to teach the history, legacy and literature of Ireland’s dark past at Junior Cert level.

Powerful account by our colleague @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social and Elaine Feeney of the importance of the decision by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment to publish modules addressing the history, legacy and literature of Ireland’s institutions www.thejournal.ie/readme/mothe...

Book Launch Details for
Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way

21.5 Foyles Charing Cross Road
23.5 London Irish Centre, Hammersmith

27.5 Kenny’s Bookshop
29.5 Books Upstairs

Tickets online via each venue! Love to see you! 🍷

Returning to Tipperary and this Friday Clonmel to revisit Pawel Paul Strzelecki, the Polish humanitarian and explorer, and how his idea saved more than 200,000 children during the Great Famine in Ireland strzelecki.ie/51194-2/

Looking forward to working with Carrick-on-Suir Library and once again with the Polish embassy in highlighting in talks at the library the role of Paul Strzelecki as a humanitarian, explorer and migrant and how ours has been a Global world for a very long time

Thanks Fiona. And thanks to all your and all @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social work on the Muintir na Tíre archive. Without the archive none of this would have happened

Delighted to have presented my books on Tuairim and with Tony Varley that on Rural Ireland to the @president.ie and Mrs Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719095436/ www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
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Call for papers is open #irishhistory