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...
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...
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!
😬 we will have to do a follow up talk now this new info has c9me to light 😂
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...
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...
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-...
The new epsiode of Transatlantic is live! David Gleeson discusses the long and varied history of the Irish in Charleston & Savannah, from the 17th century to the present day. We hear about the surprising extent of that emigration and some very specific regional links: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Congrats Cian!
Delighted to announce that my new book, a global history of Saint Patrick’s Day, will be published by @uncpress.bsky.social in early 2027. Big thanks to @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @unlv.edu and everyone who helped me along the way.
If, like me, you can't get enough #ShermansMarch, here I am telling stories and puncturing myths.
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Very spectacular here over the last few days that's for sure!
The incredible view over our house just now. We have been having some Northern Lights show in Finland the last few days. #NorthernLights
I'm doing a special #StPatricksDay online talk tonight for the National Museum of Civil War Medicine at 7pm Eastern. The majority of time is focused on audience questions, so if you have any burning queries about Irish service in the Civil War pop along! Link: fb.me/e/4aOBdc2x0
A very interesting and lighthearted examination of the time when tens of thousands of American forces arrived in Northern Ireland. Well worth a listen!
The new episode of Transatlantic is live! We chat with Dr James O'Neill about American forces in Northern Ireland in WW2. We cover who was there, their enormous numbers, the social impact of their presence, and local reactions to issues like racial segregation: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
More than the Irish Brigade. In Sykes's Regular Division at Antietam 63% of the fatalties suffered were Irish Americans; including 100% of those in the 4th U.S. Infantry and 73% of the 2nd/10th U.S. Infantry. A marker of how ubiquitous the Irish were in the U.S. Regulars.
It was great to have Cian on to discuss his fantastic new work on the (surprising!) history behind St Patrick's Day Parades- you can take a listen below:
Very excited to get up and running with this one: awarded £1.5m AHRC Standard Grant for Landscapes of Catastrophe, a project examining the context and impact of the Great Irish Famine www.qub.ac.uk/schools/NBE/...
Our new episode of Transatlantic is live! This week we are joined by historian Dr Cian McMahon to discuss the history and surprising origins of St Patrick's Day Parades, covering both sides of the Atlantic from the 18th century down to contemporary times:
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Our new episode of Transatlantic is live! This week we are joined by historian Dr Cian McMahon to discuss the history and surprising origins of St Patrick's Day Parades, covering both sides of the Atlantic from the 18th century down to contemporary times:
shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
Patrick Warren is the newest addition to the Andersonville Irish database. Born in Ireland, militarily he was listed a NY native. I discuss this altered nativity in Green & Blue, but it occurred to a staggering degree. 1000s of Irishborn men in U.S. service were undoubtedly recorded as American.
Tonight! Come immerse yourself in all things Seamus Heaney with @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social before the rugby starts! Tickets here or on the door: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/late-heane...
3D model of a wooden pillar from the front and sides (both with and without a texture), engraved with a depiction of a human face.
NEW Wooden beam from late 10th-century-AD Ostrów Lednicki, Poland, depicting a human face.
Part of a preserved fortification, it sheds light on the construction of early-medieval defensive fortifications during the formation of the Polish state.
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🏺 #Archaeology
With St. Patrick's Day upon us, our latest Transatlantic episode gives an overview of what we know about the life of Ireland's patron saint. Next week we discuss the origins and history of the St. Patrick's Day parade, with an Irish American focus: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...
I'm pleased to launch a major new update of the Andersonville Irish Project database. It contains details on over 1060 Irish Americans who died. New datapoints include place of enlistment, capture, occupation, together with Irish origins. Access it here: irishamericancivilwar.com/2026/03/01/m...
Thanks Éamann!
I'm pleased to launch a major new update of the Andersonville Irish Project database. It contains details on over 1060 Irish Americans who died. New datapoints include place of enlistment, capture, occupation, together with Irish origins. Access it here: irishamericancivilwar.com/2026/03/01/m...
I joined Fin on the Irish History Podcast to discuss my Yankee Pensioners in Ireland Interactive Map. We focused in on those Irish involved in the wars against Native Americans and later on what the database tells us about the lives of women in 19th century Ireland: shows.acast.com/irishhistory...
