Some historical background to the fires in southwestern France, drawing on reading I did for my 2019 book about the moorlands, and lamenting the deeply depressing reality that we have known many of the causes of this ecological disaster for 150years 🗃️ williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/u...
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Patrick walsh
Профиль VivelyAssociate Professor of eighteenth century Irish History, co- director Trinity Colonial Legacies Project. All views my own and not of those my employer.
What happens when historic human remains are returned to a community of origin? In this new co-authored article we compare recent reburials at Inishbofin in Ireland and Pälkäne in Finland: both controversial processes for reasons that overlap in fascinating ways. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We should be livid. The article says students are asked to do everything with originals via post (no email when there's no functioning post service?!) and failed for "insufficient evidence of strong obligations to return to your home country". What would that case look like in Gaza right now?!
RTÉ NewsSources within the universities say the refusal rate this year is in marked contrast to last year, when more than 80 Gazan students left Gaza in an evacuation organised by the Irish Government.
Between 1730 & 1830, Dublin’s Foundling Hospital admitted approx 127,000 children. Records indicate that around 80% died. Drawing on contemporary sources, Dr Mark B. Roe examines one of the most significant—and tragic—institutions in Irish social history. historyireland.com/the-foundlin...
Please share! A rare PhD studentship @kingshistory.bsky.social *fully* funded by @slaveryinwar.bsky.social to work with myself and Maeve Ryan, supported by a broader community of experts in Caribbean history, transatlantic slavery, and the history of war. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🗃️
This is an excellent read. Strongly recommend
Hurst PublishersPB edition of the critically acclaimed ‘The Truth About Empire’ edited by @alanlester.bsky.social w/foreword by @sathnam.bsky.social out now! ‘Book of the Year’ @historyextra.bsky.social Extracted in @theguardian.com Sample 👉 tinyurl.com/38u2ndw3 & use code TRUTH20 for a 20% off in buy link.
This is an utterly fascinating interview. it’s also pretty terrifying. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
April Article! Joe Curran @muahi.bsky.social on '(Re-)Making the ‘Stateless Capital’: Edinburgh and Dublin in European Context, c.1820–1850' academic.oup.com/ehr/article/... #CapitalCities
#IrishHistory #IrishLaw #IrishStatutes #ILD Good news for those working on Irish history from 1692 to 1800. The Irish Legislation Database is back online at a new address. resources.qub.ac.uk/ild/ Much thanks to Prof David Hayton. Please share widely.
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