Irish Studies Starter Pack
Academic and related Irish Studies accounts - contact us if you want to be added! Part II is at https://go.bsky.app/Gw2A3Vm
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@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
@kerstipowell.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English & Director of Irish Studies at SJU. Contemporary Irish Literature, although occasionally also dabbles in science and lit. Trying to keep a basil plant alive. she/si/tema
@ucdarchives.bsky.social
We curate private paper collections documenting the modern Irish State; UCD; and many elements of the Franciscan manuscript patrimony. www.ucd.ie/archives
@hilarylennon.bsky.social
Literary Historian. University Teacher. Editor of Frank O'Connor's Letters. Working on A Cultural History of Irish Letter Writing.
@lisagdub.bsky.social
Historian of architecture & material culture; Programme Leader MA Design History Material Culture, NCAD, Dublin. Researching architectural-material history of Royal Hospital Kilmainham [also: tropical modern architecture; Catholicism; medical instruments]
@aidanosullivan.bsky.social
Head of School/Prof at UCD Archaeology; Early Medievalist; Director @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social Member @RIADawson & FSA Dad of boys; Dog Dad, Hurling/Camogie, IC Member, Own Opinions
@marcscully.bsky.social
Lecturer in Psychology at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Does social psychology & qualitative methods, interested in identity in diaspora. Lives in Cork. Spends more time on the N20 than is good for me.
@irishacw.bsky.social
Historian & Archaeologist. Digital Humanities, Public Engagement. Latest Book: lsupress.org/9780807183700/green-and-blue/ Transatlantic Podcast: shows.acast.com/transatlantic StoryMaps: storymaps.com/profile/irishacw www.shielsheritage.com
@irishtimes.com
Official account of The Irish Times. Diverse opinion, thorough reporting and outstanding writing from http://irishtimes.com .
@beebsymca.bsky.social
Cycling. Public Historian. Northern Ireland (the border bit). Daughter of a Weaver. www.digitalfilmarchive.net A piece of archive film for every occasion. Also: https://bsky.app/profile/nornirongirl1981.bsky.social
@elofabre.bsky.social
Lecturer in Politics at Queen’s University Belfast. Political parties, devolution. French politics and the puzzle of Macron’s party. Slow but committed knitter
@crawfordartgallery.bsky.social
Where art and ideas meet across the centuries We’re transforming our Gallery | Reopening 2027 Visit https://crawfordartgallery.ie/redevelopment-main-page/ to find out more. Charity No.: CHY 18818
@lornapeel.bsky.social
Author of The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series, gritty #HistoricalFiction set in 19th-century #Ireland. Genealogist. Gardener. #BooksByLornaPeel lornapeel.com medium.com/@lornapeel
@pjmartin.bsky.social
Stay at home Dad. Fan of NFL, GAA & other footballs. Irish, living in Belfast. Historian and gamer. Christian internationalist.
@brandonhamber.bsky.social
John Hume & Tip O'Neill Peace Chair | INCORE Ulster Uni | Peace via psychology and justice | Researching conflict, healing, mental health, art & masculinities | Trustee Conflict Textiles | Board Impunity Watch | Director TechEthics | www.brandonhamber.com
@miketqub.bsky.social
Educator/learner who believes in sense and nonsense and the importance of how to distinguish between the two. 1 of 4 behind Anti-Poverty Strategy (2021, n. Ireland). 1 of 3 @Beyond the Pale Books. Also: https://belfastmedia.com/authors/prof-mike-tomlinson
@profjohnbarry.bsky.social
Ideas merchant, activist-academic, worried parent and angry citizen, hypocrite on a burning planet trying to replace passive and dangerous tech-optimism about the future with active and collective hope.. Democratise. Decolonise. Decarbonise. Decommodify..
@mondmilchfeuer.bsky.social
Moon-lover; sea-swimmer; book-devourer. Amongst others. Academic & mother. Amongst others.
@stubailie.bsky.social
Author: Terri Hooley: 75 Revolutions (2023), Trouble Songs (2018) and 75 Van Songs (2020). Music journalist. Editor, Dig With It. Ex NME. https://stuartbailie.bandcamp.com/
@sofeir.bsky.social
Société Française d'Etudes Irlandaises - French Society for Irish Studies. La SOFEIR fédère les chercheur·euses qui travaillent en France sur l’Irlande.
@sarahjankowitz.bsky.social
Lecturer @QUBelfast *on a career break* | Beach volleyball coach | Interested in grassroots peacebuilding, conflict legacies, gender, abolition | Views my own | She/Her
@leabhairnua.bsky.social
An author-interview #podcast channel in the NewBooksNetwork Email us: NewBooksInIrishStudies@gmail.com Listen to us: https://t.co/gdzOPcRwse Hosts: Meg Smith - Danica Ramsey-Brimberg - Averill Earls - Bridget English - Colleen English - Aidan Beatty
@canadianirish.bsky.social
Learn about contemporary world issues through the lens of Ireland & the Irish in this multidisciplinary program in Montréal. Major, minor, double-major, certificate & graduate programs offered with unique funding opportunities & research in Ireland.
@shonaghhill.bsky.social
Feminist theatre scholar // Research fellow working on Feminist Temporalities in Contemporary Northern Irish Performance. She/her.
@celticstudiesmu.bsky.social
Tá Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Roinn na Nua-Ghaeilge, Lárionad na Gaeilge, agus Oidhreacht Chultúrtha na hÉireann sa Scoil. The School contains the Department of Early Irish, Department of Modern Irish, Lárionad na Gaeilge and Irish Cultural Heritage.
@drjohnborgonovo.bsky.social
Historian, Sr Lecturer UCC Revolutionary Ireland, WW1, Californian in Cork Swaps stories around the campfire
@efacis.bsky.social
The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (EFACIS) seeks to promote interest in and support the expansion of Irish Studies throughout Europe. https://www.efacis.eu/
@drartypants.bsky.social
Post-Doc Research Fellow #HEA North-South #ReproCit SWSP @ TCD (http://ReproCit.Wordpress.com); Interdisciplinary Scholar & Art Historian; Feminist; she/her
@borderpeople.bsky.social
Need cross-border info? Checkout http://borderpeople.info (Ireland & Northern Ireland, Irl & NI, North & South) Annmarie O'Kane, Centre for Cross Border Cooperation http://crossborder.ie Reposts not necessarily endorsements.
@ruudvandenbeuken.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of English Literature / Irish Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen. Theatre scholar, lecturer, poet, and wannabe Starfleet captain.
@anthonysoares.bsky.social
Director of the Centre for Cross Border Cooperation, Convenor of the Ad-Hoc Group for North-South and East-West Cooperation, Secretary to Universities Ireland and SCoTENS. All views my own.
@dedalusdenaries.bsky.social
‘Somewhere, well out, beyond’ Late Heaney forthcoming from Oxford University Press Archipelagos/ Coasts/ Oceans
@richardnw5.bsky.social
Professor of Irish literature at King's College London. Lives in Kentish Town.
@susiedeedigan.bsky.social
ARINS Programme Manager, University of Notre Dame Based @ Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, QUB ——— Historian: gender & politics modern Ireland and Britain. PhD from QUB. Formerly: Oxford, TCD, UC Berkeley.
@tmartinwalsh.bsky.social
20th century Social & Gender Historian | Ireland & England| FRHistS | Web Officer WHAI| Co Treasurer IAPH | Member OHNI | Project Officer Oral History Project UL https://repository.dri.ie/catalog/hh646r35d
@sarahannebuckley.bsky.social
Associate Professor in History @universityofgalway. Vice-Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in CASSCS. Gender, childhood, institutions. Co-author @irelandincolour books. Co-PI Tuam Oral History Project.
@janegvmcgaughey.bsky.social
Johnson Chair of Quebec and Canadian Irish Studies | Host of The Irish in Canada Podcast |
@laurenarrington.bsky.social
NEH Public Scholar (2023). I write books. Bylines @ LitHub, LARB, TLS, Irish Times, Public Books; rep’d Peter Straus @ RCW; Chair of English at the University of South Florida
@irishmuseums.bsky.social
The main representative body for the museum community across the island of Ireland. Funded by the Dept TCAGSM and the Heritage Council.
@salvadorryan.bsky.social
Native of Moneygall. Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Patrick's Pontifical University Maynooth. Loves teaching & writing, and has published widely on social, cultural and religious history, medieval to modern. Editor, Irish Theological Quarterly.
@oonaf.bsky.social
This Interim Time out with Lilliput Press May '25. Assoc Prof at Maynooth University.
@duncanmorrow0.bsky.social
Speaking for myself here-so all the problems are my own. And in my day job, I am Director of Community Engagement and Professor of Politics at Ulster University.
@celticuu.bsky.social
Sign our petition to save our BA programme! https://www.change.org/p/red-de-opleiding-keltisch-save-the-bachelor-celtic
@gmulvenna.bsky.social
Researcher, author, listener. Co-host of Shrapnel podcast. Good listener. Trying to figure out this place we call home.
@ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social
UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore
@irishlitsoc.bsky.social
Established in London in 1892 and meeting since. Founders: Yeats and other leaders of the Literary Revival. Open to all, come along. Tá fáilte roimh chách!
@pfmcdevitt.bsky.social
Historian of Ireland, British empire, famine, gender & sport• NJ expat• mediocre bassist• WHU, NYK, Liberty, NYY• Assoc. Dean of UGE & Honors College @ UBuffalo “To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle" - Orwell
@filmireland.bsky.social
Your one stop resource for cinema on the island of Ireland. FilmIreland.net
@campsgalway.bsky.social
Centre for Antique, Medieval, and Pre-Modern Studies, University of Galway. Posts by @cgschweizer.bsky.social https://www.universityofgalway.ie/camps/
@samuelguthrie.bsky.social
Public/oral historian, working with community & placemaking in Belfast. Former projects inc. British Red Cross, Ionad na Fuiseogie, St Matthew's 150th, & Mid Ulster Council. Currently researching & writing about postmemory & identity thru rugby league.
@theirishstory.bsky.social
Irish History Website, maintained and edited by John Dorney.
@drtinamorin.bsky.social
Assistant Dean of Research and Professor in English at the University of Limerick. Fan of all things Gothic. Views mine. She/her.
@shannondevlin.bsky.social
Historian of siblings, the Irish family, networking and sociability in 19th-C Ireland. Belfast-Galway commute enthusiast. Lecturer in Irish History @ U of Galway
@railwayarch.bsky.social
Dr Siobhan Osgood. Historian of 19thC railway architecture/engineering/construction. Alum Trinity College Dublin, Dept. Art and Architectural History. @irishrailarch on Instagram www.railwayarchitecture.com
@notsecretgarden.bsky.social
Writing about love & politics at Queen's University Belfast 💘 | Writing in UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | PI on 'Acts_of_Union' | All views personal.
@circaartmag.bsky.social
CIRCA Art Magazine is an independent, artist- and writer-led online art publication. #VisualArts #Ireland #NorthernIreland #ArtIreland #ArtCriticism #ArtWriting #CIRCA https://circaartmagazine.net/
@cathalpmc.bsky.social
Lecturer in SSESW @ Queen’s University Belfast. Interested in nationalism; conflict and peace processes. Also research Othering leading to political extremism and polarisation https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/cathal-mcmanus
@timvrti.bsky.social
Research Fellow with the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland Based at Trinity College Dublin/PRONI Historian of 18th/19th century Britain and Ireland. Author of 'Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820' (Liverpool Uni Press, 2023)
@deirdreflynn.bsky.social
Lecturer in 21st Literature - Secretary of IASIL - Member of the Young Academy of Ireland #IrishStudies #HarukiMurakami 🍉🇵🇸
@cjharvey1.bsky.social
Professor, QUB | Belfast via Derry Views personal | Reposts are not an endorsement https://go.qub.ac.uk/charvey
@bryanfanning.bsky.social
Full Professor of Migration and Social Policy, student of intellectual history #author: Public Morality and the Culture Wars: The triple divide (2023), and those in the above picture.
@bairishstudies.bsky.social
BAIS is the national network for those with an interest in the study of Ireland. Posts by our comms team and council members. https://bairishstudies.wordpress.com/
@cookiegoth.bsky.social
Vampires, mummies, things that come back to life; anything with chocolate chips. Associate professor of literature, co-director of the Dickens Project, co-director of the Center for Monster Studies at UCSC
@katiemcclurkin.bsky.social
Public History PhD. Historian of Modern Ireland. Material Culture. Attempting to positively contribute to the field. Speaking only for myself. she/her
@jimoneillnyw.bsky.social
Historian of early-modern Ireland. Has a fondness for pillboxes and airfields that's not entirely healthy. Segued to WW2 somehow.
@melfarrell.bsky.social
Historian, mostly of Ireland,1912-37. New book, 'Vying for Victory', on the 1923 election, co-edited with Elaine Callinan & Thomas Tormey https://tinyurl.com/4jtm4ndb . Also a big Villa fan & music lover. Any views, are my own.
@leannecalvert.bsky.social
Historian of the Family working on Sexualities, Religion, & Gender in Ireland & the Atlantic World. Like dogs? Meet Frank 🐶 Belfast 🔁 Tipperary
@feargalc.bsky.social
Professor (Emeritus) University of Kent. Also Prof at University of Warwick. Have taught & written about political conflict & peacebuilding for last 30 years. Still learning. Living in Peak District England but FROM Belfast in NI. Politics nerd
@irishinstitute.bsky.social
Institute of #irishstudies @liverpooluni.bsky.social: world-leading research & teaching in peace & conflict, women's studies, literature & history. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies
@flannobriensoc.bsky.social
The International Flann O’Brien Society Organising conferences, books, readings, screenings, events dedicated to the life & works of Brian O'Nolan Profile pic by David O'Kane
@intyeatssociety.bsky.social
The International Yeats Society unites scholars, students, and readers of W.B. Yeats from around the world. Become a member today! https://internationalyeatssociety.org/
@peelersandsheep.bsky.social
New documentary short ‘Land and Revolution’ out now - https://youtu.be/9KUqvXjlHts?si=Dhn-BXZTHQHbF51v New edited volume ‘Spirit of Revolution’ - https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2022/spirit-of-revolution
@gillianobrien.bsky.social
Professor of Public History. Author of 'The Darkness Echoing'. Public History/Museums/Heritage/Memory/Death/Dark Tourism/Spies/Nuns/ Board member Irish Museums Association
@drnightdub.bsky.social
Researches the political/sectarian conflict in Belfast 1920-22. Author of "From Pogrom to Civil War - Tom Glennon & The Belfast IRA" and "Pogrom & Partition - Belfast's Market Area 1920-22." Blogs at www.thebelfastpogrom.com. Cooks fish, watches St Pats.
@speakerconolly.bsky.social
Associate Professor of eighteenth century Irish History, co- director Trinity Colonial Legacies Project. Procrastinator
@saradm.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Aarhus University. Peace, Conflict, Memory, Northern Ireland. Here for politics and righteous indignation.
@rachelmurphy.bsky.social
Social historian of Ireland (landed estates; family, urban and local history) | Working @ria.ie and @unioflimerick.bsky.social | Visiting scholar at QUB | Historical GIS | Genealogist | Learning about biodiversity | Living in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. 🇪🇺
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Publish the best contemporary non-fiction writing. Peer-reviewed. Representation US @UChicagoPress Australia @WileyGlobal www.ucdpress.ie https://linktr.ee/ucdpress
@ehlyons.bsky.social
Historian of c17th&c18th Ireland: female inheritance, Catholic landownership & education during the Penal Laws. Also Irish horse racing, and Irishwomen & WWI war effort. Visiting Research Fellow, Dept of History, TCD. Website: emmalyons.ie
@sophcocooper.bsky.social
Social historian of gender, migration & public space | Nuns | Ireland & its diaspora | Senior Lecturer @QUBLiberalArts | Forging Identities in the Irish World @EdinburghUP 2022 | She/her.
@erikahanna.bsky.social
Historian of Ireland, cities, folklore, photographs, bicycles, raindrops and other ephemera. Associate Prof Modern History at University of Bristol. I blog about weather and urbanization here: https://rainandtheirishcity.com/
@tomhulme.bsky.social
Reader in History based at Queen's University Belfast. Interested in queer Irish history, 1880-1960s. PI of AHRC-funded “Queer Northern Ireland: Sexuality before Liberation”. Secretary of local UCU branch. 🏳️🌈 https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/tom-hulme
@elainefarrell.bsky.social
Professor of Irish History at Queen's University Belfast. 19th-century Irish social history, gender, crime, gossip and secrets. #BadBridget co-lead with Leanne McCormick @badbridgetbook
@petergray47.bsky.social
Historian of 19thC Ireland; Director of Irish Studies, QUB. Last book: William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism (2023); working on politics of Irish land reform and the Tenant League(s). Chair of @Irishhistorians.bsky.social There may also be cats.
@jroeleke.bsky.social
Historian, Phd on West Germany and Northern Ireland during the Troubles @zzfpotsdam @huberlin Educational Work for various Memorials & Football Clubs
@drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social
Historian: 18thC war & society (Jacobites, French Revolution & Napoleonic Wars), Irish in foreign armies (Wild Geese), Medieval history (Crusades). Also interested in archaeology & heritage management. https://ciaranmcdonnell.weebly.com/
@draftery.bsky.social
University College Dublin | Full Prof of the History of Education | FRHistS | Affls.: University of Cambridge & Trinity College Dublin | author | mother | gardener | sailor | book collector. Writes about 19thC schools/childhood/convents/Irish diaspora.
@lpcooley.bsky.social
Politics lecturer, University of Birmingham Work on the politics of deeply divided societies (mostly Northern Ireland these days), including power-sharing, demography and the census. Currently also thinking about Lough Neagh. #firstgen
@aidanbeatty.com
History Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University and President of the American Conference for Irish Studies Current research: Capitalism and Irish nationalism Old research: aidanbeatty.com/books/
@karinabwendling.com
Historian of 18/19c. Religion, education & politics in Ireland, Haiti, and transatlantic empires Associate Professor (MCF) @Univ_Lorraine @IDEA_UL Ass. Researcher LEM-CNRS Coord. MIRCOM project MSH -Lorraine RHS ECR 🇨🇵🇫🇮 karinabenazechwendling.wordpress.com
@niamhwycherley.bsky.social
Medieval historian. Dept of Early Irish, Maynooth. Chair Young Academy Ireland. PI on Research Ireland Pathway Project, 'Power and Patronage in Medieval Ireland'. Author The Cult of Relics in Early Medieval Ireland. Host The Medieval Irish History Podcast
@martinodonoghue.bsky.social
Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Frankfurt. Researching Ireland and India. Author - The Legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Independent Ireland, 1922-1949 https://shorturl.at/BNQNP Views own
@olwenpurdue.bsky.social
Historian of the urban poor, children & welfare, migration, difficult public histories. Director, Centre for Public History Queen’s University Belfast . Happy in the forest with the pup or in front of the fire with a glass of something red
@delaycara.bsky.social
Historian of reproduction and women's health studying abortion in Ireland and the American south. WGST professor at the University of South Carolina
@voxhib.bsky.social
Archaeology, History, Hagiography, Folklore & Landscapes of Early Irish Christianity & Early Medieval Ireland. Includes thinly veiled but good-natured irreverence, outrageous puns and irregular posts.
@irishcookbooks.bsky.social
Culinary historian. History of the recipe in Ireland, through manuscript and print. https://shop.ria.ie/products/irish-food-history Co-editor European Journal of Food, Drink, and Society https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ejfds/