Delighted to officially graduate with my PhD earlier this week. Pictured here with my excellent supervisor Seán Duffy, who helped to make it a really enjoyable four years! Excited for what’s next. TCD Histories

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My new book ‘Irish Kingship in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries’ is now available to pre-order online, by clicking the link below. Save 20% by using the code: 25SMA2 routledge.com/Irish-Kingship…

The National Library of Ireland’s annual #Studentship programmes are now open for applications for 2025-2026 for: ⭐ #Library Studentship ⭐ #Archival Studentship ⭐ #Research Studentship 📆 #Apply by: 3pm on 13th May 2025: nli.ie/about-us/worki… ICHS UCD History University College Dublin

A blog post I have written about the rediscovery of two late fifteenth century English language poems at the National Library of Ireland - they are likely the oldest English language poetry held by the library. nli.ie/news-stories/s…

Very pleased for my latest article to now appear in print (and is still open access) TCD Histories track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=fR…

The afterlife of the Plantation of #Ulster by the #London Companies in the very latest volume to appear (this morning) from IMC

I was very sad to miss the launch, but I was delighted to have a chapter in this great book, edited by my undergraduate and MA supervisor Matt Stout

Patrick McDonagh's presentation at today's MHS Spring Conference revealed that the Mortimer family's dominance in Ireland was based on three prestigious marriages, meaning the foundations of their power were three powerful women. @PatrickMcDo

Happy to share an article I have written for the Archive Fever series hosted by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland on medieval seals in the National Library of Ireland and their value for the study of medieval Irish history. virtualtreasury.ie/archive-fever/…

Always exciting receiving proofs. Looking forward to seeing my edition published in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources TCD Histories Centre for War and Diplomacy

Thrilled to see this published (free access!) in Past & Present - though it unfortunately feels more relevant than ever... And feeling fortunate to have been able to do this with two of the most talented historians Malika Zehni & Lamin Manneh ❤️ academic.oup.com/past/advance-a…

My author’s copies of ‘Irish Kingship in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries’ have arrived! It’s lovely to get my hands on the final product. I have to record my sincere thanks to Routledge Books for helping me bring my book to this point - a pleasure to work with from day one.

A Scandal at Mass: The Eyewitnesses to a Fourteenth Century Controversy 📅 Thurs, 17 July at 1pm: nli.ie/exhibitions-ev… Join us for this online talk by Dr. Patrick McDonagh, our current Research Studentship holder.

📜 Just launched: 175,000 new historical records are now available on the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, including 60,000 names for family historians to explore in the new Population Portal. Read more: tcd.ie/news_events/to… #DigitalArchives #VRTI #TrinityResearch

Delighted to receive a hardcopy of the latest volume of Historical Research, in which I have an article. Should you be interested, it is Open Access on their website academic.oup.com/histres/articl…

Leeds bound for the annual International Conference of Medievalists. Looking forward to talking about some of my recent work on the surviving letters of Irish kings in TNA TCD Histories Lancaster University

Very excited to be giving the following public lecture during National Heritage Week on Thursday 21 August at the National Library of Ireland on the library's extraordinary collection of medieval deeds and charters nli.ie/exhibitions-ev…

Back to work after a very enjoyable week in Seville. Amazing city, though I don’t miss the 38degree weather

I’m very sad to hear this, Bríd was an incredibly kind and generous person and offered me such support throughout my PhD and in the time since. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.