Call for Papers: 76th Annual Irish History Students’ Association Conference 📚 📅 Date: 28 February - 01 March 2025 📍 Location: University College Cork 👉 Send your proposals to [email protected] with your name, institutional affiliation, and paper title. Please share.

The launch of the Maynooth Studies in Local History takes place on Mon 25 November. Prof Eeva Leinonen, President of Maynooth University will speak. All are welcome to attend.

A new writing award for authors aged 60+ has launched, and is backed by My Name is Leon (Penguin Books UK) author Kit de Waal and agency AM Health 👇 thebookseller.com/news/new-writi…

"Our results reveal that whenever handwriting movements are included as a learning strategy, more of the brain gets stimulated, resulting in the formation of more complex neural network connectivity...typewriting do[es] not activate...networks the same way that handwriting does."

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas

Ireland's Genealogical Gazette (Eanáir : Am Faoilleach : January 2025) is available on this link: familyhistory.ie/docs/gazette/2…

All are welcome to attend a talk by Brian Hughes (History at MIC) on his recently published book by Four Courts Press, Dublin: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 in Pearse Street Library at 6:30pm on Wednesday, 22nd January.

Additionally with the Poolbeg Lighthouse, I got the snowy Sugar Loaf lined up with North Bull Lighthouse on Wednesday afternoon although not perfectly symmetrical. The sand dunes in the foreground are blurred from the zoom compression. Not "photoshop".

As you register for #PAA2025, sign up for the April 10 workshop Leveraging Comprehensive Population Microdata from Multiple Repositories: The Case of the Coresidence Project for hands-on experience accessing, manipulating, & visualizing microdata from large datasets! IPUMS

The Night of the Big Wind was the most devastating storm in recorded Irish history. The hurricane of January 1839 reputedly made more people homeless in a single night than all the sorry decades of eviction that followed ... turtlebunbury.com/document/big-w…

Maddock Fellow John Gallagher John Gallagher kindly striking a pose to show off the reading room's very nifty #ScanTent from Transkribus, which he's using to photograph (slightly mysterious) Spanish & Italian manuscripts in the reading room

New vacancy: Assistant Editor – Publications The purpose of this role is to ensure the Royal Irish Academy’s publications (particularly books and policy and corporate documents) are developed and published on time, in line with the house style, the standards expected by the RIA,

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

We're proud to support the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland which has recovered 175,000+ records lost in 1922. From medieval parchments to 19th-century censuses, our past is now searchable and shared so find out more at buff.ly/w8tJteM and buff.ly/J2auOVb!

The resource that I've been working on for the past year has recently been released. It gathers the lost debates of the Irish Parliament from 1776-1801 - a period of deep upheaval in Ireland and the Atlantic world. Please explore at: virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/iri…

Take a look into life beyond the production line at Jacob’s Biscuit Factory. This 1910s social report reveals a vibrant workplace, with football matches, staff outings, and community events. Jacob’s wasn’t just about biscuits—it was about people.

Drumroll, please! 🥁 The newest additions to the Maynooth Studies in Local History Series are here. With such a limited character allowance, it's hard to explain just how fascinating each book is ... so check out the Maynooth collection on our website: l1nq.com/Ay0VH

Rituals of Migration offers snapshots of Irish migrants on the move in the 19th and 20th centuries On October 16, we will host a panel with the book's co-editor, Kevin Kenny, and 3 #BCIRishStudies alumni in the publication: Jill Bender, Hidetaka Hirota, & Gráinne McEvoy

Joel Mokyr – awarded the 2025 prize in economic sciences – was born in 1946 in Leiden, the Netherlands. He received his PhD in 1974 from Yale University University, New Haven, CT, USA. He is currently a professor at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA and Eitan Berglas School of Economics,

The 1926 Census (first of Saorstát Éireann) will be freely available online on April 18, 2026. Discover a unique snapshot of life 100 years ago! Public programme includes exhibitions, a documentary, & theatre. #TheStoryofUs Learn more: bit.ly/3IKX7Tj