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The house where Patrick Gallagher of Mulnamina, Glenties lived during the time of the Famine. This and a handful of other houses within a few dozen yards of it in the townland overlooking the Gweebarra are the origins of all the Gallagher half of my family. #Donegal

For the next fortnight I'm being paid to write a play, which is the dream isn't it. Thank you Royal Court

Really thrilled that my second book is now published! It explores the life of Tacfarinas, a C1st AD auxiliary soldier-deserter-bandit-rebel who came to lead a revolt against #Rome in NW Africa during the early reign of Tiberius. He is a truly fascinating figure in #Roman history!

If ever there is a Somme equivalent of Robert Capa's D-Day images it is these showing men of the Tyneside Irish Brigade marching into machine-gun oblivion and getting fewer and fewer in number, until just a handful remain. The undying tragedy of 1st July 1916: 109 years ago today

The latest episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! Apporpriately for the day that's in it, this epiosde focuses on the Irish at the Battle of Gettysburg- to discuss it we were joined Harry Smeltzer: shows.acast.com/transatlantic/…

Transatlantic Podcast - The Irish at Gettysburg bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/tra… via Harry Smeltzer

Don't miss this Gettysburg Foundation video featuring Damian Shiels (Damian Shiels) and his book, "Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military." bit.ly/4knM8Ma

Many thanks to Tim Talbott and Emerging Civil War for the detailed review of my "Green & Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military 1861-1865". You can read what Tim has to say about the book here: emergingcivilwar.com/2025/07/03/boo…

For anyone heading to Milwaukee Irish Fest this August I'll be giving a talk on each day, discussing my work on the American Civil War, Béal na Bláth and also some Irish women we've featured on Transatlantic. Details below- I hope to see some of you there! irishfest.com/fest-artists/2…

The latest epsiode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast is live! We're joined by Elizabeth Stack & Danny Leavy for a virtual walking tour around some sites of Irish New York, from the first Catholic church to the notorious Five Points slum: shows.acast.com/transatlantic/…

"Is sure to be the go-to source on Irish American soldiers for decades to come.”—Emerging Civil War on "Green and Blue," by Damian Shiels: bit.ly/45S43XP

You want to saunter (or dander, take your pick) across the Yellow Ford battlefield with commentary and hopefully a bit of crack with this guy? Fill your boots

Golden Eagles struggling due to the degraded nature of Irish uplands. Sobering stuff, and particularly stark comparison between the prey wildlife figures in Donegal versus the Scottish Highlands. theconversation.com/golden-eagles-…

After a few years of Historian/Archaeologist in the bio I'm returning to Archaeologist/Historian for the foreseeable, hopefully still with crossover as opportunites arise. Kick off Monday leading the Far Horizons Irish archaeology tour which promises to be a fun couple of weeks!

The harbour of Howth with the island of Ireland's Eye beyond in the sunshine.

Thanks to Civil War Books & Authors for this generous and detailed review of my new book "Green & Blue" - it provides a great overview of the main themes and arguments! cwba.blogspot.com/2025/07/review…

Our new episode of Transatlantic: An Irish American History Podcast. We were joined by Brennan MacDonald chatted about the Fenian movement- their operations, legacy and raids into Canada- you can catch it here! shows.acast.com/transatlantic/…

Always great to chat with the IRISH STEW Podcast team! A few different topics of conversation too from what I normally discuss!