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Dr Ciaran Wallace`s fantastic new book, Meath The Irish Revolution, 1912-23, has just been published with Fourt Courts Press. This book looks at life in Meath during the Irish Revolution. As politics, war and revolution intruded on their daily routine, some people embraced change, risking life and livelihood for their chosen cause; others resisted the tide. For most, the responsibilities of work and family were more pressing concerns. Gradually, however, violence affected even the regular round of shopping, sport and socializing. Intense outbursts at Ashbourne and Trim terrified some and radicalized many. At the same time, a social and technological revolution brought exciting new opportunities, especially for women, but older agrarian tensions simmered below the surface. Using local newspapers and recently released archives, this book tells the story of the Irish Revolution in Meath, keeping the people’s daily experience always in focus. Click for more info.

Many congratulations to Katja Bruisch on the publication of her new book, Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia`s Fossil Economy. Just published with Cambridge University Press, it breaks new ground in modern Russian environmental history.

A packed house in TCD’s Emmet Theatre for the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium on Saturday 4 October. Congratulations to colleagues from History, Sparky Booker, Peter Crooks, Seán Duffy, and others on drawing a great crowd to a very successive symposium.

A piece from the Irish Times about what generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) means for higher education, co-authored by Dr Katja Bruisch. Click to read

Congratulations to History`s Professor Patrick Geoghegan on organising the enormously successful O`Connell 250 Symposium at TCD on 29-30 July. Among those speaking at the symposium, were - Standing: History`s Professor Patrick Geoghegan, the Registrar, Professor Neville Cox, Professor Christine Kinealy, and Ukrainian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Oleksandra Matviichuk. Seated: An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, the Provost Linda Doyle, Imogen McGrath SC, and Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin. Click to enlarge.

Congratulations to Liam O`Ceallaigh SF History Student for AY 202526 following his lovely article in today`s Irish Time. Click to read