Dave Gallagher History

My interests are early 20th century, modern Ireland (politics) and Northern Ireland as well as Norman and Gaelic castles; So I’ll probably end up doing my thesis on something like Cholera or TB in the 1830’s or something similar!

#Otd 2000: The censor lifts a ban on more than 2/3s, or 400, of prohibited books following an appeal by the Labour Party. Only 187 books & about 270 magazines & newspapers now remain on the banned list. (@Stairnahireann). 📷& article in link: @DIB_RIA. dib.ie/blog/bloomsday…

We’re so excited to welcome everyone tomorrow for @IHSA1950 2023 at @CarlowCollege!! Please see full programme and bios/abstracts below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ carlowcollege.ie/events/ihsa-co… @JudyBolger @milnem @MarkMahony01

This will be me...! Congratulations to him! 👍🏻

We would appreciate this call for information to be shared where possible. #Killester100 @DubHistorians @HistoryHub_ie @History_online @MilHistSocIre @IrishMHF @DCCCultureCo @Stairnahireann @3CastlesBurning @SommeAssoc @RoyalDubsFus

Also this short film made 40 odd years ago was recommended to me by @Mary_Ann_V and is so worth a watch youtu.be/Sr9Ogfpd1SA

The parallels between the Newfoundland accent and South Kilkenny/South Tipperary/Waterford accent will never cease to amaze me… From ‘yes by’ to ‘yesss baiii’. We love it. Like why do imagine this man lives in a thatched cottage in Carrigeen?! vm.tiktok.com/ZMYRV2xmo/

@GMcgin To be fair, I have read most of them at least once! 😉

Very useful numbers here/ retweet!

Happy Christmas to me! 🎅🏻

@PhD_Genie Ireland

Where are you from originally (country)? Write down your place of origin and I'll add it to an online scratch map - let's see how many countries can we cover.

.@milnem @GMcgin

@milnem I’ll take it! 😉

Job in the @OHAnetwork office!

We are thrilled to be able to announce a new feature on our website! Search by keyword, name or ref code to explore the collections of the 1st (1919-1921) & 2nd (1921-1922) Dáil Eireann. buff.ly/3VoWwau We found a map for today's #EYAMaps #ExploreYourArchives @ARAIreland

@glabsandra I couldn't see Dr. McCarty in the replies, so here's a screenshot from Valentine's Day last year.

‘An affable member of staff’ is in fact Lady Hale, the first woman to have ever been appointed the President of the Supreme Court…Ladies, I would love to hear your stories of (inevitably) men assuming you’re far less senior than you really are…

@PhD_Genie Docs

What would be the title of an academia based reality show?

The small city of Lugo in northern Spain has a special secret. It is the *only* place in the world to have a complete set of intact Roman walls. They were built 2,000 years ago and surround the entire old town. But how did they survive? That's where it gets interesting...

Watch President Higgins' keynote address from Machnamh VI: Memory, History and Imagination. The full seminar, the last in the President's Machnamh 100 series on the seminal events of a century ago, is available now on @RTEplayer youtube.com/watch?v=OEo2J7…

You can read the President's keynote address, entitled “1922 – The Most Significant Year?”, in full at president.ie/en/media-libra…