Gareth Mulvenna
@gmulvenna.bsky.social
✍️ Author of Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries (Liverpool University Press, 2016), co-host of Shrapnel podcast
📩 Updating my research and writing on the Troubles
📩 Updating my research and writing on the Troubles
Reposted by Gareth Mulvenna
If you missed this week's seminar by Ciara McAllister on 'A class apart: Representing the ‘Troubles’ and the working class', a recording is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o1J...
Irish Studies Seminar: Ciara McAllister 2.2.26
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
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February 4, 2026 at 9:07 AM
If you missed this week's seminar by Ciara McAllister on 'A class apart: Representing the ‘Troubles’ and the working class', a recording is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o1J...
Reposted by Gareth Mulvenna
Excerpt from a very personal piece I wrote last year, signposting future writing I'll be doing on the conflict.
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open.substack.com/pub/garethmu...
The Murder of Frankie McStravick: 1972
The bullet that finally killed Frankie McStravick travelled through time and caused untold trauma
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February 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Excerpt from a very personal piece I wrote last year, signposting future writing I'll be doing on the conflict.
open.substack.com/pub/garethmu...
open.substack.com/pub/garethmu...
Reposted by Gareth Mulvenna
Excerpt from a very personal piece I wrote last year, signposting future writing I'll be doing on the conflict.
open.substack.com/pub/garethmu...
open.substack.com/pub/garethmu...
The Murder of Frankie McStravick: 1972
The bullet that finally killed Frankie McStravick travelled through time and caused untold trauma
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Excerpt from a very personal piece I wrote last year, signposting future writing I'll be doing on the conflict.
open.substack.com/pub/garethmu...
open.substack.com/pub/garethmu...
Reposted by Gareth Mulvenna
New post: the implications of Operation Denton, and media handling of the 'Glenanne Gang' story
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The Gang That Never Was
On 9 December last year we got our first glimpse at the findings of Operation Denton, the long-awaited police review into what was referred to as the ‘Glenanne series’ of murders—over 120 killings …
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January 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
New post: the implications of Operation Denton, and media handling of the 'Glenanne Gang' story
balaclavastreet.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/t...
balaclavastreet.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/t...
Reposted by Gareth Mulvenna
Uncivil War, my book about the British Army and the Troubles in the early 1970s, is out in paperback on 15 January. Come and hear me talk about it at the National Army Museum on 13 February:
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/unc...
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/unc...
Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-75
Join historian Huw Bennett as he examines the interactions between the British Army and paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during the most violent phase of the Troubles.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Uncivil War, my book about the British Army and the Troubles in the early 1970s, is out in paperback on 15 January. Come and hear me talk about it at the National Army Museum on 13 February:
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/unc...
www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/unc...
Reposted by Gareth Mulvenna
*drum roll*
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
February 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
*drum roll*
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
This is brilliant history, preserved for the future. Interview with the late Harry McAllister aka Mizz Mae.
youtu.be/mQ8QIDlopCI?...
youtu.be/mQ8QIDlopCI?...
life's a Drag, Mizz Mae - Harry McAllister
YouTube video by LGBTHeritageNI
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February 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
This is brilliant history, preserved for the future. Interview with the late Harry McAllister aka Mizz Mae.
youtu.be/mQ8QIDlopCI?...
youtu.be/mQ8QIDlopCI?...
Article on the Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association from Andersonstown News, November 1972.
February 1, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Article on the Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association from Andersonstown News, November 1972.
Memories from the Spectrum Centre on this day in January 2019, doing Belts and Boots to Bombs and Bullets with Beano. Hoping to do more storytelling events in 2026 but it'll be a collaboration with Shrapnel Podcast - Sam and I now have the experience and confidence to help make it even more special!
January 31, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Memories from the Spectrum Centre on this day in January 2019, doing Belts and Boots to Bombs and Bullets with Beano. Hoping to do more storytelling events in 2026 but it'll be a collaboration with Shrapnel Podcast - Sam and I now have the experience and confidence to help make it even more special!
Ten years this summer. Time for a revised and updated version? 🤨
January 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Ten years this summer. Time for a revised and updated version? 🤨