Dr. Owen O'Shea
@owenoshea.bsky.social
History, politics, books and coffee, in no particular order. PhD from UCD on post-Civil War politics in Kerry. New books coming in 2025. Author, historian, researcher. More at www.owenoshea.ie
The Mass Rock or 'Poll an Airfrinn' at Killaclohane Wood near Milltown, Co. Kerry, where Domican priest, Fr Thaddeus Moriarty was arrested while celebrating Mass in 1653.
Fr Moriarty was tortured at Ross Castle in Killarney and hanged under the provisions of the Penal Laws.
A very special place.
Fr Moriarty was tortured at Ross Castle in Killarney and hanged under the provisions of the Penal Laws.
A very special place.
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Mass Rock or 'Poll an Airfrinn' at Killaclohane Wood near Milltown, Co. Kerry, where Domican priest, Fr Thaddeus Moriarty was arrested while celebrating Mass in 1653.
Fr Moriarty was tortured at Ross Castle in Killarney and hanged under the provisions of the Penal Laws.
A very special place.
Fr Moriarty was tortured at Ross Castle in Killarney and hanged under the provisions of the Penal Laws.
A very special place.
All welcome to the launch of my new book on politics and elections in #Kerry after the Civil War
📆 Friday 28th November
🕙 7.00pm
📖 O'Mahony's Bookshop
🏦 Tralee
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
📆 Friday 28th November
🕙 7.00pm
📖 O'Mahony's Bookshop
🏦 Tralee
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
All welcome to the launch of my new book on politics and elections in #Kerry after the Civil War
📆 Friday 28th November
🕙 7.00pm
📖 O'Mahony's Bookshop
🏦 Tralee
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
📆 Friday 28th November
🕙 7.00pm
📖 O'Mahony's Bookshop
🏦 Tralee
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Very enjoyable evening last night at the launch of the Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society and the Kerry Magazine 2025. I have a piece in the Magazine on the remarkable story of Kerry TD, Kathleen O'Connor Fitzgerald, who was a Clann na Poblachta TD for Kerry North 1956-57.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Very enjoyable evening last night at the launch of the Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society and the Kerry Magazine 2025. I have a piece in the Magazine on the remarkable story of Kerry TD, Kathleen O'Connor Fitzgerald, who was a Clann na Poblachta TD for Kerry North 1956-57.
The cover of my new book features Kerry TD Fionán Lynch canvassing for votes in the early 1930s
The Waterville native was Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1932 and later a Circuit Court judge
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The Waterville native was Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1932 and later a Circuit Court judge
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@ucdpress.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The cover of my new book features Kerry TD Fionán Lynch canvassing for votes in the early 1930s
The Waterville native was Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1932 and later a Circuit Court judge
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@ucdpress.bsky.social
The Waterville native was Minister for Fisheries from 1922 to 1932 and later a Circuit Court judge
www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Tonight week, Friday, 21st November, please join us for the official launch of our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry and beyond from Four Courts Press
📅 Friday, 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏦 Kerry County Museum
🎙️ Minister Norma Foley
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social #booklaunch
📅 Friday, 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏦 Kerry County Museum
🎙️ Minister Norma Foley
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social #booklaunch
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Tonight week, Friday, 21st November, please join us for the official launch of our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry and beyond from Four Courts Press
📅 Friday, 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏦 Kerry County Museum
🎙️ Minister Norma Foley
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social #booklaunch
📅 Friday, 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏦 Kerry County Museum
🎙️ Minister Norma Foley
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social #booklaunch
It was lovely to drop into @dubraybooks.bsky.social Books on Grafton Street in Dublin during the week to sign copies of my new book, in the company of Noelle Moran of @ucdpress.bsky.social
That's a light over my head, by the way, and not a halo! 😇 📚
That's a light over my head, by the way, and not a halo! 😇 📚
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It was lovely to drop into @dubraybooks.bsky.social Books on Grafton Street in Dublin during the week to sign copies of my new book, in the company of Noelle Moran of @ucdpress.bsky.social
That's a light over my head, by the way, and not a halo! 😇 📚
That's a light over my head, by the way, and not a halo! 😇 📚
Humbled by the attendance at my book launch last night
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Humbled by the attendance at my book launch last night
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
Thanks to the team at @booksupstairs.bsky.social for hosting and to the team at @ucdpress.bsky.social for arranging.
Very grateful to Professor Diarmaid Ferriter for doing the honours.
Kerry launch in a few weeks.
ucdpress.ie
Our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry now available in all good bookshops including @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Tralee, pictured here alongside From Crown To Harp by @mcculld.bsky.social
#books 📚
#books 📚
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our new edited collection on the Civil War in Kerry now available in all good bookshops including @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in Tralee, pictured here alongside From Crown To Harp by @mcculld.bsky.social
#books 📚
#books 📚
Very pecial delivery from the postman today 📚
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very pecial delivery from the postman today 📚
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Thrilled with the finished product from Four Courts Press
Launch on 21 November at 6pm at the Kerry County Museum
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Hope you can join me for the publication of my PhD research at @ucddublin.bsky.social on politics and elections in #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday, 11 November, 6.30pm
🏙️ Books Upstairs, D'Olier Street, Dublin
📚 Guest speaker: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce the official launch of our new book on the Civil War in Kerry and Beyond which is based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thrilled to announce the official launch of our new book on the Civil War in Kerry and Beyond which is based on the papers presented at the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📅 Friday 21st November
⏲️ 6.00pm
🏛️ Kerry County Museum
Fáilte roimh chách 📚
shorturl.at/m5yMF
@drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social
📚 BOOK LAUNCH 👇
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📚 BOOK LAUNCH 👇
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
All welcome at the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter
📅11 November
⏲️6.30pm
📚 Books Upstairs, Dublin 2
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Fáilte roimh chách!
Excited to announce the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter at Books Upstairs, Dublin on 11 November at 6.30pm.
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Excited to announce the launch of my new book by Prof Diarmaid Ferriter at Books Upstairs, Dublin on 11 November at 6.30pm.
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
The dramatic story of party politics in the Kerry constituency in the formative decade after the Civil War
Please share! See you there!
Published by @ucdpress.bsky.social
Two new books coming soon in time for the Christmas list!
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Two new books coming soon in time for the Christmas list!
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
My book assesses politics in Kerry in the decade after the Civil War and our edited collection includes essays from contributors to the Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2025/t...
Launches coming up in both Dublin and Kerry in November so stay tuned for details!
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Launches coming up in both Dublin and Kerry in November so stay tuned for details!
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social for pre-orders at www.ucdpress.ie
#books #history #politics
I am honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org in recognition of my contribution to historical scholarship
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
October 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I am honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org in recognition of my contribution to historical scholarship
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
Very grateful to the RHS Council and looking forward to making a positive contribution to historical research with fellow historians
"O’Shea’s adroit presentation of the text and the contextual commentaries he provides lifts it to another level."
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
September 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"O’Shea’s adroit presentation of the text and the contextual commentaries he provides lifts it to another level."
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
Grateful to Mark Duncan for his generous and thoughtful review of One Man's Ireland: Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill for the Journal of the Irish Labour History Society
shorturl.at/ysRJD
Sorry to hear of the passing of Martin Mansergh
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Sorry to hear of the passing of Martin Mansergh
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
As vice-chair of the Advisory Group on the Decade of Centenaries he opened our Kerry Civil War Conference in 2023
An enthusiastic supporter of the conference, he contributed to it eloquently and incisively
May he rest in peace 🙏
Inspiring evening at the Kerry Young Historian of the Year Awards hosted by the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
September 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Inspiring evening at the Kerry Young Historian of the Year Awards hosted by the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
Warm congratulations to Lucy Griffin on being announced as the overall winner
The future of historical research in Kerry is in safe hands
Information: www.kerryhistory.ie
Honoured to receive such a generous endorsement for my forthcoming book from Dr Bill Kissane of the London School of Economics who has described the work as 'a first class piece of scholarship'.
From Bullets to Ballots will be published soon by @ucdpress.bsky.social
From Bullets to Ballots will be published soon by @ucdpress.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Honoured to receive such a generous endorsement for my forthcoming book from Dr Bill Kissane of the London School of Economics who has described the work as 'a first class piece of scholarship'.
From Bullets to Ballots will be published soon by @ucdpress.bsky.social
From Bullets to Ballots will be published soon by @ucdpress.bsky.social
A great privilege to have attended the State Commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell at his home at Derrynane today.
A fitting tribute and celebration of a giant of a man whose politics and message are as powerful and relevant today as they ever were.
#OConnell250
A fitting tribute and celebration of a giant of a man whose politics and message are as powerful and relevant today as they ever were.
#OConnell250
August 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A great privilege to have attended the State Commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O'Connell at his home at Derrynane today.
A fitting tribute and celebration of a giant of a man whose politics and message are as powerful and relevant today as they ever were.
#OConnell250
A fitting tribute and celebration of a giant of a man whose politics and message are as powerful and relevant today as they ever were.
#OConnell250
📚BOOK NEWS 📢
Really thrilled to be working with the wonderful team at @ucdpress.bsky.social to publish my #PhD research on politics and electioneering in County #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
"From Bullets to Ballots" will be published in September 2025
www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalog...
Really thrilled to be working with the wonderful team at @ucdpress.bsky.social to publish my #PhD research on politics and electioneering in County #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
"From Bullets to Ballots" will be published in September 2025
www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalog...
July 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
📚BOOK NEWS 📢
Really thrilled to be working with the wonderful team at @ucdpress.bsky.social to publish my #PhD research on politics and electioneering in County #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
"From Bullets to Ballots" will be published in September 2025
www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalog...
Really thrilled to be working with the wonderful team at @ucdpress.bsky.social to publish my #PhD research on politics and electioneering in County #Kerry in the decade after the Civil War
"From Bullets to Ballots" will be published in September 2025
www.ucdpress.ie/page/catalog...
Looking forward to speaking at the Sneem Summer Festival in #Sneem #Kerry on 19 July and reflecting on the Decade of Centenaries in Kerry. What lessons can we learn from the commemoration of events over the past decade?
🎟️Free admission
📅Saturday 19 July
⏲️5.00pm
⛪️Old Church
🎟️Free admission
📅Saturday 19 July
⏲️5.00pm
⛪️Old Church
July 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM