Dr. Owen O'Shea
@OwenOShea
#PhD @UCD | Politics in Ireland 1923-33 | Historian | Author | Researcher @CivilWarInKerry @PoliticsinKerry @Ballymacandy https://coff.ee/owenoshea
Thanks as always to @eason in Killarney for keeping my books in stock and supporting local authors and publications 📚 Hope to be adding a few more to their shelves very soon 📚 #books #irishhistory @MerrionPress @UCDHistory
The revolutionary and politician Cathal Brugha was born #OTD, 18 July 1874. A veteran of the 1916 Rising, this clipping from The Irish Independent of 11 December 1918 shows him as the Sinn Féin candidate for Waterford in the momentous 1918 Election. 1/2
Dipping into this fine tome by @ConorMcMorrow for a bit of research on a certain Kerry footballer ⚽️ 📚 #GAA #Kerry
26 July 1869 | An Austrian Jewish woman, Gisela Danziger, was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 16 May 1944. Registered in the Theresienstadt family camp in Birkenau. She did not survive.
Dan Mulvihill keeps a watchful eye on Éamon De Valera in the bookshop at @KilmainhamOPW Mulvihill helped to smuggle 'The Chief' out of Dublin at the beginning of the Civil War @MerrionPress @mcculld 📚 irishacademicpress.ie/product/one-ma…
#OnThisDay 1914 The Bachelor Walk Massacre took place when British troops fired into a crowd of Dubliners, killing four & injuring 30. #Ireland #History
The Bachelor's Walk Massacre happened today in 1914, when British soldiers opened fire on an unarmed crowd. A shipment of Irish Volunteer guns landed in Howth that morning. When the Volunteers were coming home to Dublin after the pickup, they were met with roadblocks of Dublin…
Wow. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell just fact checked Trump directly to his face on live TV. Trump: “It’s a building that’s being built.” Powell: “That was built 5 years ago.”
Consistent with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine. I will make this solemn announcement before the United Nations General Assembly this coming September.…
Trump barring the AP from the press pool for not using "Gulf of America" was nonsense, but at least there was a loose connection to govt policy. Trump barring the WSJ from the press pool because of a personal dispute is, again, tinpot dictator stuff.
"There is no case since WW2 of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled" Famine expert Alex de Waal on Israel deliberately starving an entire civilian population
‘If this isn’t mass-extermination, I don’t know what is’ - Dr @Tanyaalih. Shame on everyone who does this, or who helps those who do it every day. #WCNSF #Gaza
Looking forward to speaking at the Sneem Summer Festival this Saturday 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
NEW: In the four years after the Famine, 40,000 people left #Kerry according to Census data from 1800s just published by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland 'The people are wretchedly poor' said one report What the data tells us about Kerry: owenoshea.ie/the-people-are…
🚨Israel just bombed the very Gazan church Pope Francis used to call daily during the genocide They injured the very priest, Gabriele Romanelli, who used to update the Pope on the situation. 2 church goers were killed, 6 wounded.
Looking forward to speaking the @SneemFamilyFest 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 📅19 July ⏲️5.00pm ⛪️Old Church
#OnThisDay 1927 Constance Markievicz the nationalist, revolutionary, suffragist, first female MP & Easter Rising veteran died. Born into wealth, Markievicz gave her money away to help Ireland's poor. Despite her rebel pedigree, she was denied a State funeral. #Ireland #History
Coming soon: the inaugural Milltown History and Heritage Weekend which will include a series of talks and walks to showcase our local history and heritage. Details to follow. Sign up to our newsletter for updates at: milltownhistoryheritage.ie
A thank you message from @unicefireland to everyone who supported the recent fundraiser #MilltownforGaza and which raised €5,300 to support the humanitarian effort in Gaza. Thanks again to everyone who contributed and to the musicians and performers on the night 🙏 🤲 #Gaza
Major commemorative programme announced to mark Liberator's 250th birthday radiokerry.ie/news/major-com…