Dr Patrick McDonagh

Very happy day yesterday at Trinity College Dublin being awarded my PhD in History

When the deeds have eyes...really fantastic portraiture, possibly of Edward III, in a English royal charter sent to Ireland in 1375 at @NLIreland. The face is drawn into the loop of the h for hib[er]nie or Ireland, and has a rather Big Brother (or Edward) is watching you feeling

In what may be the oldest depiction of a gun on an Irish manuscript - an ink drawing of a musket on a @NLIreland charter from 1543 from the earl of Ormond to a Martin Potercelo granting property in Kilkenny. Potercelo is described as a 'gonn-' or gonner (gunner) in the grant.

A Scandal at Mass: The Eyewitnesses to a Fourteenth Century Controversy 📅 Thurs, 17 July at 1pm: nli.ie/exhibitions-ev… Join us for this online talk by Dr. Patrick McDonagh, our current Research Studentship holder.

One day until tomorrow's lecture!

A recording of my paper on Sir Thomas Mortimer and the Lords Appellant Revolt of 1387 for anyone at Leeds who missed my paper during #IMC2025 (only available to those registered for the conference) imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2025/meeti…

A week to go for this online lunchtime lecture I am giving for the National Library of Ireland on a major political controversy which gripped the English lordship of Ireland in the late fourteenth century.

Really impressive photography exhibition at the @SpodeWorks showing the collection of Stoke-on-Trent photographer Donald Morris which stretch back to the 1950s and are a wonderful guide to the social and economic history of the city and its change over time.

Delighted to receive a hardcopy of the latest volume of Historical Research, in which I have an article. Should you be interested, it is Open Access on their website academic.oup.com/histres/articl…

A Scandal at Mass: The Eyewitnesses to a Fourteenth Century Controversy 📅 Thurs, 17 July at 1pm: nli.ie/exhibitions-ev… Join us for this online talk by Dr. Patrick McDonagh, our current Research Studentship holder.

Looking forward to speaking next Wednesday at #imcleeds2025 in the 14th Century Society panel on the reign of Richard II with my paper examing Sir Thomas Mortimer and his role in the revolt of the Lords Appellant during 1387-88.

Looking forward to speaking this evening in this online conference hosted by @MortimerSociety along with @SimonPEgan and @MattLewisAuthor

Our Spring Conference marks the 600th anniversary of the death of Edmund, the last Mortimer Earl of March, and focuses on Mortimer history in Ireland, where Edmund served and died. Wed 2 July online only. Tickets tinyurl.com/ys46fxt6

A Scandal at Mass: The Eyewitnesses to a Fourteenth Century Controversy 📅 Thurs, 17 July at 1pm: nli.ie/exhibitions-ev… Join us for this online talk by Dr. Patrick McDonagh, our current Research Studentship holder.

Really impressive early seal at the @NLIreland belonging to a charter in which William de Braose granted land in Munster to Theobald Walter from around 1201. One of King John's henchmen, the king later had de Braose's wife and son starved to death at Windsor Castle.

So pleased to be appearing at Bury Lit Fest this year. Take a look at the programme - it's action-packed with great authors. Why not make the trip? Details & tickets burylitfest.co.uk.

Which you can also read about (and follow the references) in the journal of @MortimerSociety

Looking forward to speaking at the @NLIreland on a political scandal which occurred at Dublin Castle on 13 December 1380 when the Bishop of Cloyne attacked the earls of Ormond and Desmond before Edmund Mortimer, earl of Ulster, then Lieutenant of Ireland nli.ie/exhibitions-ev…