- ISSN: 0021-1214 (Print), 2056-4139 (Online)
- Editors: Clodagh Tait Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland, and Marie Coleman (Book Reviews) Queen’s University, Belfast, UK
- Editorial board
Published for the Irish Historical Studies Publications Ltd. Irish Historical Studies, founded in 1938, is the joint journal of the Irish Historical Society and the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies and is the authoritative voice in Irish history. It publishes articles embodying original research on Irish history; articles on the scope and teaching of Irish history; select documents, with editorial comment; select and critical bibliographies and guides to sources.
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Irish Historical Studies blogs

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A new agenda for women’s and gender history in Ireland
- 17 January 2023,
- The publication of this special issue, seeks to recognise the significant impact of the 1992 ‘Agenda’ on Irish scholarship

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‘Almost all the world’s most notable catastrophes have been caused by women’? Reassessing Derbforgaill
- 09 May 2022,
- There can be little doubt that the Anglo-Norman (or English) invasion of the twelfth century was one of the most important events of Irish history. By the time...

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Queer Belfast during the First World War
- 25 January 2022,
- I wrote this article to take this past more seriously on its own terms, and to understand how the political, religious, and economic context of Ireland and...
History blog

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Planned Plunder? The British Museum and the 1868 Maqdala Expedition
- 17 January 2023,
- In 1871 Prime Minister William E. Gladstone made a statement to the House of Commons in which he regretted.

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How ITV launched modern research on primate facial expressions
- 17 January 2023,
- Although ITV fundamentally transformed British television, a combination of archival red tape and academic disdain for the BBC’s ‘low-brow’ competitor has left...

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A new agenda for women’s and gender history in Ireland
- 17 January 2023,
- The publication of this special issue, seeks to recognise the significant impact of the 1992 ‘Agenda’ on Irish scholarship
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