History… A bibliography of the Irish in Britain: first thoughts 28 Sep 2020 As a historiographical exercise, I recently put together a bibliography of the Irish in 19th century Britain - you can find it here: https://uptheossroad.wordpress.com/bibliography-local-studies-of-the-irish-in-19th-century-britain/ There's also a map, below: I…
Uncategorized Ag labhairt Gaeilge sa Tír Dhubh – speaking Irish in the Black Country 14 Jul 2020 Digbeth Coach Station, Birmingham - its familiar "A Hundred Thousand Welcomes" sign is a traditional Irish greeting (Dreamstime) This post follows on from this one about the use of Gaeilge,…
Black Country… Gaeilge sa Tír Dhubh: the Irish language in the Black Country 25 May 202025 May 2020 It's been a while since a post here, and I'd presumed that being furloughed from work would provide me with tons of spare time to write a blog. Reader, it…
Everyday Life… The teens 2 Jan 2020 I've been meaning to write an update here for ages - my last post was, unbelievably, over a year ago. But now I'm here, I'm twiddling my thumbs a bit…
Black Country… After Carribee Island: the Black Country’s long migration history 29 Nov 201829 Nov 2018 I've been looking for a way (and time) to wrap up my after-life of Carribee Island series (see 1880s, 1890s, WW1, 1939) for a while. I'm going to start this…
Black Country… No-go zones, racism and the press in British history 28 Oct 20182 Nov 2018 One of the advantages of balancing a PhD with research at the Black Country Museum is that I get to compare and contrast over time. My PhD work is about…
Black Country Towards a bibliography of Black Country history 20 Jul 201820 Jul 2018 I've just added a new page to this website: a bibliography of Black Country history. This region is, as any scholar who tries to research it will tell you, tremendously…
Wolverhampton After Carribee Island: the eve of destruction 7 Jul 2018 This post follows some preceding ones on the continuing history of the area once known as Carribee Island in Wolverhampton. This area, designated a slum, was pulled down in the…
Irish… After Carribee Island: the Great War 12 Apr 2018 This post follows on from these two about the afterlife of Carribee Island, for forty years the assumed - and stigmatised - home of Wolverhampton's Irish population in the nineteenth…
Wolverhampton After Carribee Island: 1891 22 Mar 2018 This post follows the period of my research into Carribee Island, and an earlier post looking at the space in 1881. By 1891, The Space Formerly Known As Carribee Island…
