Jay Roszman

@jayroszman.bsky.social

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Historian of 19th-c Ireland, Britain, & Empire at University College Cork. An 🇺🇸in 🇮🇪. Book on agrarian violence and British policy w Cambridge (2022). Next project on Irishmen, education, and empire.

Pink candy floss clouds
Some rolling green/yellow hills, blue sky in background.
"Professor Harkness, F.R.S., gave a description of a Peruvian mummy now in the Queen's College, and which had been obtained from Peru some years ago by an officer attached to H.M.'s ship Driver, when stationed in the Pacific."
Screenshot of Dublin newspaper article from 1864: "Dr Reeves moved that the paper of Mr Ferguson be referred to council for publication It was of a very interesting character. According to an ancient tradition preserved by Geoffrey of Monmouth, the blocks composing Stonehenge originally stood in the county of Kildare, in Ireland and were transported from that county to Africa, and thence conveyed to their present site."
Screenshot of text from Philip Meadows Taylor's ODNB biography.
The building facade of the Royal Irish Academy.
A child half buried in sand.
A field with cows eating grass and a waning moon in the background set in blue skies.
A screen grab of Joshua Burnside Trio and The Trad Collective & Guests Duncairn Takeover at Levi's Corner House in Ballydehob.
A Caesar sandwich, crisps, and a pint of Beamish.
A screenshot of my citizenship application, stating "Intention to Grant Sent"
Fog burning off green fields from sunshine and clear blue skies.
Molly-Claire Gillett's "Irish Lacemaking: Art, Industry and Culture Practice" book cover, with white lace and a red background. Gillett won the Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book.
Photo of projector screen announcing Prof. Claire Connolly as winner of the Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature.
A view of city buildings in Denver with clouds and the sun beginning to rise.
"I have considered it best not include in foot-notes or in the body of this Story of Indian History references to the many authorities I have consulted. To have done so would have broken the narrative and been of no service to the reader for whom the Story is intended."
A white t-shirt that says “where’s your bottle now?”
A lot of cows walking from one field into another.
A video of cows crossing from one field into another out the kitchen window.
A sachet of Lemsup opened next to a Lemsup box and a container of honey
An assembled ikea dresser, bane of my existence.
My occupation is now of the most unpleasant nature, negotiating and jobbing with the most corrupt people under heaven. I despise and hate myself every hour for engaging in such dirty work, and am supported only by the reflection that without a Union the British Empire must be dissolved. When it is impossible to gratify the unreasonable demands of our politicians, I often think of two lines of Swift, speaking of the Lord Lieutenant and the system of corruption ‘And then at Beelzebub’s great hall Complains his budget is too small”.
Birch tree leaves foregrounding green fields and white hawthorn tree blossoms in the background.
A black bernedoodle laying on red kitchen tiles.
A toastie maker from the last millennium doing its thing.
A child's drawing of a large sun is visible on the glass of a window, along with other colors. Plants are also visible and the reflection of a bike.
A graphic showing 51.05 kWh of electricity produced from solar power
A girl in the midst of throwing a ball.
A red sign that states “You are entering un-livable Limerick” with a red brick terraced house and blue skies in the background.
Pete in full flow with behind a dais with University of Limerick emblazoned on the front.
A sunset and green valley
Blurry picture of a large fire on a hill with smoke.
A wonderfully creamy pint of Beamish.
A girl in some grass talking to diary cows in an adjoining field. Blue skies and clouds.
Blarney Castle with sheep in field and tulips and bluebell flowers.
A black bernadoodle lays on a patterned rug as sun light comes through a window next to a front door.
A child is stirring melted butter and Murphy’s Irish stout with sugar to make a Guinness cake.