My Irish history and journalism presentations are listed below, from the most recent to the oldest. Please use the contact form at bottom to inquire.
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COMING APRIL 21, 2025, “Michael J. O’Brien: Defending Ireland’s Record in America”: US Sen. John Sharp Williams attacked the Irish character in a widely reported October 1919 speech. Michael J. O’Brien of the American Irish Historical Society was drafted to make the reply on behalf of Irish immigrants. Register here for this AIHS online presentation.
March 17, 2025: St. Patrick’s Day interview with FOX 8 News Now, Johnstown, Pa., about several aspects of my Irish ancestry and historical research. Four segments, about 5 minutes each:
October 3-5, 2024: American Journalism Historians Association, 43rd Annual Convention, Pittsburgh. “Ireland’s ‘Bloody Sundays’ and The Pittsburgh Catholic, 1920 & 1972.” Read Part 1, November 1920 and Part 2, January 1972.
April 9, 2024: American Irish Historical Society, New York City. “The American Press and the Irish Revolution.”
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March 31-April 1, 2023: Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Cambridge, Mass. Panelist on the “Tips on Getting A Job in Journalism” session at the 2023 Christopher J. Georges Conference on College Journalism.
March 25, 2023: Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Cambridge, Mass. “Why I Do What I Do.” This 30-minute presentation about my career in journalism and Irish history research was made available to me as the “affiliate” of a Nieman fellow, my wife.
February 17, 2022 (Virtual): Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, “The Irish Revolution in Pittsburgh.” Watch the full recorded presentation, about 1 hour.
June 2-5, 2021 (Virtual): American Conference for Irish Studies, “Irish Diaspora Witness Statements at the American Commission on Conditions in Ireland.” See my November 15, 2020, story for the Irish Diaspora Histories Network.
March 20, 2021 (Virtual): Irish Railroad Workers Museum, Baltimore. “Cardinal Gibbons and Ireland. See my March 11, 2021, story for the Catholic Review (Baltimore.)
March 7, 2020: Irish Railroad Workers Museum, Baltimore. “Ruth Russell in Revolutionary Ireland.” See the American Reporting of Irish Independence section.
November 8-9, 2019: Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland, 2019 Conference, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. “Ruth Russell in Revolutionary Ireland.” See the American Reporting of Irish Independence section.
October 3-5, 2019: American Journalism Historians Association, 38th Annual Convention, Dallas. “Ruth Russell in Revolutionary Ireland.” See the American Reporting of Irish Independence section.
September 15, 2018: Irish Railroad Workers Museum, Baltimore. “Ireland’s Famine Children Born at Sea.” See my Winter 2017/18 story in the National Archives & Records Administration’s Prologue magazine.