Amateur historian, genealogist, musician. Pro consultant, lecturer. Sometimes tennis player. Interests Dingle peninsula farm life, Sallins-Tullow railway, early-Dublin tennis, Eustace & Latouche families, Kildare & Wicklow, Irish in US Civil War.https://bsky.app/profile/jpobr29.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpobr29.bsky.social/post/3lhbwek6rek2lYou learn something new every day, yesterday morning playing a league tennis match .. the Nelson’s pillar rubble was used as landfill when St. Anne’s tennis club was laid down in Raheny in 1966. There is a little bit of granite on view still, left of steps. Fascinating!03 Feb 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:tfkgaf4yscanxee6dy4nnkip/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbwek6rek2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpobr29.bsky.social/post/3lc6cqzqv3s2iSurvived my first academic conference presentation yesterday, thanks to ESHSI for the invite. Great to give my MA topic an airing finally30 Nov 2024 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:tfkgaf4yscanxee6dy4nnkip/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6cqzqv3s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jpobr29.bsky.social/post/3lc3lyjqqnk2nOn the day that’s in it, reports of “competitive” elections in the rotten borough of Harristown in 1715 and 1727 need some context, all four candidates in both elections were in fact Eustace family in-laws. The borough was controlled respectively by the Eustace, Fitzgerald and LaTouche families.29 Nov 2024 12:39 +0000at://did:plc:tfkgaf4yscanxee6dy4nnkip/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3lyjqqnk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jpobr29.bsky.social/post/3lbg6q775su24Spotted in Kerry, 191121 Nov 2024 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:tfkgaf4yscanxee6dy4nnkip/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbg6q775su24