Damian Shiels
Historian, Archaeologist & Curator
Later this week I (Damian) will be in Clonakilty, Co. Cork to talk to Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage about some local men, their families and their correspondence that have emerged through my letters project, Andersonville Irish Project and the Widows in...
Last night I (Damian) gave an update on the latest findings of our Andersonville Irish Project to the Ancient Order of Hibernians as part of their Irish American Heritage Month Programme. In it we discussed new information on the men,...
Work on our Andersonville Irish Project is continuing apace, and we have now gathered important data points on many of the more than 1,000 Irish Americans we have thus far identified. One of those elements is their place of capture....
As some readers may be aware from our Facebook site, I (Damian) have a new book being released this April with Louisiana State University Press, titled Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865. I spent the Christmas...
For any of our readers who may be interesting I (Damian) an offering a short online course- three talks over three weeks in December- on researching the Irish in the American Civil War. We’ll be discussing everything from where the...
We have a new StoryMap exploring some of the stories of the Irish at Antietam in photos and videos. So often dominated just by the Irish Brigade experience at the Sunken Road (“Bloody Lane”), Irish Americans were impacted by the...
While on my recent research trip to the National Archives to continue the work of the Andersonville Irish Project, I took the opportunity for a return visit to Antietam with a view to a potential future research project focusing on...
Things have been a bit quiet on the site over the last few weeks as I (Damian) prepare for an exciting upcoming research trip to the United States. The primary purpose of the visit is to undertake research for the...
For our latest Campfire Chat we were joined by Danny Leavy, an Offaly man who has made his home in New York. Danny has been working on building a database of Offaly people who served during the American Civil War....
I am delighted to announce that the Andersonville Irish Project has secured some important new research funding thanks to the Consulate General of Ireland in Atlanta and the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. The support that the project has received...