History in the Making

Tag: England

If you could put Lucy Worsley on a loop, I would be ridiculously happy.

If you could put Lucy Worsley on a loop, I would be ridiculously happy.

I was first introduced to Lucy Worsley in March 2013 when, after visiting Kensington Palace, I was looking for books on the Georgian kings and came across her Courtiers (which I wholly recommend to everyone). After visiting Hampton Court Palace with M in July 2013, I […]

You can always see MORE

You can always see MORE

M and I are coming up on our 2 year anniversary (gooo US!!!) and we will be heading back to Ireland and England to celebrate- and visit our other home! Here are some things that I am particularly looking forward to: -Going back to UCD: […]

Most people I want to meet have been dead for quite some time

Most people I want to meet have been dead for quite some time

As a historian of early medieval Ireland, I spend a lot of my time with dead people. Bishops, monks, kings, warriors. Factor in my love of royal biographies, and that’s a whole whackload more of dead people. Until science advances or magic makes a solid comeback, I will just keep reading books about them.

People I want to meet when time travel becomes a thing: