Revolutionary Currents: Ireland, Ulster, and the American Revolution
Thu 17 Sept · 13:00
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
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On Thursday 17 September 2026, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast will host a talk exploring the connections between Ireland and the American War of Independence. Joel Herman will present *Revolutionary Currents: Ireland, Ulster, and the American Revolution*, examining how the upheavals in North America intersected with political and social developments in Ulster. The session begins at 1pm and forms part of PRONI’s regular community programme. Admission is free, and no booking is required.
Join us at PRONI to hear Joel Herman explore the points of connection between Ireland and the American War of Independence.
In the late summer of 1776, anyone picking up a newspaper in Ireland would have read about the intensifying American conflict on the other side of the Atlantic, especially as news of the ratification of the US Declaration of Independence on the 4 July spread across the British Empire.
Some in Ireland, were sympathetic, viewing the American Revolution as parallel to their own struggle against a wave of new British imperial policy. Others were skeptical; one writer in Dublin’s Freeman’s Journal commented on the recent Declaration: ‘Once united to us as dear brethren … They now declare themselves to be Free Independent States’.
Join historian Joel Herman, Trinity College Dublin who will use records from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland to show how diverse communities in cities like Dublin and Belfast responded to revolutionary events, and ideas flowing from across the Atlantic, during the American War of Independence.
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Revolutionary Currents: Ireland, Ulster, and the American Revolution takes place on Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 13:00.
Revolutionary Currents: Ireland, Ulster, and the American Revolution is held at Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast (2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT3 9HQ).
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On Thursday 17 September 2026, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast will host a talk exploring the connections between Ireland and the American War of Independence. Joel Herman will present *Revolutionary Currents: Ireland, Ulster, and the American Revolution*, examining how the upheavals in North America intersected with political and social developments in Ulster. The session begins at 1pm and forms part of PRONI’s regular community programme. Admission is free, and no booking is required.
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Join us at PRONI to hear Joel Herman explore the points of connection between Ireland and the American War of Independence.
In the late summer of 1776, anyone picking up a newspaper in Ireland would have read about the intensifying American conflict on the other side of the Atlantic, especially as news of the ratification of the US Declaration of Independence on the 4 July spread across the British Empire.
Some in Ireland, were sympathetic, viewing the American Revolution as parallel to their own struggle against a wave of new British imperial policy. Others were skeptical; one writer in Dublin’s Freeman’s Journal commented on the recent Declaration: ‘Once united to us as dear brethren … They now declare themselves to be Free Independent States’.
Join historian Joel Herman, Trinity College Dublin who will use records from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland to show how diverse communities in cities like Dublin and Belfast responded to revolutionary events, and ideas flowing from across the Atlantic, during the American War of Independence.
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Public Record Office of Northern Ireland2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT3 9HQ
Sydenham, Belfast
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Revolutionary Currents: Ireland, Ulster, and the American Revolution takes place on Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 13:00.
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Revolutionary Currents: Ireland, Ulster, and the American Revolution is held at Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast (2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT3 9HQ).
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