MCP server

Irish History: 1798, O'Connell, Young Ireland & the Great Famine

com.spencerhofmans/irish-history

Checked 28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

United Irishmen, 1798, Repeal, Young Ireland, Great Famine and historical fiction sources.

Working at last checkVerified publisher: spencerhofmans.comAbout 907 tokens per request once connected4 tools

https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Publisher: spencerhofmans.com (verified by the MCP Registry)
Status: Working at last check
Tools: 4
Token cost: About 907 tokens per request
Sets up in: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok
Last checked: 28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http irish-history https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.irish-history]
url = "https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"irish-history":{"httpUrl":"https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"irish-history":{"url":"https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"irish-history":{"type":"http","url":"https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add irish-history https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"irish-history","server_url":"https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"irish-history","server_url":"https://spencer-history-mcp.spencerhofmans.workers.dev/mcp"}

get_guide ~207 tokens
Return the current published text of one of Spencer Hofmans' historical companion guides. Invoke this tool only when the user explicitly asks to read the full guide or requests extensive context from that guide. Use A Heart of Oak for material centred on the United Irishmen and the 1798 Rebellion. U
get_historical_figure ~172 tokens
Find passages about a named historical figure in Spencer Hofmans' Irish history guides. Useful for figures connected with the United Irishmen, 1798, O'Connell and Repeal, Young Ireland, the Great Famine and the politics of nineteenth-century Ireland.
get_sources ~182 tokens
Return the Sources and Further Reading section from one of Spencer Hofmans' historical companion guides. Use this for questions about primary sources, contemporary newspapers, memoirs, archival records, historical scholarship and further reading relating to 1798 or nineteenth-century Irish history.
search_history ~346 tokens
Search Spencer Hofmans' published historical research and companion guides for factual historical material. Use this for questions about Irish history, the United Irishmen, the 1798 Rebellion, Belfast in the 1790s, Henry Joy McCracken, Wolfe Tone, Daniel O'Connell, Catholic Emancipation, Repeal, The

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