Research Interests
I am open to PhD applications in the fields of…
- Twentieth century Ireland
- Irish revolution (1916-23)
- Women in modern Ireland
- Politics and society in independent Ireland (after 1921)
- The Protestant minority in southern Ireland during and after the revolution
Public outreach & key achievements
- Reviewer of annual state paper releases for national media outlets.
- Expert commentator in media on various aspects of history, especially the decade of centenaries
- Advisor to the Irish Military Archives Military Service Pensions Collection
- Member of GAA History and Commemoration sub-committee
Research students
| PhD Title | 'Cumann na mBan's Military Pensions and Service Medals Campaign: A Fight for Equality, 1924-1958' |
| Name | Sophia Traxler |
| Years of Study | 2021 - 2024 |
| Country | Canada |
| PhD Title | 'A Gendered Revolution: The Ideology, Activism, and Perception of Ireland's Republican Women, 1910-1925' |
| Name | Andrew Himmelberg |
| Years of Study | 2022 - 2025 |
| Country | USA |
| PhD Title | 'Women of the Irish Citizen Army: an assessment of their role and recognition during and after the Revolutionary Period' |
| Name | Sean Garland |
| Years of Study | 2018 - 2024 |
| Country | Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | 'Partitioning Ireland : Transnational Responses to the Partition of Ireland in Australia and Canada, 1919-22' |
| Name | Steven Egan |
| Years of Study | 2017 - 2022 |
| Country | Ireland/UK |
| Current Position |
Employed at Inter-Trade Ireland |
| PhD Title | '"The Spiritual Conquest of the Environment"- A Transnational History of Muintir na Tíre' |
| Name | Barry Sheppard |
| Years of Study | 2018 - 2022 |
| Country | Ireland/NI |
| Current Position | Employed in the public service |
| PhD Title | 'T.P. O’Connor and the Irish Parliamentary Party, 1912-24' |
| Name | Erica Doherty |
| Years of Study | 2009 - 2013 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Teacher of History and Politics |