Queen's University Belfast

Shaun McDaid

Biographical Details

I hail originally from County Donegal. I was educated at Milford Community School, and University College Dublin. At UCD, I was conferred with a BA (Hons.) in pure History and a Master of Arts in the History of International Relations.

Current Research & Supervision

I am currently researching a PhD on the 'Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly, 1973-74'.

Supervisors

Sabine Wichert and Dr Fearghal McGarry.

Research Interests

My research interests include twentieth century British and Irish history, international relations in the twentieth century, the life of Benito Mussolini, and the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe.

Publications

General editor of the History Review XIV (2003). The History Review is the academic journal of the UCD History Society.

‘The St Vincent Riots and The Abyssinian Crisis’ in History Matters: Selected Papers from the UCD Postgraduate History Conferences, 2001-2003. (UCD, 2004).

Teaching

While researching my MA, I worked as a history tutor in the School of History, UCD.

Contact Details

Email: shaunmcdaid@hotmail.com or smcdaid03@qub.ac.uk

Useful Links

Northern Ireland Archives www.proni.gov.uk

British National Archives www.pro.gov.uk

Irish National Archives www.nationalarchives.ie