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
- I am a member of advisory committees on historical centenaries for the Church of Ireland, the GAA and the Northern Ireland Office.
- I am an advisor to the Irish Military Archives Military Service Pensions Collection.
- Joint editor of 'Irish Historical Studies' (academic journal)
- Regular contributor to media (TV, radio, press), TV documentaries and public lectures and talks on history topics.
- Contributor to President Michael D. Higgins's 'Machnamh 100' centenary reflections.
Research students
| PhD Title | 'Cumann na mBan's Military Pensions and Service Medals Campaign: A Fight for Equality, 1924-1958' |
| Country | Canada |
| PhD Title | 'Ourselves Alone? Partition, pensions and northern veterans of the Irish Revolution' (2019-24) |
| Country | Ireland |
| PhD Title | 'The effects of Post-traumatic stress disorder in Post-Revolutionary Ireland' |
| Country | Ireland |
Alumni: Where are they now
| PhD Title | Women of the big house families of Ireland and marriage, 1860-1920 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position |
National Trust Collections and House Manager Castle Ward |
| PhD Title | T.P. O’Connor and the Irish Parliamentary Party, 1912-24 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Current Position | Teacher of History and Politics, Down High School |
| PhD Title | Frank Aiken and the Fourth Northern Division : a personal and provincial experience of the Irish Revolution, 1916-1923 |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Current Position | School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University |