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Professor Maire Coleman

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

Professor Maire Coleman

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

My principal research interests are in twentieth-century Irish history, especially the Irish revolution. My recent research has focused on the award of pensions and compensation to revolutionary combatants and civilians injured during the revolution; the Protestant experience of revolution; and gender in the revolution

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  • m.coleman@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 3255
  • @MarieMCole

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

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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

 

 


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