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Professor Whelan appointed as one of the General Editors of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy
28 Aug 2017

Professor Bernadette Whelan has been appointed as one of the general editors of the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy. This is a project of the Royal Irish Academy, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Archives of Ireland and was established in 1997. The project publishes essential source material for anyone interested in the development of Irish foreign policy since 1919.
Janet Moody - 'The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911'
09 Aug 2017

Congratulations to Janet Moody, 2015 graduate from the MA History of Family programme and former lecturer in UL, on her recently published book 'The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911'. It is based on her MA HOF dissertation.

The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911

The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911

This publication aims to re-constitute a micro-community of 132 families living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in Dublin, using the 1911 census as main primary source. One of the oldest streets in Dublin,...This publication aims to re-constitute a micro-community of 132 families living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in...
Author/Editor: Janet Moody 

 
Universities Ireland History Bursary
26 Jul 2017

In 2017 Universities Ireland will award four bursaries to students undertaking post-graduate study on a topic relating to the 1912-1923 period in Ireland, the decade of the First World War and the division of the island into the states of Ireland (Irish Free State) and Northern Ireland.  Read the full details here. 
Dr Ciara Breathnach nominated to Irish Manuscripts Commission
26 Jul 2017

Congratulations to Dr Ciara Breathnach, Department of History, UL and Dr Liam Chambers, Department of History, MIC, who have been appointed to the Irish Manuscripts Commission.  http://www.chg.gov.ie/minister-humphreys-announces-appointments-to-the-irish-manuscripts-commission/
Professor Pierce Grace - Irish Historical Studies Article
20 Jul 2017

Professor Pierce Grace, past graduate of the MA Local History programme, recently had his article entitled 'Patronage and health care in eighteenth-century Irish county infirmaries' published in Irish Historical Studies (2017), 41 (159), 1–21. You can read his article here. 

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