Biography

Ciara Breathnach is Associate Professor in History at the University of Limerick. She has managed over 2 million Euro in competitive funding and has held nine visiting international fellowships. Breathnach is currently Visiting Professor at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge and held a Fulbright Scholar Award in 2022 at New York University AY2022/23.

She has published widely on Irish socio-economic, gender, cultural and health history. Her current monograph is Ordinary lives, death and social class: Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902 (Oxford University Press, 2022). It won the American Conference of Irish Studies, James S. Donnelly Sr. Prize for Books on History and Social Sciences in June 2023.

She is co-editor a forthcoming volume:

Ciara Breathnach and Ian Walsh (eds.), Inquest Reports of Dr Joseph E. Kenny, Dublin City Coroner, 1900 (Irish Manuscripts Commission, Dublin, in press).

She is author of The Congested Districts Board of Ireland, 1891-1923, poverty and development in the West of Ireland (Dublin, 2005) and editor/co-editor of eight volumes/proceedings.
Apart from chapters in edited volumes, she has published articles in high-ranking journals such as, Urban History, Annales de démographie historique, Medical History, The History Teacher, Health and History, Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth, Nursing History Review, Social History of Medicine, Gender & History, Urban History, Medical Humanities, Cultural and Social History, Social History, Irish Historical Studies, Immigrants and Minorities, History of Family: an International Quarterly, the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Historical Research: the Bulletin of the Institute for Historical Research and New Hibernia Review.

She is currently a member of the Irish Manuscripts Commission, she is a former member of the National Archives Advisory Council (2017-2022), the Board of the National Library of Ireland (2015-2020) and the Heritage Council (2012-2016). Breathnach has held several research awards as Principal or Co-Investigator and was an Irish Research Council Laureate Awards 2017/32 recipient for a project entitled Death and Burial Data: Ireland 1864-1922 (2018-2023).


Research Interests

Dr Ciara Breathnach is Associate Professor in History at the University of Limerick. She has published widely on Irish socio-economic, gender, cultural and health history. Her current monograph is Ordinary lives, death and social class: Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902 (Oxford University Press, 2022).

She has held the following Awards and Fellowships:
2022 Fulbright Scholar, New York University.
2021 Irish Research Council, Research Ally Award.
2019 Excellence in Teaching Award, Centre for Teaching and Learning, UL, Faculty of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences winner.
2019 Visiting Research Leaders Fellowship, University of Wollongong
2017 Visiting Fellowship, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
2016 CRF/RSE European Visiting Research Fellowships, Royal Society of Edinburgh, with Prof Oonagh Walsh at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland, UK.
2013-2014 Foundation for Women in Medicine Fellow, Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
2013-2014 Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Limerick.
2012-2013 Visiting Fellow, Institute of Historical Research, London.
2012 (September) Visiting Faculty, New York University.
2012-2013 Flaherty Visiting Fellow, University of Massachusetts, Boston.


Professional Activities

Award

  • 2014 - Harvard University, Foundation for Women in Medicine Fellow, Center for the History of Medicine,
  • 2013 - Flaherty Visiting Fellow
  • 2013 - IRC, Main Principal Investigator
  • 2012 - Visiting Fellow
  • 2012 - Visiting Faculty
  • 2010 - Principal Investigator
  • 2005 - Royal Irish Academy, British- Irish Exchange scheme
  • 2004 - Royal Irish Academy, British- Irish Exchange Scheme

Committee

  • 2012 Heritage Council of Ireland,
  • 2007 Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland,
  • 2005 Committee member of the National Library of Ireland on Genealogy and Heraldry.,

Association

  • 2010 President, Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland
  • 2007 Secretary, Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland

Education

  • 2003 UCC - PhD

Language

  • Gaeilge

Peer Reviewed Journals

2023

Fine lines: Locating commercial sex work in official data, Dublin 1901 and 1911

Ciara Breathnach and Rachel Murphy (2023) Fine lines: Locating commercial sex work in official data, Dublin 1901 and 1911. Urban History

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2022

Gender, medicine and the state in Ireland, 1852-1922

Breathnach C. (2022) Gender, medicine and the state in Ireland, 1852-1922. Gender And History: Ireland, 1852-1922 :77-89

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2022

Introduction

Breathnach C.;Buckley S.A. (2022) Introduction. Gender And History: Ireland, 1852-1922 :1-7

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2022

doi:10.1017/mdh.2021.41

Breathnach, Ciara (2022) doi:10.1017/mdh.2021.41. Cambridge Medical History :3-23

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2022

Sexual assault and fatal violence against women during the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921: Kate Maher's murder in context

Breathnach, C;O'Halpin, E (2022) Sexual assault and fatal violence against women during the Irish War of Independence, 1919-1921: Kate Maher's murder in context. LONDON Bmj Medical Humanitiesbmj Medical Humanities :94-103

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2022

Homosexuality and Lesbianism in Irish newspapers, 1861-1922

Lawless C.;Breathnach C. (2022) Homosexuality and Lesbianism in Irish newspapers, 1861-1922. Gender And History: Ireland, 1852-1922 :179-190

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2022

Immigrant Irishwomen and maternity services in New York and Boston, 1860-1911

Breathnach C. (2022) Immigrant Irishwomen and maternity services in New York and Boston, 1860-1911. Medical history :3-23

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2020

Capital Punishment in Irish Prisons, 1868-1901

Breathnach, C (2020) Capital Punishment in Irish Prisons, 1868-1901. MELBOURNE : AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND SOC HISTORY MEDICINE Health and History :104-125

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2020

Capital Punishment in Irish Prisons, 1868–1901

Ciara Breathnach (2020) Capital Punishment in Irish Prisons, 1868–1901. Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine Health and History :104-125

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2020

Rural youth, seasonal labor and family income: Ireland 1890-1935

Ciara Breathnach and Sarah-Anne Buckley (2020) Rural youth, seasonal labor and family income: Ireland 1890-1935. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press Journal of the history of Childhood and Youth :103-121

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2020

Census: on paper, by governments, is still best

Breathnach C.;Margaria T. (2020) Census: on paper, by governments, is still best. Nature :-170

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2018

Evolving as Necessity Dictates: Home and Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Apple, RD;Breathnach, C;Bryder, L;Greenlees, J (2018) Evolving as Necessity Dictates: Home and Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries. NEW YORK : SPRINGER PUBLISHING CO Nursing History Review :48-54

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2018

Evolving as Necessity Dictates: Home and Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Apple, RD,Breathnach, C,Bryder, L,Greenlees, J (2018) Evolving as Necessity Dictates: Home and Public Health in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Nursing History Review :48-54

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2018

The Triumph of Proximity: The Impact of District Nursing Schemes in 1890s' Rural Ireland

Breathnach, C (2018) The Triumph of Proximity: The Impact of District Nursing Schemes in 1890s' Rural Ireland. Nursing History Review :68-82

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2018

Maternal Mortality, Dublin, 1864-1902

Breathnach, C,Gurrin, B (2018) Maternal Mortality, Dublin, 1864-1902. Social History Of Medicine :79-105

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2018

The Triumph of Proximity: The Impact of District Nursing Schemes in 1890s' Rural Ireland

Breathnach, C (2018) The Triumph of Proximity: The Impact of District Nursing Schemes in 1890s' Rural Ireland. NEW YORK : SPRINGER PUBLISHING CO Nursing History Review :68-82

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2017

A tale of two cities - infant mortality and cause of infant death, Dublin, 1864-1910

Breathnach, C,Gurrin, B (2017) A tale of two cities - infant mortality and cause of infant death, Dublin, 1864-1910. Urban History :647-677

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2017

Infant life Protection and Medico-Legal Literacy in Early Twentieth-century Dublin

Breathnach, C (2017) Infant life Protection and Medico-Legal Literacy in Early Twentieth-century Dublin. Womens History Review :781-798

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2017

Infant life protection and medico-legal literacy in early twentieth-century Dublin

Ciara Breathnach (2017) Infant life protection and medico-legal literacy in early twentieth-century Dublin. Womens History Review :1-18

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2017

Review of Lisa Marie Griffith and Ciarán Wallace (eds), Grave Matters: Death and Dying in Dublin 1500 to the Present

Ciara Breathnach (2017) Review of Lisa Marie Griffith and Ciarán Wallace (eds), Grave Matters: Death and Dying in Dublin 1500 to the Present. Social History Of Medicine :701-711

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2017

Maternal mortality, Dublin 1864-1905' Social History of Medicine

Ciara Breathnach and Brian Gurrin (2017) Maternal mortality, Dublin 1864-1905' Social History of Medicine . Social History Of Medicine :1-27

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2016

Perspectives on patienthood, practitioners and pedagogy

Ciara Breathnach and Brendan Kelly (2016) Perspectives on patienthood, practitioners and pedagogy. Medical Humanities :73-75

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2016

Professional patienthood and mortality: Sean O Riordain's diaries 1974-1977

Breathnach, C (2016) Professional patienthood and mortality: Sean O Riordain's diaries 1974-1977. Medical Humanities :92-96

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2016

Handywomen and Birthing in Rural Ireland, 1851–1955.

Breathnach, C (2016) Handywomen and Birthing in Rural Ireland, 1851–1955. . : John Wiley & Sons Ltd Gender & History :34-56

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2016

Handywomen and Birthing in Rural Ireland, 1851-1955

Breathnach, C (2016) Handywomen and Birthing in Rural Ireland, 1851-1955. Gender And History :34-

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2015

'INDELIBLE CHARACTERS' TATTOOS, POWER AND THE LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRISH CONVICT BODY

Breathnach, C,Farrell, E (2015) 'INDELIBLE CHARACTERS' TATTOOS, POWER AND THE LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRISH CONVICT BODY. Cultural & Social History :235-254

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2014

Review of, Sarah Anne Buckley, The Cruelty Man

Breathnach, Ciara (2014) Review of, Sarah Anne Buckley, The Cruelty Man. Irish Historical Studies

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2014

Scripting blame: Irish coroners' courts and unnamed infant dead, 1916-32

Breathnach, C,O'Halpin, E (2014) Scripting blame: Irish coroners' courts and unnamed infant dead, 1916-32. Social History :210-228

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2014

'Heavier the interval than the consummation': bronchial disease in Sean O Riordain's diaries

Breathnach, C (2014) 'Heavier the interval than the consummation': bronchial disease in Sean O Riordain's diaries. Medical Humanities :11-16

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2014

Medical Officers, Bodies, Gender and Weight

Breathnach, Ciara (2014) Medical Officers, Bodies, Gender and Weight. Cambridge University Press Medical history

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2013

Ciara Breathnach, Review of ‘She said she was in the family way': pregnancy and infancy in modern Ireland, Elaine Farrell (ed).

Breathnach, C (2013) Ciara Breathnach, Review of ‘She said she was in the family way': pregnancy and infancy in modern Ireland, Elaine Farrell (ed).. Irish Historical Studies

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2013

Irish Catholic identity in 1870s Dunedin, New Zealand

Breathnach C (2013) Irish Catholic identity in 1870s Dunedin, New Zealand. Immigrants and Minorities :1-26

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2012

Registered 'Unknown' infant fatalities in Ireland, 1916-32: gender and power

Breathnach, Ciara: O'Halpin Eunan (2012) Registered 'Unknown' infant fatalities in Ireland, 1916-32: gender and power. Irish Historical Studies :70-89

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2012

Medicalizing the female reproductive cycle in rural Ireland, 1926-56

Breathnach, C (2012) Medicalizing the female reproductive cycle in rural Ireland, 1926-56. Historical Research :674-690

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2012

Introduction: Power, the State and institutions in Ireland,

Breathnach, C, Chambers L. and McElligott, A (2012) Introduction: Power, the State and institutions in Ireland,. Irish Historical Studies :1-5

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2011

Even 'Wilder Workhouse Girls': The Problem of Institutionalisation among Irish Immigrants to New Zealand 1874

Breathnach, C (2011) Even 'Wilder Workhouse Girls': The Problem of Institutionalisation among Irish Immigrants to New Zealand 1874. Journal Of Imperial And Commonwealth History :771-794

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2009

An exploration of testamentary behaviour in twentieth-century Ireland

Breathnach, C (2009) An exploration of testamentary behaviour in twentieth-century Ireland. History Of The Family :309-322

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2008

Introduction: Ireland church, state and society 1900-1975

Breathnach, C (2008) Introduction: Ireland church, state and society 1900-1975. History Of The Family :333-339

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2004

The Role of Women in the Economy of the West of Ireland, 1891-1923

Breathnach, Ciara (2004) The Role of Women in the Economy of the West of Ireland, 1891-1923. New Hibernia Review

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Books

2022

Ordinary lives, death and social class: Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902

Ciara Breathnach (2022) Ordinary lives, death and social class: Dublin City Coroner's Court, 1876-1902 . Oxford : Oxford University Press

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2005

The Congested Districts Board of Ireland, 1891-1923: poverty and development in the west,

Breathnach, C (2005) The Congested Districts Board of Ireland, 1891-1923: poverty and development in the west,. Dublin : Four Courts Press

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Book Chapters

2019

Towards Model Checking Product Lines in the Digital Humanities: An Application to Historical Data

Breathnach C.;Ibrahim N.;Clancy S.;Margaria T. (2019) Towards Model Checking Product Lines in the Digital Humanities: An Application to Historical Data. New York : Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) :338-364

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2017

Crime and Punishment: Whiteboyism and the Law in Late Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Ciara Breathnach and Laurence M. Geary (2017) Crime and Punishment: Whiteboyism and the Law in Late Nineteenth-Century Ireland. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press Crime in C19th Ireland :149-174

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2015

‘… it would be preposterous to bring a Protestant here': religion, provincial politics and district nurses in Ireland, 1890-1904',

Breathnach, Ciara (2015) ‘… it would be preposterous to bring a Protestant here': religion, provincial politics and district nurses in Ireland, 1890-1904', . London : Institute of Historical Research Healthcare in Ireland and Britain 1850-1970: voluntary, regional and comparative perspective :161-180

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2014

Medical Humanities: new frontier or back to the past?

Breathnach, C. and Walsh O., (2014) Medical Humanities: new frontier or back to the past?. Dublin : Humanities Serving Irish Society Restating the Value of the Humanities :36-40

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2013

‘Obituaries in provincial Irish newspapers, 1830-1900'

Breathnach, C, Butler, D (2013) ‘Obituaries in provincial Irish newspapers, 1830-1900'. Dublin : Irish Academic Press James Kelly and Marian Lyons (eds), Death and Dying in Ireland, Britain, and Europe: Historical Perspectives (Irish Academic Press, Dublin and Portland, 2013)

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2012

‘The Congested Districts Board and Public Health'

Breathnach, Ciara (2012) ‘The Congested Districts Board and Public Health'. New York : Syracuse University Press Gender and Medicine in Ireland, 1700-1951 :258-281

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2012

Lady Dudley’s district nursing scheme and the congested districts board, 1903-1923

Breathnach C. (2012) Lady Dudley’s district nursing scheme and the congested districts board, 1903-1923. Gender and Medicine in Ireland 1700-1950 :138-153

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2008

Recruiting Irish migrants for life in New Zealand, 1870-1875

Breathnach, C (2008) Recruiting Irish migrants for life in New Zealand, 1870-1875. Ireland, Australia and New Zealand: history, politics and culture :32-45

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2007

introduction

Breathnach, C (2007) introduction. : Irish Academic Press Framing the West, images of rural Ireland, 1891-1920 :xiii-xxi

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2007

Smallholder housing and public Health, 1892-1915

Breathnach, C (2007) Smallholder housing and public Health, 1892-1915. Dublin and Portland : Irish Academic Press Framing the West: images of rural Ireland 1891-1920 :179-196

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2006

Historical sources pertaining to Travellers, 1824-1925

Breathnach, C (2006) Historical sources pertaining to Travellers, 1824-1925. Portraying Irish Travellers, histories and representations :17-31

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Edited Books

2022

Gender History: Ireland 1850-1922

(2022) Gender History: Ireland 1850-1922 . India : Routledge :1-230

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Other Journals

2021

Archival transcriptions, practice-based learning and research data in undergraduate medical history

Ciara Breathnach, Kirsten Mulrennan and Sineád Keogh (2021) Archival transcriptions, practice-based learning and research data in undergraduate medical history. The History Teacher :1-34

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2020

Capital Punishment in Irish Prisons, 1868–1901

Ciara Breathnach (2020) Capital Punishment in Irish Prisons, 1868–1901. : Journal of the Australian & New Zealand Society for the History of Medicine Health and History :104-125

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Conference Publications

2023

2023 IEEE 47th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)

2. Ciara Breathnach, Rachel Murphy, Alexander Schieweck, Enda O'Shea, Stuart Clancy, and Tiziana Margaria (2023) 2023 IEEE 47th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC) . :1570-1575

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2022

Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2022

Schieweck A.;Murphy R.;Khan R.;Breathnach C.;Margaria T. (2022) Proceedings - 2022 IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2022. :177-186

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2022

2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data

Adam J. Doherty, Rachel A. Murphy, Alexander Schieweck, Stuart Clancy, Ciara Breathnach, and Tiziana Margaria (2022) 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data. :2507-2514

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2021

2021 IEEE 45TH ANNUAL COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, AND APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE (COMPSAC 2021)

Breathnach, C;Murphy, R;Margaria, T (2021) 2021 IEEE 45TH ANNUAL COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, AND APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE (COMPSAC 2021). LOS ALAMITOS : IEEE COMPUTER SOC :1131-1136

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2020

2020 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIG DATA (BIG DATA)

O'Shea, E;Khan, R;Breathnach, C;Margaria, T (2020) 2020 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIG DATA (BIG DATA). NEW YORK : IEEE :1914-1923

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2012

Irish Historical Studies

Breathnach C.;O'Halpin E. (2012) Irish Historical Studies. Irish Historical Studies :70-88

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2012

Irish Historical Studies

Breathnach C.;Chambers L.;McElligott A. (2012) Irish Historical Studies. Irish Historical Studies :1-4

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2007

Women¿s History and the Everyday. Annual Women¿s History Association of Ireland Conference

Breathnach, Ciara (2007) Women¿s History and the Everyday. Annual Women¿s History Association of Ireland Conference.

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2007

Tone to Gonne: Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Breathnach, Ciara (2007) Tone to Gonne: Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland.

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2007

War and Peace: North East Irish Conference Network conference

Breathnach, Ciara (2007) War and Peace: North East Irish Conference Network conference.

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2007

Civic Cultures Workshop, Centre for Historical Research, UL

Breathnach, Ciara (2007) Civic Cultures Workshop, Centre for Historical Research, UL.

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2006

Taking History into the Future History Teacher's Association of Ireland

Breathnach, Ciara (2006) Taking History into the Future History Teacher's Association of Ireland. :*-*

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2006

From Voluntary organisation to NGO

Breathnach, Ciara (2006) From Voluntary organisation to NGO. :*-*

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2006

Empires of Religion Conference

Breathnach, Ciara (2006) Empires of Religion Conference. :*-*

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2006

Irish Economic and Social History Annual Conference

Breathnach, Ciara (2006) Irish Economic and Social History Annual Conference. :*-*

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2005

14th Irish-Australian Conference

Breathnach, Ciara (2005) 14th Irish-Australian Conference. :*-*

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2005

'Sisters are doing it for themselves¿: Women and Informal Port Economies

* (2005) 'Sisters are doing it for themselves¿: Women and Informal Port Economies. :*-*

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2003

International Federation for research in Women's History

Breathnach, Ciara (2003) International Federation for research in Women's History. :*-*

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2003

Research Seminar in Contemporary Irish History

Breathnach, Ciara (2003) Research Seminar in Contemporary Irish History. :*-*

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Conference Contributions

2023

Death and Burial Data: Ireland 1864-1922, project symposium

Ciara Breathnach, Rachel Murphy and Stuart Clancy (2023) Death and Burial Data: Ireland 1864-1922, project symposium .

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2023

5th conference of European Society of Historical Demography

Ciara Breathnach and Rachel Murphy (2023) 5th conference of European Society of Historical Demography.

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2012

Deviance in Modern Ireland

Breathnach C (2012) Deviance in Modern Ireland.

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2012

Health and Welfare in the Archive

Breathnach C (2012) Health and Welfare in the Archive.

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2012

Social History of Medicine conference

Breathnach C (2012) Social History of Medicine conference.

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2012

Sport and Leisure time,

Breathnach C. (2012) Sport and Leisure time, .

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2012

Medical Identities: Patients and Professionals

Oonagh walsh, Ciara Breathnach and olwen Purdue (2012) Medical Identities: Patients and Professionals .

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2010

Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland, UCC

Breathnach, C (2010) Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland, UCC.

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2010

17th Australasian Irish Studies Conference, QUB

Breathnach, C (2010) 17th Australasian Irish Studies Conference, QUB .

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2010

Society for the Social History of Medicine Conference, Durham

Breathnach C (2010) Society for the Social History of Medicine Conference, Durham.

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2009

Power and History: 29th Irish Conference of Historians

Anthony McElligott, Liam Chambers, Ciara Breathnach and catherine Lawless (2009) Power and History: 29th Irish Conference of Historians.

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2008

Visual, material and print culture in nineteenth-century Ireland,

Breathnach C., Lawless C. (2008) Visual, material and print culture in nineteenth-century Ireland,.

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2007

Continuity and change: history of the European Family

Breathnach C. (2007) Continuity and change: history of the European Family.

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Published Reports

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Editorials

2016

Perspectives on patienthood, practitioners and pedagogy

Breathnach, C,Kelly, BD (2016) Perspectives on patienthood, practitioners and pedagogy. Medical Humanities :73-75

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2012

Introduction

Breathnach, C,Chambers, L,McElligott, A (2012) Introduction. Irish Historical Studies :1-4

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2008

Introduction: Ireland church, state and society 1900-1975

Breathnach, C (2008) Introduction: Ireland church, state and society 1900-1975. History Of The Family :333-339

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2008

Introduction: Ireland church, state and society 1900-1975

Breathnach C. (2008) Introduction: Ireland church, state and society 1900-1975. History Of The Family :333-339

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Book Reviews

2021

WOMEN, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN IRELAND: LIFE IN THE NINETEENTH- CENTURY CONVICT PRISON

Breathnach, C (2021) WOMEN, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN IRELAND: LIFE IN THE NINETEENTH- CENTURY CONVICT PRISON. CAMBRIDGE : CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Irish Historical Studies :344-345

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2017

Grave Matters: Death and Dying in Dublin 1500 to the Present

Breathnach, C (2017) Grave Matters: Death and Dying in Dublin 1500 to the Present. Social History Of Medicine :709-711

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2014

The Dispossessed State: narratives of ownership in 19th-century Britain and Ireland

Breathnach, C (2014) The Dispossessed State: narratives of ownership in 19th-century Britain and Ireland. Womens History Review :137-138

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2014

THE CRUELTY MAN: CHILD WELFARE, THE NSPCC AND THE STATE IN IRELAND, 1899-1956

Breathnach, C (2014) THE CRUELTY MAN: CHILD WELFARE, THE NSPCC AND THE STATE IN IRELAND, 1899-1956. Irish Historical Studies :354-355

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2013

'SHE SAID SHE WAS IN THE FAMILY WAY': PREGNANCY AND INFANCY IN MODERN IRELAND

Breathnach, C (2013) 'SHE SAID SHE WAS IN THE FAMILY WAY': PREGNANCY AND INFANCY IN MODERN IRELAND. Irish Historical Studies :720-721

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2012

Review of Asking Angela Mcnamara: an intimate history of Irish lives by Paul Ryan.

Breathnach, C (2012) Review of Asking Angela Mcnamara: an intimate history of Irish lives by Paul Ryan.. Journal of Gender Studies :339-341

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Other Publications

2021

WOMEN, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN IRELAND: LIFE IN THE NINETEENTH- CENTURY CONVICT PRISON

Breathnach, C (2021) WOMEN, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN IRELAND: LIFE IN THE NINETEENTH- CENTURY CONVICT PRISON. CAMBRIDGE : CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS Irish Historical Studies :344-345

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2017

A tale of two cities - Infant mortality and cause of infant death, Dublin, 1864-1910

Breathnach C.;Gurrin B. (2017) A tale of two cities - Infant mortality and cause of infant death, Dublin, 1864-1910. Journal Of Urban History :647-677

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2017

Grave Matters: Death and Dying in Dublin 1500 to the Present

Breathnach, C (2017) Grave Matters: Death and Dying in Dublin 1500 to the Present. Social History Of Medicine :709-711

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2016

Perspectives on patienthood, practitioners and pedagogy

Breathnach, C,Kelly, BD (2016) Perspectives on patienthood, practitioners and pedagogy. Medical Humanities :73-75

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2014

THE CRUELTY MAN: CHILD WELFARE, THE NSPCC AND THE STATE IN IRELAND, 1899-1956

Breathnach, C (2014) THE CRUELTY MAN: CHILD WELFARE, THE NSPCC AND THE STATE IN IRELAND, 1899-1956. Irish Historical Studies :354-355

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2014

The Dispossessed State: narratives of ownership in 19th-century Britain and Ireland

Breathnach, C (2014) The Dispossessed State: narratives of ownership in 19th-century Britain and Ireland. Womens History Review :137-138

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2013

'SHE SAID SHE WAS IN THE FAMILY WAY': PREGNANCY AND INFANCY IN MODERN IRELAND

Breathnach, C (2013) 'SHE SAID SHE WAS IN THE FAMILY WAY': PREGNANCY AND INFANCY IN MODERN IRELAND. Irish Historical Studies :720-721

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2012

Introduction

Breathnach, C,Chambers, L,McElligott, A (2012) Introduction. Irish Historical Studies :1-4

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2012

Review of Asking Angela Mcnamara: an intimate history of Irish lives by Paul Ryan.

Breathnach, C (2012) Review of Asking Angela Mcnamara: an intimate history of Irish lives by Paul Ryan.. Journal of Gender Studies :339-341

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2012

Medicalizing the female reproductive cycle in rural Ireland, 1926-56

Breathnach C. (2012) Medicalizing the female reproductive cycle in rural Ireland, 1926-56. Historical Research :674-690

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2008

Introduction: Ireland church, state and society 1900-1975

Breathnach C. (2008) Introduction: Ireland church, state and society 1900-1975. History Of The Family :333-339

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