Originally from Dublin, I received a BA and MA (Major Thesis)from UCD and a PhD from the Australian National University. I have lived and worked in Limerick since 1998. I am a full member of the National Union of Journalists (Freelance Branch, Dublin). I am a Director of the Irish Manuscripts Commission and was appointed to the Universities Ireland Decade of Commemoration Committee.
Research Interests
The history of Irish republicanism worldwide, 1791-1998. My early research and writing focussed on the United Irishmen in Ireland, Australia, Britain, France and North America. I am now working on a number of linked projects featuring the Irish Republican Army from 1948 to 1998. The first major book arising from this new work will deal with the 'Border' or 'Resistance Campaign' of 1956-62. I am currently completing a short volume on the Great Irish Famine.
Professional Activities
Committee
2006 Irish Manuscripts Commission,
1998 Editorial Board, Irish Academic Press,
Association
1998 Feature writer, National Union of Journalists
Member of Board of Directors, Irish Manuscript Commission
Outreach
Member of Irish Universities Committee on the Decade of Commemorations
'The Australian press and the IRA Border Campaign, 1956-61'
O'Donnell, R (2008) 'The Australian press and the IRA Border Campaign, 1956-61'.
Dublin : Irish Academic Press Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, History, Politics and Culture :224-239
'The military committee of the United Irishmen, 1798-1803'
O'Donnell, R (2008) 'The military committee of the United Irishmen, 1798-1803'.
Aldershot, England Unrespectable Radicals? Popular politics and the Age of Reform :125-146
