Department of History

 

Postgraduate Studies

 

The Department of History welcomes applications for research MA and Ph.D degrees.

Applicants should normally have a primary degree, with History as a major subject, of at least second–class honours level.

Candidates should be able to indicate clearly their main area of interest so that they can be directed to the appropriate faculty member for further discussion and preparation of a 1,500–word outline of the proposed research topic.

Students will normally only be accepted for research in areas in which the Department has a particular specialisation.

 

Faculty Members and research interests:

 

Liam Irwin:

• Historical Archaeology
• 17 th Century Irish politics and administration;
• Limerick Local History

 

Liam Chambers:

• European Intellectual History
• The Irish in Europe 1600-1800
• Irish College in France

 

Maura Cronin:

• Agrarian Tensions in Ireland, 1800 –45.
• Popular Protest in Pre-Famine Ireland
• Oral History- Modern Ireland

 

Deirdre McMahon:

• Political Change in Ireland 1910-48
• Irish Foreign Policy since 1922
• Evolution of the British Commonwealth

 

Úna Ní Bhroiméil :

• Issues in US history, 1850 - 1950
• The Irish in North America.
• Women’s History, 19 th Century Ireland

 

For further details and informal discussion contact the relevant faculty member

 

Liam Irwin

phone: (061) 204987

email: liam.irwin@mic.ul.ie

 

Liam Chambers on leave 2005-6

 

Maura Cronin

phone: (061) 204356

email: maura.cronin@mic.ul.ie

 

Deirdre McMahon

phone: (061) 204901

email: Deirdre.mcmahon@mic.ul.ie

 

Úna Ní Bhroiméil

phone: (061) 204380

email: una.bromell@mic.ul.ie