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Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in

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Dr Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in is associate professor of history in the DCU School of History and Geography. A former Government of Ireland Research Scholar in the Humanities and Social Sciences, he completed his PhD at Trinity College Dublin in 2004. Daith¨ª's broad research interests are 19th and 20th century Irish political, cultural and religious history. At present he specializes in the history of the Irish Revolution, 1912-23 and in the history of Irish Catholicism. He is co-author of the acclaimed The Dead of the Irish Revolution (Yale University Press, 2020), and co-editor of the landmark Irish Revolution series published by Four Courts Press. His most recent book (with Dr Gerard Hanley) is Cathal Brugha: 'an indomitable spirit' (Four Courts Press, 2022).

Book

Year Publication
2022 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Gerard Hanley (2022) Cathal Brugha: 'an indomitable spirit'. Dublin: Four Courts Press.
2020 Eunan O'Halpin & Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2020) The Dead of the Irish Revolution. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press.
2006 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2006) Rendering to God and Caesar: The Irish Churches and the Two States in Ireland, 1949-73. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2024 Daith¨ª; ? Corr¨¢in (2024) 'The Catholic Church and the Irish State, 1916-1973' In: Oxford Handbook of Religion in Ireland. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
2023 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2023) 'The Travails of Contemporary Irish Catholicism from John Paul II to Pope Francis' In: The Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism, Vol. 5 Volume V: Recapturing the Apostolate of. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
2023 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2023) 'Of Faith and Fatherland: Churches and States in Ireland from the Act of Union to the Belfast Agreement, 1800-1998¡¯' In: The Palgrave Handbook of Religion and State, Vol. II. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35609-4_9
2023 (2023) '¡®Return them to power with sufficient strength to complete their work¡¯: the Roman Catholic Church and the 1923 General Election' In: Vying For Victory The 1923 General Election in the Irish Free State. Dublin : UCD Press.
2023 (2023) 'Illuminating the tragedies of Kerry: the Military Service Pensions Collection and the Civil War in Kerry' In: A Very Hard Struggle - Lives in the MSPC. Dublin : Department of Defence.
2023 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2023) 'Map images and hard-headed pragmatism: the Roman Catholic Church and the two Irish states' In: Machnamh 100: Centenary Reflections. Vol. 2 President Michael D. Higgins. Dublin : Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts.
2022 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2022) '¡®Martin McGuire and Glin Industrial School: How in God¡¯s Name?' In: Of Limerick: saints and seekers. Dublin : Veritas.
2022 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2022) 'Weaponising the Sacraments: the Roman Catholic Church and Civil War' In: Ireland 1922: Independence, Partition, Civil War. Dublin : RIA.
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2019) 'Fluctuating Fortunes: St Patrick¡¯s College, 1875-2016' In: Ceol Ph¨¢draig: Music at St Patrick's College Drumcondra, 1875-2016. Oxford : Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b16407
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2018) 'Catholicism in Ireland, 1880-2015: rise, ascendancy and retreat' In: Cambridge History of Ireland Vol. 4. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316286470.029
2017 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in with Colin Barr (2017) 'Catholic Ireland, 1740-2016' In: Cambridge social history of modern Ireland. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) 'Archbishop William Joseph Walsh' In: The shaping of modern Ireland: a centenary reassessment. Kildare : Irish Academic Press.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) ''A cause worth dying for: the last letters of Pearse, MacDonagh and Clarke' In: Death and the Irish: a miscellany. Dublin : Wordwell.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) '?amonn Ceannt: the Pope¡¯s Uilleann Piper' In: The End of All Things Earthly: Faith Profiles of the 1916 Leaders. Dublin : Veritas Publications.
2014 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2014) '¡°Resigned to take the bill with its defects¡±: the Catholic Church and the third Home Rule bill' In: The Home Rule Crisis, 1912-14 (Cork studies in the Irish Revolution). Cork : Mercier Press.
2008 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2008) 'Articles 41 and 44: Minority Religious Opinion 1937-1980' In: The Irish Constitution: Governance and Values. Dublin : Thomson Round Hall.
2008 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2008) 'If a house be divided against itself that house cannot stand¡±: The Church of Ireland and the political border' In: Irish Protestant Identities. Manchester : Manchester University Press.
2006 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2006) '¡°We shall find a way through¡±: The Church of Ireland, state prayers and liturgical realities' In: The Clergy of the Church of Ireland, 1000-2000: Messengers, Watchmen and Stewards. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
2005 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2005) 'Semper fidelis : Eugene O'Callaghan, bishop of Clogher (1943-1969)' In: History of the diocese of Clogher. Ed. Jefferies, Henry A., Dublin : Four Courts, 2005. 249 p.

Edited Book

Year Publication
2023 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Mary Ann Lyons (Ed.). (2023) Daniel Purcell, Fermanagh: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2023 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Mary Ann Lyons (Ed.). (2023) Joost Augusteijn, Mayo: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2022 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2022) Pauric Travers, Donegal: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2021 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2021) Antrim: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2021 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2021) John Burke, Roscommon: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2020 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Professor Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2020) Pat McGarty, Leitrim: the Irish Revolution, 1912-1923. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2020 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Professor Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2020) Seamus Cullen, Kildare: The Irish Revolution, 1912-1923. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Professor Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2019) Donal Hall, Louth: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Professor Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2018) Adrian Grant, Derry: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press, [Link]
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Professor Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2018) John O'Callaghan, Limerick: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
2017 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Professor Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2017) Terence Dooley, Monaghan: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press, [Link]
2015 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Professor Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2015) Pat McCarthy, Waterford: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press, [Link]
2014 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Professor Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2014) Fergal McCluskey, Tyrone: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23. Dublin: Four Courts Press, [Link]
2012 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Professor Marian Lyons (Ed.). (2012) Michael Farry, Sligo: the Irish Revolution, 1912-23:. Dublin: Four Courts Press, [Link]

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2023 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in & Kieran Waldron (2023) 'Upholding the commandments and the will of the majority: the Catholic hierarchy, the October 1922 pastoral, and the Irish Civil War¡¯'. Archivium Hibernicum, 76 :99-124.
2021 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2021) 'Why did Pope John Paul II visit Ireland? The 1979 papal visit in context [Open Access]'. British Catholic History, 35 (4):462-485. [Link] https://www.doi.org/10.1017/bch.2021.19
2020 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2020) 'The pope¡¯s man in London: Anglo-Vatican relations, the nuncio question and Irish concerns, 1938-82 [winner best article prize British Catholic History 2020]'. British Catholic History, 35 (1). https://doi.org/10.1017/bch.2020.3
2017 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2017) 'Whither the National Volunteers'. Irish Sword, 31 (123):53-60.
2016 Niamh Moore-Cherry & Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) 'The urban legacies of the Easter Rising: destruction, reconstruction and politics in Dublin¡¯s North inner city in 1916 and 2016¡¯'. Irish Geography, 49 (2):103-124. [Link]
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) 'J.J. O¡¯Connell¡¯s memoir of the Irish Volunteers, 1915-16'. Analecta Hibernica, 47 :3-102.
2014 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2014) '¡°They blew up the best portion of our city and ¡­ it is their duty to replace it¡±: compensation and reconstruction in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising'. Irish Historical Studies, 39 (154):272-295.
2014 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2014) '¡°A most public spirited and unselfish man¡±¡¯: the career and contribution of Colonel Maurice Moore, 1854-1939'. Studia Hibernica, 40 :71-133.
2012 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2012) 'Challenges of the Historical Survey [review article]'. The Irish Review, 45 (2012) :80-84.

Other Journal

Year Publication
2020 Daithi O'Corrain (2020) 'Review of Popular Catholicism in 20th-Century Ireland: Locality, Identity and Culture. By S¨ªle de Cl¨¦ir' 46 :186-188. https://doi.org/10.3828/sh.2020.13
2017 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2017) 'Review of Niall Coll ed., Ireland & Vatican II: Essays Theological, Pastoral and Educational (Dublin: Columba Press, 2016)' .
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) 'Review of Gemma Clark, Everyday violence in the Irish Civil War (Cambridge, 2014)' 105 (420) :521-525.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) 'The Church and the Changing Political Tide' 11 .
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) 'The Soloheadbeg Ambush' 19 .
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) 'From inception to rebellion: an overview of the Irish Volunteers, 1913-16¡¯' :12-18.

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2023 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2023) History, Memory and Legacy Civil War in Kerry and Beyond: A Centenary Conference Bullocks, Provisions and Motor Cars: compensation claims for commandeered property during the Civil War in Kerry Tralee, Co. Kerry, .
2022 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2022) Foundations of the State Conference (National Decade of Centenaries), UCD An intertwining of faith, fatherland and self-interest: church-state relations at the birth of the Irish Free State University College Dublin, .
2022 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2022) Universities Ireland 2022 conference 1922: Division, Crisis and Violence in Ireland Custodian of the republic but no warmonger: Cathal Brugha from Treaty to Civil War Queen's University Belfast, .
2022 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2022) National Conference on the Irish Civil War Faith Panel University College Cork, .
2022 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2022) Cardinal Tom¨¢s ? Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive Centenary Programme The Northern Catholic Bishops and partition: from the third home rule crisis to the welfare state Cardinal Tom¨¢s ? Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive, Armagh, .
2021 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2021) Catholic Historical Society Annual Conference Approaching conciliar renewal with a mixture of urgency and gradualism: Cardinal William Conway and the Second Vatican Council¡¯ Maynooth University, .
2021 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2021) Remembering 1920 The events of Bloody Sunday¡¯ Maynooth University, .
2021 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2021) Mallow Field Club Assessing the ascendancy and recession of Irish Catholicism over the long twentieth century Mallow, Co. Cork, .
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2019) Catholic Historical Society & The Association for Church Archives of Ireland A sort of state within a state?: reflections on why church archives matter Clonliffe College, Drumcondra, 19/10/2019-19/10/2019.
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2019) Parnell Summer School 2019 Keeping electoral promises: the opening of the first D¨¢il and the mission to Paris Avoca, .
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2019) School of History and Geography Seminar The curse of war has come upon Dublin¡¯: compensating the civilian victims of the 1916 Rising¡¯ DCU, 12/04/2019-12/04/2019.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) RTE Reflecting the Rising Dublin in Ruins Dublin, 28/03/2016-28/03/2016.
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2018) Borders and Boundaries: Religion on the Periphery. Joint conference by BASR-ISASR No crossing the Irish border: ecclesiastical geography, the Troubles and the 1979 papal visit Queen's University Belfast, 03/09/2018-05/09/2018.
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2018) 9th International George Moore Conference: Transnational and Cosmopolitan Networks on the Page and Canvas The demise of a close brotherly affection: Maurice Moore and his querulous brother George NUI Galway, 14/06/2018-15/06/2018.
2017 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2017) Festival of History Resistance to Authority in Ireland, 1917-18 St Patrick's Campus, DCU, 06/10/2017-06/10/2017.
2017 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2017) Maynooth University History Seminar ¡®Reduced to privation¡¯: the civilian victims of the 1916 Rising and the issue of compensation Maynooth University, 16/11/2017-16/11/2017.
2017 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2017) 1917: aftermath of rebellion ¨C a public symposium¡¯ This public symposium examines what life in Ireland was like in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising St Patrick's Campus, DCU, 28/01/2017-28/01/2017.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) 1916 in context 1916 in context St Patrick¡¯s Campus DCU, 23/01/2016-23/01/2016.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) Catholic Historical Society of Ireland Ireland's quiet faith crisis: why the papal visit in 1979 came too late DCU, .
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) Conflict + The City ¡®The question of compensation is a burning one¡¯ Dublin, .
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) Children and the Irish Revolution symposium, DCU Suffer little children: bereavement, death and compensation during the Irish Revolution DCU, 27/02/2016-27/02/2016.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) Military History Society of Ireland in conjunction with the Military Archives and the National Museum of Ireland ¡®Whither the National Volunteers, 1914-17?¡¯, From Sackville Street to Salonika and the Somme: Irishmen and women at war in 1916 Dublin, 12/02/2016-13/02/2016.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) Killorglin Centenary Public Symposium 1916 in context Killorglin, Co. Kerry, 26/03/2016-26/03/2016.
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) 48th Conference of Irish Geographers Dublin after the 1916 Rising: a geography of destruction and reinstatement¡¯ DCU, 05/05/2016-07/05/2016.

Online Article

Year Publication
2020 Daithi O'Corrain (2020) How 1920 was one of the bloodiest years in Irish history. ELEA
2020 Daithi O'Corrain (2020) A carnival of terrorism': the story of the Belfast riots of 1920. ELEA
2020 Daithi O'Corrain (2020) The strange, gruesome murder of a Galway priest 100 years ago. ELEA
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2019) How the first D¨¢il laid down Ireland's constitutional foundations (RT? Brainstorm). Dublin: ELEA [Link]
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2019) Come out ye Black and Tans: who were the Black and Tans? (RT? Brainstorm). ELEA [Link]
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2018) How the 1916 Rising cost €200m in compensation claims (RT? Brainstorm). Dublin: ELEA [Link]
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2018) The Francis effect: what to expect when the pope visits Ireland (RT? Brainstorm). Dublin: ELEA [Link]
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2018) The most momentous Irish electoral contest of the 20th century (RT? Brainstorm). Dublin: ELEA [Link]

Foreword

Year Publication
2020 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2020) Holy Pictures. Dublin: FOR
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) The Ballykissane Tragedy: Good Friday 1916. Kerry: FOR

Documentary

Year Publication
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2019) Rome V Republic (RT? Documentary). DOC

Other Publication

Year Publication
2012 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2012) Irish Literary Supplement 31:2.
2011 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2011) Irish Literary Supplement 30:2.
2011 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2011) Irish Literary Supplement 31:1.
2010 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2010) Irish Literary Supplement 30:1.
2010 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2010) Irish Literary Supplement 29:2.

Literary Review

Year Publication
2021 Daithi O'Corrain (2021) The Irish Literary Supplement 41:1. Litr
2021 Daithi O'Corrain (2021) The Irish Literary Supplement 40:2. Litr
2020 Daithi O'Corrain (2020) The Irish Literary Supplement 39:2. Litr
2020 Daithi O'Corrain (2020) The Irish Literary Supplement 40:1. Litr
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2019) The Irish Literary Supplement 39:1. Litr
2019 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2019) The Irish Literary Supplement 38:2. Litr
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2018) The Irish Literary Supplement 38:1. Litr
2018 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2018) The Irish Literary Supplement 37:2. New York: Litr
2017 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2017) The Irish Literary Supplement 36:2. Litr
2017 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2017) The Irish Literary Supplement 37:1. Litr
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) The Irish Literary Supplement 36:1. Litr
2016 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2016) The Irish Literary Supplement 35:2. Litr
2015 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2015) Irish Literary Supplement 35:1. Litr
2015 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2015) Irish Literary Supplement 34:2. Litr
2014 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2014) Irish Literary Supplement 34:1. Litr
2014 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2014) Irish Literary Supplement 33:2. Litr
2013 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2013) Irish Literary Supplement 33:1. Litr
2013 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2013) Irish Literary Supplement 32:2. Litr
2012 Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in (2012) Irish Literary Supplement 32:1. Litr
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Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
Irish Historical Studies Member -
Military History Society of Ireland Member -

Honors and Awards

Date Title Awarding Body
01/01/2015 SPD College Fellowship SPD College Research Committee
01/12/2020 British Catholic History Best Article Prize Catholic Record Society

Committees

Committee Function From / To
RIA Historical Studies Committee 21/09/2018 - 01/09/2022
RIA Disestablishment of Church of Ireland steering group 17/09/2018 -
RIA-Oireachtas D¨¢il ?ireann the first 100 years steering group 01/06/2018 -
Studia Hibernica editorial board -
Boston College-Ireland -
Kerry Historical and Archaeological Society 01/02/2023 -
Irish Literary Supplement Editorial Board -

Employment

Employer Position From / To
Dublin City University 01/01/2008 -

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
Dublin Business School Dip Project Management
Trinity College Dublin PhD
UCC H Dip Computer Science
Trinity College Dublin B.A. (Mod.) (First Class Honours)

Other Activities

Description
Peer reviewer for NUI Fellowship
Peer reviewer for Cambridge UP, Manchester UP, Liverpool UP, Bloomsbury, Four Courts Press, UCD Press, Irish Historical Studies
Historical adviser for Killorglin 1916 Centenary Programme

Outreach Activities

Year Engagement Type Organisation Description
'The state ought to shoulder its liability to the full', contribution to Dublin City Libraries Centenary Programme, Cabra Library 11 Feb. 2016
Presentations/Talks to an external audience Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society
Presentations/Talks to an external audience ?igse Sliabh Rua (Co. Kilkenny) Invited lecture
Presentations/Talks to an external audience Waterford City Council Invited lecture
'Keeping the spirit alive: the Irish Volunteers 1913-16', paper to Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, 1 Mar. 2016
'Dublin in ruins', contribution to RTE Reflecting the Rising', Supreme Court Dublin 28 Mar. 2016
Launched 'The Ballykissane Tragedy' by Tom Doyle, Killorglin, 24 Mar. 2016
Delivered keynote at Killorglin Centenary Public Symposium, 26 Mar. 2016
Organizer of '1916 in context: a public symposium', St Patrick's Campus DCU, 23 Jan. 2016
2022 Presentations/Talks to an external audience Military History Society of Ireland Invited lecture: 'Cathal Brugha: Reappraising a neglected founding father'

Media

Title Year Type Authors
Who Do You Think You Are 2023 Documentary Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
The battle for Dublin's O'Connell Street 100 years ago this week (RT? Brainstorm) 2022 Newspaper article (online) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
The Pat Kenny Show 2022 Radio Interviews Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
Talking History with Patrick Geoghegan 2022 Radio interview/panel discussion Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
Cathal Brugha: an 'extraordinary' life cut short by the Civil War (RT? Brainstorm) 2022 Newspaper article (online) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
The Dead of the Irish Revolution 2022 Podcast Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
The strange, gruesome murder of a Galway priest 100 years ago (RT? Brainstorm) 2020 Newspaper article (online) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
A carnival of terrorism': the story of the Belfast riots of 1920 (RT? Brainstorm) 2020 Newspaper article (online) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
How 1920 was one of the bloodiest years in Irish history (RT? Brainstorm) 2020 Newspaper article (online) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
The Long and the Short of It 2020 Documentary Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
The History Show (RT? Radio) 2019 Radio interview/panel discussion RT? Radio
"Ireland's hidden survivors" (BBC Long Read) 2019 Newspaper article (online)
Rome V Republic (RT? Television) 2019 Documentary
Come out ye Black and Tans: who were the Black and Tans? (RT? Brainstorm) 2019 Newspaper article (online) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
"The most momentous Irish electoral contest of the 20th century" (RT? Brainstorm) 2018 Newspaper article (online) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
'A modern country:Ireland votes solidly to allow abortion¡¯ (The Economist) 2018 Newspaper article (Print)
How the 1916 Rising cost €200m in compensation claims (RT? Brainstorm) 2018 Newspaper article (online) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
How the first D¨¢il laid down Ireland's constitutional foundations (RT? Brainstorm) 2019 Newspaper article (online) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
The Soloheadbeg Ambush 2016 Newspaper article (Print) Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in
16 Letters RTE 2016 Television interview/panel discussion Daith¨ª ? Corr¨¢in

Research Interests

My main research interests are 19th and 20th century Irish political, cultural, religious and missionary history.  I have undertaken extensive research in the following areas: Irish political violence, the Irish Revolution, 1912-23, compensation during the Irish Revolution, the Irish Volunteers, North-South relations, the Northern Ireland Troubles, church-state relations, Irish Catholicism, and ecumenism.  I welcome prospective graduate students in these fields. 

My most recently completed book is a study of Cathal Brugha published in June 2022 to mark the centenary of his death.


Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Irish Missionary Enterprise in Nigeria, c. 1890-1975 (James Akpu) DCU PI 01/09/2021 31/08/2022
The politics of Ireland¡¯s food supply, 1895 to 1923: through peace, war, revolution and partition (Noel CAROLAN) DCU PI 01/09/2022 31/08/2024

Current Postgraduate Students

Student Name Degree Supervision
Carolan ,Noel PhD Supervisor
Hogan ,John PhD Supervisor
Loughman ,Michael PhD Supervisor
O'Brien ,Patrick PhD Supervisor

External Collaborators

Type Name Company Role
External Professor Marian Lyons Maynooth University Academic

Teaching Interests

I have acted as external examiner at Mary Immaculate College Limerick (MA programme), Dublin Business School and am currently examiner for history undergraduate programmes at St Mary's University College Belfast.

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2022 Political, Social and Cultural Change HY232
2022 Research Methods for the Historian HY510
2022 Ireland in the Twentieth Century HY511
2022 Dissertation HY508
2022 Dissertation HY507
2022 Revolution & Civil War in Ireland, 1916-1923 HY330
2020 The World since 1945 HY106