Exploring the material culture of the Sudan, Laura Servilan Brown reflects on her PhD research

This blog is from Laura Servilan Brown who has just finished her PhD on the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium, or the British and Egyptian administration of the Sudan between 1899 and 1956. She commenced research in 2015, thanks to a John and Pat Hume postgraduate scholarship, and was working under the supervision of Dr. David Murphy, from…

James Cunningham’s visit to Downside Abbey

This blog post is written by James Cunningham, a first year M.Litt student who has been partially funded by the Department of History for his studies. This current academic year I began an MLitt in history, that I hope will turn into a PhD, under the supervision of Professor De Meneses. For my theses I…

Seán Ó Hoireabhárd Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar on his work on the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.

This blog comes from one of our current PhD students, Seán Ó Hoireabhárd, who has completed both his undergraduate and MA studies with us in the Department of History. Here he reveals more about his research on the impact of the English invasion on the Irish provincial kingdoms, which is funded by the Irish Research…

Dr Frances Nolan, Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, profiles her research

We are delighted to have Dr. Frances Nolan as part of our department as she completes a prestigious fellowship funded by the Irish Research Council . Dr. Nolan will give a talk at the History Research Seminar  on Thursday 29th November 2018 at 6pm in the first floor seminar room, Iontas Building, north campus, Maynooth…

New PhD student Sven Milekić begins work on Croatian war

This blog has been written by Sven Milekić, a recipient of funding from the Irish Research Council , who will be working with Dr. John Paul Newman  As a recipient of the Iris Research Council’s full scholarship for postgraduate research, I recently started my PhD at Maynooth’s History department, under the supervision of Dr. John Paul…

Paul Carroll provides an insight into his 2017 MU SPUR experience.

My 2017 SPUR project in the Department of History focused on an archaeological archive. The research primarily dealt with a) a collection of prehistoric artefacts being prepared to go to the National Museum of Ireland for permanent storage and b) material from the excavations at Moynagh Lough near Nobber in Co. Meath. I started with…

‘The Metal stamp’d by honest Fame’*: Researching gold and silver boxes made in Georgian Dublin

This blog post is written by Damian Collins, current M.Litt student in the History Department. Damian is in the second year of his research and is supervised by Dr. Alison FitzGerald. In Gulliver’s Travels, some weeks after his arrival in Lilliput, Gulliver’s pockets were searched on the order of the emperor by two officers who, on…

Professor Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses honoured by the Royal Irish Academy

We are very pleased to announce that Professor Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses was recently awarded one of the highest honours in academia. He became a member of the Royal Irish Academy, Ireland’s leading body of experts in the sciences and humanities, on Friday 26th May 2017. The Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, issued a…

“We were able to see the fruits of our work…” Mapping Maynooth and more as a summer intern

The last of our SPUR blogs reflecting on work in the summer of 2016 comes from Cora Mc Donagh, a third year studying history and classics. Cora is very interested in local history especially nineteenth century Dublin. Cora also has an interest in ancient Greek civilisation and its influence on Irish mythology and legends. Cora…

Problems, exemptions and finding lost places….

This week’s blog post comes from Keith Harrington, a third year undergraduate student at Maynooth University studying History and English. Outside of college Keith is an animal enthusiast with a special interest in birds. He is also passionate about fitness and work in a gym. He was part of the team that worked with the…