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Deirdre Brady

Deirdre F. Brady’s research focuses on Irish female writers and intellectual networks of the mid-twentieth century. Her recent monograph entitled Literary Coteries and the Irish Women Writers’ Club (1933-1958)’ is published by the Liverpool University (2021). Other publications include a

Sarah O'Brien

Sarah O’Brien is a cultural historian with special interest in 19th and 20th century Irish emigration. She received a PhD in History from MIC (2009), and a B.Ed in Education (2004) . Her doctoral research was funded by the Irish

Richard Butler

I am Director of Research at Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick, and formerly Associate Professor of Urban History at the Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester. I hold a PhD from the University of Cambridge and have published broadly

David Clare

Dr. David Clare is Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. He previously held two Irish Research Council-funded postdoctoral fellowships at NUI Galway. His books include the monographs Bernard Shaw’s Irish Outlook (Palgrave Macmillan,

Jane Halloran

I am a second year PhD research student at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland. My area of study is with diaspora and network connections and the migratory patterns from clustered settlements in Ireland to similar settlements in the U.S.

Shane Grant

Tá PhD sa Nua-Ghaeilge agam. Díríodh i mo thráchtas dochtúireachta ar na cúinsí a chothaíonn an chruthaitheacht agus cleachtais na cruthaitheachta i measc ghrúpa d’fhilí comhaimseartha na Gaeilge. Tá spéis agam i nua-litríocht na Gaeilge, go háirithe i bhfilíocht chomhaimseartha

Benjamin Ragan

Benjamin Ragan is a doctoral candidate and departmental assistant to the department of history at the Mary Immaculate College in Limerick. He studies the history of the supernatural in the context of Anglo-Irish conflict. He received his BA from The