Professor
Contemporary Irish History
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Teaching 2016-17 In Michaelmas Term 2016/17, MPhil module HI7123 (Exploring the Irish Civil War). On research leave in Hilary Term 2017. Research Supervision Since coming to Trinity in 2000 I have supervised twenty two PhDs (including three co-supervised), to completion. I currently supervise seven PhD candidates (including three co-supervised with colleagues). Post-doctoral Fellows I have supervised or mentored twelve post-doctoral fellows (eight funded by the IRCHSS, four by other sponsors). My current IRC post-doctoral fellow (2016-17) is Dr Sean Gannon.
Twentieth century Irish and British political, administrative and military history; intelligence and security studies; Afghanistan and the Second World War