Research Interests and Expertise
History
Medieval Irish History: the archaeology of medieval Ireland, settlement, urban development
Early Modern Ireland: politics, society and economy; Anglo-Irish relations; famine and economic crisis; history of print and its impact; manifestations of public protest; gender relations
Modern Ireland: politics, society and economy; Anglo-Irish relations; land and economy; history of women in Irish society; the Irish revolution; the history of sport and recreation; Church-state relations; science and society; history of the Irish environment
Geography
Historical Geography of Ireland: Origins, evolution, and growth of Irish country towns; evolution of Irish cultural landscape from 17th century onwards; demise of landlordism in Ireland in late 19th and early 20th century; life in the Irish Big House; built heritage of Ireland; evolution of Dublin city and its suburbs from 19th century onwards
Social Geography: Travellers in Ireland from the perspectives of their geography; population change; education, employment, health, housing, marriage patterns and family life from the 1950s onwards; climate change-society interactions
Economic Geography: University-industry links; entrepreneurship education in universities
Urban Geography: Contemporary settlement change in Ireland; heritage and tourism geographies; urban governance; sustainable cities and urban livelihoods
Environmental Geography: Irish landscape formation from Late-Quaternary to Holocene; Irish glacial geomorphology; Irish historical geology and geomorphology; coastal change; environmental systems; freshwater and biodiversity assessments; applied Earth observations; land use change; habitat mapping and assessment; climate change adaptation.