My work primarily looks at the relationship of Irish men and women with the British Empire during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially in a military context. In particular, it questions the view that the Irish (especially southern Catholic) relationship with Britain was one of resistance.

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer in Modern British and Irish History, University of Kent

Education

  • 2014 
    University of Kent, PhD

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