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I am a member of the Department of History at the University of Limerick, where I teach on the MA History of Family which is offered as a blended (in classroom and online) and online course. Over the last four academic years I have supervised 20 students for their Masters dissertations and co-supervised a further two students.

I am also working as a post-doctoral researcher on the Irish Research Council-funded, Death and Burial Data, 1864-1922 project (IRCLA) 2017/32, led by Dr Ciara Breathnach.

I am chair of the Digital Working Group at the Irish Historic Towns Atlas project at the Royal Irish Academy and a committee member of the Committee of Genealogy and Heraldry at the National Library of Ireland.

My research interests include the history of family, landed estates, migration, local history, online pedagogy and digital humanities.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-7886

Biography

I am based in the Department of History at the University of Limerick where I have been teaching on the MA History of Family for two years. I also work as a consultant to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas project. A graduate of the University of Oxford, I was awarded an MA in the History of… Continue reading Biography

Publications

Book Chapters Rachel Murphy, ‘Gender and the Irish Family, 1852–1922‘ in Jyoti Atwal, Ciara Breathnach and Sarah-Anne Buckley, Gender and History: Ireland, 1852-1922 (Routledge, 2022) DOI:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003164944 Claire Connolly, Rachel Murphy, Breda Moriarty, Orla-Peach Power, Michael Waldron and Rob McAllen ‘Deep Maps: West Cork Coastal Cultures’ in Robert J.N. Devoy, Valerie Cummins, Barry Brunt, Darius Bartlett and… Continue reading Publications

Research Interests

  ​I have a broad range of research interests and often take an interdisciplinary approach, combining my knowledge of history with historical geography and literature.  While my focus is nineteenth century Irish history, my thesis covered the period from the Cromwellian settlement through to Independence, and Britain as well as Ireland. Landed Estates History  … Continue reading Research Interests

I teach on the MA History of Family (Online) which attracts students from all over the world.  Previous students have come from Australia, Britain and Canada to name but a few. Feel free to contact me if you would like to ask any questions about the course.