Ruan O'Donnell

Senior Lecturer

 
researcher

Biography

Originally from Dublin, I received a BA and MA (Major Thesis)from UCD and a PhD from the Australian National University. I have lived and worked in Limerick since 1998. I am a full member of the National Union of Journalists (Freelance Branch, Dublin). I am a Director of the Irish Manuscripts Commission and was appointed to the Universities Ireland Decade of Commemoration Committee.

Research Interests

The history of Irish republicanism worldwide, 1791-1998. My early research and writing focussed on the United Irishmen in Ireland, Australia, Britain, France and North America. I am now working on a number of linked projects featuring the Irish Republican Army from 1948 to 1998. The first major book arising from this new work will deal with the 'Border' or 'Resistance Campaign' of 1956-62. I am currently completing a short volume on the Great Irish Famine.

Books

  Year Publication
2007 From Vinegar Hill to Edentubber, The Wexford IRA and the Border Campaign.
O'Donnell, R (2007) From Vinegar Hill to Edentubber, The Wexford IRA and the Border Campaign. Wexford: Cairde na Laochra. [Details]
2008 The Impact of 1916, Among the Nations.
O'Donnell, R (2008) The Impact of 1916, Among the Nations. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details]
2008 A pocket history of the Irish Famine.
O'Donnell, R (2008) A pocket history of the Irish Famine. Dublin: O'Brien Press. [Details]
2012 Special Category, The IRA in English prisons, 1968-1978.
Ruan O'Donnell (2012) Special Category, The IRA in English prisons, 1968-1978. Dublin and Portland: Irish Academic Press. [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
2008 ''The Australian press and the IRA Border Campaign, 1956-61''
O'Donnell, R (2008) ''The Australian press and the IRA Border Campaign, 1956-61'' In: Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, History, Politics and Culture. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details]
2008 ''The military committee of the United Irishmen, 1798-1803''
O'Donnell, R (2008) ''The military committee of the United Irishmen, 1798-1803'' In: Unrespectable Radicals? Popular politics and the Age of Reform. Aldershot, England: [Details]
2014 'The Provisional IRA: History, politics and memory'
Ruan O'Donnell (2014) 'The Provisional IRA: History, politics and memory' In: Remembering the Troubles. Notre Dame and Ireland: Notre Dame Press/ Another. [Details]

Edited Books

  Year Publication
2011
Ruan O'Donnell and Micheal O hAodha (Ed.). (2011) On the run, The story of an Irish Freedom Fighter. Dublin and Cork: Mercier Press. [Details]
2013
Ruan O'Donnell and Michael OhAodha (Ed.). (2013) The Irish Volunteers, 1913-1915. Dublin and Portland: Irish Academic Press/ Merrion Press. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
2006 ''The Liberator: Images of Daniel O'Connell''
O'Donnell, R (2006) ''The Liberator: Images of Daniel O'Connell''. IRISH ARTS REVIEW, * (Autumn 2006):92-97 [Details]
2007 ''John Foster, an uncommon man''
O'Donnell, R (2007) ''John Foster, an uncommon man''. IRISH ARTS REVIEW, (Autumn):92-97 [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
2003 1798: A Bicentenary Perspective
ODonnell, R (2003) 'Liberty or death': The United Irishmen in New South Wales, 1800-4 1798: A Bicentenary Perspective , pp.607-619 [Details]

Foreword

  Year Publication
2012 Foreword to 'On The Run'.
Colm O'Geara (2012) Foreword to 'On The Run'. Foreword [Details]

Professional Associations

  Association Function From / To
Irish Manuscript Commission Member of Board of Directors /
National Union of Journalists Feature writer 01-JAN-98 /

Committees

  Committee Function From / To
Irish Manuscripts Commission Board Member 2006 / 1899
Editorial Board, Irish Academic Press General Editor of 'The Irish Abroad' series 1998 / 1899

Outreach Activities

  Description

Member of Irish Universities Committee on the Decade of Commemorations

Teaching Interests

In the Spring Semester of 2014 I am teaching three modules in full: HI5012; HI4148 and HI4102. This encompasses international strategic history; the history of early colonial Australia and the history of the modern Irish Troubles (1898-1948).