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History and Philosophy
Dr Laurence Marley

Biography
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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(2018) | ''Michael Davitt: after the Land League' (review article)'
Laurence Marley (2018) ''Michael Davitt: after the Land League' (review article)'. Studia Hibernica, 44 (1) [Details] |
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(2014) | 'With M.Clancy and J. Cunningham (2014), co-editor of Saothar: Journal of the Irish Labour History Society, 39, 2014'
Laurence Marley (2014) 'With M.Clancy and J. Cunningham (2014), co-editor of Saothar: Journal of the Irish Labour History Society, 39, 2014'. Saothar, [Details] |
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(2011) | ''Labour History: International Perspectives (essay in review)'
Laurence Marley (2011) ''Labour History: International Perspectives (essay in review)'. Saothar, [Details] |
Books
Year | Publication | |
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(2007) | Michael Davitt: Freelance Radical and Frondeur.
Laurence Marley (2007) Michael Davitt: Freelance Radical and Frondeur. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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(2021) | ''The McMahon murders: class and killing in Belfast', In Darragh Gannon and Fearghal McGarry (eds), Ireland 1922: Independence, Partition, Civil War'
Laurence Marley (2021) ''The McMahon murders: class and killing in Belfast', In Darragh Gannon and Fearghal McGarry (eds), Ireland 1922: Independence, Partition, Civil War' In: Ireland 1922: Independence, Partition, Civil War. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [Details] |
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(2016) | 'Michael McKeown: A Pioneer of New Unionism in Ireland'
Laurence Marley (2016) 'Michael McKeown: A Pioneer of New Unionism in Ireland' In: John Cunningham and Emmet O'Connor (eds), Studies in Radical Irish Leadership: Lives on the Left. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] |
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(2015) | ''Introduction''
Laurence Marley (2015) ''Introduction'' In: Laurence Marley (ed.), The British Labour Party & Twentieth-Century Ireland: The Cause of Ireland, The Cause of Labour. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 1-16. [Details] |
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(2015) | ''The Georgeite Social Gospel and Radical Intersections in Late Nineteenth-Century Belfast''
Laurence Marley (2015) ''The Georgeite Social Gospel and Radical Intersections in Late Nineteenth-Century Belfast'' In: John Cunningham and Niall O'Ciosain (eds), Culture and Society in Ireland since 1750. Dublin: Lilliput Press. [Details] |
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(2009) | ''Anomalous Agitator? Defining and Remembering Davitt''
Laurence Marley (2009) ''Anomalous Agitator? Defining and Remembering Davitt'' In: Fintan Lane and Andrew Newby (eds), Michael Davitt: New Perspectives. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
Year | Publication | |
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(2015) | The British Labour Party & Twentieth-Century Ireland: The Cause of Ireland, The Cause of Labour.
Laurence Marley (Ed.). (2015) The British Labour Party & Twentieth-Century Ireland: The Cause of Ireland, The Cause of Labour The British Labour Party & Twentieth-Century Ireland: The Cause of Ireland, The Cause of Labour. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] |
Book Review
Year | Publication | |
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(2019) | Review of Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall, A New History of the Irish in Australia.
Laurence Marley (2019) Review of Elizabeth Malcolm and Dianne Hall, A New History of the Irish in Australia. Irish Times (2019) Book Review [Details] |
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(2016) | Review of Joan Kavanagh & Dianne Snowden, Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania, in Australasian Journal of Irish Studies (2016).
Laurence Marley (2016) Review of Joan Kavanagh & Dianne Snowden, Van Diemen's Women: A History of Transportation to Tasmania, in Australasian Journal of Irish Studies (2016). Book Review [Details] |
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(2012) | Review of Anne Kane, Constructing Irish National Identity (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Irish Historical Studies, 2012.
Laurence Marley (2012) Review of Anne Kane, Constructing Irish National Identity (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), Irish Historical Studies, 2012. Book Review [Details] |
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(2013) | Review of Maura Cronin, Agrarian Protest in Ireland, 1750-1960 (Dundalk: Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 2013), Saothar, 2013.
Laurence Marley (2013) Review of Maura Cronin, Agrarian Protest in Ireland, 1750-1960 (Dundalk: Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 2013), Saothar, 2013. Book Review [Details] |
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(2012) | Review of Billy Frank, Craig Horner and David Stewart (eds), The British Labour Movement and Imperialism (Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2010), Saothar, 2012.
Laurence Marley (2012) Review of Billy Frank, Craig Horner and David Stewart (eds), The British Labour Movement and Imperialism (Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2010), Saothar, 2012. Book Review [Details] |
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(2012) | Review of Miriam Moffitt, Clanricarde's Planters and Land Agitation in East Galway, 1886-1916 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2011), Journal of the Galway Archaeological & Historical Society, 2012.
Laurence Marley (2012) Review of Miriam Moffitt, Clanricarde's Planters and Land Agitation in East Galway, 1886-1916 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2011), Journal of the Galway Archaeological & Historical Society, 2012. Book Review [Details] |
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(2012) | Review of L. Perry Curtis, Jr., The Depiction of Eviction in Ireland, 1845-1910 (Dublin, UCD Press, 2011), Irish Historical Studies, May, 2012.
Laurence Marley (2012) Review of L. Perry Curtis, Jr., The Depiction of Eviction in Ireland, 1845-1910 (Dublin, UCD Press, 2011), Irish Historical Studies, May, 2012. Book Review [Details] |
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(2010) | Review of Carla King, Michael Davitt (Dublin: UCD Press, 2009), Irish Historical Studies, December, 2010.
Laurence Marley (2010) Review of Carla King, Michael Davitt (Dublin: UCD Press, 2009), Irish Historical Studies, December, 2010. Book Review [Details] |
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(2007) | Review of Bernard O'Hara, Michael Davitt (Mayo, 2006), Journal of the Galway Archaeological & Historical Society, vol. 59, 2007.
Laurence Marley (2007) Review of Bernard O'Hara, Michael Davitt (Mayo, 2006), Journal of the Galway Archaeological & Historical Society, vol. 59, 2007. Book Review [Details] |
Media
Year | Publication | |
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(2011) | The Story of Ireland (five-part series on the history of Ireland, BBC/RTE television; appearance in episode 4), broadcast February, 2011.
Laurence Marley (2011) The Story of Ireland (five-part series on the history of Ireland, BBC/RTE television; appearance in episode 4), broadcast February, 2011. Media [Details] |
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(2006) | Discussing Davitt (four-part series to mark the centenary of the death of Michael Davitt), RTE Radio 1, broadcast May, 2006.
Laurence Marley (2006) Discussing Davitt (four-part series to mark the centenary of the death of Michael Davitt), RTE Radio 1, broadcast May, 2006. Media [Details] |
Modules Taught
Term/Year | Module Title | Module Code | Subject / Desc | |
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Currently Taught | Life and Death in Victorian Britain | HI2123 | History | |
Currently Taught | Party & Power in 19th and 20th Century British History | HI362 | History | |
Currently Taught | Studies in the History of Colonialism and Imperialism | HI546 | MACC/MA History | |
Currently Taught | The Irish and Colonial Australasia, 1788-1901 | HI3102 | History |
External Collaborators
Name | Organisation / Institute | Country | Description of Collaboration | |
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International Conference on Chartism, 2014: Ireland and British Democracy, Moore Institute, NUI Galway | organised with Dr. Tim Keane (NUI Galway) and Dr. Joan Allen (Newcastle University, UK) | IRELAND |