History and Philosophy

Dr. Caitriona Clear

M.A., Ph.D.

Biography

My research journey so far has brought me from a pioneering study of nuns in nineteenth-century Ireland in 1987 to a study of the letters and problems written into Woman's Life and Woman's Way, Woman's Own and Woman's Realm, in the 1950s and 60s, in 2016. Along the way I have published two other books, one on women's household work in twentieth-century Ireland, and a textbook on Irish social history, and several articles/chapters/encyclopaedia entries on topics including dress and fashion, the cookery writer and novelist Maura Laverty (1907-1966), Irish nationalism, women in the Great War, emigration, the history of breastfeeding and many more. All of this research informs, and is refreshed by, my teaching on modern European and Irish social and economic history, including the history of poverty and crime, the history of women, modern Irish political and social history, and methodological courses which explore the use of popular print media and of oral history, as historical sources. I am currently working on a history of shop assistants and secretaries in the twentieth century, while also indulging a lifelong enthusiasm for popular novelists and journalists in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.

Research Interests

Summary under the following rubric; more detailed here. I am increasingly interested in the history of the silent and silenced majority, the people overlooked by historians or dismissed as 'ordinary'. My current research project is a study of shop assistants and secretaries in independent Ireland between 1922 and 1973, and I hope, through looking at these workers, to gain an understanding of everyday, undramatic, non-traumatic life as it was lived in these decades. A separate research project is the resurrection of popular fiction from these decades, especially that produced in Ireland by now-defunct publishers like the Talbot Press, and fiction published in Britain by Irish writers too - Longman & Green, Heinemann and others. I am slowly coming to the conclusion that modern historians and English literature scholars often miss the point of writers like Kate O'Brien and Elizabeth Bowen by seeing them as unusual for their time, or as curiosities, when they were just (in these particular cases) two of many Irish female writers in print and in demand at that time.

Research Projects

Project	Start Date	End Date
IRCHSS GENDER AND IRISH SOCIETY IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY NEW PERSPECTIVES AND NEW IDEAS CATRIONA CLEAR	19-DEC-11	31-MAR-13
989 MF44 WOMENS MAGAZINES C CLEAR	01-JUL-00	29-NOV-04
MF2003 MF16 03 M CAITRIONA CLEAR	01-FEB-04	30-SEP-04

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
		'Noiselessly and Calmly:nuns and social responsibility for children in nineteenth-century Ireland'~ Aspects of Educaiton:Journal' Clear, C. 'Noiselessly and Calmly:nuns and social responsibility for children in nineteenth-century Ireland'~ Aspects of Educaiton:Journal'. [Details]
	(2013)	'Woman's Life magazine and women's lives in Ireland in the 1950s' Irish Labour HistorySociety (2013) 'Woman's Life magazine and women's lives in Ireland in the 1950s'. Saothar: Journal Of The Irish Labour History Society, [ARAN Link] [Details]
	(2009)	'Nano Nagle, Educator' Studies (2009) 'Nano Nagle, Educator'. Studies, [Details]
	(2008)	'The Minimum Rights of Every Woman: irish women's changing appearance 1946-66' Irish Economic and Social History Society (2008) 'The Minimum Rights of Every Woman: irish women's changing appearance 1946-66'. Irish Economic And Social History, [Details]
	(2004)	'Approx 4000 words of entries. Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Nations of the World: Reference (2004)' Clear, C. (2004) 'Approx 4000 words of entries. Encyclopaedia of Ireland. Nations of the World: Reference (2004)'. Encyclopaedia of Ireland, 1 [Details]
	(2003)	'The Red Ink of Emotion: the social vision of Maura Laverty' Saothar: Journal of the Irish Labour History Society (2003) 'The Red Ink of Emotion: the social vision of Maura Laverty'. Saothar: Journal Of The Irish Labour History Society, [Details]
	(2003)	'Hardship, help and happiness in narratives of Irish women of the house' Oral History (British journal -not the Oral History Review as stated below (2003) 'Hardship, help and happiness in narratives of Irish women of the house'. The Oral history review, [Details]
	(2000)	'Oral History and Biography' Clancy, M; Clear, C; Nic Giolla Choille, T; Hayes, A (2000) 'Oral History and Biography'. Ucg Women'S Studies Review, 7 :i-240 [Details]
	(1998)	'Homelessness, Poverty and Crime in Galway 1850-1914'' Clear, C. (1998) 'Homelessness, Poverty and Crime in Galway 1850-1914''. Galway Archeological and Historical Society Journal, 50 :117-134 [Details]
	(1995)	'My Mother Taught Me How To Pray: the Nine Murphys of Newmarket-on-Fergus' (5000 words approx)' Clear, C. (1995) 'My Mother Taught Me How To Pray: the Nine Murphys of Newmarket-on-Fergus' (5000 words approx)'. The Other Clare: Journal of the Shannon Archeological and Historical Association, 19 :64-68 [Details]
	(1987)	'Walls within walls: convents in 19thc Ireland'' Clear, C. (1987) 'Walls within walls: convents in 19thc Ireland''. Gender in Irish Society, :134-151 [Details]

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	Women's Voices in Ireland: women's magazines in the 1950s and 60s. Caitriona Clear (2016) Women's Voices in Ireland: women's magazines in the 1950s and 60s. London: Bloomsbury Academic. [Details]
	(2007)	Social Change and Everyday Life in Ireland 1850-1922. Clear, C. (2007) Social Change and Everyday Life in Ireland 1850-1922. -: Manchester University Press. [Details]
	(2000)	Women of the House: women's household work in Ireland 1921-61: experiences, memories, discourses. Clear, C. (2000) Women of the House: women's household work in Ireland 1921-61: experiences, memories, discourses. -: Irish Academic Press. [Details]
	(1987)	Nuns in Nineteenth-century Ireland. Clear, C. (1987) Nuns in Nineteenth-century Ireland. -: Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	''Social Conditions 1880-1914'' T.Bartlett (ed.) (2018) ''Social Conditions 1880-1914'' In: The Cambridge History of Ireland Vol. IV, pp.145-68. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
	(2013)	'The Voices of Catholic women in Ireland in Ireland 1800-1921' Oliver Rafferty (2013) 'The Voices of Catholic women in Ireland in Ireland 1800-1921' In: Catholic Voices in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details]
	(2009)	'Kate O'Brien, Convents and Class' Mary Coll (2009) 'Kate O'Brien, Convents and Class' In: Faithful Companions: collected essays celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Kate O'Brien weekend. Limerick: Mellick Press. [Details]
	(2008)	'Fewer Ladies, More Women: Women and the Great War in Ireland' John Horne (2008) 'Fewer Ladies, More Women: Women and the Great War in Ireland' In: Our War. Dublin: RTE, Royal Irish Academy. [Details]
	(2006)	'We will again, please God: Maura Laverty (1907-66), Irish tradition and optimism' F.Mugnani et al (2006) 'We will again, please God: Maura Laverty (1907-66), Irish tradition and optimism' In: The Past in the Present: a multidisciplinary approach. Galway: Coimbra Group. [Details]
	(2004)	'Too Fond of Going: Irish women's emigration in the 1950s' Dermot Keogh and Carmel Quinlan (2004) 'Too Fond of Going: Irish women's emigration in the 1950s' In: The Lost Decades: Ireland in the 1950s. Cork: Mercier Press. [Details]
	(2004)	'The Decline of Breastfeeding in Twentieth-century Ireland' Alan Hayes and Diane Urquhart (2004) 'The Decline of Breastfeeding in Twentieth-century Ireland' In: Irish Women's History. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details]
	(2003)	'Women in De Valera's Ireland: a reappraisal' G.Doherty & D.Keogh (2003) 'Women in De Valera's Ireland: a reappraisal' In: De Valera's Irelands. Cork: Mercier Press. [Details]
	(2000)	'Women, work and memory in rural Ireland 1921-1961' Carla King (2000) 'Women, work and memory in rural Ireland 1921-1961' In: Famine, Land and Culture in Ireland. Dublin: UCD Press. [Details]
	(1999)	'A Saint If Ever There Was One; luxury and austerity in the lives of Irish women 1920s-60s' J.Hill & C.Lennon (1999) 'A Saint If Ever There Was One; luxury and austerity in the lives of Irish women 1920s-60s' In: Luxury and Austerity: papers given at the Irish Conference of Historians 1997. Dublin: UCD press. [Details]
	(1995)	'The women cannot be blamed: feminists and 'home-makers' in the Commission on Vocational Organization' M.O Dowd and S. Wichert (1995) 'The women cannot be blamed: feminists and 'home-makers' in the Commission on Vocational Organization' In: Chattel, Servant or Citizen? Women's status in Church, state and society. Belfast: Institute of Irish Studiese. [Details]
	(1995)	''No Feminine Mystique: advice to Irish women of the house in the 1930s and 40s' M.O Dowd and M. Valiulis (1995) ''No Feminine Mystique: advice to Irish women of the house in the 1930s and 40s' In: Women and Irish History: essays in honour of Margaret MacCurtain. Dublin: Wolfhound. [Details]
	(1990)	'The limits of female autonomy: convents in nineteenth century Ireland' M.Luddy and C.Murphy (1990) 'The limits of female autonomy: convents in nineteenth century Ireland' In: Women Surviving: studies in Irish women's history in the nineteenth and twentiet centuries. Dublin: Poolbeg. [Details]

Book Review

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	'The Most Remarkable Woman in England': poison, celebrity and the trials of Beatrice Pace. Clear, C (2014) 'The Most Remarkable Woman in England': poison, celebrity and the trials of Beatrice Pace. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	Domesticating the Airwaves: broadcasting, domesticity and femininity. Clear, C (2014) Domesticating the Airwaves: broadcasting, domesticity and femininity. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'We Didn't Know Owt': A Study of Sexuality, Superstition and Death in Women's Lives in Lincolnshire During the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Clear, C (2013) 'We Didn't Know Owt': A Study of Sexuality, Superstition and Death in Women's Lives in Lincolnshire During the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Book Review [Details]
	(2013)	Irish Women and Street Politics 1956-73. Clear, C (2013) Irish Women and Street Politics 1956-73. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(2003)	From pardon and protest: Memoirs from the margins. Clear, C (2003) From pardon and protest: Memoirs from the margins. Book Review [DOI] [Details]
	(1993)	AT FACE VALUE - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MCCORMICK,ELIZA WHITE,JOHN - AKENSON,D. CLEAR, C (1993) AT FACE VALUE - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MCCORMICK,ELIZA WHITE,JOHN - AKENSON,D. Book Review [Details]
	(1993)	IRISH INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, 1868-1908 - ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT - BARNES,J. CLEAR, C (1993) IRISH INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, 1868-1908 - ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT - BARNES,J. Book Review [Details]
	(1992)	OURSELVES ALONE - WOMENS EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND, 1885-1920 - NOLAN,J. CLEAR, C (1992) OURSELVES ALONE - WOMENS EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND, 1885-1920 - NOLAN,J. Book Review [Details]

Conference Paper

	Year	Publication
		All are standard 50-60 minute presentations and all were invited papers, unless otherwise stated. Clear, C. All are standard 50-60 minute presentations and all were invited papers, unless otherwise stated. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2011)	‘Women’s Voices in a Decade of Change: the Woman’s Way problems and letters pages 1963-67’ . Clear, C. (2011) ‘Women’s Voices in a Decade of Change: the Woman’s Way problems and letters pages 1963-67’ . Kerry County Museum, Tralee: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2010)	‘Percy French as Social Historian’ . Clear, C. (2010) ‘Percy French as Social Historian’ . Percy French Summer School, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2010)	‘Women’s household work and power in Ireland’ Panel: Rural Class Relations and Radical Politics in 20thc Ireland at European Social Science History Conference (Response to call for papers: 20 minutes). Clear, C. (2010) ‘Women’s household work and power in Ireland’ Panel: Rural Class Relations and Radical Politics in 20thc Ireland at European Social Science History Conference (Response to call for papers: 20 minutes). Ghent: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2009)	‘The Changing Context of women’s everyday and occasional wear in Ireland 1940-1966’ Irish Historical Society. Clear, C. (2009) ‘The Changing Context of women’s everyday and occasional wear in Ireland 1940-1966’ Irish Historical Society. Boston College Dublin: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2009)	Public Health and Living Conditions in Connacht 1850-1922' . Galway Archeological and Historical Society. Clear, C. (2009) Public Health and Living Conditions in Connacht 1850-1922' . Galway Archeological and Historical Society. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2008)	Women and Clothes in Ireland' . Academy of Irish Cultural Heritage. Clear, C. (2008) Women and Clothes in Ireland' . Academy of Irish Cultural Heritage. Magee College, Derry: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2008)	‘Bought and paid for, clean and cared for: women’s appearance in Ireland 1940s-60s’ Academy of Irish Cultural Heritage. Clear, C. (2008) ‘Bought and paid for, clean and cared for: women’s appearance in Ireland 1940s-60s’ Academy of Irish Cultural Heritage. Magee College, Derry: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2006)	Oral history: problems and challenges' . Roscommon County Council Folklore Group. Clear, C. (2006) Oral history: problems and challenges' . Roscommon County Council Folklore Group. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2006)	‘Paintings as Evidence for Women’s Work in Ireland 1850-1950’ Study Day. Clear, C. (2006) ‘Paintings as Evidence for Women’s Work in Ireland 1850-1950’ Study Day. Crawford Gallery, Cork: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2005)	Oral history and local history' . Galway County Council Folklore Group. Clear, C. (2005) Oral history and local history' . Galway County Council Folklore Group. Conference Paper [Details]
	(2005)	Oral History and Local History ' . to West of Ireland Librarians Association. Clear, C. (2005) Oral History and Local History ' . to West of Ireland Librarians Association. James Hardiman library NUI: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2005)	Gender, Class and Irish Historiography' workshop with students from Historischesseminar (open-air workshop with questions and discussion followed by lunch, 2 hours). Clear, C. (2005) Gender, Class and Irish Historiography' workshop with students from Historischesseminar (open-air workshop with questions and discussion followed by lunch, 2 hours). University of Basel, Phoenix Park, Dublin: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2005)	Health and hardship in nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland: the evidence from oral history' . Clear, C. (2005) Health and hardship in nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland: the evidence from oral history' . Roscommon Historical Society, Strokestown: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2005)	Women of the house in Ireland 1850-1950' . Clear, C. (2005) Women of the house in Ireland 1850-1950' . Museum of Country Life, Castlebar: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2004)	Diet and Mortality in Ireland 1850-1950' . Clear, C. (2004) Diet and Mortality in Ireland 1850-1950' . Museum of Country Life, Castlebar: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2004)	We Will Again, please God: Maura Laverty, tradition, and optimism' . Coimbra Group Conference. Clear, C. (2004) We Will Again, please God: Maura Laverty, tradition, and optimism' . Coimbra Group Conference. NUI, Galway: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2004)	Nuns in 19th-century Ireland' . Clear, C. (2004) Nuns in 19th-century Ireland' . Brisbane Sisters of Mercy, Baggot St Dublin: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2003)	Oral History and Local History. Clear, C. (2003) Oral History and Local History. Workshop with Autumn Gathering, Gort: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2003)	Religious, social and political life in nineteenth-century Ireland'. (3-hour lecture/seminar) to Melbourne Sisters of Mercy Conference. Clear, C. (2003) Religious, social and political life in nineteenth-century Ireland'. (3-hour lecture/seminar) to Melbourne Sisters of Mercy Conference. Baggot St, Dublin: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2003)	Oral History methods and approaches' . History Teachers of Ireland Conference. Clear, C. (2003) Oral History methods and approaches' . History Teachers of Ireland Conference. Clarinbridge: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2002)	Oral History and Women's History' . Irish History Seminar. Clear, C. (2002) Oral History and Women's History' . Irish History Seminar. Trinity College, Dublin: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2002)	Social Change in Ireland over the past fifty years' . Opening presentation at Social Study Conference. Clear, C. (2002) Social Change in Ireland over the past fifty years' . Opening presentation at Social Study Conference. Galway: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2002)	Oral History and Local History' . (half an hour presentation, hour discussion) to McGlinchey Summer School Committee, (Inishowen). Clear, C. (2002) Oral History and Local History' . (half an hour presentation, hour discussion) to McGlinchey Summer School Committee, (Inishowen). NUI, Galway: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2002)	Invited book-review paper . (20-minutes) for Oral History Conference. Clear, C. (2002) Invited book-review paper . (20-minutes) for Oral History Conference. Trinity College, Dublin: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2002)	Women in Modern Ireland' . Visiting speaker to Historischesseminar. Clear, C. (2002) Women in Modern Ireland' . Visiting speaker to Historischesseminar. University of Basel: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2001)	Family History and Oral History: rewards and challenges' . Galway Family History Society. Clear, C. (2001) Family History and Oral History: rewards and challenges' . Galway Family History Society. Menlo Park Hotel: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2001)	Reasons to be cheerful: some good things about women in Ireland 1943-1970.' . One-day seminar on Women in Ireland organized by Bernadette Whelan, U.L. Clear, C. (2001) Reasons to be cheerful: some good things about women in Ireland 1943-1970.' . One-day seminar on Women in Ireland organized by Bernadette Whelan, U.L. Pery Square Limerick: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2001)	Hardship and triumph narratives about women's lives in Ireland'. Paper presented at Texts of Testimony conference. Clear, C. (2001) Hardship and triumph narratives about women's lives in Ireland'. Paper presented at Texts of Testimony conference. Liverpool John Moores University: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2001)	The importance of oral evidence in women's history research' . Visiting lecture to third-year undergraduates. Clear, C. (2001) The importance of oral evidence in women's history research' . Visiting lecture to third-year undergraduates. Mary Immaculate College, Limerick: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2001)	Galway's heritage of women's household work 1920s-60s' . Galway County Council Heritage Day. Clear, C. (2001) Galway's heritage of women's household work 1920s-60s' . Galway County Council Heritage Day. Teagasc Centre, Athenry: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2001)	Oral history, women's history and labour history.' . (30-minute paper) Galway Labour History Society. Clear, C. (2001) Oral history, women's history and labour history.' . (30-minute paper) Galway Labour History Society. Atlanta Hotel, Galway: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2000)	Oral testimonies about women's working lives in the house in Ireland 1922-61'. We Are The Stories We Tell: women's contributions to Culture, Wisdom and Oral Tradition', at Ellen Bryant Centre for Women's Studies. Clear, C. (2000) Oral testimonies about women's working lives in the house in Ireland 1922-61'. We Are The Stories We Tell: women's contributions to Culture, Wisdom and Oral Tradition', at Ellen Bryant Centre for Women's Studies. Mississippi State University at Starkville: Conference Paper [Details]
	(2000)	Oral evidence and women's work: some personal research experiences' . (30-minute paper) Irish Labour History Society, conference, ILH Museum. Clear, C. (2000) Oral evidence and women's work: some personal research experiences' . (30-minute paper) Irish Labour History Society, conference, ILH Museum. Beggar's Bush, Dublin: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1999)	Women, household work and politics in twentieth-century Ireland' . Ulster Committee of Historians. Clear, C. (1999) Women, household work and politics in twentieth-century Ireland' . Ulster Committee of Historians. Queen's University Belfast: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1999)	Oral History and Women's History'. (30-minute paper) at Irish Economic and Social History conference. Clear, C. (1999) Oral History and Women's History'. (30-minute paper) at Irish Economic and Social History conference. Royal Irish Academy: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1999)	Nuns in 19th century Ireland' . Thomond Archeological and Historical Association. Clear, C. (1999) Nuns in 19th century Ireland' . Thomond Archeological and Historical Association. Mary Immaculate College, Limerick: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1998)	Kate O'Brien, convents and class' . I-hour presentation and later, participation in round-table discussion. Kate O'Brien Weekend. Clear, C. (1998) Kate O'Brien, convents and class' . I-hour presentation and later, participation in round-table discussion. Kate O'Brien Weekend. Hunt Museum, Limerick: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1998)	Nuns in Nineteenth-century Ireland'. Rathkeale Historical Association. Clear, C. (1998) Nuns in Nineteenth-century Ireland'. Rathkeale Historical Association. Conference Paper [Details]
	(1998)	Advice to women in Irish-produced print media' . American Conference of Irish Studies. Clear, C. (1998) Advice to women in Irish-produced print media' . American Conference of Irish Studies. Fort Lauderdale: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1998)	Women's work: infant feeding, change and continuity in Ireland 1920s-60s' . Women's History Association of Ireland Annual Conference. Clear, C. (1998) Women's work: infant feeding, change and continuity in Ireland 1920s-60s' . Women's History Association of Ireland Annual Conference. University of Limerick: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1997)	A Saint if Ever There Was One: the social memory of Irish women of the house' . Irish Conference of Historians. Clear, C. (1997) A Saint if Ever There Was One: the social memory of Irish women of the house' . Irish Conference of Historians. NUI, Maynooth: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1997)	Women, work and memory in rural Ireland' . Clear, C. (1997) Women, work and memory in rural Ireland' . Parnell Summer School, Avondale, Co. Wicklow: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1997)	Women in de Valera's Ireland:a reappraisal' . Conference on De Valera's Ireland. Clear, C. (1997) Women in de Valera's Ireland:a reappraisal' . Conference on De Valera's Ireland. University College, Cork: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1997)	Homelessness and Crime in Galway 1850-1914' . Galway Archeological and Historical Society. Clear, C. (1997) Homelessness and Crime in Galway 1850-1914' . Galway Archeological and Historical Society. Conference Paper [Details]
	(1995)	How the west was won: nuns and social work in the nineteenth century west'. (30-minute paper) in Fresh Ground to Work In: developing the west 1850-1950' Galway Labour History Society Conference. Clear, C. (1995) How the west was won: nuns and social work in the nineteenth century west'. (30-minute paper) in Fresh Ground to Work In: developing the west 1850-1950' Galway Labour History Society Conference. Conference Paper [Details]
	(1993)	Domestic work, domestic images and women's power in independent Ireland 1921-1961' . Berkshire Conference on Women's History. Clear, C. (1993) Domestic work, domestic images and women's power in independent Ireland 1921-1961' . Berkshire Conference on Women's History. Vassar College, N.Y: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1993)	The Women Cannot Be Blamed: the Commission on Vocational Organization, Feminism and Home-makers in Independent Ireland in the 1930s and 40s'. (30-minute paper) Irish Conference of Historians. Clear, C. (1993) The Women Cannot Be Blamed: the Commission on Vocational Organization, Feminism and Home-makers in Independent Ireland in the 1930s and 40s'. (30-minute paper) Irish Conference of Historians. QUB: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1993)	Nuns and social responsibility for children in nineteenth-century Ireland' . History of Education Society Conference. Clear, C. (1993) Nuns and social responsibility for children in nineteenth-century Ireland' . History of Education Society Conference. Oxford: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1992)	Ideology and Truth: women in twentieth century Ireland' . Women's History Association of Ireland Conference. Clear, C. (1992) Ideology and Truth: women in twentieth century Ireland' . Women's History Association of Ireland Conference. St Patrick's College, Maynooth: Conference Paper [Details]
	(1991)	Nuns in Irish Women's history' . Lecture to undergraduates. Clear, C. (1991) Nuns in Irish Women's history' . Lecture to undergraduates. University of Limerick: Conference Paper [Details]