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Dr Ciaran McDonough

BA., MA., PhD

Contact Details

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCHER
E: ciaran.mcdonough@nuigalway.ie
Postdoctoral researcher
Floor Two
Hardiman Research Building
NUI Galway
E: ciaran.mcdonough@nuigalway.ie
@metamedievalist
 
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Biography

Ciaran McDonough is a graduate of the University of Wales, Bangor and the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century Irish antiquarianism. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences on the Hardiman and Beyond: Galway Arts and Culture, 1820-2020 project. 

Research Interests

Nineteenth-century Irish antiquarianism, Irish Studies, Intellectual History, nineteenth-century European antiquarianism, and Cultural Nationalism.

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2019) 'Folk belief and landscape in Connacht: accounts from the Ordnance Survey letters'
McDonough, Ciaran (2019) 'Folk belief and landscape in Connacht: accounts from the Ordnance Survey letters'. Folklife: a Journal of Ethnological Studies, 57 (1):56-69 [DOI] [ARAN Link] [Details]
(2014) '“Death and Renewal”: Translating Old Irish Texts in Nineteenth-Century Ireland'
McDonough; Ciaran (2014) '“Death and Renewal”: Translating Old Irish Texts in Nineteenth-Century Ireland'. Studi Irlandesi-A Journal Of Irish Studies, 4 :101-111 [DOI] [Details]
(2014) 'Learning Irish in Late-Eighteenth – and Nineteenth-Century Belfast: the Antiquarian Influence'
McDonough, Ciaran (2014) 'Learning Irish in Late-Eighteenth – and Nineteenth-Century Belfast: the Antiquarian Influence'. Studia Celtica Fennica, 11 :39-47 [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2019) '‘Ireland and Denmark are specially to be named’: The Connections between Irish and Danish Antiquarians in the Nineteenth Century'
McDonough, Ciaran (2019) '‘Ireland and Denmark are specially to be named’: The Connections between Irish and Danish Antiquarians in the Nineteenth Century' In: Ireland and the North. Bern: Peter Lang. [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2020 Charlemont Grant Royal Irish Academy
2011 College of Arts Doctoral Fellowship NUI Galway

Teaching Interests

I lecture on the history of Irish antiquarianism, focusing on the nineteenth century. I also tutor on the BA in Celtic Civilization in the areas of mythology and folklore, and archaeology and history. I have also tutored in medieval literatures in Irish and Welsh.

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
Autumn 2018 Decline & Revival: Language, Literature & Society 1800-1939 (MA Irish Studies) IS106
Autumn 2019 Indigenous Arts Exploration NG160
Autumn 2019 Decline & Revival: Language, Literature & Society 1800-1939 (MA Irish Studies) IS106