Limerick History Research Seminar Series - Spring 2025 Schedule

Limerick History Research Seminar, 2024-25

Organised by the School of  History and Geography University of Limerick  and Department of History Mary Immaculate College 

Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 5.15pm

* Professor Bridget Heal (University of St Andrews), ‘News and Narration during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648).’ Live in-person event, Kate O’Brien Room, UL

Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 2.15pm

Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University), ‘Power and Patronage in Medieval Ireland: The Role of Women Benefactors in the Irish Church and the Importance of Studying Medieval History.’ Live in-person event, Kate O’Brien Room, UL

Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 2.15pm

Dr Joel Herman (Trinity College Dublin), ‘The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilisation of the Eighteenth-Century British Empire.’ Live in-person event,

Kate O’Brien Room, UL

Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 6pm

Máire Ní Chrualaoich Public Lecture in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

** Professor Tríona Ní Shíocháin (University of Galway), ‘From Thomond to Muskerry: An Exploration of Munster Women’s Song-making and Poetic Practices from the 17^th to the 19^th Century.’ Live in-person event, People's Museum, No. 2 Pery Square, Limerick City Centre

Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 1.15pm

Dr Patrick Doyle (University of Limerick), ‘Catholicism, Social Reconstruction, and the Irish Diaspora, 1890-1930.’ Live in-person event, Kate O’Brien Room, UL

* Co-hosted with the Limerick Centre for Early Modern Studies (CEMS)

** Co-hosted with the Limerick Centre for Early Modern Studies (CEMS), and Limerick Civic Trust

All very welcome

For further information please contact:

Dr Aaron Donaghy (aaron.donaghy@ul.ie) or Website: https://www.ul.ie/artsoc/history-geography