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Personal profile
Particulars
Office Location: Riddel Hall Block 3, Room 02-010
Research Interests
Primary fields: Economic History, Economic Growth, Demography
Secondary fields: Applied Econometrics, Trade, Macroeconomics
Research Statement
Alan Fernihough is a lecturer in Economics at Queen's University Management School, and a Research Associate at Queen's University Centre for Economic History. He is an economic historian with research interests in demography, economic growth, and trade.
Achievements
Alan Fernihough holds a MA and PhD in Economics from University College Dublin. Alan won the Denis Conniffe prize for best paper presented by a graduate student at the 2011 Irish Economics Association Annual Conference.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Projects
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R1663MAE: The Causes and Consequences of the Great Irish Famine
Fernihough, A. (PI)
19/09/2016 → 30/09/2018
Project: Research
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R1615MAE: Representation of the People: Franchise Extension and The 'Sinn Fein Election' in Ireland, 1918
de Bromhead, A. (PI) & Fernihough, A. (CoI)
04/04/2016 → 31/03/2018
Project: Research
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Across the sea to Ireland: return Atlantic migration before the First World War
Fernihough, A. & Ó Gráda, C., 11 Nov 2024, (Early online date) In: European Review of Economic History. 19 p., heae017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mind your language: explaining the retreat of the Irish language frontier
Fernihough, A., Colvin, C. L. & McLaughlin, E., 31 Jul 2024, Queen's University Belfast, 47 p. (QUCEH Working Paper Series; no. 24-07).Research output: Working paper
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175 years of mismeasuring Ireland?: some traps set by historical data
de Bromhead, A., Fernihough, A. & Ó Gráda, C., 2023, In: Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland. 51, p. 128-155 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population and poverty in Ireland on the eve of the Great Famine
Fernihough, A. & Ó Gráda, C., 01 Oct 2022, In: Demography. 59, 5, p. 1607-1630 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Four great Asian trade collapses
de Bromhead, A., Fernihough, A., Lampe, M. & O'Rourke, K. H., 01 Jul 2021, In: Australian Economic History Review. 61, 2, p. 159-185 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile24 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Sir Timothy Coghlan Prize - Distinguished Runner up
de Bromhead, A. (Recipient) & Fernihough, A. (Recipient), 01 Aug 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Your vote matters? Elections in the past, present and future
Dorman, A. (Host), Fernihough, A. (Speaker), Colvin, C. (Speaker) & Yaremko, V. (Speaker)
07 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Economic History Seminar, University of Antwerp
Colvin, C. (Invited speaker), Fernihough, A. (Advisor) & McLaughlin, E. (Advisor)
21 May 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Trinity College Dublin
Fernihough, A. (Visiting researcher)
21 May 2024 → 23 May 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Irish Economics Association Annual Conference
Fernihough, A. (Organiser)
09 May 2024 → 10 May 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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The Irish Economy in the Twentieth Century
Fernihough, A. (Invited speaker)
24 Apr 2024 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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When Britain turned inward
de Bromhead, A., Fernihough, A., Hjortshøj O'Rourke, K. & Lampe, M.
18/12/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Study: Rising and threat of conscription key to Sinn Féin success
de Bromhead, A., Fernihough, A. & Hargaden, E.
05/12/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Sinn Féin’s sudden rise to power in 1918 was long seen as a ‘youthquake’ – now there’s a different explanation
de Bromhead, A. & Fernihough, A.
05/12/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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‘No evidence’ women were key in Sinn Féin’s 1918 election win
de Bromhead, A., Fernihough, A. & Hargaden, E.
05/12/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research