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Marie Coleman, Professor of Twentieth Century Irish History, is a graduate of University College Dublin. She is the author a number of books (County Longford and the Irish Revolution, 1910-1923, The Irish sweep: a history of the Irish hospitals sweepstake, 19130-1987 and The Irish revolution) in addition to a number of refereed articles and essays on the Irish revolution. She is the joint editor of Irish Historical Studies and sits on a number of committees related to the Irish decacde of centenaries (Military Service Pensions Project Advisory Committee; Beyond 2022 International Advisory Board; Northern Ireland Office Centenary Historical Panel). Professor Coleman has provided expert comment on the Irish revolution on radio, television and in the press.
Research Statement
My principal research interests are in twentieth-century Irish history, especially the Irish revolution. My recent research has focused on the award of pensions and compnesation to revolutionary combatants and civilians injured during the revolution; the Protestant experience of revolution; and gender in the revolution.
Teaching
Undergraduate
HIS2012: Politics and society in twentieth century Ireland
HIS3073: The Irish revolution
HIS3077: Undergraduate dissertation
Postgraduate
MHY7010: MA History dissertation
MHY7011: Individuall Negotiated Topic
MHY7020: The Historians' Craft
MHY7081: Topics in Irish History
MHY7089: Case studies in History
MHY7090: Pathways Through History
MHY7092: History and its audiences
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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R1606HIS: Commemorating Partition and Civil Wars in Ireland, 2020-2023
Coleman, M. (PI) & Bryan, D. (CoI)
01/03/2016 → 31/03/2018
Project: Research
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R1429HIS: Northern Ireland's 2016: Approaching the contested commemoration of the Easter Rising and the Somme
Coleman, M. (PI) & Bryan, D. (CoI)
08/07/2014 → 31/12/2015
Project: Research
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R1370ENG: World War One At Home
Brearton, F. (PI) & Coleman, M. (CoI)
23/01/2014 → 31/12/2014
Project: Research
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R1976HIS: Life on the Fringe? Ireland and Europe between 1800 and 1922
Coleman, M. (PI)
01/08/2008 → 02/04/2009
Project: Research
Research output
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New perspectives on Ireland's great war
Coleman, M., 27 Aug 2024, The Routledge history of the First World War. Bartrop, P. R. (ed.). Oxford / New York: Informa, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 192-203 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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'Editors' introduction: The Irish Civil War, 2022-23
Coleman, M. & Donnelly Jr, J. S., 01 Nov 2023, Eire Ireland: Interdisciplinary Journal of Irish Studies, 58, 3-4, p. 5-8 4 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Editorial
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Experiencing the Irish revolution: pension records and the sensory and emotional impact of armed conflict
Coleman, M., 23 Nov 2023, A very hard struggle: lives in the Military Service Pensions Collection. Dolan, A. & Crowe, C. (eds.). Dublin: Military Archives, Irish Department of Defence, p. 50-63 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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A "woman on her past": a historian's reflections of growing up in County Westmeath
Coleman, M., 24 Mar 2022, Westmeath History and Society: Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county. O'Brien, S. (ed.). Dublin: Geography Publications, p. xxxii (History and Society; vol. 29).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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'Cuman na mBan opposes the Anglo-Irish Treaty: Women activists during the Civil War'
Coleman, M., 2022, Ireland 1922: Independence, Partition, Civil War. McGarry, F. & Gannon, D. (eds.). Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, p. 54-60Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Prizes
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Co-Investigator on AHRC/BBC 'World War One at Home Project'
Coleman, M. (Recipient), 01 Jan 2014
Prize: Other distinction
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'Gold' Green Impact Award: School of History and Anthropology Environmental Champion
Coleman, M. (Recipient), 27 May 2013
Prize: Other distinction
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Principal Investigator for AHRC funded Follow-on-Funding award, "Commemorating Partition and Civil Wars in Ireland, 2020-23"
Coleman, M. (Recipient), 01 Sept 2016
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Advisor 1926 Irish Free State census release
Coleman, M. (Advisor)
10 Feb 2025 → 19 Apr 2026Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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Officer of Statistics (1926 census release)
Coleman, M. (Advisor)
10 Feb 2025 → 20 Apr 2026Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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'PRONI: Secrets from the files 2023'
Coleman, M. (Advisor)
17 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Talk: 'Ireland in 1924'
Coleman, M. (Advisor)
05 Dec 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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External examiner for a PhD Dublin City University (DCU)
Coleman, M. (Examiner)
22 Nov 2024Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Press/Media
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TV: 'The Long and the Short of it: The Boundary Commission' (BBC)
18/04/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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‘Stormont stalemate “only expected for a short time”’ (BBC News website)
30/12/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Radio: 'State paper releases from National Archives of Ireland and Public Record Office of Northern Ireland' (Northwest Today/Radio Foyle)
30/12/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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TV: 'State paper releases from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland' (BBC Newsline)
30/12/2024
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment