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Professor O'Dowd's research interests have focussed on gender and social history in early modern Ireland. In recent years, she has investigated age and gender as criteria for historical analysis. She has written on the history of childhood in sixteenth and seventeenth century Ireland and adolescent girls in the eighteenth century. Her current research project is a history of old age in Ireland, 1500-2000.
Professor O'Dowd was a founding member of the Women's History Association of Ireland and is an honorary member of the Board of the International Federation for Research in Women's History. She has served on a number of public bodies including the Irish Manuscripts Commission and the Board of the National Museum of Ireland. She is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and was Secretary of the Academy, March 2021-March 2024.
Professor O'Dowd's most recent books are Marriage in Ireland, 1660-1925 published by Cambridge University Press in 2020 and co-authored with Maria Luddy and Sisters, a collection of essays on sibling relations in Irish history, co-edited with Siobhan Fizpatrick and published by the Royal Irish Academy in 2022.
Research Statement
Gender and women's history; social history; history of marriage; family history; early modern Ireland; history of old age
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Reading the Irishwoman: Studies in Cultural Encounter and Exchange, 1714-1960
Meaney, G., O'Dowd, M. & Whelan, B., May 2013, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 272 p. (Reappraisals in Irish History)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Politics, Patriotism and Women in Ireland, Britain and Colonial America, c.1700-c.1780
O'Dowd, M., Dec 2010, In: Journal of Women's History. 22 , 4, p. 15-38 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Popular Writers: Women Historians, the Academic Community and National History Writing
O'Dowd, M., Nov 2012, Setting the Standards Institutions, Networks and Communities of National Historiography Comparative Approaches. Porciani, I. & Tollebeek, J. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 351-371 20 p. (Writing the Nation; vol. 2).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Women in Ulster, 1600-1800
O'Dowd, M., 2012, Ulster since 1600: Politics, Economy, and Society. Kennedy, L. & Ollerenshaw, P. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 43-57 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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O'Connell and the Lady Patriots: Women and O'Connellite Politics, 1824-1845
O'Dowd, M., Dec 2007, Politics and Political Culture in Britain and Ireland, 1750-1850: Essays in Tribute to Peter Jupp. Blackstock, A. & Magennis, E. (eds.). Ulster Historical Foundation, p. 283-303 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Prizes
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Annual Fund Award for Teaching Project on HIS2055
O'Dowd, M. (Recipient), 2009
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County Heritage Award winner - Dublin: Dún Laoghaire Rathdown 2021
O'Dowd, M. (Recipient), Murphy, E. (Recipient), Walsh, A.-M. (Recipient) & Wilson, R. (Recipient), 26 Oct 2021
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PG Supervisory Excellence Award
O'Dowd, M. (Recipient), 13 May 2016
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Activities
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Museum of Childhood Ireland - Heritage Week: Objects for the Museum from the History Team
Murphy, E. (Lecturer), O'Dowd, M. (Lecturer), Hatfield, M. (Lecturer), Elliott, R. (Lecturer), Buckley, S.-A. (Lecturer), Hay, M. (Lecturer) & McEvoy, L. (Lecturer)
13 Aug 2022 → 20 Aug 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in Festival/Exhibition
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Royal Irish Academy (External organisation)
O'Dowd, M. (Board Member)
31 Mar 2021 → 31 Mar 2023Activity: Membership types › Membership of national or international committees and working groups
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Royal Historical Society (External organisation)
O'Dowd, M. (Advisor)
01 Sept 2020Activity: Membership types › Membership of national or international committees and working groups
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Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
O'Dowd, M. (Editor) & Purvis, J. (Editor)
10 Apr 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Irish Humanities Association (External organisation)
O'Dowd, M. (Member)
10 Apr 2018 → 30 May 2021Activity: Membership types › Membership of national or international committees and working groups
Press/Media
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Jinan Television: Interview on History of Girl/Women
27/09/2015
1 Media contribution
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BBC Northern Ireland Radio Programme on Mary Ann McCracken
28/08/2015
1 Media contribution
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BBC TV Programme on William Tennent, Belfast merchant and philanthropist
19/07/2015
1 Media contribution
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RTE Radio Programme on Margaret Leeson, an 18th Century Dublin Prostitute
29/08/2014
1 Media contribution
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Presentation on Women in Irish History
08/03/2012
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities