Professor of Irish Gender history, Irish history author
Academic work
Notable works
Mother and Child: Maternity and Child Welfare in Dublin, 1920s-1960s
Letters of the Catholic Poor. Poverty in Independent Ireland, 1920-1940
The rape of Mary M.: A microhistory of sexual violence and moral redemption in 1920s Ireland
Forgotten: The Widows of the Irish Revolution
Lindsey Earner-Byrne is currently Professor of Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and author of Irish history books.[1]
Biography
Dr Lindsey Earner-Byrne is a historian focusing on modern Irish history. She was a lecturer in the School of History at University College Dublin. Her research has covered gender, health and welfare with a particular interest in sexual violence. Earner-Byrne became the SALI Chair of Irish Gender History at UCC in January 2021, and was the Professor of Irish Gender history at University College Cork.[2] Earner-Byrne is on the Board of the Irish Manuscripts Commission. She's a member of the Royal Irish Academy.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Bibliography
Books
Mother and Child: Maternity and Child Welfare in Dublin, 1920s-1960s, Manchester, 2007
Letters of the Catholic Poor. Poverty in Independent Ireland, 1920-1940, Cambridge University Press, 2017
Articles
"The rape of Mary M.: A microhistory of sexual violence and moral redemption in 1920s Ireland", Journal of the History of Sexuality, (Jan. 2015)
Films
Forgotten: The Widows of the Irish Revolution (RTÉ One, May 2022)[9][10]
