A Trip to the Cork Archives

A Trip to the Cork Archives One of our bursary winners, Robin Adams (Oxford) describes his research trip to Cork. The BAIS bursary has been an excellent resource from which to draw and afforded me a period of deep archival work for my PhD thesis, which analyses the financing of the First Dáil during the […]

Sourcing a regional history of Irish workhouse children

Sourcing a regional history of Irish workhouse children One of our 2015 bursary winners, Simon Gallaher (Cambridge) writes about how he used his funding to research Irish Poor Law Unions and children’s lives between 1851 and 1911. My BAIS bursary has made a helpful contribution to my archival research at the National Archives in Dublin, the […]

Wolf Hunting in the Royal Irish Academy

Wolf Hunting in the Royal Irish Academy One of our 2015 bursary winners, Tom O’Donnell (University College London) writes about how he used his bursary funding for a research trip to Dublin. The help I received from the BAIS bursary allowed me to spend a week in Dublin this summer at the Royal Irish Academy […]

“I Campi di Athenry”: Researching Music and The Northern Irish Troubles

“I Campi di Athenry”: Researching Music and The Northern Irish Troubles One of our 2015 bursary winners, Richard Parfitt (Oxford) writes about how he used his bursary funding for an intensive research trip to Belfast. With the help of the BAIS bursary, I arrived in Belfast last month for two weeks of intensive research, focusing on […]

Postgraduate Bursary and Essay Prize- 2015 Winners

On 20 May 2015, the British Association for Irish Studies proudly distributed its annual grants and essay prize at the Irish Embassy in London. This year we received 17 applications. John Lynam, Third Secretary of Political Affairs, presented the awards to our seven winners. Muireann Crowley (University of Edinburgh) works on representations of authorial identity […]

BAIS Conference September 2015

CALL FOR PAPERS Hosted by the Centre for Irish Studies St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London Ireland: Agents of Social Transformation 4-5 September 2015 Confirmed Keynotes: Mary McAleese, Distinguished Visiting Professor, St Mary’s University 2015-2016 Patrick Lonergan, Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, University of Galway Linda Connolly, Director of the Institute for Social Science in […]

BAIS Postgraduate Bursary Scheme 2016

Our Postgraduate Bursary Award Scheme has become the major scheme of its kind in the UK. Each year, we make significant funds available to students researching Irish-related topics at British universities. We aim to support research that uncovers new or neglected areas in the field. As an applicant, you are encouraged to produce a specific and targeted […]