Finding the Irish in San Francisco

Next up in our postgraduate bursary winner blog series is Bobbie Nolan (Edinburgh) on her BAIS funded visit to archives in San Francisco. With thanks to the BAIS bursary I had the opportunity to undertake a two-week research trip to San Francisco in June 2018; where I consulted materials in the University of San Francisco’s […]

John Marcus O’Sullivan and Philosophy of Treatyite Conservatism

John Marcus O’Sullivan and Philosophy of Treatyite Conservatism We begin again the postgraduate bursary winner blog series. First up is Seán Donnelly (Teeside) on his BAIS funded visit to archives in Dublin. The help I received from the BAIS bursary enabled me to spend a week in Dublin this summer at the University College, Dublin Archive […]

British Tabloids’ Cartoon Coverage of the IRA

British Tabloids’ Cartoon Coverage of the IRA Roseanna Doughty (Edinburgh) discusses how her BAIS bursary allowed her to purchase the copyright for an exciting new journal article. This week I submitted the revision for my first article, soon to be published in Media History, as part of a special edition on Media Connections between Britain […]

‘SEEKING A FEMININE TOUCH’: RESEARCHING ALICE MILLIGAN AND EVA GORE-BOOTH IN BELFAST

SEEKING A FEMININE TOUCH’: RESEARCHING ALICE MILLIGAN AND EVA GORE-BOOTH IN BELFAST Yasmine Radjabi (Institute of Irish Studies, Liverpool) discusses her research trip to archives in Belfast. ‘Fear not to fall for the land ye love, Irish earth beneath you, Irish sky above, Beat the standard onward down the sacred glen, All the saints in […]

‘Shooting the Visible Army’: Using Dublin Archives to think about the Irish Civil War through a different lens

‘Shooting the Visible Army’: Using Dublin Archives to think about the Irish Civil War through a different lens Tim Ellis (Teesside) discusses his trip to military and state archives across Dublin. ‘the tracking down of raiders, looking after suspects and the other multifarious duties of Oriel house made it necessary to have the best […]

Trieste Summer School 2018

2017 Bursary winner Seamus May (Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool) discusses his plans to attend the 2018 Trieste Summer School. I find myself in the strange position of writing I used my funding before I have actually spent it! Unfortunately, due to constraints of time, I was unable to fulfil my initial aim […]

From Mayo to Uganda: the enigma of Philip O’Flaherty

From Mayo to Uganda: the enigma of Philip O’Flaherty Felix Wadsworth (University of Edinburgh University) discusses his trip to archives in Birmingham, Manchester and London to study Church of England missionaries. Thanks to the bursary granted by the BAIS, along with other funding sources and the free accommodation provided by the couches of friends and […]

Exploring the potential for cultural regeneration in the Republic of Ireland

Exploring the potential for cultural regeneration in the Republic of Ireland Anna Carnegie (University of York) discusses her research trip to the Ballymun flats in North Dublin. My research focuses on the conditions for successful estate regeneration in the Republic of Ireland. While the themes of my work are consistently evolving and being shaped by […]

Exploring Irish Dance at the Fusion Dance Fest

Exploring Irish Dance at the Fusion Dance Fest Eimear Kelly (Queen Mary University of London) discusses her trip to the Fusion Dance Fest in Limerick this past August. The bursary I received from the BAIS allowed me to attend and participate in the Fusion Dance Fest in Limerick in August. This was a key part […]

Power, politics and planning in the divided city

Power, politics and planning in the divided city Elizabeth DeYoung (Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool) discusses her research trip to the former Girdwood Army Barracks in Belfast. ‘The way to get at what goes on in the seemingly mysterious and perverse behavior of cities is, I think, to look closely, and with little […]