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Dr Aidan Enright
Research Administrative Officer
About
I am a Research Administrator, writer, educator, and historian with extensive experience across higher education, academic research, and the political sector. My professional background spans university administration and teaching, academic research and writing, and political administration, campaigning, and analysis. Through these roles, I have developed expertise in supporting research excellence, managing complex administrative processes, and communicating effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
Degrees
PhD
Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom | 01 January 2008 - 30 November 2011MA
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, Galway, Ireland | 01 September 2006 - 30 September 2007BA
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, Galway, Ireland | 01 September 2003 - 31 May 2006
Certifications
FRHistS
Royal Historical Society, London, United Kingdom | 01 May 2023 - present
Fellow
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Research interests
Alongside my professional work, I am a historian specialising in modern Irish and British political history. My research focuses on Irish liberalism, unionism and imperialism, labour and radical politics, and the political and cultural developments that have shaped Britain and Ireland since the nineteenth century. I am particularly interested in exploring the connections between historical scholarship, public policy, and contemporary political debate.
Publications (2)
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Charles Owen O'Conor, the O'Conor Don: Landlordism, Liberal Catholicism and Unionism in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
22 August 2022
256 Four Courts Press
This book uncovers the world of Charles Owen O’Conor, the O‘Conor Don (1838–1906), one of the most prominent Catholic landlords and Liberal MPs of his generation. The scion of the last high king of Ireland and one of a long line of politically active O’Conors, he was a wealthy, fair-minded landlord who served as MP for his native County Roscommon between 1860 and 1880. In parliament, he supported reforms in education, juvenile care, factory law, Sunday closing, the Irish language and landownership. However, as a loyalist, unionist and imperialist, he was out of step with the mood and aims of popular Irish nationalism, especially on the issue of home rule. Indeed, although he was a devout Catholic, proud Irishman and critic of the union, his liberal Catholic and unionist outlook ensured that he became an increasingly marginalized figure as Irish politics polarized along Catholic nationalist and Protestant unionist lines.
Grants (2)
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Barker Residential Library Fellowship
Small Research Grant
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LBU Research Voices at RKE Festival 26 – The people behind the research
