Mary E. Daly
Mary E. Daly | |
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| Born | Mary Elizabeth Daly |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Occupation | Historian |
Mary Elizabeth Daly, Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin. From 2014 to 2017, she served as the President of the Royal Irish Academy.
Academic career
Daly studied history and economics at
doctoral thesis was titled "Government Policy and the Depressed Areas in the Inter-War Years".[3]
Since 1970, Daly has held teaching and research positions within University College Dublin. She was promoted to
Professor of Modern Irish History in 2006.[1]
Since 2008, Daly has been the deputy chair of Higher Education Authority.[1] She has been a Commissioner of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation since its establishment in 2015.[4] From 2014 to 2017, she served as the President of the Royal Irish Academy,[5][6][7] the first woman to hold this role.[2]
Honours
In 1991, Daly was elected a
Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA).[5] In May 2021 Daly was awarded the Academy Gold Medal in the Humanities.[8]
Selected works
- Daly, Mary E. (1984). Dublin, the deposed capital: a social and economic history, 1860–1914. Cork: Cork University Press. ISBN 978-0902561274.
- Daly, Mary E. (1986). The famine in Ireland. Dublin: Dundalgan Press. ISBN 978-0852211083.
- Daly, Mary E. (1992). Industrial Development and Irish National Identity, 1922–1939. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0815625612.
- Daly, Mary E. (2006). The Slow Failure: Population Decline and Independent Ireland, 1920–1973. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0299212902.
References
- ^ a b c "Mary Daly". UCD Dublin. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Mary Elizabeth Daly". Royal Irish Academy. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ Daly, M. E. (1978). "Government Policy and the Depressed Areas in the Inter-War Years". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Who we are?". Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Mary Daly". University College Dublin. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Mary E. Daly honoured at Queen's University, Belfast". Royal Irish Academy. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Mary E. Daly". Royal Irish Academy. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "2020 Academy Gold Medals presented in virtual ceremony". Royal Irish Academy. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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