Brian Devlin
Brian Ó Doibhlin is a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast (BA in Irish and Celtic Studies 2014), Ulster University (MRes in Irish 2017) and NUI Galway (Diploma in Translation Skills 2017). He is currently a third year PhD student researching with the Northern Ireland Place-Name Project based in QUB, where he is also a Teaching…
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Caolán Ó Coisneacháin graduated from Ulster University with a first-class BA degree in Irish Language and Literature, and later obtained a PGCE through the medium of Irish (TICO) from Queen’s University Belfast. He has spent many summers working for Gael Linn on their Gaeltacht courses in the Donegal Gaeltacht, as both a Leader (Ceannaire) and…
Read MoreCheryl Lawther
Dr Cheryl Lawther is a Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Queena’s University Belfast. Her research interests are in the fields of transitional justice, truth recovery, victims, ex-combatants, reparations, emotions and conflict transformation. Her article ‘Securing the Past: Policing and the Contest over Truth in Northern Ireland’, British Journal of Criminology, 2010, 50, 3:…
Read MoreKerron Ó Luain
Dr Kerron O Luain graduated from NUIG with a BA in Irish and History and an MA in history, and completed a PhD in history with Queens University Belfast. His thesis addressed popular Catholic mentalities between the Young Ireland Rising of 1848 and the Fenian Rising of 1867. Since completing his doctorate he has been…
Read MorePádraig Mac Congáil
Padráig Mac Congáil is from Derry City and has a strong affinity with that city and County Donegal. His greatest interests are the Irish language and History, and he has studied both of these subjects since he began attending Queens University Belfast in 2009. He has since obtained a BA, MA, PGCE and a certificate…
Read MoreRoisin Hyde
Ms Roisin Hyde is a Doctoral Research Student at QUB School of Natural & Built Environment. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from UCD and became a Chartered Member of the RIAI. Her current research focuses on the development of a high-performance, low-impact, cement-free geopolymer concrete cladding panel through the use of innovative automated technologies…
Read MoreEoin Mac Réamoinn
Mr Eoin Mac Reamoinn is a PhD candidate in Trinity College Dublin. As a Fulbright Student Awardee, Eoin will carry out research to determine the role that immune system genes play in embryonic development at Columbia University.
Read MoreEimear Kennedy
Ms Eimear Kennedy graduated with a Masters in Irish in 2012. She is currently completing her PhD researching contemporary Irish-language travel literature and working as a teaching assistant in Queens University, Belfast. She will be a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at Drew University and New York University.
Read MoreClaire Hamilton
Dr Claire Hamilton is a Lecturer in Criminology in Queens University Belfast. As part of her Fulbright-Schuman Scholar Award she will conduct comparative research on counter-terrorism while at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY.
Read MoreMarcus MacCoinnigh
Marcus MacCoinnigh is this years recipient of the Fulbright Irish Language Scholar Award. A lecturer in Irish at Queens University Belfast, Marcus will teach Irish at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana and produce a comprehensive dictionary of modern Irish proverbs spanning the years 1856-1952.
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