Dr. Brian Hanley

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Contact Details

Office : B132, Station 3, Department of History, St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland.

E-mail : Brian.Hanley@spd.dcu.ie

Phone: +353 1 884 2041

Fax: +353 1 8376197

Dr. Brian Hanley has studied history at Trinity College Dublin. He has taught at Queens University Belfast, the National College of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and NUI Maynooth. His research has focused on Twentieth Century Irish republicanism, particularly the politics and activity of the Irish Republican Army after 1923. He is interested in Irish republicanism in the United States, especially Irish republicans relationship with American political movements. He is currently examining the impact of the Northern Ireland conflict on politics, culture and society in the Republic of Ireland.

Recent Publications:

• Books:
  (with Scott Millar) The Lost Revolution: the story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party
  (Penguin Ireland, 2009).
  
• Articles and book chapters:
  ‘Irish Republicans in inter-war New York’ in the Irish Journal of American Studies (2009)
  
  ‘I Ran Away? The IRA and 1969’ in History Ireland, July/August 2009.
  
  ‘The 1970 Springboks tour and local politics in Limerick’ in The Old Limerick Journal, (2009)
  
  ‘Agitate, educate, organise’: the IRA’s An t-Oglach 1965-68’ in Saothar, (2008).
  
  ‘No English enemy ever stooped so low:’ Mike Quill and de Valera’s visit to the German Legation’ in Radharc (2008).
  
  ‘The IRA and trade unionism, 1922-1972’ in F. Devine, F. Lane & N. Puirseil (eds)., Essays in Irish Labour History (Dublin, 2008).