Lindsey Earner-Byrne

Lindsey Earner-Byrne is currently Professor of Contemporary Irish History at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and author of Irish history books.

Biography
Dr Lindsey Earner-Byrne is a historian focusing on modern Irish history. She was a lecturer in the School of History at University College Dublin. Her research has covered gender, health and welfare with a particular interest in sexual violence. Earner-Byrne became the SALI Chair of Irish Gender History at UCC in January 2021, and was the Professor of Irish Gender history at University College Cork. Earner-Byrne is on the Board of the Irish Manuscripts Commission. She's a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Books

 * Mother and Child: Maternity and Child Welfare in Dublin, 1920s-1960s, Manchester, 2007
 * Letters of the Catholic Poor. Poverty in Independent Ireland, 1920-1940, Cambridge University Press, 2017

Articles

 * "The rape of Mary M.: A microhistory of sexual violence and moral redemption in 1920s Ireland", Journal of the History of Sexuality, (Jan. 2015)

Films

 * Forgotten: The Widows of the Irish Revolution (RTÉ One, May 2022)