Dr Tomas Finn BA., MA., PhD
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Biography:
Dr Tomás Finn lectures in modern Irish history at NUI, Galway. Dr Finn’s forthcoming monograph ‘Tuairim, intellectual debate and policy formulation: Rethinking Ireland, 1954-75’ was published by Manchester University Press in 2012. This book examines intellectual debates in Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s. It considers the intellectual society, known as Tuairim (meaning opinion in Irish), and its influence on intellectual debate and policy formulation in relation to Northern Ireland, the economy, politics, education, childcare and censorship. Dr Finn holds a Ph.D. from NUI, Galway and a BA and an MA from University College Dublin. |
Research Interests
| Dr Finn's research interests include the role of intellectuals, Church-state relations, the Irish Diaspora and Northern Ireland. |
Books
| Tomás Finn (2012) Tuairim, intellectual debate and policy formulation: Rethinking Ireland, 1954-75. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] |
Other Journals
| Tomás Finn (2006) 'Priests, politics and poetry: Tuairim in Limerick, 1954-197' History Studies . [Details] |
Teaching Interests
| Teaching: Finn has taught a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, covering aspects of Irish, British and European history. Undergraduate teaching: Ireland in the 1950’s: A lost decade? The making and breaking of Britain in the Twentieth century The practice of history: Historical reputations - Seán Lemass Ireland since the Famine Writing the history of War & Society: Ireland and Europe in the Age of the French Revolution Writing the history of War & Society: Ireland and Europe in the Age of the Great War Occasional lecturer: Social History of Ireland, 1850-1922 Home Rule or Rome Rule?: Ireland, 1886-1918 Twentieth-century Northern Ireland Postgraduate teaching: Sources in Irish History North & South: A divided Ireland, 1945-1959 Mid Century Crisis: “Economic Development” as a new departure Tuairim, cultural conservatism & a divided island, 1954-1975 Outreach teaching: Ireland from the first human settlement to the Celtic Tiger, Youth Academy |