NUIM Department of History
Staff
Dooley, Terence, Dr.
Terence Dooley, MA, Ph.D. (NUI), H. Dip. Ed. was NUI Fellow in the Humanities 2001-03. He specialises in Irish social and political history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly the history of Irish country houses and the landed class in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; land and politics in independent Ireland; the working of the Irish Land Commission from 1881 to 1992; the revolutionary period 1916-23; and local history in Ireland. He has expertise in policy matters relating to heritage and restoration; his report A future for Irish historic houses? A study of fifty houses (2003) informed government policy whch led to the establishment of the Irish Heritage Trust.
Dr Dooley is currently the Director of the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates [CSHIHE], a unique public-private venture involving funding from the Office of Public Works and a number of private benefactors. The aims of the CSHIHE are to secure and enhance public appreciation of historic properties in the coming years by education, research and scholarly publication. One of its key functions is the organisation of the Annual Historic Houses of Ireland Conference (2003 - ) to provide focus and recognition for new scholarship and other developments in the field of built heritage studies. The CSHIHE has established close collaborative links on an international level with the Yorkshire Country House Partnership in England; the University of Catania in Sicily; the All-Russian State Library for Foreign Literature. It also collaborates at national level with the Historic Houses Association of Ireland; the Irish Georgian Society; and the Irish Heritage Trust. It has received funding from both the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Heritage Council to host seminars and conferences relating to the built heritage of Ireland.
Research
Recent Publications
Monographs
The murders at Wildgoose Lodge: agrarian crime and punishment in pre-Famine Ireland (Dublin, 2007). 280 pages. (featured on The History Show November Book Club with Myles Dungan, RTE, 14 November 2010.)
The big houses and landed estates of Ireland: a research guide (Dublin, 2007). 160 pages.
Carton: an illustrated history (with Conor Mallaghan and with foreword by Mr Charlie McCreevey, European Commissioner) (Celbridge, 2006). 92 pages.
‘The land for the people’: the land question in independent Ireland, 1923-73 (Dublin, 2004). 318 pages.
Inniskeen 1912-18: the political conversion of Bernard O’Rourke (Dublin, 2004). 67 pages.
A future for Irish historic houses? a study of fifty houses (report commissioned by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and the Irish Georgian Society, 2003, with foreword by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, TD). 150 pages.
‘The greatest of the Fenians’: John Devoy and Ireland (Dublin, 2003). 220 pages.
The decline of the big house in Ireland: a study of Irish landed families, 1860-1960 (Dublin, 2001). 336 pages.
Sources for the history of landed estates in Ireland (Dublin, 2000). 75 pages.
The plight of Monaghan Protestants, 1912-26 (Dublin, 2000). 64 pages.
The decline of Unionist politics in Monaghan, 1911-23 (Maynooth, 1988). 30 pages.
Edited volumes
Ireland’s polemical past: views in Irish history in honour of R.V. Comerford (Dublin, 2010), 223 pages.
(with Christopher Ridgway) The Irish country house: its past, present and future (Dublin, forthcoming 2011)
Chapters in books
‘National patrimony and political perceptions of the Irish country house in post-independence Ireland’ in Terence Dooley (ed.), Ireland’s polemical past: views of Irish history in honour of R.V. Comerford (Dublin, 2010), pp 192-212.
‘IRA activity in County Kildare during the War of Independence’ in William Nolan and Thomas McGrath (eds), Kildare: history and society (Dublin, 2006), pp 625-56.
‘IRA veterans and land division in independent Ireland, 1923-48’ in Fearghal McGarry (ed.), Republicanism in modern Ireland (Dublin, 2003), pp 86-107.
‘Landlords and the land question, 1879-1909’ in Carla King (ed.), Land, famine and culture in Ireland (Dublin, 2000), pp 116-39.
‘Kilkenny castle, 1850-1950: one hundred years of change’ in John Bradley and Anne Murphy (eds), Themes in Kilkenny history (Kilkenny, 2000), pp 93-108.
‘Monaghan Protestants in a time of crisis, 1919-22’ in R.V. Comerford et al (ed.), Religion, conflict and coexistence in Ireland (Dublin, 1990), pp 235-51.
Articles in refereed journals
‘Castle Hyde and the Great Famine, 1845-51’ in Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies, vol. xii (2009), pp 54-71.
‘Copy of the marquis of Kildare’s household book, 1758’ in Archivium Hibernicum, lxii (2009), pp 183-220.
‘The mortgage papers of St. Patrick’s College Maynooth, 1871-1923’ in Archivium Hibernicum, lix (2005), pp 106-235.
‘Land and politics in independent Ireland, 1923-48: the case for a re-appraisal’ in Irish Historical Studies, xxxiv, no. 134 (Nov. 2004) pp 175-97.
Landlords and mortgagees in late nineteenth century Ireland: the case of Lord Granard and the Trustees of Maynooth College, 1871-89’ in Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, xviii, part iv (1998-99), pp 612-26.
‘The decline of Carton house and estate, 1870-1950’ in Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, xviii, part ii (1994-95), pp 212-24.
Entries in works of reference
‘Alexander George Richey’ revised text for New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004).
‘Charles Hare Hemphill’ revised text for New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004).
‘Landed estates’ in Brian Lalor (ed.), The encyclopaedia of Ireland (Dublin, 2003).
‘Encumbered Estates Acts’ in Brian Lalor (ed.), The encyclopaedia of Ireland (Dublin, 2003).
‘Landlords and the land system’ in Brian Lalor (ed.), The encyclopaedia of Ireland (Dublin, 2003).
Other publications
‘Alexander “Baby” Gray and his death at the Battle of Ashbourne, April 1916’ in Riocht na Midhe (2003), pp 194-229.
‘ “A world turned upside down”: a study of the socio-economic decline of the Meath nobility, 1870-1935’ in Riocht na Midhe (2001), pp 188-228.
‘County Monaghan, 1914-18: recruitment, the rise of Sinn Fein and the partition crisis’ in Clogher Record, xvi, no. 2 (1998), pp 144-58.
‘The organisation of unionist opposition to Home Rule in counties Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal, 1885-1914’ in Clogher Record, xvi, no. 1 (1997), pp 46-70.
‘Protestant migration to Northern Ireland, 1920-25: a private census for County Fermanagh’ in Clogher Record, xv, no.3 (1996), pp 87-130.
‘From the Belfast boycott to the Boundary Commission: fears and hopes in County Monaghan, 1920-26’ in Clogher Record, xv, no. 1 (1993), pp 90-106.
Conferences/seminars/lecture series organized
Castletown Winter Lecture Series II, Oct. 2009-Mar.2010
Strokestown Park House Winter Lecture Series, Oct. 2009-Mar.2010
Castletown Winter Lecture Series I, Oct.-Mar 2009-2010
Sustainability and the Irish country house (in association with the Irish Historic Houses Association), Maynooth, 26 June 2010.
The eighth annual historic houses of Ireland conference, 10-11 June 2010, NUI Maynooth.
What makes a historic house a quality attraction? the second CSHIHE/OPW seminar (in collaboration with the OPW), Castletown House, 15 April 2010
The seventh annual historic houses of Ireland conference, 18-19 June 2009.
2 Seminario internazionale case storiche di Sicilia e Irlanda: the second Ireland-Sicily historic houses seminar, 30 May 2009 (in collaboration with Universita degli Studi di Catania.)
Policy, management and research in the historic house sector, Inaugural CSHIHE/OPW Seminar, Castletown, 2 Mar. 2009.
The sixth annual historic houses of Ireland conference, Maynooth, 19-20 June 2008.
1Seminario internazionale case storiche di Sicilia e Irlanda: the first Ireland-Sicily historic houses seminar, Maynooth, 17 June 2008 (in collaboration with Universita degli Studi di Catania.)
The fifth annual historic houses of Ireland conference, Maynooth, 14-15 June 2007.
The fourth annual historic houses of Ireland conference, Maynooth, 1-2 September 2006.
The third annual historic houses of Ireland conference, Maynooth, 9-10 September 2005.
The second annual historic houses of Ireland conference, Maynooth, 10-11 September 2004.
The Irish country house: its past, present and future, Maynooth, 13 September 2003.
The land question in Ireland revisited (with Dr. Fergus Campbell), Maynooth, 9-10 May 2003.
Conference and other papers delivered, 2003 -
‘ “The fairy godfather as regards the estate”: Sir Henry Mallaby-Deeley and Carton, 1922-37’, Carton House and the FitzGeralds Conference, Carton House, Maynooth, 29 Aug. 2010.
‘How to engage primary and secondary school students with the built heritage’, Sustainability and the Irish country house seminar (in association with the Irish Historic Houses Association), Maynooth, 26 June 2010.
‘ “Tombstones of a departed ascendancy”: government attitudes towards the big house in post-independence Ireland’, Castletown Winter Lecture Series, Castletown House, 7 Oct. 2009.
‘Social life at Castle Hyde post-independence’, invited speaker The Blackwater Valley – Historic Houses and Landscapes Conference’, Youghal, 25 Sept. 2009.
‘Education and the future of the Irish country house’, Seventh Annual Historic Houses of Ireland Conference, NUI Maynooth, 18 June 2009.
‘National patrimony and perceptions of the Irish country house from independence to European Union’, invited speaker, Irish Georgian Society Chapter, Limerick, 21 Apr. 2009.
Educational policy and the preservation of the built heritage in Ireland, 1923-2009’, Policy, management and research in the historic house sector, CSHIHE/OPW Seminar Series, Castletown, 2 Mar. 2009.
‘Collaborations and the Yorkshire Country House Partnership: the Irish experience’, The Third Policies, Issues and Research Seminar, 14 Feb. 2009, University of York, England.
'Irish historic houses and the national heritage, 1879-2003', invited speaker, the College at Brockport, State University of New York, 30 Oct. 2008.
‘Are Irish country houses worth preserving?’, public lecture, Carrick-on-Shannon, 24 Sept. 2008.
‘Social memory and the murders at Wildgoose Lodge, 1816’, public lecture, Cavan County Museum, 25 Mar. 2008.
‘The great houses of Ireland: their past, present and future’, seminar series in Irish studies, Mater Dei Institute of Education, 11 Mar. 2008.
‘Sources for the history of big houses and landed estates in Ireland’, one day seminar for employees of Library Council of Ireland, Dublin, 30 Jan. 2008.
‘The Irish country house during the Irish Revolution, 1917-23’ public lecture, Rockingham, County Roscommon, 23 September 2007.
‘The burning of big houses in Ireland, 1920-23’, invited speaker, Tuam Historical Society, 18 Apr. 2007.
‘The working of the Irish Land Commission in County Carlow, 1923-48’, public lecture, Carlow Town, 21 Mar. 2007.
‘Changing policies and attitudes: the Irish country house from independence to 2006’, public lecture, Durrow, 25 Feb. 2007
‘Carton House, County Kildare: a case study of an Irish country house in the twenty-first century’, paper presented to ‘The Second Policies, Issues, and Research Seminar’, University of York, 3 February 2007.
‘Heritage policies and issues: the Irish perspective’, paper presented to ‘The Second Policies, Issues, and Research Seminar’, University of York, 2 February 2007.
‘Protestant politics and society in County Monaghan, 1885-1926’, invited speaker, Border Minority Group, Ballalbany Presbyterian Hall, Monaghan, 24 January 2007.
‘The land question in independent Ireland: the Kerry experience’, keynote address, Sean O’Suilleabhain Summer School, Kenmare, 21 April 2006.
‘From “satanic creature” to folk hero: the historic journey of Patrick Devan, 1816-2006’: public lecture, Dundalk, 16 March 2006.
‘The partition of Ireland: a broad perspective’, keynote address at ‘The Border: Reflections on Partition’ Conference, Clones, Co. Monaghan, 10 March 2006.
‘The trial and execution of Patrick Devan, July 1816: crime, law and the court system in pre-Famine Ireland’, public lecture, Carrickmacross Workhouse, 18 November 2005.
‘“A world turned upside down”: the changing social lives of the Meath aristocracy, 1879-1923’, public lecture, Bru na Boinne Interpretative Centre, 9 November 2005.
‘The burning of Wildgoose Lodge, 1816: a study of crime and punishment in early nineteenth-century Ireland’, public lecture, Monaghan County Museum, 5 October 2005.
‘Social memory and the burning of Wildgoose Lodge’, invited speaker, William Carleton Summer School, Clogher, 2 August 2005.
‘The importance of education to the promotion of Irish heritage with particular reference to historic houses’, paper presented to the European Country Houses in the 21st Century seminars, Ardgillan Castle, 2 June 2005 and Strokestown Park House, 9 June 2005.
‘Places in local history’, papers presented to the staff of public libraries, Dublin and Galway, 9 and 16 May 2005.
‘Irish country houses: a troubled past and a troubled future’, paper presented to John Roberts Weekend School, Waterford Museum of Treasures, 30 April 2005.
‘Sources for the study of Irish country houses and landed estates’, paper presented to County Galway International Genealogical Conference, Galway, 19 March 2005.
‘Irish country houses in the twentieth-first century’, paper presented to staff of OPW, Portlaoise, 16 February 2005.
‘Partition and the creation of the Irish border region’, Centre for Cross Border Studies, Armagh, 9 December 2004.
‘ “The land for the people”: the story of the Irish Land Commission, 1823-73’, public lecture, Castlecomer, 10 November 2004.
‘John Devoy and his native County Kildare’, public lecture, Maynooth Town Library, 8 November 2004.
‘Sources for nineteenth and twentieth century Irish history’, a series of lectures delivered to Offaly Archaeological and Historical Society, Tullamore, 13-17 September 2004.
‘The big house in Ireland from the Great Famine to the present day’, a series of nine lectures, Leixlip, 20 September-29 November 2004.
‘The great houses of Co. Kildare: their past and present’, paper presented to Celbridge Historical Society, Celbridge, 6 September 2004.
‘Irish land reform, 1853-1973’, paper presented to Land Reform Workshop, University of Stirling, Scotland, 3 May 2004.
‘The Irish country house: its past, present and future’, paper presented to National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington DC, January 2004.
‘Irish country houses: a case for their preservation’, paper presented at The great house from the Roman villa to the stately home: perspectives and prospects conference, Senate House, London, 28 January 2004.
‘The great houses of the west of Ireland from the Great Famine to independence’, paper presented to Sligo Field Club at Sligo Institute of Technology, 5 December 2003.
‘The break up of Irish landed estates, 1881-1933, and the consequences for Irish country houses’, paper presented to the Irish Georgian Society, 11 November 2003.
‘From the Great Famine to the Wall Street Crash: a history of the Clonbrock estate, 1845-1929’, paper presented to East Galway Historical Society, 24 October 2003.
‘The big houses of South County Dublin, 1800-2003’, public lecture, Tallaght Library, 10 September 2003.
‘Adaptation and survival: the Irish country house in the twentieth century’, paper presented at The Irish country house: its past, present and future conference, Maynooth, 13 September 2003.
‘IRA veterans and land division in independent Ireland, 1923-48’, paper presented at The land question in Ireland revisited conference, Maynooth, 10 May 2003.
‘Education and the Irish historic house’, invited speaker, Attingham Trust colloquium, Dublin Castle, 10 February 2003.
‘Sources for the history of landed estates in Ireland’, paper presented to Irish Society for Archives, Trinity College Dublin, 4 February 2003.
Public services, 2003-
2010- Member of Committee on Geneaology and Heraldry (National Library of Ireland)
2010- Member of steering committee, Failte Ireland Tourism Destination Development Plan, Kildare and Wicklow.
2010- Member of communications and education sub-committee, Failte Ireland TourismDestination Development Plan, Kildare and Wicklow.
2010- Member of infrastructure sub-committee, Failte Ireland Tourism Destination Development Plan, Kildare and Wicklow.
2009- Member of NUIM/OPW Archive and Research Centre, Castletown House, Steering Committee.
2007- Chairman of the Advisory Panel to Advise the Irish Heritage Trust.
Media
The murders at Wildgoose Lodge: agrarian crime and punishment in pre-Famine Ireland [The History Show November Book Club with Myles Dungan, RTE, now to be aired on 2 January 2011.]
Lesser Spotted Ulster: the parishes of Killanny and Inniskeen, UTV, 4 Nov. 2009