Dr Damian Shiels

Research Fellow

Department: Humanities

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Key Publications

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Northeastern England and America's Bloodiest War, Shiels, D., Gleeson, D. 23 Oct 2023
The Battle for Cork: Landscapes of Counter-Memory, Shiels, D., Brück, J. 2022, Ireland 1922: Independence, Partition, Civil War, Royal Irish Academy
Irish nationalists in America: the politics of exile, 1798–1998. By David Brundage. Pp 288. New York: Oxford University Press. 2016 (paperback edition 2019). £19.99 paperback., Shiels, D. Nov 2021, In: Irish Historical Studies
Lucy E. Sayler, Under the Starry Flag: How a Band of Irish Americans joined the Fenian Revolt and Sparked a Crisis Over Citizenship, Shiels, D. 1 Nov 2021, In: Irish Historical Studies
None of her Children ever Lived: Stories of Birth and Loss from Irish Pensioners of the American Civil War, Shiels, D. 2021, Birth and the Irish: A Miscellany, Wordwell
Picking up the Pieces: The Archaeological Survey of Vinegar Hill, Shiels, D., Bonsall, J. Aug 2021, Vinegar Hill: The Last Stand of the Wexford Rebels of 1798, Dublin, Ireland, Four Courts Press
The Bonds of War: A Story of Immigrants and Esprit De Corps in Company C, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry by Diana L. Dretske. Southern Illinois University Press, 2021. Paper, ISBN: 978-0-8093-3820-7. $26.50., Shiels, D. 8 Apr 2021
The unstoppable Irish: songs and integration of the New York Irish, 1783–1883. By Dan Milner. Pp 294. South Bend, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. 2019. $40 hardback, Shiels, D. 1 Nov 2021, In: Irish Historical Studies
In Search of Siege Landscapes, Shiels, D. 2020
Shot, Shell and Scars: Evidence for 17th Century Siege Encounters, Shiels, D. 2020

Professional Activity

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Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Material Legacies: The Archaeology of the Irish Revolutionary Period 2022
Publication Peer-review: Post-Medieval Archaeology (Journal) 2022
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Fields of Conflict Biennial International Conference 2016
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: World Archaeological Congress 6: Changing Identities-Exploring the Materiality of Conflict Session 2008

Qualifications

PhD
BA (Hons)
MA

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