'I have decided to leave you the money, and now I suppose you will pray for me to die soon!’: The legacies and family status of elite single women in twentieth-century Ireland

A lecture by Dr Maeve O'Riordan (UCC) as part of the Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series.

Maeve is lecturer in Women’s and Cultural History at University College Cork. She is author of Women of the Irish Country House, 1860–1914 (Liverpool University Press, 2018) and several other pieces on elite women in Ireland. She is currently exploring the experiences of single women.

The Modern and Contemporary Irish History Seminar Series will take place at 2.30p.m. on Wednesday in the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute. It provides a forum for discussion and dissemination of new ideas, perspectives, and research on Irish history, Irish Studies and cognate disciplines. All are welcome. We particularly welcome members of the postgraduate community. Convenors: Dr Carole Holohan, Dr Georgina Laragy, Prof Lindsey Earner-Byrne. 

Please indicate if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: lindsey.earner@tcd.ie