Hiram Morgan Explained

Hiram Morgan (b. Belfast, 1960), is an Irish historian. He is an expert on the Nine Years War (1594–1603), the career of Hugh O'Neill (1550–1616) and Ireland's connections with Europe and beyond.^[1] He was chairman of the Royal Irish Academy Committee for Historical Sciences from 2003 to 2007.

Early life

He was educated at Our Lady and St. Patrick's College, Knock and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He teaches at University College Cork.

Publications

His main works are:

• Monograph:
  • Tyrone's rebellion: the outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland' (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, April 1993), no. 67 in The Royal Historical Society Studies in History series.^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Edited Books:
  • Political Ideology in Ireland, 1541–1641' (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1999).^{[5] [6]}
  • Information, Media and Power through the Ages (Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2001).^[7]
  • The Battle of Kinsale (Bray: Wordwell Books, March 2004).^{[8] [9]}
• Translation/Scholarly Edition
  • With John Barry, Great Deeds in Ireland, Richard Stanihurst's De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis (Leiden, 1584), (Cork University Press, 2013).^{[10] [11]}
• Journal
  • A founder and co-editor (1992-2002) of History Ireland, the illustrated magazine dealing with all aspects of Irish history.
• Websites
  • Morgan is director of the world's largest online site for Irish Studies: CELT (Corpus of Electronic Text of Ireland)

External links

• Web site: Hiram Morgan University College Cork - Academia.edu. ucc-ie.academia.edu. 2019-09-05.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hiram Morgan. University College Cork. 22 September 2015.
2. Book: Morgan. Hiram. Tyrone's rebellion: the outbreak of the Nine Years War in Ireland. 1993. Boydell & Brewer. 0851156835.
3. Web site: Tyrone's Rebellion. boydellandbrewer.com. Boydell & Brewer. 1 March 2015.
4. Web site: McGurk. John. Representing Ireland; & Tyrone's Rebellion. historytoday.com. History Today.
5. Book: Morgan. Hiram. Political Ideology in Ireland, 1541-1641. 1999. Four Courts Press. 1851824405.
6. Web site: McGurk. John. Political Ideology in Ireland 1541-1641. history.ac.uk/. The Institute of Historical Research (IHR). 24 April 2015.
7. Book: Morgan. Hiram. Information, Media and Power Through the Ages. 2001. University College Dublin Press. 1900621614.
8. Book: Morgan. Hiram. The Battle of Kinsale. 2004. Wordwell, Limited. 1869857704.
9. Web site: Smith. Murray. The Battle of Kinsale. historyireland.com. 22 February 2013 . History Ireland.
10. Book: Barry. John. Morgan. Hiram. Great Deeds in Ireland, Richard Stanihurst De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis. 2014. Cork University Press. 978-1782050872.
11. Web site: Serjeantson. Dierdre. John Barry and Hiram Morgan, eds. Great Deeds in Ireland: Richard Stanihurst's De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis. www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline. Spenser Online. 3 April 2015.