Vincent Comerford Explained

Richard Vincent Comerford, known generally as Vincent Comerford, is a professor of Irish history at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth who retired in January 2010. Comerford graduated from St. Patrick's College, (NUI) Maynooth, BA(1965) and MA (1971), followed by a PhD from Trinity College Dublin in 1977. He was appointed Professor of Modern History at Maynooth in 1989.^[1]

He is on the consultative committee of the Irish Historical Society,^[2] a board member of the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS).^[3] and principal investigator at the Associational Culture in Ireland Database.^[4]

Bibliography

• Charles J. Kickham: A Study in Irish Nationalism and Literature (Dublin: Wolfhound 1979)
• The Fenians in context: Irish politics and society 1848–82 (Dublin, 1985)
• The National Question (2000)
• Ireland Inventing the Nation Bloomsbury Academic (2003) Arnold, London (2003) ^[5]

Co-authored books

• Irishness in a Changing Society Monaco; The Princess Grace Irish Library (1989), chapter 1 - R.V. Comerford, Political Myths In Modern Ireland.
• Religion, Conflict and Coexistence in Ireland by R.V. Comerford, Mary Cullen, Jacqueline Hill, and Colm Lennon (1990)

Dedicated book

• Ireland's Polemical Past; Views of Irish History in honour of RV Comerford ed. T. Dooley; University College Dublin Press (2010)

Notes and References

1. https://maynoothcollege.ie/files/images/Kalendarium-Chapters-X-Appointments-1795-to-date.pdf Chapter X Appointments 1795 to date
2. http://www.tcd.ie/history/ihs/ihsoc.php
3. Web site: IRCHSS website 2010. Irchss.ie. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20100707084929/http://www.irchss.ie/about/members.html. 7 July 2010. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: IRISH ASSOCIATIONS PROJECT website, 2010. Irishassociations.ie. 10 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124727/http://irishassociations.ie/wordpress/?page_id=4. 21 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: Scoop Review of Books » Inventing Ireland: An Interview with Vincent Comerford. Books.scoop.co.nz. 10 December 2017.