Dr Shaun McDaid

Shaun joined the School of Human and Health Sciences in May 2012, having previously worked as a Research Fellow on the Hillsborough Independent Panel project, Queen’s University Belfast. He has tutored in history both in Belfast and Dublin. Shaun is originally from County Donegal in Ireland. He took his BA (Hons) degree in History and MA in the History of International Relations at University College Dublin, and graduated with a PhD in Modern History from Queen’s University Belfast in 2010.

Shaun’s primary research interests lie in the field of contemporary British and Irish politics and history, particularly devolution, the Northern Ireland conflict and British-Irish relations. His first book, ‘Template for Peace: Northern Ireland, 1972-75’, will be published by Manchester University Press in 2013. He has published or forthcoming articles in the journals Irish Political Studies and Irish Historical Studies, as well as a number of book chapters in edited collections.

2013

McDaid, S (2013) Template for Peace: Northern Ireland, 1972-75 Manchester: Manchester University Press

2012

McDaid, S (2012) ‘The Irish government and the Sunningdale Council of Ireland: a vehicle for unity?’ Irish Historical Studies , 38 (150), pp. 283-303. ISSN 0021-1214

McDaid, S. and Rekawek, K. (2012) ‘Major Breakthrough or 'Temporary Little Arrangement?' The Labour Party’s 2011 Electoral Success in Historical Perspective ’. In: Radical or Redundant? Minor Parties in Irish Political Life. Dublin: The History Press Ireland. pp. 188-202. ISBN 9781845887445

2010

McDaid, S. and Rekawek, K. (2010) ‘From Mainstream to Minor and Back: The Irish Labour Party 1987-1992’ Irish Political Studies , 25 (4), pp. 625-642. ISSN 0790-7184

McDaid, S (2010) ‘The David Thornley Affair: Republicanism and the Irish Labour Party’. In: From Parnell to Paisley: Constitutional and Revolutionary Politics in Ireland. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. pp. 182-199. ISBN 9780716530619

2009

McDaid, S (2009) ‘'Divided Loyalties': Faulkner Unionists and the Ulster Workers' Council, 1974’. In: Political Ideology in Ireland: From the Enlightenment to the Present . Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 258-273. ISBN 9781443805285

• Shaun was invited to present his collaborative comparative research on ‘The impact of violence on the politics of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 1969-74’ (with James Greer) at the University of Salford European Security, Terrorism and Intelligence (ESTI) Seminar series in March 2011.
   
• Shaun co-organised the ‘Between the Strikes: Northern Ireland 1974-81’ conference at Queen’s University Belfast in November 2009.
   
• Shaun spoke on contemporary Northern Ireland politics at the workshop entitled ‘Beirut–Belfast–Nicosia, A Three Way Dialogue Event on Democracy and Conflict’, co-organized by the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, Queen’s University Belfast and CADMOS, Lebanon, June 2008.

Shaun would welcome supervision in the following, or related, areas:

• The Northern Ireland conflict and peace process (including in comparative perspective).
• Devolution and identity in Northern Ireland.
• History of British-Irish relations.
• Britain in the 1970s.
• Politics, identity and society in the Republic of Ireland.

Studies with a transnational focus are also welcome.