I am a historian of early modern Ireland and Britain teaching at Maynooth University. I am fascinated by the reflexes of our pre-modern past in the present day. Having published on the 1641 rebellion and the Cromwellian conquest in Ireland, I am interested in how people remember (or forget!) these events and how they are taught at first level and second level across Ireland and the UK. I particularly enjoy facilitating student-led investigations of these contentious issues, one key strength of the Parallel histories programme.