Dr Annaleigh Margey
Head Of Department
Biography
I am the Acting Head of Department in the Department of Humanities at Dundalk IT. I joined DkIT in 2012 after undertaking PhD and postdoctoral research in a number of academic institutions in Ireland and Britain. My research focuses on early modern Ireland, specifically on plantation, cartography and the 1641 rebellion.Qualifications & Awards
- BA (Hons) History and Human Geography (NUI, Galway)
- PhD History (NUI, Galway)
- Dióploma sa Ghaeilge (NUI, Galway)
- MA in Learning and Teaching (DkIT)
- Certificate in Research Supervision (DkIT)
Research & Interests
Research Interests:- Early Modern Britain and Ireland
- The 1641 Rebellion in Ireland
- The London Livery Companies
- The History of Cartography
- Atlantic World Exploration and Cartography
Research Experience:
2000-2004: PhD Researcher, Mapping during the Irish Plantations, c.1540-1641, The Moore Institute, NUI, Galway
2005 – 2007: Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Mapping Ireland, c.1550-1640, Department of Geography, Trinity College, Dublin.2007 - 2010: Arts and Humanities Research Council Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, The 1641 Depositions Project, Department of History, University of Aberdeen.
2010 – 2011: Clothworkers’ Company Fellow, People, Property and Charity: the Clothworkers’ Company, 1500-1750 Project, Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute of Historical Research, London.
2011 – 2012: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, The Rentals and Mapped Surveys of the Landed Estates of Ireland, Department of History, National University of Ireland Maynooth and Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland.