In this episode, Dr Olivia Frehill and Dr Sarah Roddy discuss the topic of methodolody and historical research.

Dr Olivia Frehill recently completed a funded PhD in History at Trinity College Dublin entitled 'Silhouettes in a City: Women, Work and Welfare in Dublin, c.1890-1930s'. She has published on some of her research in outlets such as Irish Economic and Social History and RTE Brainstorm. She currently works as a research assistant and teaching assistant. Dr Sarah Roddy is an Associate Professor in Modern Irish Social History. Before arriving at Maynooth in January 2021, she spent 9 years as, successively, Research Assistant, Hallsworth Research Fellow, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Modern Irish History at the University of Manchester. Her doctorate and MA were completed at Queen's University Belfast, and my undergraduate degree in History and Politics is from the University of Limerick.
Dr Roddy's research interests lie in modern Irish and British social, economic and religious history. Her current project, entitled 'Visible Divinity: Money and Irish Catholicism, 1850-1921', is a transnational examination of the financial relationship between the Irish Catholic Church and its laity, and was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK; a monograph is under contract with Cambridge University Press.