Who are Ireland's Economic Historians?

nesf

I'm curious.

gerry87

Cormac O' Grada's one, he lectures economics history.

Two of them in Trinity who are high profile enough:

Kevin O'Rourke (http://ideas.repec.org/e/por7.html)

John O'Hagan (not really a historian but has worked on and collated works relating to the Irish policy that helped create the Celtic Tiger)

Flamed Diving

I think Andy Sommerville, the dept head in Trinity has a background in the field. But Cormac O'Grada would be the main one.

EDIT: And Ann Carlos, of UCD.

Ostrom

How far back do you want to go? Are you looking for current practicing academics or specific information?

Denis O' Hearn comes to mind as more recent (Atlantic Economy)

Peter Murray has just published this which might be of interest, though more specific

nesf

Just current practitioners, I'm curious to see how many people are doing it right now.

Ostrom

Difficult to call as many sociologists, historians and geographers have also written on economic history, many of whom would probably consider themselves economic historians in some respect. We have an interdisciplinary B.A. in economic and social history which draws lecturers from many departments

nesf

efla wrote: »

Difficult to call as many sociologists, historians and geographers have also written on economic history, many of whom would probably consider themselves economic historians in some respect. We have an interdisciplinary B.A. in economic and social history which draws lecturers from many departments

Well, economic history is simply the examination of how economic phenomena evolved over a time period. I don't think one can truly separate this from evolution in society, thought and so on, but you can definitely draw a (fuzzy!) line between histories that mention economic phenomena and history focusing on those phenomena. Not that one is less valid/worthy than the other or anything.

Time Magazine

Kevin O'Rourke
Cormac O'Grada
Ann Carlos
James P. Smith

(in approximate order)

Al_Fernz

What do you mean by current practitioners nesf? Current Irish economic historians or those economic historians who have researched Irish history in the past?

Time Magazine wrote: »

Kevin O'Rourke
Cormac O'Grada
Ann Carlos
James P. Smith

Also in Ireland:
Morgan Kelly
Frank Geary

Also Delaney, Honohan, K. Whelan and B. Walsh have all written about Irish economic history in one form or another.

Non-Irish Economic Historians with an interest in Ireland:
Tim Guinnane
Tim Hatton
Jeff Williamson
Joe Ferrie
Joel Mokyr