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Ruth McManus

Dr Ruth McManus is Associate Professor in Geography and Associate Dean for Teaching & Learning in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Before the formation of DCU's School of History & Geography she was Head of the Geography Department in St Patrick's College, Drumcondra. She is the author of Dublin 1910-1940: shaping the city and suburbs (2002, new edition 2021) and Crampton Built (2008), co-author of Building Healthy Homes: Dublin Corporation's first housing schemes 1880-1925 (2021) and co-editor of Leaders of the City (2013) and Creativity from Suburban Nowheres: Rethinking Cultural and Creative Practices (2023). Her work includes articles on various aspects of urban geography, suburban history, population, heritage, tourism and geography education. She is particularly interested in the nature of the urban and suburban landscape and much of her work focuses on the physical and social development of everyday spaces. She has many media appearances, including TV, radio and newspaper articles.

Current projects include a book on the construction of twentieth-century Dublin, the Drumcondra fascicle for the RIA Irish Historic Towns Atlas new Dublin Suburbs series, research on lodgers, and explorations into housing in provincial towns. She is an editor of the Irish Historic Towns Atlas and a member of the International Commission on the History of Towns. She is the current President of the Geographical Society of Ireland.

PhD enquiries are encouraged in the areas of suburbanisation, the development of Dublin, heritage and landscape change.

Book

	Year	Publication
	2023	Van Damme, I.; Mcmanus, R.; Dehaene, M. (2023) Creativity from suburban nowheres: Rethinking Cultural and Creative Practices. [Link]
	2021	Joe Brady, Ruth McManus (2021) Building Healthy Homes: Dublin Corporation's Early Housing Schemes 1880 – 1925. Dublin: Dublin City Council.
	2021	Ruth McManus (2021) Dublin 1910-1940: shaping the city and suburbs (new edition). Dublin: Four Courts Press.
	2008	Ruth McManus (2008) Crampton Built. Dublin: G. & T. Crampton.
	2005	Ruth McManus (2005) 'Such Happy Harmony', Early Twentieth Century Co-operation to solve Dublin's Housing Problems. Dublin: Dublin City Public Libraries.
	2005	Ruth McManus with Phil Pinch (2005) Understanding Cities Course Guide. United Kingdom: Open University.
	2002	Ruth McManus (2002) Dublin 1910-1940: shaping the city and suburbs. Dublin: Four Courts Press.

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2023	Ruth McManus (2023) 'From outlying villages to townships: Dublin suburbs in the 19th century' In: Town & Country, Perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas. Dublin : Royal Irish Academy. [DOI]
	2023	McManus, R. (2023) 'Exploring creativity in Dublin's Suburbs, 1900-2000: Insider, outsider, bourgeois, or bohemian?' In: Creativity from Suburban Nowheres: Rethinking Cultural and Creative Practices. [Link]
	2023	Van Damme, I.; Mcmanus, R.; Dehaene, M. (2023) 'Rethinking creative and cultural practices from the outside in: An interdisciplinary exploration' In: Creativity from Suburban Nowheres: Rethinking Cultural and Creative Practices. [Link]
	2023	Ruth McManus (2023) 'The Vital Question of Placenames and Naming of Places in Geographical Education: Concepts, Activities, and Questions for Reflection' In: Place Naming, Identities and Geography. Germany : Springer. [DOI]
	2023	Ruth McManus (2023) 'Exploring health and well-being in a European context' In: Sustainable Development Goals in Europe: A Geographical Approach. Germany : Springer. [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Ruth McManus (2020) 'Exploring Places of Memory and Their Legacies: Self-directed Learning, Activities and Questions for Reflection and Revision' In: Places of Memory and Legacies in an Age of Insecurities and Globalization. Cham : Springer. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60982-5_24
	2019	Ruth McManus (2019) 'Contemporary landscape pressures and opportunities: the quest for a sustainable future for Leitrim' In: Leitrim History & Society. Dublin : Geography publications.
	2019	Ruth McManus, Lisa Marie Griffith (2019) 'Mayoral Governance in Dublin, challenges for citizens, politics and policy' In: Dublin's Lord Mayor: a history. Dublin : Glasnevin Publications.
	2018	McManus, R. (2018) 'Suburbanization in Europe: A focus on Dublin' In: The Routledge Companion to the Suburbs. [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) 'Population Geography Toolkit' In: Eportfolio based assessment: Inspiring Exploration and Supporting Evaluation for Practitioners. https://read.bookcreator.com/czHiWg1mbURBt6XGEriXdgYJEr62/j09MDQqZTXGthHfmyzsU0Q : eBook. [Link]
	2018	McManus, R. (2018) 'Brave New Worlds? 150 Years of Irish Suburban Evolution' In: New Directions in Irish and Irish American Literature. [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) 'Brave New Worlds? 150 years of Irish suburban evolution' In: Imagining Irish Suburbia in Literature and Culture. London : Palgrave.
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) 'Lodging in the Ulsara area in 1911' In: Cherishing Heritage Preserving Community. Dublin : Ulsara.
	2017	McManus, R.; O'Reilly, G. (2017) 'Heritage tourism and the commodification of contested spaces: Ireland and the battle of the boyne site' In: Heritage and Tourism in Britain and Ireland. [Link] [DOI]
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) 'Recent Settlement Change in County Cavan, 1981-2011 (Chapter 27)' In: Cavan History and Society. Dublin : Geography Publications.
	2013	Ruth McManus with Lisa-Marie Griffith (2013) 'An introduction to Dublin's first citizens' In: Leaders of the City, Dublin's first citizens, 1500-1950. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2013	Ruth McManus (2013) 'Lord Mayor Laurence O'Neill, Alderman Tom Kelly and Dublin's housing crisis' In: Leaders of the City, Dublin's first citizens, 1500-1950. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2011	Ruth McManus (2011) 'Celtic Tiger Housing' In: Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape, 2nd Edn. Cork : Cork University Press.
	2006	Ruth McManus (2006) 'The Growth of Drumcondra 1875-1940' In: St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, 1875-2000: a history. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2005	Ruth McManus (2005) 'Identity Crisis? Heritage Construction, tourism and place marketing in Ireland' In: Ireland's Heritages: Critical Perspectives on Memory and Identity. London : Ashgate.
	2004	Ruth McManus (2004) 'The role of public utility societies in Ireland, 1919-40' In: Surveying Ireland's Past, multidisciplinary essays in honour of Anngret Simms. Dublin : Geography Publications.
	2003	Ruth McManus (2003) 'Urban Dreams, Urban Nightmares' In: Engaging Spaces, People, Place and Space from an Irish perspective. Dublin : Lilliput Press.

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2017	editor Ruth McManus, author Joseph Brady (Ed.). (2017) Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
	2016	editor Ruth McManus, author Joe Brady (Ed.). (2016) Dublin 1950-1970: houses, flats and high-rise. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
	2014	editor Ruth McManus, author Joseph Brady (Ed.). (2014) Dublin 1930-1950: the emergence of the modern city. Dublin: Four Courts Press,
	2013	McManus, Ruth & Griffith, Lisa Marie (Ed.). (2013) Leaders of the City, Dublin's first citizens, 1500-1950. Dublin: Four Courts Press,

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2021	Ruth McManus (2021) 'Lessons from reflective journaling in undergraduate eportfolios'. Irish Journal Of Technology Enhanced Learning, 6 (1):29-36. [Link] https://doi.org/10.22554/ijtel.v6i1.81
	2020	Brady, J.; McManus, R. (2020) 'Dublin's twentieth-century social housing policies: tenure, ‘reserved areas’ and housing type'. Planning Perspectives, 35 . [Link] [DOI]
	2018	Brady, J.; McManus, R. (2018) 'Marino at 100: A garden suburb of lasting influence'. Irish Geography, 51 . [Link] [DOI]
	2018	McManus, Ruth (2018) 'Dublin's Lodger Phenomenon in the Early Twentieth Century'. Irish Economic and Social History, 45 (1). [DOI]
	2019	Mcmanus, Ruth (2019) 'Tackling the urban housing problem in the Irish Free State, 1922-1940'. Urban History, 46 (1). [DOI]
	2016	Ruth McManus (2016) 'Population, vulnerability and humanitarian crises'. Geographical Viewpoint, .
	2015	Ruth McManus with Gerry O'Reilly (2015) 'Practice and Theory in Geography: experiences from international collaboration for teacher education'. . [Link] [DOI]
	2013	Ruth McManus with Gerry O’Reilly (2013) 'International Student Collaboration in Geography: Learning by Doing Together'. 22 :23-27.
	2012	Ruth McManus with Sinead O’Shea (2012) 'Upper Buckingham Street: a Microcosm of Dublin, 1788-2012'. Studia Hibernica, (38):141-179.
	2012	Ruth McManus (2012) 'Decent and artistic homes’ – housing Dublin’s middle classes in the 20th century'. DUBLIN HISTORICAL RECORD, lxv (No. 1 & 2):96-109.
	2011	McManus, Ruth (2011) 'Suburban and urban housing in the twentieth century'. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY SECTION C-ARCHAEOLOGY CELTIC STUDIES HISTORY LINGUISTICS LITERATURE, 111 . [DOI]
	2011	Ruth McManus with Gerry O’Reilly (2011) 'Internationalization and Geography Fieldwork: Opportunities for Skills Enhancement'. (20):20-25.
	2010	Ruth McManus with Paula Seymour (2010) 'Tourism Promotion in Co. Cavan: a geographical investigation'. Geographical Viewpoint, (38):6-22.
	2007	Ruth McManus (2007) 'Fertility Decline and Population Ageing in Europe: current and future trends'. Geographical Viewpoint, 35 :49-58.
	2007	Ruth McManus (2007) 'Housing in Post-Colonial Dublin'. Irish Geography, 39 (2):188-194.
	2007	Ruth McManus (2007) 'Is Suburban Community an Oxymoron?'. Building Material, (16):24-27.
	2007	McManus, R.; Ethington, P.J. (2007) 'Suburbs in transition: New approaches to suburban history'. Urban History, 34 . [Link] [DOI]
	2004	McManus, R. (2004) 'Windows on a hidden world: Urban and social evolution as seen from the mews'. Irish Geography, 37 . [Link]
	2003	McManus R. (2003) 'Blue Collars, Red Forts, and Green Fields: Working-Class Housing in Ireland in the Twentieth Century'. International Labor and Working-Class History, (64):38-54.
	2001	Ruth McManus (2001) 'Recent population change in Ireland: using Internet resources in the classroom'. Geographical Viewpoint, 29 :43-49.
	2001	McManus, R. (2001) 'Dublin's changing tourism geography'. Irish Geography, 34 . [Link]
	1999	McManus R. (1999) 'The 'Building Parson' - the role of Reverend David Hall in the solution of Ireland's early twentieth-century housing problems'. Irish Geography, 32 (2):87-98.
	1998	McManus R. (1998) 'The Dundalk Premier Public Utility Society'. Irish Geography, 31 (2):75-87.
	1997	McManus R. (1997) 'Heritage and tourism in Ireland - an unholy alliance?'. Irish Geography, 30 (2):90-98.
	1996	McManus R. (1996) 'Public utility societies, Dublin Corporation and the development of Dublin, 1920-1940'. Irish Geography, 29 (1):35-37.
	1994	McManus R.; Brady J. (1994) 'Recent trends in the Irish urban system with particular reference to Dublin and Cork'. Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geographica, 29 (1):31-46.

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) 'Platform: Hands off Dublin's twentieth-century architectural heritage!' 26 (4) :16-17.
	2015	Ruth McManus (2015) 'Rus in Urbe’, Stillorgan and Environs as an Evolving Dublin Suburb, c. 1860-1960' 9 :1-12.
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) 'A new town in miniature, inter-war suburban housing in an Irish provincial town' .
	1996	Ruth McManus (1996) 'Taking over the Hinterland: suburban expansion in early twentieth century Dublin' .

Conference Publication

	Year	Publication
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) 46th Conference of Irish Geographers, UCD *Nothing beats the real thing: exploring student perspectives on new technologies in historical geography research'* UCD, 06/05/2014- 10/05/2014
	2010	Waddington, S., Moore, N., McManus, R., MacKeogh, K., Hegarty, S. (2010) NAIRTL/LIN Annual Conference - Flexible Learning *A 'whole discipline' approach to enhancing research in the undergraduate geography curriculum* Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, 06/10/2010- 07/10/2010
	2009	Ruth McManus & Susan Hegarty (2009) Celebrating Geographical Diversity, Proceedings of the HERODOT Conference in Ayvalik, Turkey, 28-31 May 2009 . In: Donert, K; Ari, Y; Attard, M; O'Reilly, G and Schmeinck, D eds. *Becoming Geographers - promoting skills and citizenship in undergraduate fieldwork* 28/05/2009- 31/05/2009

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2022	Ruth McManus, Keith Lilley, Sarah Gearty, Michael Potterton (2022) International Commission for the History of Towns Conference (ICHT 2022) Crisis in Urban Order Maynooth, Dublin, Derry/Londonderry, 13/09/2022-16/09/2022.
	2022	Ruth McManus (2022) Crisis in Urban Order (ICHT 2022) From sanitation to state-building: solving Dublin (ICHT 2022) Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, .
	2022	Ruth McManus (2022) Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention 2022 Wikipedia in the Higher Education Classroom: A Fishbowl Discussion to Share Experience and Model Practice Maynooth, 24/07/2022-.
	2021	Ruth McManus (2021) Conference of Irish Geographers 2021 Reflecting on and learning from places of memory: sources and methodologies Trinity College Dublin / Online, 18/05/2021-21/05/2021.
	2021	Ruth McManus (2021) EUROGEO 2021 Sustainable Development Goals for All Exploring places of memory and their legacies: self-directed learning, activities and questions for reflection and revision Madrid / Online, 22/04/2021-23/04/2021.
	2021	Ruth McManus (2021) Peripheral Centralities, Seminar 1 Flying boats, garden cities, oil refineries and motorways - exploring the forgotten twentieth-century plans for Dublin Bay Melbourne, Australia (online), 23/09/2021-24/09/2021.
	2019	Ruth McManus (2019) Examine Europe, Workshop on Landscapes and Townscapes Can Europe's shared cultural heritage provide a means of addressing the crisis of European identity? Trinity Long Room Hub, 08/08/2019-.
	2019	Ruth McManus (2019) EUGEO 2019 (with the CIG) Session: Peopling Urban Pasts: examining everyday lives and landscapes NUI Galway, .
	2019	Ruth McManus (2019) Group for the Study of Irish Historical Settlement 50th anniversary conference Studying the Modern Suburbs Dublin, 29/03/2019-31/03/2019.
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) Conference of Irish Geographers 2018 New directions in Irish historical geographies Maynooth University, 11/05/2018-11/05/2018.
	2019	Ruth McManus (2019) EUGEO 2019 (with CIG) Everyday lives and municipal politics: a case study of the lodger franchise NUI Galway, .
	2019	Ruth McManus (2019) Urban History Group Finding their voice – the lodger franchise and urban governance in pre-independence Ireland Queen's University Belfast, 04/04/2019-05/04/2019.
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) EAUH 2018: Urban Renewal and Resilience, cities in comparative perspective Exploring creativity in Dublin's suburbs, c. 1900-2000 Roma Tre Universita, Rome, 29/08/2018-01/09/2018.
	2018	Joseph Brady, Ruth McManus (2018) 3rd Irish Modern Urban History Group Symposium Policy from serendipity: Dublin Corporation's reserved areas UCC, 22/05/2018-22/05/2018.
	2018	Ruth McManus, Ilja van Damme, Michiel Dehaene (2018) EAUH 2018: Urban Renewal and Resilience, Cities in Comparative Perspective Cultural and Creative Production in the Wider Metropolitan Area, some theoretical questions Roma Tre Universita, Rome, 29/08/2018-01/09/2018.
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) 3rd Irish Modern Urban History Group Symposium Irish Modern Urban History Group third one-day symposium UCC, 22/05/2018-22/05/2018.
	2018	Ruth McManus, Joe Brady (2018) Simms 120 Cottages and Flats: exploring the context of Dublin's housing Wood Quay Venue, Dublin, 19/10/2018-21/10/2018.
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) Conference of Irish Geographers 2018 Beyond a niche interest: the role of historical geography in contemporary debate Maynooth University, 10/05/2018-12/05/2018.
	2017	Ruth McManus (2017) 1917: aftermath of rebellion 'Our Herodian city fathers and their baby killing tenements': perspectives on Dublin's housing crisis in 1917 DCU St Patrick's Campus, 28/01/2017-28/01/2017.
	2017	Ruth McManus (2017) Dublin History Festival '£500 for a plan!': the 1914 Dublin town plannning competition in context Dublin City Hall, 14/10/2017-.
	2017	Ruth McManus, Ilja van Damme (2017) After Suburbia: extended urbanization and life on the planet's periphery The trouble with Woking: exploring cultural and creative production in the wider metropolitan area from the 18th century onwards York University, Toronto, 19/10/2017-21/10/2017.
	2017	Ruth McManus (2017) Urban History Group Annual Conference: Boundaries and Jurisdictions: Defining the Urban Defining Drumcondra: exploring the (sub)urban edge and its meanings Royal Holloway, University of London, 30/03/2017-31/03/2017.
	2017	Ruth McManus (2017) Irish Modern Urban History Group 2nd Symposium Irish Modern Urban History Group 2nd Symposium DCU All Hallow's Campus, 25/08/2017-.
	2017	Ruth McManus, Jonathan Cherry, John Connolly, Almar Ennis, Susan Hegarty, Gerry O'Reilly (2017) Technology: Alienating or Enabling Teaching? School of Nursing and Human Sciences Spring School Integrating technology to enhance teaching and learning in DCU's undergraduate geography curriculum: some current examples DCU School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Glasnevin, 26/01/2017-27/01/2017.
	2016	Ruth McManus (2016) Irish Urban History Symposium Tackling the urban housing problem in the Irish Free State, 1922-1940 Centre for Urban History, Leicester, UK, .
	2016	Ruth McManus (2016) Conference of Irish Geographers Revisiting rural Ireland: case studies of uneven development 30 years on Drumcondra, Dublin, .
	2016	Ruth McManus (2016) Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement Annual Conference Tigers, textiles and tax incentives: recent settlement change in Enniscrone and Killala Bay Ballina, Co Mayo, .
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) Donnycarney Trad Fest From market gardens to garden suburb: the development of Donnycarney, c. 1900-1950 Dublin, .
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) History Ireland Hedge School ‘To Hell or to Kimmage!’ Planning impacts of the 1913 Church Street collapse National Library of Ireland, .
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) European Association of Urban History (EAUH) Middle-class suburban lodgers in Dublin (1908 and 1911): an essential part of the (sub)urban economy? Lisbon, Portugal, .
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) Kilmacud and Stillorgan Local History Group Rus in Urbe - living in suburban Dublin, c. 1860-1960, with special reference to Kilmacud and Stillorgan' Stillorgan, .
	2013	Ruth McManus with Gerry O’Reilly (2013) Eurogeo, Bruges Applied approaches to Geography T&L at third level: identity and interplay of culture, politics and place Bruges, .
	2013	Ruth McManus (2013) 75th anniversary of Irish Historical Studies Publishing Irish History: Retrospect and Prospect Royal Irish Academy, .
	2013	Ruth McManus (2013) Conference of Irish Geographers, NUI Galway Exploring the geography of Dublin’s Lodgers and Boarders (1908 and 1911): a preliminary investigation NUI Galway, .
	2012	Ruth McManus (2012) Dublin Book Festival A Place called Home – urban housing in 20th century Ireland Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, .

Blog

	Year	Publication
	2020	Ruth McManus / RIA (2020) Irish Historic Towns Atlas in third level education. BLOG [Link]

Book Review

	Year	Publication
	2019	Ruth McManus (2019) (review) Urban spaces in nineteenth-century Ireland. Edited by Georgina Laragy, Olwen Purdue and Jonathan Jeffrey Wright. Pp ix 212, illus. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 2018. £75. BREV
	2017	McManus, R (2017) From Village to Suburb: The Building of Clontarf Since 1760. LONDON: BREV

Online Article

	Year	Publication
	2022	Ruth McManus (2022) A short history of the many plans to reclaim Dublin Bay (RTE Brainstorm). ELEA [Link]
	2021	Ruth McManus (2021) How architect Herbert Simms transformed Dublin (RTÉ Brainstorm). ELEA [Link]
	2021	Ruth McManus (2021) A lesson from the 1920s on how to solve an Irish housing crisis (RTE Brainstorm). Dublin: ELEA [Link]
	2019	Ruth McManus (2019) Lodgers, boarders and 'select accommodation' (RTE Brainstorm). ELEA [Link]
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) The Problem with Branding the Midlands (RTE Brainstorm). ELEA [Link]
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) OpenLearn: Breaking from the pack: Dublin and the Giro D'Italia. ELEA [Link]
	2012	Ruth McManus, Sinead O'Shea (2012) OpenLearn: Upper Buckingham Street, Dublin, Ireland: from speculative landowners to multi-tenanted tenements. ELEA [Link]
	2016	Ruth McManus, Pat Jess, Jenny Meegan, Philip O'Sullivan (2016) OpenLearn Ireland: Change in the West of Ireland (series of articles online). ELEA [Link]

Encyclopedia Entry

	Year	Publication
	2020	Ruth McManus (2020) Ireland (World Book Encyclopedia). Chicago: ENC
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) Builders and developers in the 20th century (Art and Architecture in Ireland: Volume IV). ENC
	2014	Ruth McManus (2014) Public Utility Society Housing - a case study (Art and Architecture of Ireland. Volume IV). ENC
	2009	Ruth McManus (2009) David Henry Hall (Dictionary of Irish Biography). ENC

Guest Lectures

	Year	Publication
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) After the Tenements (Little Museum of Dublin). GL
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) Exploring the worlds of Dublin's lodgers (RDS Library Speaker Series). GL

Newspaper

	Year	Publication
	2020	Laoise Neylon (2020) Documenting the History of Some of Dublin's Mismatched Street Signs. NEWSA [Link]
	2018	Olivia Kelly (2018) Hundreds of protected Dublin apartments face 'delisting' and demolition. Dublin: NEWSA [Link]
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) Remembering Herbert Simms, the man who rebuilt Dublin. NEWSA [Link]

Radio Presentation

	Year	Publication
	2020	Ruth McManus / RTE Radio 1 (2020) RTE Radio 1 The Business: Back to the 'burbs. RADIO
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) News Interview (Q102). RADIO
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) News Interview (FM104). RADIO
	2020	Ruth McManus (2020) Housing in Dublin in the 20th Century (Irish History Show podcast/NEAR FM). RADIO [Link]
	2020	Ruth McManus, Ellen Rowley (2020) RTE Davis Now Lectures: Making Home. RADIO [Link]
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) The History Show: Ireland's housing crisis in historical perspective (panelist). RADIO

Television

	Year	Publication
	2020	Ruth McManus / Building Ireland (2020) Building Ireland: Marino. TV
	2020	Ruth McManus (2020) Who do you think you are? (Australia): Lisa Curry. Warner Brothers TV, Australia: TV

Invited Seminars

	Year	Publication
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) Trinity Contemporary Irish History research seminar series: 'Boarders, paying guests and the bogus lodger: uncovering alternative forms of accommodation in early 20th century Dublin. INVS
	2018	Ruth McManus (2018) Expert Workshop (RIA): The Hidden World of Dublin's Lodgers. INVS

Podcast

	Year	Publication
	2019	Ruth McManus (2019) This is where we live (Drumcondra and social housing in Dublin). PODCAST [Link]

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2017	McManus, Ruth (2017) The peaceful path, building garden cities and new towns. [DOI]
	2015	McManus, Ruth (2015) Modern Dublin, Urban Change and the Irish Past, 1957-1973. [DOI]
	2014	McManus, Ruth (2014) Anglo-American crossroads. Urban planning and research in Britain, 1940-2010. [DOI]

Invited Lectures

	Year	Publication
	2022	Ruth McManus (2022) What is Dublin? Presentation to Dublin Citizens' Assembly. INVL

Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Geographical Society of Ireland	President	-
	Higher Education Academy, UK (HEA)	Fellow (FHEA)	-

Honors and Awards

	Date	Title	Awarding Body
	01/05/2023	Royal Irish Academy 2023 Decade of Centenaries Bursary	Royal Irish Academy

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	Irish Historic Towns Atlas		03/11/2021 -
	International Commission for the History of Towns	https://www.historiaurbium.org/	22/09/2021 -

Media

Title	Year	Type	Authors
100 bliain de thithíocht	2023	Documentary	Ruth McManus
The Documents Show	2023	Documentary	Ruth McManus
How architect Herbert Simms transformed Dublin	2022	Podcast	Ruth McManus
Building Healthy Homes (interview 8/10/21)	2021	Radio Interviews	Ruth McManus / Pat Kenny (Newstalk)
This is where we live: the vision behind Drumcondra and social housing in Dublin	2019	Podcast	Ruth McManus / Helen Shaw
Remembering Herbert Simms, the man who rebuilt Dublin	2018	Newspaper article (online)	Olivia Kelly

Research Projects

Title	Role	Start date	End date
‘Mapping the Miasma’- Ireland’s 19th century pandemic: Analysing the 1832 cholera epidemic in provincial Ireland (Fióna Gallagher)	DCU PI	01/10/2021	30/09/2023
Dublin’s animal past: Placing horses, cows, pigs, sheep and fowl in late Victorian Dublin and mapping their removal over the course of the 20th century (Ann Marie Durkan)	DCU PI	01/09/2022	31/08/2024
Housing the people, building the state - the community legacy of 1920s Free State housing policy	DCU PI	01/06/2023	31/05/2024

Current Postgraduate Students

	Student Name	Degree	Supervision
	O Neill ,Mandy	PhD	Supervisor
	Durkan ,Ann Marie	PhD	Supervisor

Teaching Interests

I have extensive and wide-ranging teaching experience, including urban geography; housing and town planning; suburbanisation; demography; tourism and heritage issues. I have developed a range of innovative practical geography modules for both BA and BEd programmes and have also been involved in devising a comprehensive fieldwork programme. I have taught on the MA History programme.

Modules Coordinated

Term	Title	Subject
2022	Ireland's Landscapes	GY501
2022	Advanced Urban Geography Research Project	GY329
2022	Slums and Suburbs	GY326