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Marnie Hay

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Dr Marnie Hay specialises in modern Irish history, with particular emphasis on the histories of the Irish cultural revival, the Irish revolution, and youth. Her present research examines Irish nationalist youth culture in the early twentieth century as well as the experiences of children and youth during the Irish Revolution. Her most recent monograph Na Fianna Éireann and the Irish Revolution, 1909-23: Scouting for Rebels (2019, paperback 2021) is published by Manchester University Press. She is the programme chair for DCU's MA in History. She is the module coordinator for the following history modules at DCU: The Irish Revival and Revolution, 1884-1922; A History of Northern Ireland, 1912-98; Children and Childhood in the Western World; Investigating Local History; and Research Methods for the Historian. She is a founding member of the History of Irish Childhood Research Network, a former committee member of the Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature (ISSCL), and a former academic director of the Parnell Summer School (2011-12).

Book

	Year	Publication
	2021	Marnie Hay (2021) Na Fianna Éireann and the Irish Revolution, 1909-23: Scouting for Rebels. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Link]
	2019	Marnie Hay (2019) Na Fianna Éireann and the Irish Revolution, 1909-23: Scouting for Rebels. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Link]
	2009	Marnie Hay (2009) Bulmer Hobson and the Nationalist Movement in Twentieth-Century Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Link]

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2023	Marnie Hay (2023) 'Using the Military Service Pensions Collection to uncover a revolutionary youth and its aftermath' In: 'A Very Hard Struggle': Lives in the Military Service Pensions Collection. Dublin : Department of Defence, Ireland. [Link]
	2017	Marnie Hay (2017) 'Na Fianna Éireann' In: Atlas of the Irish Revolution. Cork : Cork University Press.
	2016	Marnie Hay (2016) 'Performing Irish Nationalism on and off the Stage: Bulmer Hobson and Patrick Pearse' In: Patrick Pearse and the Theatre. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2016	Marnie Hay (2016) 'A “republic of learning”: Bulmer Hobson, nationalism and the printed word' In: Rebellion and Revolution in Dublin: Voices from a Suburb, Rathfarnham, 1913-23. Dublin : South Dublin Libraries.
	2015	Hay, M. (2015) 'Scouting for rebels: Na Fianna Éireann and preparation for the coming war, 1909-1918' In: Children's Literature and Culture of the First World War. [Link] [DOI]
	2015	Marnie Hay (2015) 'An Irish nationalist adolescence: Na Fianna Éireann, 1909-23' In: Adolescence in Modern Irish History. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan.
	2015	Marnie Hay (2015) 'From rogue revolutionary to rogue civil servant: the resurrection of Bulmer Hobson' In: Years of Turbulence: Essays on the Irish Revolution and its Aftermath in Honour of Michael Laffan. Dublin : UCD Press.
	2012	Marnie Hay (2012) 'What did advanced nationalists tell Irish children in the early twentieth century?' In: What do we tell the children? Critical Essays on Children's Literature. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Press.
	2011	Marnie Hay (2011) 'The propaganda of Na Fianna Éireann, 1909-26' In: Young Irelands: Studies in Children's Literature. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2006	Marnie Hay (2006) 'This treasured island: Irish nationalist propaganda aimed at children and youth, 1910-16' In: Treasure Islands: Studies in Children's Literature. Dublin : Four Courts Press.
	2004	Marnie Hay (2004) 'Explaining Uladh: the promotion of cultural nationalism in Ulster' In: The Irish Revival Reappraised. Dublin : Four Courts Press.

Edited Book

	Year	Publication
	2020	Marnie Hay and Catherine Cox (Ed.). (2020) The History of Irish Childhoods special issue of Irish Economic and Social History, 47:1. London: SAGE Journals, [Link]
	2016	Marnie Hay and Daire Keogh (Ed.). (2016) Rebellion and Revolution in Dublin: Voices from a Suburb, Rathfarnham, 1913-23. Dublin: South Dublin Libraries,
	2016	Marnie Hay, Ríona Nic Congáil and Sarah-Anne Buckley (Ed.). (2016) Special Irish issue of the Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth. Maryland, USA: John Hopkins University,

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2024	Hay, M. (2024) 'Gender inequality and the Irish Revolution: the girls of Na Fianna Éireann, 1911–22'. Women's History Review, . [Link] [DOI]
	2022	Marnie Hay (2022) ''Those lads would tackle anything': Na Fianna Éireann and the publishing enterprise of youth in the early twentieth century'. Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 44 (1).
	2009	Marnie Hay (2009) 'Kidnapped: Bulmer Hobson, the IRB and the 1916 Easter Rising'. Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, 35 (1):53-60.
	2008	Marnie Hay (2008) 'The foundation and development of Na Fianna Éireann, 1909-16'. Irish Historical Studies, 36 (141):53-71.

Other Journal

	Year	Publication
	2022	Marnie Hay (2022) 'The rocky road to the amalgamation of the Sinn Féin movement, 1907' Cut & Paste 2022: Remembering Arthur Griffith, 5 :10-15.
	2011	Marnie Hay (2011) 'Moulding the future: Na Fianna Éireann and its members, 1909-1923' Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, 100 (400) :441-449.
	2009	Marnie Hay (2009) 'The mysterious 'disappearance' of Bulmer Hobson' Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, 98 (390) :185-195.

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2023	Marnie Hay (2023) Women in the Freedom Struggle in India and Ireland: Reformism, Nationalism and Transnationalism The contribution of Irish nationalist girl scouts to the Irish struggle for independence Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (online), 14/03/2023-14/03/2023.
	2021	Marnie Hay (2021) Society for the History of Childhood and Youth 11th Biennial Conference Irish nationalist girl scouts during the era of the Irish Revolution, 1911-23 NUI Galway (online), 25/06/2021-25/06/2021.
	2021	Marnie Hay (2021) Children and Youth Speaking Up and Speaking Out Witnesses, participants and commentators: Adolescent engagement with the Irish Revolution Manchester Metropolitan University (online), 19/06/2021-19/06/2021.
	2020	Marnie Hay (2020) Writing the Irish Revolution: Counties in Perspective Closing Reflections: Reading and Writing the Irish Revolution DCU St Patrick's Campus, 25/01/2020-25/01/2020.
	2019	Marnie Hay (2019) 1919: Building Foundations in Post-War Instability Countess Markievicz's roles within Na Fianna Éireann Trinity College Dublin, 07/09/2019-07/09/2019.
	2019	Marnie Hay (2019) 1919:The Birth of a Counter State Rebellious youth: Na Fianna Éireann and defiance of the British state in Ireland DCU St Patrick's Campus, 26/01/2019-26/01/2019.
	2018	Marnie Hay (2018) Centuries of Childhood Conference This conference explored the history of children and childhood in Ireland and beyond from the late sixteenth century onward DCU St Patrick's Campus, 15/06/2018-16/06/2018.
	2017	Marnie Hay (2017) 1917:Aftermath of Rebellion Irish childhood in a time of war and revolution DCU St Patrick's Campus, 28/01/2017-28/01/2017.
	2016	Marnie Hay (2016) Children and Childhood before and after the Revolution Witnesses and Participants: Adolescent engagement with the Irish Revolution NUI Galway, 17/09/2016-.
	2016	Marnie Hay (2016) DePaul University 12th Annual Student History Conference Living and Dying for Ireland: Youth and the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin DePaul University, Chicago, USA, 29/04/2016-.
	2016	Marnie Hay (2016) Women and Conflict: From 1916 to the Good Friday Agreement Irish Nationalist Girl Scouts before and after 1916 Glasnevin Campus, DCU, Dublin, Ireland, 13/04/2016-.
	2016	Marnie Hay (2016) Children and the Irish Revolution Witnesses, Participants and Commentators: Adolescent Engagement with the Irish Revolution St Patrick's Campus, DCU, Dublin, Ireland, 27/02/2016-.
	2016	Marnie Hay and Sharon Murphy (2016) Children and the Irish Revolution Multidisciplinary symposium with sessions on history, literature and education St Patrick's Campus, DCU, Dublin Ireland, 27/02/2016-.
	2015	Marnie Hay (2015) Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature Conference - Constructing Childhoods and Texts for Children Semi-annual ISSCL Conference dlrLexIcon, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, 10/04/2015-11/04/2015.
	2015	Marnie Hay (2015) Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature Conference - Constructing Childhoods and Texts for Children Children and the Irish Cultural Revival dlrLexIcon, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, 10/04/2015-.
	2016	Marnie Hay (2016) 1916 in Context Na Fianna Éireann and the Easter Rising St Patrick's Campus, DCU, Dublin, Ireland, 23/01/2016-.
	2014	Marnie Hay (2014) Twenty Years A-Growing An international conference on the history of Irish childhood from the medieval to modern age St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland, 09/06/2014-10/06/2014.
	2014	Marnie Hay (2014) Twenty Years A-Growing Active Supporters or Collateral Damage? The Roles of Children and Youth in the Irish Revolution St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland, 09/06/2014-.
	2014	Marnie Hay (2014) Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature Conference Merry and wise? Nodlaig na bhFiann and the enterprise of youth Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, 28/03/2014-.
	2013	Marnie Hay (2013) Patrick Pearse and Theatre Performing Irish Nationalism: Bulmer Hobson and Theatre St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland, 30/11/2013-.
	2013	Marnie Hay (2013) Approaching War: Childhood, Culture and the First World War, 1880-1919 Scouting for Rebels: Na Fianna Éireann and Preparation for the Coming War, 1909-1918 Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, 17/03/2013-.

Electronic Source

	Year	Publication
	2015	Marnie Hay (2015) Children and the Irish Cultural Revival. Dublin: ELES [Link]

Other Publication

	Year	Publication
	2020	Hay, M. (2020) Centuries of Irish Childhoods. [Link] [DOI]
	2020	Hay, Marnie (2020) Children and the Great Hunger in Ireland. [DOI]
	2019	Hay, Marnie (2019) KATHERINE HUGHES: A LIFE AND A JOURNEY. [DOI]
	2014	Hay, Marnie (2014) Irish Socialist Republicanism, 1909-36.

Committees

	Committee	Function	From / To
	HSS Faculty External Engagement Committee		24/08/2021 - 31/12/2023
	DCU SIPTU section committee		03/03/2020 -
	BAJH Programme Board		01/09/2019 - 03/12/2021
	Universities Ireland History Committee		15/10/2015 - 18/11/2023
	Irish Humanities Alliance Committee		24/09/2021 -
	Museum of Childhood Ireland Project		01/02/2017 -
	MA in History Programme Board		09/01/2023 -
	University Research Committee		27/09/2023 -

Outreach Activities

Year	Engagement Type	Organisation	Description
2024	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	DCU Age Friendly University	I presented a talk entitled 'The Dublin girls who wanted to join Na Fianna Éireann' to the Random History Seminar for AFU participants on 27 March 2024.
2024	Educational Outreach/Public Engagement	DCU Age Friendly University	Co-organiser of a lecture/seminar series entitled Random History. Weekly talks were presented by historians based in the DCU School of History and Geography.
2023	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	DCU Age Friendly University	I presented a joint talk with PhD student Cormac Keenan entitled 'Rebellious relatives: Using the Military Service Pensions Collection to research family history' at the Taste of DCU event on 1 Sept. 2023.
2023	Educational Outreach/Public Engagement	DCU Age Friendly University	Co-organiser of a lecture/seminar series entitled Random History. Weekly talks were presented by historians based in the DCU School of History and Geography.
2022	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	DCU Age Friendly University	I gave a talk entitled 'Irish nationalist girl scouts during the era of the Irish Revolution, 1911-23' at the Taste of DCU event on 26 August 2022.
2022	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	DCU Age Friendly University	Organiser and speaker for a lecture/seminar series entitled Random History. Weekly talks were presented by historians based at the DCU School of History and Geography.
2021	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	History Hub	I wrote and recorded a podcast entitled 'The Perils of Adolescent Activism during the Irish Revolution', which was made available on UCD's History Hub in September 2021: http://historyhub.ie/marnie-hay-adolescent-activism
2020	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	dlr LexIcon Library and Museum of Childhood Ireland Project, Growing Up in Late Twentieth-Century Ireland Webinar	Growing Up in Late Twentieth-Century Ireland Webinar, co-organiser and panellist
2020	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Knocklyon History Society	Invited lecture entitled 'The rise and fall of Bulmer Hobson'
2019	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	DCU Age Friendly University	Module coordinator and speaker for lecture/seminar series entitled Turning Points in History. Talks were given by historians based in the DCU School of History and Geography. The series ran in the second semester in 2018-20.
2019	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Museum of Childhood Ireland Project, Children's Pastimes in Past Times Event	Invited lecture entitled 'Be prepared: The rise of uniformed youth groups in Ireland'
2018	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Little Museum of Dublin	Invited lecture on ‘Dublin Childhoods, 1900-2000’.
2018	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	DCU Age Friendly University	Module coordinator and speaker for lecture/seminar series entitled Turning Points in History. Talks were presented by historians based in the DCU School of History and Geography.
2018	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Naomh Fionnbarra Festival, Cabra	Invited lecture entitled ‘The Irish cultural revival in context, 1884-1922’
2018	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Dublin Festival of History	Speaker and organiser for a public history session entitled Vulnerable Children and Childhoods in Irish History.
2018	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Museum of Childhood Ireland Project Event Day	Organiser and speaker for a public history session entitled Vulnerable Children and Childhoods.
2017	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	National Museum of Childhood Event Day	Organiser of two history panels entitled Three Centuries of Irish Childhood and Exhibiting Childhood.
2017	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Howth Peninsula Heritage Society	Invited lecture on ‘Bulmer Hobson and the Howth Gunrunning’.
2017	Presentations/Talks to an external audience	Cumann Seanchais Ard Mhacha	Invited lecture on ‘Na Fianna Éireann in the northeast of Ireland, 1909-22’

Research Interests

My research interests include: the history of children and childhood (including adolescence), the history of nationalism, the Irish cultural revival (including the northern branch of this revival), the Irish revolution, Irish and British youth culture, Northern Ireland, and the Irish in Canada.

Current Postgraduate Students

	Student Name	Degree	Supervision
	Keenan ,Cormac	PhD-track	Supervisor
	Burke O'Leary ,Cathal	PhD	Supervisor

Teaching Interests

I teach modules on modern Irish history, the history of children and childhood (including adolescence), and research methods for the historian. I believe that my role as a university teacher is to lead and facilitate a learning community. I provide the framework for learning by producing the module outline, reading list, lectures, assessment tasks and feedback, and serving as the chairperson of classroom discussions. Where possible, I like to set a variety of oral, written and team assessment tasks to give students with differing abilities a chance to shine and to help them to prepare for future careers that may require a capacity for collaboration and public speaking. To facilitate learning outside of the classroom, I try to include field trips when time and circumstances permit, such as visits to libraries and archives, a bus tour of Belfast political murals, and a 1916 Easter Rising walking tour. I focus not only on teaching history, but also helping students to develop the transferable research, writing and oral communication skills to succeed in their degree programme as well as their future careers.

Modules Coordinated

	Term	Title	Subject
	2023		HY343
	2023		HY235
	2022		HY510
	2022		HY339
	2022		HY329
	2022		HY231
	2020		HY222
	2020		HY321
	2020		HY309
	2020		HY104