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Visualising Hibernia

Visualising Hibernia, c.1770-c.1930

Postdoctoral Fellow: Ciarán Rua O'Neill

Funding: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship

Project timeframe: 1 Sept 2024 - 31 Aug 2026

X: @Vis_Hib

Website: (opens in a new window)https://visualisinghibernia.com/

This project aims to investigate how visual representations of Hibernia, the female personification of Ireland, historically transcended political, sectarian, cultural, and religious boundaries in Ireland and thereby reveal the historic diversity of Irish identities, as well as their complex relations with Britain and Europe. Focusing on the period from c.1770 to c.1930, Visualising Hibernia will produce the first dedicated study of this highly significant but neglected figure in Irish cultural history and Anglo-Irish political relations.

UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy

Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 8162 | E: arthistory.culturalpolicy@ucd.ie