Gillian McIntosh

A social and cultural historian, Gillian has published her research in books, chapters, and articles. With over thirty years experience as an academic researcher, she is a believer in an ‘open question’ approach, starting every project without a predetermined conclusion, allowing to lead to new insights.

Dream interpretation project

It would be great to create a social and cultural history of noise in Ireland: from the sounds of Mesolitihic people flint knapping, medieval monastic bells, the sound of horses hooves on cobbled stones, musicians in shebeens, guttering candles, the sound of the first public clock in a town square (or a watch in someone’s pocket), the crackle of telegraphic and electric wires, the voices of 2RN and 2BE (the precursors to RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland) and the hum of television.

Qualifications

BA (English/History)

MA (Irish history)

PhD (Modern History)