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Siobhan McAndrew

Faceblind

‘I think we’ve met before’.

Nov 5, 2024

Nov 5, 2024

What might PPE students read?

Some students like to see a list of suggested readings ahead of applying, or arrival at Welcome Week. At the University of Sheffield, there…

Sep 19, 2024

What might PPE students read?

Sep 19, 2024

To the Church of Poulathomas

From the memoirs of architect James Franklin Fuller

Aug 14, 2024

Aug 14, 2024

The humble petition of Frank Nealon (1846)

In the National Archives of Ireland last month, I found the following remarkable letter in the Famine Relief Commission Records for Mayo.

Aug 3, 2024

The humble petition of Frank Nealon (1846)

Aug 3, 2024

How hypercommuting can work for female academics

Women in academia face demanding labour markets. Any practical measure which enlarges opportunities will improve the chance of finding a…

Jul 11, 2024

How hypercommuting can work for female academics

Jul 11, 2024

For better academic writing, cut filler text

The student community has changed slowly, but substantially, since I was a student. Students appear to work harder now, and are more…

May 26, 2024

For better academic writing, cut filler text

May 26, 2024

Surgeon Wheeler vs. the Government (1883)

The Freeman’s Journal, 22 November 1883, p. 6.

Mar 18, 2024

Mar 18, 2024

The aristocracy and humbler classes unite their voices (1840)

The following is a remarkable account of a public meeting protesting the proposed formation of a Poor Law Union uniting Erris with Newport…

Mar 3, 2024

Mar 3, 2024

Erris is split between Ballina and Westport Poor Law Unions (1840)

POOR LAWS

Mar 1, 2024

Mar 1, 2024

Erris in Cecil Woodham-Smith’s The Great Hunger (1962)

Sometime in the late 1980s, we were visiting family for the evening and I had nothing to do. I found a copy of Cecil Woodham-Smith’s The…

Mar 1, 2024

Mar 1, 2024

Siobhan McAndrew

Siobhan McAndrew

Policy economist. Formerly in academia researching the social science of culture and religion, moral communities and civic engagement.

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