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Siobhan McAndrew

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‘I think we’ve met before’.

Nov 5

Nov 5

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

What might PPE students read?

Sep 19

To the Church of Poulathomas

From the memoirs of architect James Franklin Fuller

Aug 14

Aug 14

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

The humble petition of Frank Nealon (1846)

Aug 3

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

How hypercommuting can work for female academics

Jul 11

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

For better academic writing, cut filler text

May 26

Surgeon Wheeler vs. the Government (1883)

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

Mar 18

Mar 18

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

Mar 3

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

POOR LAWS

Mar 1

Mar 1

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

Mar 1

Siobhan McAndrew

Siobhan McAndrew

I research in the social science of culture and religion, moral communities and civic engagement. PPE, University of Sheffield

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