Conference Papers and Talks
"The Nineteenth-Century Ordnance Survey: Three Disciplines, Three Different Conclusions?"
American Conference for Irish Studies, March 2012
"Recovering the Irish Language of the Nineteenth Century: A Measure of the Challenge"
Invited talk, Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar, University of Melbourne/Newman College, December 2011
"Catholic Advocacy and the Catholic Print Trade in Mathew Carey’s Dublin, 1740-1790"
Ireland, America, and the Worlds of Mathew Carey Conference, McNeil Center, October 2011
"Dress and Undress in the Nineteenth-Century Irish Countryside"
Canadian Association for Irish Studies, July 2011
"The Irish Language, Historians, and the Challenges of Disciplinary Boundaries"
American Conference for Irish Studies, March 2011
"The Poorest Classes? Language and Social Class in Postfamine Ireland"
Class Relations in 19th Century Ireland Conference, Maynooth Historical-Comparative Research Cluster, July 2010
"Orthaí and Orthodoxy: Healing Charms in Irish Popular Religion"
American Conference for Irish Studies, May 2010
"The Great Tawin Island National School Controversy and the Teaching of Irish, 1903-1911"
American Conference for Irish Studies, June 2009
"Is Language a Methodological Blind Spot for Historians? Reflections on Writing the History of the Irish Language
in the 19th Century"
Historical Sociolinguistics Network International Conference, April 2009
"Highlanders, Sasanaigh, and Connachtmen: The Humor of Misunderstanding in the British Isles"
Mid-Atlantic Conference on British Studies, April 2009
"Pilgrims, Apparitions, and the Resurgence of the Laity in Irish Historiography"
Symposium on Modern Irish and British History Honoring James Donnelly, UW-Madison, November 2008
"Scéal Grinn? Jokes, Puns, and the Irish-Speaking Community in Nineteenth-Century Ireland"
American Conference for Irish Studies, April 2008
"The Irish Language and Nineteenth-Century Catholic Pastoral Care: A Reassessment"
Midwestern Conference for Irish Studies, October 2007
"Defending the Constitution: The British Loyalist Press"
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing Annual Conference, July 2001
American Conference for Irish Studies, March 2012
"Recovering the Irish Language of the Nineteenth Century: A Measure of the Challenge"
Invited talk, Melbourne Irish Studies Seminar, University of Melbourne/Newman College, December 2011
"Catholic Advocacy and the Catholic Print Trade in Mathew Carey’s Dublin, 1740-1790"
Ireland, America, and the Worlds of Mathew Carey Conference, McNeil Center, October 2011
"Dress and Undress in the Nineteenth-Century Irish Countryside"
Canadian Association for Irish Studies, July 2011
"The Irish Language, Historians, and the Challenges of Disciplinary Boundaries"
American Conference for Irish Studies, March 2011
"The Poorest Classes? Language and Social Class in Postfamine Ireland"
Class Relations in 19th Century Ireland Conference, Maynooth Historical-Comparative Research Cluster, July 2010
"Orthaí and Orthodoxy: Healing Charms in Irish Popular Religion"
American Conference for Irish Studies, May 2010
"The Great Tawin Island National School Controversy and the Teaching of Irish, 1903-1911"
American Conference for Irish Studies, June 2009
"Is Language a Methodological Blind Spot for Historians? Reflections on Writing the History of the Irish Language
in the 19th Century"
Historical Sociolinguistics Network International Conference, April 2009
"Highlanders, Sasanaigh, and Connachtmen: The Humor of Misunderstanding in the British Isles"
Mid-Atlantic Conference on British Studies, April 2009
"Pilgrims, Apparitions, and the Resurgence of the Laity in Irish Historiography"
Symposium on Modern Irish and British History Honoring James Donnelly, UW-Madison, November 2008
"Scéal Grinn? Jokes, Puns, and the Irish-Speaking Community in Nineteenth-Century Ireland"
American Conference for Irish Studies, April 2008
"The Irish Language and Nineteenth-Century Catholic Pastoral Care: A Reassessment"
Midwestern Conference for Irish Studies, October 2007
"Defending the Constitution: The British Loyalist Press"
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing Annual Conference, July 2001
