Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Contemporary poetry; Conflict literature; Irish Studies; Migration literature; Women's writing
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Trinity College Dublin
Bachelor, University College Cork
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Otago
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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PATHOS: Pathologies of Violence: Inscriptions of Global Conflict in Irish Writing
McDaid, A. (PI)
1/10/24 → 30/09/28
Project: Research
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Pathologies of Violence: Inscriptions of Global Conflict in Irish Artistic Practice, 1922-present
Smith, L. (Other), McDaid, A. (PI) & Morrissy, J. (Postdoctoral Researcher)
1/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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A Study of Linguistic and Cultural Minorities within Ireland and UK
McDaid, A. (PI), Faulkner, E. (PI), Erdocia, I. (PI) & Robinson, M. (PI)
1/03/23 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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Vocabularies of Time
McDaid, A. (PI), Abdalla, D. (PI) & Mika-Bresolin, K. (PI)
1/03/23 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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Measuring Equality in the Arts Sector
Keating, K. (CoPI) & McDaid, A. (CoPI)
1/05/19 → 30/04/20
Project: Research
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Domestic Disruptions: Women, Literature and Conflict 1914-1923
McDaid, A. (PI)
1/10/18 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
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War Widows’ Stories
McDaid, A. (Research Assistant) & Muller, N. (PI)
1/10/16 → 30/09/17
Project: Research
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· Irish Poetry in and of the World
McDaid, A., 5 Aug 2026, The Cambridge History of Irish Poetry. Falci, E. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 792-806Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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'Not a fixed line': Co-creating the PATHOS Guiding Principles
McDaid, A., Morrissy, J. & Smith, L., 2025, Strange lands still bear common ground. Ezeugo, B. (ed.). Galway: TULCA Festival of Visual Arts, p. 36-59Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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'Befitting emblems of adversity': temporality and disruption in Irish Civil War Poetry
McDaid, A., 23 Sept 2024, Atlas of the Irish Civil War. O'Keeffe, H., O Drisceoil, D., Borgonovo, J., Crowley, J. & Murphy, M. (eds.). Cork: Cork University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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"Dubh": New Irish Poets
McDaid, A., 4 Jan 2024, Race in Irish Literature and Culture. Sen, M. & McCormick Weng, J. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge Themes in Irish Literature and Culture).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Forms of Resistance: Witnessing Violence in Recent Experimental Irish Poetry
McDaid, A., 12 Apr 2024, In: Études Irlandaises. 49, 1, p. 47-60 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Dubh”: Poets of Color and New Irish Poetry
McDaid, A., 1 Jan 2024, Race in Irish Literature and Culture. Cambridge University Press, p. 259-280 22 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Creative Capacity in Ireland: Working Towards Wellbeing
Finneran, M. & McDaid, A., 2023Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Reflections: Ports, Past and Present - A StoryMapJS Digital Exhibition
McDaid, A. (Producer), 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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“not safe any / where anymore”: Biopolitical Poetics and Irish Migration Poetry
McDaid, A., 21 Nov 2023, The Palgrave Handbook of European Migration in Literature and Culture. Stan, C. & Sussman, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 567-583 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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“Too Much Loose Sand”: Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland
McDaid, A., Connolly, C. & Smith, J. L., 2023, In: Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History. 23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Rememory and Postmemory in Graphic Narratives
McDaid, A. (Supervisor - Taught Masters)
1 Aug 2026Activity: Examination & Postgraduate Supervision › Postgraduate Supervision
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Untethered Selves: The Fragmentation of self in Yan Ge's Elsewhere
McDaid, A. (Supervisor - Taught Masters)
1 Aug 2026Activity: Examination & Postgraduate Supervision › Postgraduate Supervision
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Mothering against Erasure
McDaid, A. (Supervisor - Taught Masters)
1 Aug 2026Activity: Examination & Postgraduate Supervision › Postgraduate Supervision
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New Methodologies in Irish Studies: Research-Creation and PATHOS
McDaid, A. (Speaker)
6 Jul 2026Activity: Conference Presentations, Speaking Events & Workshops › Conference Presentations
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PATHOS x ILFD: Stirring the Pot
McDaid, A. (Speaker)
16 May 2026Activity: Conference Presentations, Speaking Events & Workshops › Invited talk
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PATHOS x Basic Space: Proximity, Policy and Practice
McDaid, A. (Speaker)
8 May 2026Activity: Conference Presentations, Speaking Events & Workshops › Invited talk
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Building a Successful Research Funding Profile: Panel Discussion
McDaid, A. (Speaker)
30 Apr 2026Activity: Conference Presentations, Speaking Events & Workshops › Invited talk
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PATHOS x Femfest: Feminism, Conflict and Making Art
McDaid, A. (Speaker)
4 Mar 2026Activity: Conference Presentations, Speaking Events & Workshops › Invited talk
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Polylogues: PATHOS x Galway Arts Centre
McDaid, A. (Speaker)
30 Jan 2026Activity: Conference Presentations, Speaking Events & Workshops › Invited talk
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Conflict and Creation: PATHOS X Dublin Book Festival
McDaid, A. (Speaker)
8 Nov 2025Activity: Conference Presentations, Speaking Events & Workshops › Invited talk
Prizes
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British Academy - Royal Irish Academy Seed Funding
McDaid, A. (Recipient), 16 May 2023
Prize: Scholarship / Studentship
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British Academy-Royal Irish Academy Seed Funding
McDaid, A. (Recipient), 16 May 2023
Prize: Scholarship / Studentship
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Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (Two Year)
McDaid, A. (Recipient), 1 Sept 2018
Prize: Fellowship
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Vice-Chancellor's Award for Impact, Liverpool John Moores University
McDaid, A. (Recipient), 3 Jul 2018
Prize
Press/Media
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Tipperary based academic leads new initiative by Mary Immaculate College
23/05/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Limerick academic awarded over €500,000 in research funding
15/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Dr Ailbhe McDaid awarded over half a million euro in Pathways funding
27/06/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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The British Academy and Royal Irish Academy announce seed funding for early career researchers to promote international knowledge exchange
16/05/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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A miracle, not a crime: gender balance, race and poetry in The Irish Times
McDaid, A. & Keating, K.
31/01/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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Two-thirds of published poets are male, so does poetry have a gender issue? A damning survey of the industry has caused publishers to reflect on their lists
McDaid, A. & Keating, K.
17/08/19
1 item of Media coverage
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Irish poets tackle emigration: ‘Neither here nor there, and therefore home’
9/02/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media