Explores the lives, careers, and social and political activism of a diverse group of women historians in Ireland, and contributes to the study of the Irish historical tradition and to the study of women historians. This work addresses debates about gender and history, modern Irish historiography and Irish women's history.

"A 'Manly Study'?: Irish Women Historians 1868-1949" explores the lives, careers, and social and political activism of a diverse group of women historians in Ireland, and contributes to the study of the Irish historical tradition and to the study of women historians in an international context. It addresses debates about gender and history, modern Irish historiography and Irish women's history.

Introduction - Unionist Women Historians, 1868-1922 - Nationalist Women Historians, 1868-1922 - Women Historians in the
NUI, 1922-1949 - Women Historians at Trinity College - Non-Academic Women Historians, 1922-1949 - Conclusion