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TheUCD School of History (Scoil na Staire UCD) is the department ofUniversity College Dublin which is responsible for the study of history. As of 2020, it was reputedly one of "the top 100 history schools in the world".[1] It was established at the foundation of the University in 1854.
One of department's most important figures wasEoin MacNeill,[citation needed] who held the Professorship of Early Irish (including medieval) history from 1909 to 1916 and from 1918 to 1942. MacNeill was also involved in shaping the new Irish state and served asMinister for Education between 1922 and 1925.
The University College Dublin Archives department was originally set up in 1971 byRobert Dudley Edwards, Professor of Modern Irish History from 1944 to 1979, and formalised as the University Archives Service in 1997. Its core function is the curatorship of thearchives of University College Dublin (UCD) and its predecessors, along with collections of private papers and institutional archives which document the foundation and development of modernIreland.[citation needed]
Collections are acquired from institutions and bodies within UCD and from external sources. Its collections policy is centered on a core of political private papers, including those of figures such asÉamon de Valera,John A. Costello,Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh,Conor Cruise O'Brien andTerence MacSwiney, political parties such asFianna Fáil andFine Gael, administrators such asT. K. Whitaker, as well as figures from the arts world including poetDenis Devlin and actorDan O'Herlihy.
In addition to curation of collections, the school provides the only recognised course in Ireland for the training ofprofessional archivists:[citation needed] theMA in Archives and Records Management is accredited by theSociety of Archivists (UK and Ireland).[citation needed]
The school comprises approximately 1,200 students.[citation needed] 1,000 of these are taught at undergraduate level, the remainder are postgraduate students. The school is responsible for history programmes at the BA, MA, MLitt and Ph.D level.
Former notable UCD history graduates have included journalistKevin Myers, broadcasterPhilip Boucher-Hayes, entrepreneurDenis O'Brien, TV personalityRyan Tubridy and bestselling writerMaeve Binchy.[citation needed]
The History Review is anacademic journal produced in the School of History and Archives at UCD. While it was initially a means to an end for history postgraduates to publish their work in a local academic context,[citation needed] the journal is now a platform for research and opinion on international relations, history, politics and current affairs.[citation needed] not current not very important.
