Hiram Morgan

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| education = Our Lady and St. Patrick's College, Knock;
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Hiram Morgan (born 1960) is an Irish historian. He is an expert on the Nine Years War (1594–1603), the career of Hugh O'Neill (1550–1616) and Ireland's connections with Europe and beyond.{{cite web|url=http://publish.ucc.ie/researchprofiles/A019/hmorgan|title=Hiram Morgan|publisher=University College Cork|accessdate=22 September 2015}} He was chairman of the Royal Irish Academy Committee for Historical Sciences from 2003 to 2007.

Early life

Morgan was born in Belfast in 1960. He was educated at Our Lady and St. Patrick's College, Knock and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He teaches at University College Cork.

Publications

His main works are:

  • Monograph:
  • Tyrone's rebellion: the outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland' (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, April 1993), no. 67 in The Royal Historical Society Studies in History series.{{cite book|last1=Morgan|first1=Hiram|title=Tyrone's rebellion: the outbreak of the Nine Years War in Ireland|date=1993|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=0851156835|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCow1u6qdMEC&q=%22Hiram+Morgan%22}}{{cite web|title=Tyrone's Rebellion|url=http://www.boydellandbrewer.com/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=12447|website=boydellandbrewer.com|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|accessdate=1 March 2015}}{{cite web|last1=McGurk|first1=John|title=Representing Ireland; & Tyrone's Rebellion|url=http://www.historytoday.com/john-mcgurk/representing-ireland-tyrones-rebellion|website=historytoday.com|publisher=History Today}}
  • Edited Books:
  • Political Ideology in Ireland, 1541–1641' (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1999).{{cite book|last1=Morgan|first1=Hiram|title=Political Ideology in Ireland, 1541-1641|date=1999|publisher=Four Courts Press|isbn=1851824405|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_eiFAAAAMAAJ}}{{cite web|last1=McGurk|first1=John|title=Political Ideology in Ireland 1541-1641|url=http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/98|website=history.ac.uk/|publisher=The Institute of Historical Research (IHR)|accessdate=24 April 2015}}
  • Information, Media and Power through the Ages (Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2001).{{cite book|last1=Morgan|first1=Hiram|title=Information, Media and Power Through the Ages|year=2001|publisher=University College Dublin Press|isbn=1900621614|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5u5AAAAIAAJ}}
  • The Battle of Kinsale (Bray: Wordwell Books, March 2004).{{cite book|last1=Morgan|first1=Hiram|title=The Battle of Kinsale|date=2004|publisher=Wordwell, Limited|isbn=1869857704|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QE0iAQAAIAAJ}}{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Murray|title=The Battle of Kinsale|url=http://www.historyireland.com/early-modern-history-1500-1700/the-battle-of-kinsale-2/|website=historyireland.com|date=22 February 2013 |publisher=History Ireland}}
  • Translation/Scholarly Edition
  • With John Barry, Great Deeds in Ireland, Richard Stanihurst's De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis (Leiden, 1584), (Cork University Press, 2013).{{cite book|last1=Barry|first1=John|last2=Morgan|first2=Hiram|title=Great Deeds in Ireland, Richard Stanihurst De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis|date=2014|publisher=Cork University Press|isbn=978-1782050872|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bzo3ngEACAAJ&q=Great+Deeds+in+Ireland,+Richard+Stanihurst+De+Rebus+in+Hibernia+Gestis}}{{cite web|last1=Serjeantson|first1=Dierdre|title=John Barry and Hiram Morgan, eds. Great Deeds in Ireland: Richard Stanihurst's De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis|url=http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/review/volume-44/441/reviews-1/barry-john-and-hiram-morgan-eds-great-deeds-in-ireland-richard-stanihursts-de-rebus-in-hibernia-gestis/|website=www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline|publisher=Spenser Online|accessdate=3 April 2015}}
  • Journal
  • A founder and co-editor (1992-2002) of History Ireland, the illustrated magazine dealing with all aspects of Irish history.
  • Websites
  • Morgan is director of the world's largest online site for Irish Studies: CELT ([http://www.ucc.ie/celt/ Corpus of Electronic Text of Ireland])

References

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