Connolly, S(ean) J.

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CONNOLLY, S(ean) J.

CONNOLLY, S(ean) J. Irish, b. 1951. Genres: History. Career: Public Record Office of Ireland, archivist, 1977-80; St. Patrick's College, Dublin, Ireland, lecturer in history, 1980-81; University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, lecturer, 1981-89, reader in history, 1989-96; Queen's University of Belfast, professor of Irish History, 1996-. Irish Economic and Social History, Editor, 1983-89. Publications: Priests and People in Pre-Famine Ireland, 1982; Religion, Law, and Power: The Making of Protestant Ireland, 1660-1760, 1992; (gen. ed.) The Oxford Companion to Irish History, 1998. Address: School of History, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland.