He has an extensive academic background in medical humanities and history and has held teaching and research positions in the University of Liverpool, Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and Oxford Brookes University. Much of this work has been in multi-disciplinary contexts in history departments, medical schools, and public health units. Dr Lucey also has a track record of successfully competing for research funding and has received grants from Irish and British funding agencies including the Irish Research Council, Royal Irish Academy, British Academy and the Northern Ireland Executive. He has also worked on wider research projects funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK), Economics and Social Research Council (UK), and Wellcome Trust. Dr Lucey has also published numerous monographs, essay collections, and journal articles with leading international publishers.
He has a teaching and research background in the history of public health, comparative and regional health systems, health inequalities and residential/institutional welfare and care. His work has a wide geographical scope and concentrates on developments in Ireland -- both north and south -- and Great Britain.
In 2015 Manchester University Press published his second monograph which explored welfare and healthcare reform in inter-war Ireland. Also in 2015, Dr Lucey co-edited a collection of essays which explores healthcare in comparative and regional settings in Britain and Ireland from 1850 -- this was published by the Institute of Historical Research, London. He is currently writing a new monograph which examines public health in twentieth-century Northern Ireland and Belfast which is under contract with Manchester University Press.
Previously, he was a Research Fellow on the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project 'Poverty and Public Health in Belfast and the North of Ireland' and also held an Irish Research Council Fellowship (two years) in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin. The project explored attempts during the 1920s and 1930s of the newly established Irish Free State at reform of the poor law and workhouse system.
He also worked as an Economic and Social Research Council (E.S.R.C) Postdoctoral Associate on the ‘Irish welfare regimes under the Irish Poor Law, 1850-1921’ at Oxford Brookes University. This project explored the workhouse and outdoor relief system in Ireland. Other previous research positions were held in the Centre for the History of Medicine, University College Dublin and the Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Dublin. He was also an adjunct lecturer in medical humanities in the Trinity College Dublin's School of Medicine.
Biography
Dr Seán Lucey is the Research Manager in the College of Business and Law. He is responsible for supporting the management and development of research activity across the College, especially in the Cork University Business School and School of Law.He has an extensive academic background in medical humanities and history and has held teaching and research positions in the University of Liverpool, Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and Oxford Brookes University. Much of this work has been in multi-disciplinary contexts in history departments, medical schools, and public health units. Dr Lucey also has a track record of successfully competing for research funding and has received grants from Irish and British funding agencies including the Irish Research Council, Royal Irish Academy, British Academy and the Northern Ireland Executive. He has also worked on wider research projects funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK), Economics and Social Research Council (UK), and Wellcome Trust. Dr Lucey has also published numerous monographs, essay collections, and journal articles with leading international publishers.
He has a teaching and research background in the history of public health, comparative and regional health systems, health inequalities and residential/institutional welfare and care. His work has a wide geographical scope and concentrates on developments in Ireland -- both north and south -- and Great Britain.
In 2015 Manchester University Press published his second monograph which explored welfare and healthcare reform in inter-war Ireland. Also in 2015, Dr Lucey co-edited a collection of essays which explores healthcare in comparative and regional settings in Britain and Ireland from 1850 -- this was published by the Institute of Historical Research, London. He is currently writing a new monograph which examines public health in twentieth-century Northern Ireland and Belfast which is under contract with Manchester University Press.
Previously, he was a Research Fellow on the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project 'Poverty and Public Health in Belfast and the North of Ireland' and also held an Irish Research Council Fellowship (two years) in the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin. The project explored attempts during the 1920s and 1930s of the newly established Irish Free State at reform of the poor law and workhouse system.
He also worked as an Economic and Social Research Council (E.S.R.C) Postdoctoral Associate on the ‘Irish welfare regimes under the Irish Poor Law, 1850-1921’ at Oxford Brookes University. This project explored the workhouse and outdoor relief system in Ireland. Other previous research positions were held in the Centre for the History of Medicine, University College Dublin and the Centre for the History of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Dublin. He was also an adjunct lecturer in medical humanities in the Trinity College Dublin's School of Medicine.
Publications
Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2015) | The End of the Irish Poor Law?: Welfare and Healthcare Reform in Revolutionary and Independent Ireland. Donnacha Seán Lucey (2015) The End of the Irish Poor Law?: Welfare and Healthcare Reform in Revolutionary and Independent Ireland. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Equal Citizens: Sunbeam House, 1874-2014. Donnacha Seán Lucey, Gerard Fealy, Martin McNamara (2014) Equal Citizens: Sunbeam House, 1874-2014. Bray, Co. Wicklow: Sunbeam House Trust. [Details] | |
| (2011) | Land, popular politics and agrarian violence in late nineteenth century Ireland. Donnacha Seán Lucey (2011) Land, popular politics and agrarian violence in late nineteenth century Ireland. Dublin: University College Dublin Press. [Details] | |
| (2003) | The Irish National League in Dingle, County Kerry, 1885–1892. Donnacha Seán Lucey (2003) The Irish National League in Dingle, County Kerry, 1885–1892. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2022) | 'Ireland's takeover of private hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic' Donnacha Sean Lucey, Brian Turner Julien Mercille (2022) 'Ireland's takeover of private hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic'. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 17 (2):232-237 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Irish partition and poor law reform in interwar Northern Ireland' Donnacha Sean Lucey (2021) 'Irish partition and poor law reform in interwar Northern Ireland'. European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire, 28 (5-6):793-813 [Details] | |
| (2014) | ''The Schemes Will Win For Themselves the Confidence of the People: Irish Independence, Poor Law Reform, and Hospital Provision'' Donnacha Seán Lucey (2014) ''The Schemes Will Win For Themselves the Confidence of the People: Irish Independence, Poor Law Reform, and Hospital Provision''. Medical History, 58 (1):46-66 [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Power, politics and poor relief during the Irish Land War, 1879-82' Donnacha Seán Lucey (2011) 'Power, politics and poor relief during the Irish Land War, 1879-82'. Irish Historical Studies, xxxviii (148):584-598 [Details] | |
| (2011) | '‘One Huge Abuse’: The Cork Board of Guardians and the Expansion of Outdoor Relief in Post-Famine Ireland' Donnacha Seán Lucey & Virginia Crossman (2011) '‘One Huge Abuse’: The Cork Board of Guardians and the Expansion of Outdoor Relief in Post-Famine Ireland'. English Historical Review, CXXVI (523):1408-1429 [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2020) | 'Nationalism and the land question in Kerry 1872-92' Donnacha Sean Lucey (2020) 'Nationalism and the land question in Kerry 1872-92' In: Maurice J Bric (eds). Kerry: History & Society Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish County. Dublin: Geography Publications. [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'On the brink of universalism: the Emergency Hospital Services in Second World War Northern Ireland' Donnacha Seán Lucey (2016) 'On the brink of universalism: the Emergency Hospital Services in Second World War Northern Ireland' In: David Durnin & Ian Miller (eds). Medicine, health and Irish experiences of conflict, 1914–45. Manchester: Manchester University Press. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Paying for health: comparative perspectives on patient payment and contributions for hospital provision in Ireland' Donnacha Seán Lucey & George Gosling (2015) 'Paying for health: comparative perspectives on patient payment and contributions for hospital provision in Ireland' In: Donnacha Seán Lucey & Virginia Crossman (eds). Healthcare in Britain and Ireland since 1850: Voluntary, regional and comparative perspectives. L: Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London. [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Introduction' Donnacha Seán Lucey & Virginia Crossman (2015) 'Introduction' In: Donnacha Seán Lucey & Virginia Crossman (eds). Healthcare in Ireland and Britain from 1850: Voluntary, comparative, and regional perspectives. London: Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London. [Details] | |
| (2011) | '‘Poor law hospitals in late nineteenth century Ireland' Donnacha Seán Lucey (2011) '‘Poor law hospitals in late nineteenth century Ireland' In: Conor McNamara and Carla King (eds). The West of Ireland: New Perspectives on the Nineteenth Century. Dublin: The History Press Ireland. [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Regional dimensions of the Irish Poor Law: the west of Ireland 1851-1921' Donnacha Seán Lucey (2011) 'Regional dimensions of the Irish Poor Law: the west of Ireland 1851-1921' In: Virgina Crossman & Peter Gray (eds). Poverty and Welfare in Ireland 1838-1948. Dublin: Irish Academic Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2015) | Healthcare in Ireland and Britain from 1850: Voluntary, regional and comparative perspectives Donnacha Seán Lucey & Virginia Crossman (Ed.). (2015) Healthcare in Ireland and Britain from 1850: Voluntary, regional and comparative perspectives London: Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London. [Details] |
Blog
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2021) | Health services in post-partition Ireland. Donnacha Sean Lucey (2021) Health services in post-partition Ireland. Blog [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'What should our healthcare system look like after the pandemic?' RTE Brainstorm. Donnacha Seán Lucey, Brian Turner Julien Mercille (2020) 'What should our healthcare system look like after the pandemic?' RTE Brainstorm. Blog [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2019) | 'The long history of reforming the Irish health system', RTE Brainstorm. Donnacha Sean Lucey (2019) 'The long history of reforming the Irish health system', RTE Brainstorm. Blog [Details] |
Professional Activities
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2020) | Terence MacSwiney, Cork Men’s Gaol, and the Political Hunger Strike, 1920-2020, Donnacha Seán Lucey & John Borgonovo (2020) 2020 marks the centenary of the hunger strike of Irish republicans in Brixton Prison and Cork Men’s Gaol. While the hunger strike tactic had been deployed prior to 1920, the Cork/Brixton strike was distinctive for its length (three months) and the ultimate deaths of three prisoners, including Cork Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney. Drawing intense public interest, the strike created a political crisis in Britain and Ireland, and made Terence MacSwiney into a global figure. This conference explores various aspects of the 1920 Cork/Brixton hunger strike including the perils of force feeding, the medical and legal ethics of hunger strikes, cultural, spiritual, and international responses to the strike, and various aspects of Terence MacSwiney and the other Cork strikers. [Conference Organising Committee Member], Terence MacSwiney, Cork Men’s Gaol, and the Political Hunger Strike, 1920-2020, University College Cork , 08-OCT-20 - 10-OCT-20. [Details] | |
| (2019) | Past, Present and Future of Patient Payment in the Irish Healthcare System, Donnacha Seán Lucey & Brian Turner (2019) The workshop was organised by Dr. Brian Turner and Dr. Sean Lucey and hosted by the ISS21 Society, Health and Political Economy (SHAPE) Research Cluster and the College of Business and Law. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Past, Present and Future of Patient Payment in the Irish Healthcare System, University College Cork , 28-MAR-19 - 28-MAR-19. [Details] |
Contact details
- Sean Lucey
- sean.lucey@ucc.ie
- +353-21-490-3000
- Research Manager, College of Business & Law
- sean.lucey@ucc.ie
- (0)21 490 3106
- ucc-ie.academia.edu/DonnachaSeanLucey