Hayley Kilgallon
"The History of Women and Sport in Ireland: The Ladies Gaelic' Football Association"
The overarching aim of Hayley's research is to examine the emergence of ladies' Gaelic football in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the subsequent spread and growth of the game in Ireland and abroad across five decades to understand how and why women's sport developed. These changes will be situated within the broader context of changes occurring on the island of Ireland for women from the late twentieth century onwards, as well as efforts to encourage greater female participation in sport.
E-mail: (opens in a new window)hayley.kilgallon@ucdconnect.ie
PhD Supervisor: (opens in a new window)Prof. Paul Rouse
Academic Achievements:
2018: MA in Public History, University College Dublin.
2017: BA International, University College Dublin.
2017-18: Kevin B. Nowlan Scholarship - UCD.
2017-18: BA Graduate Scholarship - UCD.
2017: National University of Ireland Mansion House Prize in Irish History.
2017: T.D Williams Medal - UCD.
Research Interests: History of Sport, Social History.
Time Period: 19th - 21st Centuries.
Publications:
Kilgallon, H., '(opens in a new window)From Novelty Act to National Association: The Emergence of Ladies Gaelic Football in the 1970s', Studies in Arts and Humanities, Vol 7, 2021, 113-130.