16/01/2026 The Irish Quantitative History Workshop 2026

Date: 16/01/2026
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Institution: Trinity College Dublin
Format: In Person

 

As part of CEPH’s research strand, the Centre is delighted to collaborate with the Irish Quantitative History network once again. We will host their annual workshop in Trinity College Dublin on Friday 16 January 2026.

The programme for next year’s workshop can be found below, and if you would like to register your attendance please fill in this form.

IQH_Workshop_2026_programme

Introduction

12:00-12:30 Arrival, sandwiches
12:30-12:50 Welcome, quick personal introductions, current work(s) in progress
12:50-13:10 Update on CEPH Data Digitization

 

Session 1

13:10-13:40 “Investment in Human Capital and Economic Convergence in Post Second World War Europe, the Case of Ireland”
John Fitzgerald (TCD)

13:40-14:10 “Two Centuries of Irish Fairs: Lessons from Donegal”
Peter M. Solar, Breandán Mac Suibhne, Aidan Kane

14:10-14:40 “The Irish in England”
Neil Cummins (LSE), Cormac Ó Gráda (UCD)

14:40-15:00 Coffee Break

 

Session 2

15:00-15:40 “Agricultural Rents in the Eighteenth Century”
Paul Kelly (LSE)

15:40-16:20 “Irish Landowners in the 19th century”
Eliza Maxfield & Kris James Mitchener

16:20-17:00 “The Right Time and Place? Agricultural Development, Poverty, and the
Congested Districts Board of Ireland 1891–1909”
Tiarnán Heaney (QUB)