Hello. This is the personal website of Owen McGee, historian, and author of the books A History of Ireland in International Relations, Arthur Griffith and The IRB: from the Land League to Sinn Fein.

My latest book has been described in Diplomacy and Statecraft as “a major overview” and “a stimulating study”, while early Irish press reviews called it “a valuable addition to Irish historiography” (Irish Times, 23 May 2020) and “a very interesting and ambitious study” (Irish Independent, 25 Apr.2020). My biography of Arthur Griffith was reviewed positively in a few newspapers: Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Business Post and Irish Catholic, while my first book, The IRB: from the Land League to Sinn Fein, won the NUI Centennial Prize for Irish History.

I am currently involved in a collaborative project on the origins of Irish diplomacy called “The Irish Revolution: diplomacy and reactions 1919-23” that will produce a co-edited book of essays on the subject within the next year. Recent publications include a couple of contributions to a Royal Irish Academy publication, “Irish Lives in America” (2021), while an article has appeared in Irish Studies in International Affairs based on a recent conference paper I gave to mark a century of Irish diplomacy.

Previous publications are mentioned in a top-bar menu as are research interests for future publications.

The monthly posts on this site are purely casual “musings”, or blogs, rather than publications, that are written for no particular reason. At least they might entertain!

I can be contacted via the contact form and visitors can comment on or tweet pages if they wish, although this site has no corresponding social media presence.