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Niamh Gallagher is a University Associate Professor in Modern British and Irish History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine's College. Her research focuses on the social and political dimensions of Ireland’s involvement in the First World War, the Irish Revolution, and the legacy of the British Empire. She has authored award-winning books, including Ireland and the Great War (2019), which won the Royal Historical Society’s Whitfield Prize, and co-edited The Political Thought of the Irish Revolution (2022). In 2024, she secured a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to study Ireland’s relationship with the end of the British Empire.
Her work bridges academic research with public engagement: she co-convenes the Cambridge Future of the Island of Ireland series, advising on historical aspects of Northern Ireland’s centenary and contributing to policy discussions via the House of Lords and the Irish Government’s Peace and Reconciliation Fund. She lectures on modern British and Irish history, supervises across undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and has held roles including Admissions Lead in History and Chair of the Amalgamated Clubs at St Catharine’s College.
Her media contributions include appearances on BBC, RTE, and podcasts discussing the Good Friday Agreement, the Irish Border, and historical memory. Awards include the 2020 Whitfield Prize, the St Catharine Prize (2013), and the Members’ History Prize (2011).
