Fearghal McGarry

Fearghal McGarry (born 16 November 1971) is an Irish historian specializing in the history of Ireland in the 20th century, currently Professor of Modern Irish History at Queen's University, Belfast.

McGarry is the author of books about Ireland in the first half of the twentieth century. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Education McGarry was educated at University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated in modern history.

He was joint editor of Irish Historical Studies and a member of the editorial board of Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (Section C). He is currently a member of the advisory group for the Ulster Museum's project Collecting the Troubles and Beyond.

Selected works "Irish Newspapers and the Spanish Civil War", Irish Historical Studies Vol. 33, No. 129 (May 2002), pp. 68–90 Frank Ryan (2002) Irish Politics and the Spanish Civil War (1999) Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-Made Hero (Oxford University Press, 2005) The Rising: Ireland Easter 1916 (Oxford University Press, 2010) The Abbey Rebels of 1916: A Lost Revolution (Gill & Macmillan, 2015, ) Remembering 1916: The Easter Rising, the Somme and the Politics of Memory in Ireland (Cambridge University Press, 2016), edited with Richard Grayson The Irish Revolution: A Global History (New York University Press, 2022), edited with Patrick Mannion