Ann-Maria Walsh studied English at University College Dublin and was awarded her PhD in 2017. Her research interests include early modern women’s letters and autobiographical writings and Irish and British history of that period. Her monograph, ‘The Daughters of the First Earl of Cork: Writing Family, Faith, Politics and Place‘ was published in 2020. Ann-Maria also has essays published in a number of different collections including ‘Women’s Life Writing and Early Modern Ireland’ (2019) (Eckerle and McAreavey, eds), and the ‘Royal Irish Academy’s Sisters‘ (2022), (O’Dowd and Fitzpatrick, eds). Ann-Maria is currently preparing an edition of the Boyle women’s letters for publication with the Irish Manuscripts Commission
‘The correspondence of the Boyle’s sisters’, June 2023.
Dr. Ann-Maria Walsh of Queens University Belfast explored the lives of the Boyle Sisters through their letters. In her book, ‘The Daughters of the First Earl of Cork’, a rich archival legacy of the Boyle family and the women’s lives is presented, preserving the sisters’ wishes to be remembered as active participants in historic events of the period.
