Hiram Morgan

Hiram Morgan is an Irish historian. He is an expert on the Nine Years War, the career of Hugh O'Neill and Ireland's connections with Europe and beyond. He was chairman of the Royal Irish Academy Committee for Historical Sciences from 2003 to 2007.

Early life

Morgan was born in Belfast in 1960. He was educated at Our Lady and St. Patrick's College, Knock and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He teaches at University College Cork.

His main works are:

Monograph:
*Tyrone's rebellion: the outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland', no. 67 in The Royal Historical Society Studies in History series.
Edited Books:
*Political Ideology in Ireland, 1541–1641'.
*Information, Media and Power through the Ages.
*The Battle of Kinsale.
Translation/Scholarly Edition
*With John Barry, Great Deeds in Ireland, Richard Stanihurst's De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis,.
Journal
*A founder and co-editor of History Ireland, the illustrated magazine dealing with all aspects of Irish history.
Websites
*Morgan is director of the world's largest online site for Irish Studies: CELT