Margaret Ronayne
Professor
Geography and Archaeology
NUI Galway
Ireland
Biography
Maggie Ronayne received her BA and MA from University College Cork (1992, 1994) and has also studied at the University of Southampton. She taught there and at Oxford University and trained students in excavation methods in Scotland, Ireland and France before joining the Department of Archaeology, NUI, Galway, in 1999. She is a ex-officio executive member of the World Archaeological Congress (1994-2003).
Research Interest
Maggie Ronayne also has a current research interest in the historical archaeology of the recent past and its amalgamation with a community archaeology approach, and is developing innovative work on the study of 19th century rural Ireland.