Breandan Mac Suibhne will research and write a book on the Great Famine of 1845-51.
Breandan Mac Suibhne, a Centenary College history professor, is one of 80 scholars nationwide to be awarded a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellowship for 2016-2017.
Breandan Mac Suibhne (Courtesy Photo)The endowment annually awards fellowships to top-rated proposals examined by panels of independent, external reviewers. The fellowship will enable Mac Suibhne to research and write a book exploring what the Irish poor did to and for each other in the Great Famine of 1845-51.