Bernadette Whelan

Dr Bernadette Whelan is professor emeritus in the Department of History, University of Limerick, Ireland. She publishes extensively on American Irish relations and on the history of women. Her publication, De Valera and Roosevelt. Irish and American Diplomacy in Times of Crisis, 1932-1939 (Cambridge University Press, 2021) was awarded the American Conference of Irish Studies Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America. She is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and co-editor of...See more

Dr Bernadette Whelan is professor emeritus in the Department of History, University of Limerick, Ireland. She publishes extensively on American Irish relations and on the history of women. Her publication, De Valera and Roosevelt. Irish and American Diplomacy in Times of Crisis, 1932-1939 (Cambridge University Press, 2021) was awarded the American Conference of Irish Studies Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America. She is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and co-editor of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy published bi-annually by the Royal Irish Academy, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Archives of Ireland. See less