Matthew Potter

Matthew Potter is the curator of Limerick Museum.[1] He is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of History of the University of Limerick.[2] He is a published historian with a primary focus on governmental history. He has also focused on discovering link between Limerick the place and limerick the poem.[3] He was educated in the Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town and the Crescent College Comprehensive, Limerick City. He holds a B.A. in History from the University of London, an M.A. in Museum Practice and Management from the University of Ulster; and PhD in History from the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Selected publications
  • Limerick's Military Tradition (1691-1922): A Brief Introduction (Limerick: Limerick City and County Council, 2018).
  • Roscommon – History and Society Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County (Joint Editor with Richie Farrell and Kieran O'Conor) (Dublin: Geography Publications, 2018).
  • They Dreamed and are Dead: Limerick 1916 (Joint Author with Brian Hodkinson and William O’Neill) (Limerick: Limerick City and County Council, 2016).
  • Limerick's Merchants, Traders and Shakers: Celebrating Two Centuries of Enterprise (Joint Author with Sharon Slater) (Limerick: Limerick Chamber of Commerce, 2015).
  • City and Cemetery: A History of Mount Saint Lawrence, Limerick (Limerick: Limerick City and County Council, 2015).
  • Amazing Lace: A History of the Limerick Lace Industry (Limerick: Limerick City and County Council, 2014).
  • Skibbereen Town Council: A History (Skibbereen: Skibbereen Town Council, 2014).
  • The Curious Story of the Limerick (Limerick: Limerick Writers Centre, 2013)
  • Boyle, Roscommon and Tulsk 1613–2013, 400 Years of Municipal Government in County Roscommon (Roscommon: Roscommon County Council, 2013)
  • A Century of Service, A History of the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland 1912-2012 (Nenagh: Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland, 2012).
  • The Municipal Revolution in Ireland. A Handbook of Urban Government in Ireland since 1800. (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2010).
  • Limerick – History and Society Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County (Joint Editor with Liam Irwin and Gearóid O Tuathaigh) (Dublin: Geography Publications, 2009).
  • William Monsell of Tervoe 1812-94: Catholic Unionist, Anglo-Irishman. (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2009).
  • First Citizens of the Treaty City. The Mayors and the Mayoralty of Limerick, (Limerick: Limerick City Council, 2007).
  • The Government and the People of Limerick. The History of Limerick Corporation/City Council 1197–2006, (Limerick: Limerick City Council, 2006).
  • A Catholic Unionist. The Life and Times of William Monsell, first Baron Emly of Tervoe (1812-1894). A Centenary Essay, (Limerick: Treaty Press, 1994).

References
  1. "New home for Limerick Museum at the former Franciscan Friary in the heart of Limerick city centre | Limerick.ie". www.limerick.ie. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  2. "Dr Matthew Potter | UL History". www.ul.ie. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  3. "Is the limerick a Limerick invention?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2018-05-19.


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