The Mary McNeill Scholarship is available for well-qualified students enrolling in the one year MA in Irish Studies at the Queen’s University of Belfast in September 2019.

Moreover, the MA features an interdisciplinary core module on ‘Belfast: Place, Identity and Memory in a contested city’. Also, this offers a unique introduction to Irish Studies through the study of Belfast-Ireland’s second city and the capital of Northern Ireland since 1921-and its relationship to the rest of the island as well as the wider world.

Mary McNeill, author of ‘The life and times of Mary Ann McCracken’, and a leading figure in the Irish Association was a distinguished Irish historian. This scholarship is founded in her memory.

About Queen’s University

Founded by Queen Victoria, the Queen’s University in Ireland, was designed to be a non-denominational alternative to Trinity College Dublin which was controlled by the Anglican Church.

Furthermore, the University was made up of three Queen’s Colleges – in Cork, Galway and Belfast. Although it was the first University in the north of Ireland, Queen’s drew on a tradition of learning which goes back to 1810 and the foundation of the Belfast Academical Institution.

Benefits

• Two scholarships to the value of £3,000 each are available for well–qualified students enrolling in the one–year MA in Irish Studies at the Queen’s University of Belfast in September 2019

Eligibility

• This scholarship is open only to residents of the USA or Canada,
• Also, Applicants should be enrolling as overseas students on this MA course, and will take the form of a fee bursary covering part of their student fees.

Application

• Applications will be judged by a panel chaired by the Director of Irish Studies on the basis of academic merit and reasons for taking the course.
• Also, Closing date for applications is 3rd May 2019, by 5pm UK time.
• Download an Application Form: ‌McNeill Scholarship 2019