Dr Gillian O'Brien is a Reader in Modern Irish History at Liverpool John Moores University. She is a member of the Board of the Irish Museums Association, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a former Fulbright Scholar. Gillian is the author of Blood Runs Green: The Murder That Transfixed Gilded Age Chicago and The Darkness Echoing: Exploring Ireland's Places of Famine, Death & Rebellion.