Curriculum vitae

With a Bachelor of Engineering from University College Dublin and a Master of Business Administration from Dublin City University, I seemed set to follow the typical career path of an engineer/ middle manager. But then I became fascinated by prehistory and took a one-year career break to complete an MA in archaeology in Queens University Belfast. That one year became twenty years and I am still at university. 
My PhD from Queens University Belfast examined the role of comets and meteors in culture, with a focus on medieval Ireland. Since then, I have taught Irish in Poland and Leipzig, and academic English in Leipzig University. 
I am currently researching a habilitation thesis on the role of prehistoric sites in medieval literature.