My research interests lie primarily in the area of land law, the law of trusts, conveyancing law, succession law and matrimonial property law.

                       I teach modules in land law, equity and trusts and comparative property law                      

Dr Una Woods graduated with a BCL from University College Cork in 1995. She was awarded an LLM in Human Rights and Discrimination Law by Queens University Belfast in 1996. She qualified as a solicitor in 1999 and was awarded the Findlater Scholarship by the Law Society of Ireland. She joined the School of Law, University of Limerick in September 1999. In November 2006 she was appointed by the Minister for Justice as a member of the Property Registration Authority (which previously managed the Irish Land Registry and the Registry of Deeds) and, in November 2010, she was re-appointed for another 4 year term. In 2014, she completed her doctorate with Queens University Belfast on The Irish Law on Adverse Possession - The Case for a Qualified Veto System . She has acted as a consultant to the Irish Law Reform Commission on the law in relation to cohabitants and adverse possession. Her publications focus mainly on land law and conveyancing law. She has acted as an external examiner for NUI, Galway, DCU, UCD and UCC.    Research Interests: My research interests lie primarily in the area of land law, the law of trusts, conveyancing law, succession law and matrimonial property law. Teaching Interests: I teach modules in land law, equity and trusts, and comparative property law.        Recent Postgraduates:  Mary Curtin graduated with a PhD in 2024 Kathryn O'Sullivan graduated with a PhD in 2012 Audrey Kean graduated with an LLM by research in 2011 Laura Gleeson graduated with an LLM by research in 2010