Kathleen Winifred Hughes (8 September 1926 in Middlesbrough – 20 April 1977) was an English historian, her specialisation was Irish ecclesiastical history, particularly the early Christian Church in Ireland.
Despite both having been written in 1974, they were included because "she was one of the most distinguished early Irish church historian(s) of her generation", and as they had "been heralded as forthcoming since her death.
The editors therefore felt that it was only right to print the chapters as she wrote; Dr. Ann Hamlin, a friend of Kathleen Hughes, kindly undertook to complete the footnote reference and to update them where necessary."
Among her best-known works was The Modern Traveller to the Early Irish Church, which was co-written with Dr. Hamlin.
[1] Ireland in Early Mediaeval Europe: Studies in Memory of Kathleen Hughes was published in 1981 and edited by Dorothy Whitelock, Rosamond McKitterick and David Dumville.