The Ireland Podcast10 Huhti 2025

155. Eoin Kinsella: Dictionary of Irish Biography

Episode 155 has Eoin Kinsella, Managing Editor of Dictionary of Irish Biography in conversation with Fender Jackson on the phone on 10th April 2025.

Conversation includes: introductions; origins of Dictionary of Irish Biography; Royal Irish Academy; Linde Lunney; gaining traction in the 1990’s; going free online on 17th March 2021; what the DIB is; managing biases; the time between a death and an entry; Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley; Éamon de Valera; Dr. Patrick Maume; the frequency of new entries; the criteria for being included; early entries; breakdown of users; Noël Browne; gathering sources; National Archives; National Library; conflicting sources; the census; the 20 new entries; Adrian Hardiman; Peter Barry; Barry’s Tea; Alice Litster; Mother and Baby Homes; Dr. Niav Gallagher; the freedom of increasing the word count by going online; Pascal Whelan; Mary Gough; Noreen Dennehy; Maura Lynch; the similarity in the DIB and The Ireland Podcast; Ann Lovett; the Research Database; the process of a new entry; Liam Cosgrave; Fr. Pat Heron and ‘The Heron Papers’; 'Teacht den tSliabh Tráthnóna' by Aodh Ó Canainn; The Doegen Records Web Project; recording your parents and grandparents; plans for the future; being part of a network of national biographical dictionaries; new functionality; funding and other topics.

Relevant Links

https://www.dib.ie

Additional Links

https://www.dib.ie/contributor/kinsella-eoin

https://www.ria.ie

https://www.doegen.ie

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