Turlough O’Riordan is a long-standing member of the DIB editorial team and is the author of numerous entries, particularly in the areas of architecture, medicine, religion, print culture, science and sport; he also focuses on Irish figures with distinct overseas careers. He is a graduate of University College Dublin (Bachelors in history and politics, Masters in early modern history), University of Cambridge (Masters in European studies), and Dublin Institute of Technology/Technical University of Ireland (Masters in computer science). Turlough is co-editor of Irish sporting lives (RIA, 2022) with Terry Clavin.
Keating, May (1895–1965), socialist, feminist and human rights campaigner, was born Mary Josephine Walsh on 6 October 1895, in Eadestown, Rathmore, Co. Kildare, to John Walsh, who farmed 70 acres there (28.3 hectares), and his wife Martha (née Cullen), a national school teacher. Her…