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Booksellers, pirates, politicians and vivandières: the Dictionary of Irish Biography publishes 35 entries

2 October 2023

This October the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) is publishing thirty-five entries: thirty-two new entries encompassing a mix of contemporary figures and ‘missing persons’, and three major rewrites of existing entries. Among the notable contemporary figures are no less than three…

From sports to the arts, and everything in between: the DIB adds thirty-nine new entries

17 April 2023

This April the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) is publishing thirty-nine new entries, including a mix of contemporary figures, ‘missing persons’, and specially commissioned biographies for our recently published Irish Sporting Lives. Among the notable contemporary figures…

Brian Friel, Terry Wogan and a selection of 'missing persons' added to DIB

22 September 2022

The Dictionary of Irish Biography has published forty-one new entries, with a mixture of contemporary figures and ‘missing…

A retirement and a new face at the Dictionary of Irish Biography

16 August 2022

Having worked with the Dictionary of Irish Biography since 1995, Dr James Quinn has retired as Managing Editor. His successor, Dr Eoin Kinsella, has previously worked with the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) on a number of projects. At the end of July the Dictionary of Irish…

DIB publishes thirty-six new entries

30 March 2022

The Dictionary of Irish Biography has published its latest collection of entries online, adding thirty-six new lives…

New book 'Irish lives in America' launched at EPIC Museum

29 November 2021

The newly published Dictionary of Irish Biography book Irish lives in America (RIA, 2021) was launched on 24 November at EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum, in Dublin. The launch event included a panel discussion 'Irish lives in America: underdogs or overlords?' (see above…

New DIB book ‘Irish lives in America’ published

18 November 2021

The Royal Irish Academy has published a special Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) collection, Irish lives in America (November 2021). The new book comprises fifty biographical essays of notable Irish emigrants to America, attempting to capture something of the Irish experience of…

Thirty new entries added to the DIB

20 September 2021

The Dictionary of Irish Biography has added thirty new entries to its corpus of nearly 11,000 entries. These include stage school founder…

New DIB and Grangegorman Histories project

12 May 2021

The Grangegorman Histories project has curated a selection of over sixty DIB biographies of men and women connected to the Grangegorman area and institutions. The biographies, which will be shared over the coming weeks, include a broad range of figures: from Francis Johnston (1760/61–…

New biographies published of Garret FitzGerald, Ian Paisley and more

15 March 2021

The Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) launches its open access website with a selection of new biographies and extensive revisions of high profile political and cultural figures. Written by DIB historian Patrick Maume, substantial new entries for…