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The Dictionary of Irish Biography has published forty-one new entries, with a mixture of contemporary figures and ‘missing…
Brian Friel, Terry Wogan and a selection of 'missing persons' added to DIB
22 September 2022
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 Biography (DIB)…
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…
Open access Dictionary of Irish Biography launched
15 March 2021
First launched in 2009, the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) has moved to an ‘open access’ model making its entire corpus of nearly 11,000 biographical entries freely available to all users for the first time. Officially launched today (St Patrick's Day, 17 March) by Taoiseach…