Diarmaid Ferriter

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Diarmaid Ferriter
BornFebruary 1972
Ireland
NationalityIrish
Academic background
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsUniversity College Dublin

Diarmaid Ferriter (born February 1972[1]) is an Irish historian, broadcaster and university professor.[2] He has written eleven books on the subject of Irish history, and co-authored another. Ferriter attended St. Benildus College in Kilmacud in Dublin and University College Dublin.

Career[]

Since 2008, Ferriter is Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin.[3] He was formerly a senior lecturer in history at St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin City University, and he was Burns Scholar at Boston College from 2008 to 2009. From 2003-2009, Ferriter hosted What If, a Sunday morning radio programme on RTÉ 1.[4] His 2007 biography of Éamon de Valera, Judging Dev, won in three categories of the 2008 Irish Book Awards.[3]

Beyond academia, Ferriter has developed a public profile in media and politics: He worked on multiple television projects, presenting a three-part television series, The Limits of Liberty, and later co-writing the 2018 documentary Keepers of the Flame.[5] In 2013, he publicly supported the political campaign Democracy Matters, which opposed proposals to abolish the Irish Senate. In 2014, he began writing as a weekly columnist for The Irish Times.

In March 2019, Ferriter was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy.[6]

Bibliography[]

  • A Nation of Extremes; the pioneers in twentieth-century Ireland. Irish Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-2623-0
  • Mothers, Maidens and Myths: A History of the Irish Countrywomen's Association
  • Cuimhnigh Ar Luimneach: A history of Limerick County Council, 1898–1998.
  • Lovers of Liberty? Local government in twentieth-century Ireland
  • The Irish Famine (co-authored with Colm Tóibín). Profile Books Ltd. ISBN 1-86197-460-4
  • The Transformation of Ireland: 1900–2000. Profile Books Ltd. ISBN 1-58567-681-0
  • What If? Alternative Views of Twentieth-Century Ireland. Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-3990-5
  • Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon de Valera. Royal Irish Academy Oct 2007. ISBN 1-904890-28-8
  • Occasions of Sin: Sex and Society in Modern Ireland, Profile Books Ltd, September 2009
  • Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s. Profile Books Ltd, November 2012. ISBN 978-1-84668-468-5.
  • A Nation and not a Rabble: The Irish Revolution 1913-23. Profile Books Ltd, March 2015. ISBN 978-1781250419
  • On the Edge: Ireland's Offshore Islands: A Modern History. Profile Books, Ltd, September 2018 ISBN 978-1-78125-643-5
  • The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics. Profile Books, Ltd, February 2019 ISBN 978-1-78816-178-7

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Spain, John (7 November 2012). "Diarmaid Ferriter: I was nearly born in embassy blaze". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2020.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ Royal Society for the Arts: Professor Diarmaid Ferriter at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 September 2007).
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Holden, Louise (16 September 2008). "Judging Diarmaid". The Irish Times. p. 16. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  4. ^ Official homepage of What If on RTÉ.ie at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 March 2007).
  5. ^ The limits of liberty page (and see also Families in the Oireachtas).
  6. ^ RIA.

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