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Podcast: The Ireland Podcast
Episode: 155. Eoin Kinsella: Dictionary of Irish Biography
Description: 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; conf...