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Broadcasters, dancers, activists and a mining magnate: the Dictionary of Irish Biography publishes 29 entries

3 November 2025

This November the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) publishes twenty-nine biographical entries: twenty-eight new entries alongside an extensive revision of an existing entry. As ever, this release sees the publication of an eclectic range of noteworthy lives, drawn from across the…

Craoltóirí, rinceoirí, gníomhaithe agus ridire mianadóireachta: 29 alt foilsithe ag Beathaisnéisí Éireann

3 November 2025

I mí na Samhna tá naoi n-alt is fiche á bhfoilsiú ag Beathaisnéisí Éireann: ocht gcinn is fiche atá úrnua, agus athbhreithniú mionsonraithe amháin ar alt atá ann cheana féin. Mar is gnách, feictear san eisiúint seo lear mór alt ilghnéitheach suntasach, ó gach cearn den saol Éireannach…

Misinéirí, matamaiticeoirí, polaiteoirí agus éachtóir: 22 alt foilsithe ag Beathaisnéisí Éireann

4 April 2025

I mí Aibreáin seo tá dhá alt is fiche á bhfoilsiú ag Beathaisnéisí Éireann: fiche alt beathaisnéise nua ina bhfuil meascán de phearsana comhaimseartha agus ‘daoine ar iarraidh’,* chomh maith le dhá athbhreithniú ar altanna atá ann cheana féin. Tá tamall tógtha le sonraí shaol…

Missionaries, mathematicians, politicians and a stuntman: the Dictionary of Irish Biography publishes 22 entries

1 April 2025

This April the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) is publishing twenty-two biographical entries: twenty new entries featuring a mix of contemporary figures and ‘missing persons’,* alongside two revisions of existing entries. The details of…

Ealaíontóirí, ceoltóirí, aisteoirí agus misinéirí i measc 30 altanna á bhfoilsiú ag Beathaisnéisí Éireann

7 October 2024

I mí Dheireadh Fómhair seo tá tríocha altanna á fhoilsiú ag Beathaisnéisí Éireann: seacht altanna beathaisnéise is fiche atá úrnua, ina bhfuil meascán de phearsana comhaimseartha agus ‘daoine ar iarraidh’,* agus trí athbhreithniú mionsonraithe ar altanna atá ann cheana féin. Tá go leor…

Scientists, musicians, actors and missionaries among 30 entries published by the Dictionary of Irish Biography

1 October 2024

This October the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) is publishing thirty lives: twenty-seven new biographical entries featuring a mix of contemporary figures and ‘missing persons’,* alongside three detailed revisions of existing entries. Many of the names published in this release are…

Oideoirí, matrarchaí, ealaíontóirí, fiontraithe agus gníomhaithe: foilsíonn Beathaisnéisí Éireann 33 altanna

29 April 2024

I mí Aibreáin seo tá trí altanna is tríocha á bhfoilsiú ag Beathaisnéisí Éireann: naoi n-altanna bheathaisnéise nua is fiche ina bhfuil meascán de phearsana comhaimseartha agus ‘daoine ar iarraidh’, agus ceithre athbhreithniú mionsonraithe ar altanna atá ann cheana féin. I measc na…

Educators, matriarchs, artists, entrepreneurs and activists: the Dictionary of Irish Biography publishes 33 entries

26 April 2024

This April the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) is publishing thirty-three lives: twenty-nine new biographical entries featuring a mix of contemporary figures and ‘missing persons’, and four detailed revisions of existing entries. Among the notable lives included…

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…