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33 new Dictionary of Irish Biography entries published

Featuring educators, matriarchs, artists, entrepreneurs and activists.

In April the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) published 33 lives: 29 new biographical entries featuring a mix of contemporary figures and ‘missing persons’, and four detailed revisions of existing entries.

Image: Gertrude Dunning, Martin Naughton, Mary Mulvihill, Laurence Wren, Frank Kelly and Gillian Bowler, copyright: Leopardstown Park Hospital; Public domain; DIAS Library & Archives; Garda Museum and Archives; RTE Archives.