Diarmaid ferriter biography sample
Diarmaid ferriter biography sample
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Diarmaid Ferriter
Irish historian (born 1972)
Diarmaid Ferriter (born February 1972)[2] is an Irish historian, broadcaster, and university professor.[3] He has written fourteen 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.[4] 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 to 2009, Ferriter hosted What If, a Sunday morning radio programme on RTÉ 1 and presented RTE's The History Show from 2011-2012.
He continues to cover a range of Irish historical matters on RTE and the BBC.[5] His 2007 biography of Éamon de Valera, Judging Dev, won in three categories of the 2008 Irish Book Awards.[4]