Ruth Hegarty
Managing Editor of Publications, Staff representative on Executive Committee
Ruth Hegarty is Managing Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s publishing house.
In 2006 she established the Prism imprint of the RIA which produces beautiful accessible books that encourage readers to return to the primary source and are rooted in scholarship. Books include A history of Ireland in 100 words, the ‘Judging’ series, Dublin 1911 and A history of Ireland in 100 objects. She is a member of the Expert Working Group for the public history project Grangegorman Histories.