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Kate O'Malley

Managing Editor

Dictionary of Irish Biography

Dr Kate O’Malley is Managing Editor of the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB). She was Assistant Editor with the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) series from 2005 to 2019. She is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin (BA, PhD). She has written extensively on Indo-Irish relations and her book Ireland, India and Empire was published by Manchester University Press in 2008. Her research interests encompass Irish diplomatic and political history, twentieth century Indian history, British imperial and Commonwealth history and British decolonisation. She is an occasional lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin as well as an Associate of the Centre for Contemporary Irish History. She has also taught at University College Dublin and at Queen's University, Belfast.

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Tel: +353 1 6090698 Email: k.omalley@ria.ie Directory: Staff, Dictionary of Irish Biography

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