Finola Doyle-O'Neill

I am both a Broadcast and Legal Historian, with a Doctoral Degree in Ireland's broadcast history, the first doctoral degree in this area at UCC. I also hold a Degree in Civil Law and a Higher Diploma in Education, with a 1H in my teaching practice. My forthcoming book, published by Clarus Press, is Benchmarkers: Female Firsts in the Irish Judiciary . This will be the first Irish book to address the dearth of historical and legal research on female judges, the historical milieu in which they were appointed, and their contribution to Irish Jurisprudence. I spoke recently on The Clare Byrne Show on RTÉ Radio 1 on my book, and on 100 years of the Courts in Ireland. https://castbox.fm/episode/100-years-of-the-courts-in-Ireland-id3237948-id723807200?utm_source=edm&u... . My previous book, The Gaybo Revolution: How Gay Byrne Challenged Irish Society (2016) https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/it-started-on-the-late-late-the-gaybo-revolution/34237680.html continues to be a top-selling monograph and is also a core text for the Later Modern Leaving Certificate History Curriculum https://ibhof.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-gaybo-revolution.html. I firmly believe that my area of expertise should be accessible and amenable to everyone and thus I prefer to write for a more generalist readership . This mindset began when

My research focus is on the intersection between both broadcast and legal history. My most recent article for RTÉ Brainstorm looks for example at televising the Judiciary as they deliver their judgments. https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/0808/1398683-ireland-legal-court-tv-coverage-cuirt-tv/. Moreover, following on from the success of my book, The Gaybo Revolution: How Gay Byrne Challenged Irish Society, I often get asked to speak at conferences and on many media outlets on the impact of Gay Byrne on Ireland's broadcast and cultural history. I also enjoy researching, scripting and 'Staging History' for schools and communities throughout Ireland who are more engaged with their national history when performed live https://www.corkindependent.com/2023/08/30/bringing-irish-history-to-life/ . I was honored to be invited by President Michael D. Higgins and Mrs Sabina Higgins to Aras an Uachtarain in 2017 to celebrate Irish female suffragism, and was very gratified that my radio series, The Road to the Vote, is now on the Oireachtas website. https://www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-40174608.html

My lectures focus on the following areas: The history of Ireland's broadcast and print media, cinematic representations of Ireland and the Irish, cultural identity and sport, women in the media, cultural identity and nationhood. I lecture on and co-ordinate the following modules:-Hi2022- A History of the Media In Ireland -Hi3033- Irish Film History-https://www.studyabroad101.com/programs/university-college-cork-cork-direct-enrollment-exchange/revi... -Hi3044-Seminar- Communications, Culture and Identity in twentieth century Ireland -Hi2044- Crime and the Media (part of BA in Criminology) Hi2105: Case study: Hi2001: The impact of RTE 1962-1972 - I lecture on the Diploma in Culture and Folklore under ACE (Adult and Continuing Education) I guest lecture on the Masters in Public History I have Taught on Evening Certificate in Arts programme Some of my modules are inter-disciplinary, including A History of the Media in Ireland, which is offered to second year students in the BSc in Public Health Sciences, and to second year students in the Criminology BA. I have supervised 190 8,000-word third-year seminar dissertations and 51 Postgraduate students to date, with a flavor of some their dissertations outlined below: