Historian, curator and author, Sinéad McCoole is an expert in the history of Irish women from 1880 to the present day. Over the past 25 years she has been a regular contributor on radio, television, print media and online on Irish history, Irish art and material culture, oral history, museums and commemoration. McCoole graduated from the University College Dublin (UCD) with a BA in History and History of Art in 1990, followed by a masters in Modern Irish History from UCD in 1992 with a thesis on Lady Lavery. Her first book, Hazel: A Life of Lady Lavery 1880-1935, was published in 1996 and that year she curated the exhibition 'Society and Politics' at the Hugh Lane, Dublin City Gallery. Her work interviewing witnesses and gathering primary material relating to the women involved in the Easter Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War and the early independent Irish State is seen as pioneering. She was awarded a DLitt by publication in 2019. She curated the first exhibition on women's role in the Irish revolutionary period, 'Guns and Chiffon' in Kilmainham Gaol the accompanying book was published in 1997 and a documentary of the same name in 2003. Among the exhibitions she has curated are the award winning - Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina County Mayo – 1 man 100,000 items; as well as showcasing this collection in the US - 'Crossings' was part of the Imagine Ireland Showcase in 2011 and 'Drawing Conclusions - Mapping the Irish' was on display at the American Irish Historical Society, New York in 2012. Other exhibitions include: 'Passion and Politics - The Salon Revisited' was in Dublin City Gallery, the Hugh Lane in 2010. On behalf of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mná 1916-2016 was the touring national centenary exhibition and for 1918 commemorating the introduction of voting rights for women and their rights to stand in parliamentary elections: A Pop-Up Women’s Museum – 100 years of Women in Politics and Public – which following its opening and closing in Dublin Castle's Coach House it toured in Munster, Ulster and Connaught. Winner of the Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Awards 2019 for Excellence in Culture, Value and Diversity. She has been a member of the Expert Advisory Group on the Government of Ireland Decade of Centenaries Programme since its inception and an Ex-Officio member of Vótáil100, the Houses of the Oireachtas programme for the centenary of ‘Votes for Women.’ Her most recent work is a play ‘Leaving the Ladies’ based on the true events. It was published by Arlen House (2019). She is currently working on a new publication for The O’Brien Press – the working title is The Independence War.
Historian, curator and author, Sinéad McCoole is an expert in the history of Irish women from 1880 to the present day. Over the past 25 years she has been a regular contributor on radio, television, print media and online on Irish history, Irish art and material culture, oral history, museums and commemoration. McCoole graduated from the University College Dublin (UCD) with a BA in History and History of Art in 1990, followed by a masters in Modern Irish History from UCD in 1992 with a thesis on Lady Lavery. Her first book, Hazel: A Life of Lady Lavery 1880-1935, was published in 1996 and that year she curated the exhibition 'Society and Politics' at the Hugh Lane, Dublin City Gallery. Her work interviewing witnesses and gathering primary material relating to the women involved in the Easter Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War and the early independent Irish State is seen as pioneering. She was awarded a DLitt by publication in 2019. She curated the first exhibition on women's role in the Irish revolutionary period, 'Guns and Chiffon' in Kilmainham Gaol the accompanying book was published in 1997 and a documentary of the same name in 2003. Among the exhibitions she has curated are the award winning - Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina County Mayo – 1 man 100,000 items; as well as showcasing this collection in the US - 'Crossings' was part of the Imagine Ireland Showcase in 2011 and 'Drawing Conclusions - Mapping the Irish' was on display at the American Irish Historical Society, New York in 2012. Other exhibitions include: 'Passion and Politics - The Salon Revisited' was in Dublin City Gallery, the Hugh Lane in 2010. On behalf of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mná 1916-2016 was the touring national centenary exhibition and for 1918 commemorating the introduction of voting rights for women and their rights to stand in parliamentary elections: A Pop-Up Women’s Museum – 100 years of Women in Politics and Public – which following its opening and closing in Dublin Castle's Coach House it toured in Munster, Ulster and Connaught. Winner of the Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Awards 2019 for Excellence in Culture, Value and Diversity. She has been a member of the Expert Advisory Group on the Government of Ireland Decade of Centenaries Programme since its inception and an Ex-Officio member of Vótáil100, the Houses of the Oireachtas programme for the centenary of ‘Votes for Women.’ Her most recent work is a play ‘Leaving the Ladies’ based on the true events. It was published by Arlen House (2019). She is currently working on a new publication for The O’Brien Press – the working title is The Independence War.
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