Breda Condron (née O’ Kelly) is a keen local and family history enthusiast. Her most recent publication was on the tombstones of Killoughey graveyard and she has worked towards the…

Brendan Ryan Is a retired Principal teacher. He is a native of Dublin city and has written extensively on West Offaly.

Brian Pey Works for Offaly County Council in Tullamore. He is an active member of Birr Historical Society and Offaly History. His main interest is in the history of the…

Ciara Molloy Secured a History and Political Science Scholarship in Trinity College Dublin. She is a member of the Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society and is currently engaged in post-graduate…

Ciarán Reilly Is Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses & Estates, Dept of History, Maynooth University. He is author of The Irish Land Agent,…

Diarmuid Wheeler Has studied the roots of colonialism in the Laois-Offaly Plantation and secured his doctorate at NUIG Galway. He has contributed to Offaly Heritage and lectured to the Society.…

Fergal MacCabe Is a Tullamore born architect, town planner and topographical artist. He is the author of Ambition and Achievement – The Civic Visions of Frank Gibney and Friends Houses…

Fergus O’Bracken Was Tullamore born Peadar Bracken’s youngest son. After a lifetime career (40 plus years) managing in marketing computer systems at hom and abroad, he retired to County Armagh…

Frank Fennel Is interested in family and military history and has contributed to Offaly Heritage.

James P. Cullen Brigadier General (Deceased), U.S. Army was long associated with the Offaly Historical and Historical Society and was a regular visitor to Ireland. He contributed a memoir to…

James Scully   James Scully has for many years had a keen interest in local history with reference to west Offaly and the Grand Canal. A gifted communicator, he has…

Lisa Shortall Is a professional archivist and currently manages Offaly Archives. Her research interests are in local and community archives, and archival representation, and she regularly gives lectures to the…

Margaret Hogan A graduate of UCD was a teacher at St Brendan’s Community School, Birr. Her publications include The Gospel Book of Macregol of Birr (2007) and Drama in Birr:…

Margaret White Mulligan works in the area of family history and has contributed to several issues of Offaly Heritage.

Maurice Egan Is a retired beverage industry executive. He is chairman of P & H Egan (Tullamore) Limited, the brand owner of Egan’s Irish whiskey. He resides in Johannesburg and…

Michael Byrne Is a solicitor and notary public. He has been active in the promotion of local studies in County Offaly for many years and is general secretary of the…

Michael Goodbody moved to London to take up a career in the city in 1962. He is now retired and lives in Essex. At an early age he developed an…

Miriam Smyth Is a researcher and producer with over twenty years’ experience. She worked on a number of well-known television series.

P.J Dooley is a community development worker and organic farmer, living in Ferbane, Co. Offaly. He holds a Master’s degree in Agriculture and a Higher Diploma in Community Work. He…

P.J. Goode Is a Dublin based Cloneygowan, Offaly native.  Upcoming publication (2021) is A People’s Army, Cloneygowan D Company IRA 1919-23. He has published Cloneygowan and District.. (2005), The O’Dempsey…

Paddy Heaney Is a much-loved figure in local studies and is a native of Cadamstown, County Offaly. He has published extensively on this area of the county.

Padraig Heavin Is retired and is a member of Mallow Archaeological and Historical Society and Mallow Camera Club. He has had a lifelong interest in Offaly history and sport.

Paschal Sweeney Has an interest in local and community history and has published two works on the Franciscan Friary in Multyfarnham; in 2013, Through the East Window, the story of…

Paul Hughes Is a Mullingar-based journalist and the holder of a  Ph.D from Queen’s University, Belfast. His doctoral thesis focused on the republican activism of Laurence Ginnell (1852-1923). In 2005,…

Philip McConway Secured his Ph. D from TCD for a thesis on the civil war in County Offaly. He has lectured extensively and has contributed to Offaly Heritage and numerous…

Richard Egan teaches in Tullamore and has contributed to Offaly Heritage.

Ronnie Mathews Was a well-known and liked local history enthusiast and author in Portarlington. He died on 8 January 2017 at the age of 83.

Ruth Barton Is Associate Professor in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin. She has published widely on Irish cinema and her works include Irish National Cinema (2004), Acting Irish in Hollywood (2006) and Rex Ingram, Visionary…

Sean McEvoy is a secondary school teacher at the Curragh Post Primary School in Kildare and is a member of Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society.

Stephen Callaghan Works as a legal review analyst, but in his spare time is an independent historian. His research is primarily concerned with Birr Barracks, the Leinster Regiment and social…

Steven T.M. Egan Is undertaking post graduate research in history. His interest in Offaly history was nurtured from a young age by his father Peter.

Sylvia Turner Is a semi-retired university tutor in Education and has a long held interest in Irish history. Her research relates mainly to Kerry, the home of her grandfather’s ancestors…