Daire Keogh

Daire Keogh (born Dublin, Ireland, 1964[1]) is an academic historian and third-level educational leader, as of 2020 the president of Dublin City University in Ireland.

Professor Daire Keogh
BornJuly 1964 (age 56)[1]
Ireland
NationalityIrish
Spouse(s)Katie Keogh
Children4
Academic background
EducationSynge Street CBS
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
InstitutionsSt Patrick's College (Drumcondra)
Dublin City University

Keogh graduated in history, later taking a PhD while working part-time as a school teacher. He was a lecturer at a number of Irish third-level institutions, and then professor at, and later president (2012-2016) of, Ireland's main teacher training college, St Patrick's, Drumcondra. His publications as author or editor include more than a dozen books, and a range of papers. After St Patrick's merged fully into DCU he was appointed as the university's deputy president, and after a long search process in 2018 and 2019, he was selected to become the fourth president as of July 14 2020, for a term of 10 years.[2]

Early life and education

Daire (sometimes written Dáire) Keogh was born to Peter and Cora Keogh of Rathfarnham,[3] and has four brothers and a sister. His father owned and ran Peter's Pub between South William Street and St. Stephen's Green in central Dublin.[4]

He attended Loreto Abbey National School, then Synge Street CBS.[3] He studied history, economics and philosophy at University College Dublin (UCD, within the National University of Ireland), securing a Bachelor of Arts in History.[5] He then studied for the priesthood at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, and while he did not pursue ordination,[3] received a qualification (BPh) there.[5]

Academic career

On his return to Ireland he started work as a teacher at St Mac Dara's Community College in Templeogue[3] and successfully pursued a PhD in History at Trinity College Dublin (University of Dublin). He graduated in 1993, with a thesis entitled The Catholic Church and Radicalism in Ireland in the 1790s.[6] He lectured and performed research at a range of Irish third-level institutions, including UCD, Trinity College, one or both of the universities in Maynooth, UCG, St Patrick's College, Drumcondra and the Oscail remote education centre hosted by DCU.[3] He also held a post for a time as Adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame.[7]

Keogh also took a Masters in Theology at the University of Glasgow.[5][7]

Keogh lectured in Early Modern European and Irish history in the Department of History within the Faculty of Humanities at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, previously an autonomous institution but by then a college of DCU. He also served as Head of Quality Assurance.[8] He then held a named chair, as Cregan Professor of Modern Irish History.[9] He has also held the post of Fellow at the University Design Institute at Arizona State University.[7] .

He was President of St Patrick's from 2012[10] to 2016, overseeing a broadening of its curriculum and the construction of a new library building.[5] St Patrick's fully merged into Dublin City University -- forming the base for an Institute of Education, also incorporating other colleges, and a partial base for a Faculty of Humanities -- a process Keogh led for St Patrick's. He was appointed as Deputy President of DCU, and his responsibilities included student non-academic and sporting activities, including welfare and social activities, DCU's alumni and the university's strategic planning process.[11][7] He also played a key role in the move of the 140,000-volume library of the Jesuit order in Ireland to the DCU library at the All Hallows campus.[12] Keogh was selected for the Staff Leadership Award, presented at the annual dinner of DCU's Leadership Circle of donors, in 2019.[13]

Areas of study

Keogh's research and publications work addresses aspects of Irish history including politics, education, religion and gender.[11] As of 2020 he is also principal investigator on a State-sponsored project to edit and publish the letters of Cardinal Paul Cullen.[5]

Keogh also chairs the editorial committee of DCU's journal of Irish Studies -- covering history, folklore, toponymy and the Irish language -- Studia Hibernica.[2][14]

Voluntary posts

He has served as vice-president of a national trade union, the Irish Federation of University Teachers,[2] and was nominated by that body as a member of an EU third-level education quality assurance body, the European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR) Committee,[2] and the governing body of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, which oversees the national primary school curriculum in Ireland.[7][15]

Keogh became a member of the Policy and Standards Committee of Quality and Qualifications Ireland, the state body responsible for overseeing the Irish third-level qualifications framework and quality assurance structures, in April 2017,[16] and resigned with effect from July 2020, after his appointment as DCU president.[17][18]

Keogh also chairs the Higher Education and Research Committee of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce,[19] and has written an article in a national newspaper setting out some committee positions and concerns around Brexit.[20]

Keogh has qualified as a Chartered Director at the Institute of Directors.[7] As of 2020 he is, in a private capacity, a member of the governing body of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, which manages more than 90 Catholic schools, and where he served for some time along with DCU's founding president, Danny O'Hare.[21] He has also been a member of the boards of both national schools in Drumcondra and Rathfarnham and the secondary school Clongowes Wood College.[7] He was also a director, from 2013 to 2017, of the think tank, the Centre for Cross-Border Studies.[1]

DCU presidency

Keogh was selected in December 2019, after an 18-month international search process,[22][5] and appointed by the Governing Authority for a term of ten years.[7]

Publications

Keogh has authored or edited, individually or jointly, at least 16 books[23] on aspects of history, and various papers.[24]

His books include:

  • The United Irishmen: Republicanism, Radicalism and Rebellion (edited by David Dickson, Dáire Keogh and Kevin Whelan. Dublin: Lilliput Press, 1993)[25]
  • The mighty wave: the 1798 rebellion in Wexford (eds: Dáire Keogh & Nicholas Furlong, 1996)[26]
  • The Women of 1798 (eds: Furlong, Nicholas and Keogh, Dáire. Four Courts Press: Dublin, 1998) ISBN 9781851823598[27]
  • Rebellion: a television history of 1798 (Thomas Bartlett, Kevin Dawson, Dáire Keogh, 1998 (accompanying an RTE TV series)) ISBN 9780717127610[28]
  • A patriot priest: the life of Father James Coigly, 1761-1798 (edited by Dáire Keogh. Cork University Press, 1998)[29]
  • History of the Catholic Diocese of Dublin (eds: James Kelly and Daire Keogh. Dublin: 2000)[30]
  • Acts of Union: the causes, contexts, and consequences of the Act of Union (edited by Dáire Keogh and Kevin Whelan. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001)[31]
  • Christianity in Ireland: revisiting the story (edited by Brendan Bradshaw and Dáire Keogh. Dublin: Columba Press, 2002)[32]
  • 1798: A Bicentenary Perspective (edited with Thomas Bartlett, David Dickson and Kevin Whelan. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003[8]
  • The Irish College, Rome and its world (eds: Keogh, Dáire and McDonnell, Albert. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2008. ISBN 9781846820540)[33]
  • Edmund Rice and the first Christian Brothers / Dáire Keogh (announced as the first of a series on the history of the Christian Brothers)[34]
  • Cardinal Paul Cullen and His World (Co-eds: Keogh, Dáire and McDonnell, Albert. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2011. ISBN 9781846822353[35]
  • Rebellion & revolution in Dublin: voices from a suburb, Rathfarnham, 1913-23 (eds: Hay, Marnie and Keogh, Dáire. Tallaght, Dublin: South Dublin County Libaries, 2016. ISBN 9780957511590)[36][37]

Social media

Keogh is also active on social media, notably Twitter, where his verified account averages a tweet every 12 hours.[38]

Personal life

In November 2000 Keogh married Katherine (Katie) Schott at the on-campus basilica of the University of Notre Dame.[39] His wife, a project manager and communications specialist, from Indianapolis, Indiana,[7] had moved to Ireland as associate director of the Dublin branch operation of the University of Notre Dame in 1998. She also worked for the award-winning Childhood Development Initiative in Tallaght,[40] and both the US Embassy and the American Chamber in Ireland.[41] They have four children[41] and live in the Dublin suburb of Rathfarnham, where they support a local musical group[42] and Prof. Keogh has written on aspects of local history.[37]

References
  1. Daire Keogh, Companies House of the UK Director, Centre for Cross-Border Studies (NI036854) - Accessed 17 July 2020
  2. "New President of Dublin City University: Professor Daire Keogh". EducationMatters.ie. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. Keogh, Daire (3 May 2019). "In conversation with..." Anchor FM (radio / podcast interview). Interviewed by Colm McDonnell; Gavin Kelly; Greg Mulhall. Dublin. Retrieved 18 July 2020. ...Rathfarnham, house had only countryside beyond ... Loreto Rathfarnham, took boys then ... Synge Street ... (colleges)
  4. "The death has occurred of Peter KEOGH". FuneralTimes.com. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. O'Brien, Carl (6 December 2019). "Dublin City University announces new president". Irish Times. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. Keogh, Dáire (1993). The Catholic Church and Radicalism in Ireland in the 1790s (1st ed.). Dublin, Ireland: Trinity College Dublin. pp. 1–362. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  7. "Professor Dáire Keogh confirmed as Dublin City University President-designate". Dublin City University. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. "Dr. Dáire Keogh". St Patrick's College, Drumcondra. Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland. Archived from the original on 28 May 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  9. "Member of Governance: Professor Daire Keogh". Dublin City University. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  10. Martin, Diarmuid (28 September 2012). "Inauguration of President of St. Patrick's College". Archdiocese of Dublin (Roman Catholic). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  11. "About the Deputy President". Dublin City University. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  12. "Milltown Park Library moves to DCU". Jesuits in Ireland. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  13. "Vodafone, Michael Dwyer and Daire Keogh recipients of DCU Leadership Awards". Dublin City University. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  14. "Editorial Committee". Studia Hibernica. Dublin City University. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  15. "Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). IFUT. Irish Federation of University Teachers. Retrieved 17 July 2020. ...IFUT is represented on the NCCA by Dr Rose Malone, President and Dr Daire Keogh, SPD.
  16. "Policy and Standards Committee, 28 April 2017" (PDF). QQI. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  17. "24th meeting (incorporeal) of the Policy and Standards Committee" (PDF). QQI. Retrieved 4 August 2020. Daire Keogh, National Expert
  18. "Note of the 47th meeting of the authority (the Board)" (PDF). Quality and Qualifications Ireland. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  19. "Higher Education and Research Committee". British Irish Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  20. Keogh, Daire (6 March 2019). "Brexit can't be allowed ruin collaborations in higher education between us and UK". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  21. Walshe, John (2014). An Education: How an outsider became an insider - and learned what really goes on in Irish government (1st ed.). Dublin, Ireland: Penguin Ireland. p. 99. ISBN 9781844883608.
  22. Short, Eva (9 December 2019). "Dáire Keogh confirmed as next DCU president". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  23. "Prof Daire Keogh". IUSA. Irish United States Alumni Association. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  24. "TCD (Copyright Library) searches for books, articles - Daire Keogh". Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  25. Power, Thomas P. (1997). "Reviewed Works: The United Irishmen: Republicanism, Radicalism And Rebellion by David Dickson, Daire Keogh, Kevin Whelan; The People's Rising: Wexford 1798 by Daniel Gahan". Saothar. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Labour History Society. 22: 97–100.
  26. "The People's Rising: Wexford 1798 Daniel Gahan (Gill and Macmillan, £12.99) The Mighty Wave: the 1798 Rebellion in Wexford Dáire Keogh and Nicholas Furlong (eds.) (Four Courts, £9.99) Sir Richard Musgrave's Memoirs of the Irish Rebellion of 179". History Ireland. Dublin, Ireland: Wordwell. 4 (4). 1996.
  27. Review by Luddy, Maria in Eighteenth-Century Ireland / Iris an Dá Chultúr, vol. 13, 1998, pp. 199–20
  28. "Rebellion: a television history of 1798". Worldcat. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  29. "A patriot priest : the life of Father James Coigly, 1761-1798". Worldcat. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  30. McCafferty, John (May 2000). "Review: History of the Catholic diocese of Dublin. Edited by James Kelly and Dáire Keogh. Pp x, 390, illus. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2000. IR£30. - History of the diocese of Derry from earliest times. Edited by Henry A. Jefferies and Ciarán Devlin. Pp 304. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2000. IR£19.95". Irish Historical Studies. Cambridge University Press. 32 (125): 129–130. doi:10.1017/S0021121400014693.
  31. Connolly, S.J. (2002). "Review: Acts of Union: The Causes, Contexts and Consequences of the Act of Union (Keogh and Whelan)". Irish Literary Supplement. 21 (1): 22–23.
  32. Rafferty, Oliver P. (January 2004). "Christianity in Ireland. Revisiting the story . Edited by Brendan Bradshaw and Dáire Keogh. Dublin: Columba Press, 2002. €30 (£19.99). 1 85607 350 5". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 55 (1): 119–121. doi:10.1017/S0022046903237192.
  33. McCluskey, Raymond (May 2011). "Review: The Irish College, Rome and its world (ed. Dáire Keogh and Albert McDonnell. Four Courts Press: Dublin, 2008. xi+296 pp.)". The Innes Review. 62 (1): 120–123. doi:10.3366/inr.2011.0013.
  34. Langan, Michael D (2009). "Reviewed Work: Edmund Rice and the First Christian Brothers by Dáire Keogh". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review. 98 (389): 100–103.
  35. Roddy, Sarah (4 February 2015). "Review: Cardinal Paul Cullen and his World. Edited by Dáire Keogh and Albert McDonnell. Pp 470, illus. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2011.)". Irish Historical Studies. 38 (149): 157–158. doi:10.1017/S0021121400000870. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  36. Hay, Marnie; Keogh, Dáire (2016). Rebellion & revolution in Dublin : voices from a suburb, Rathfarnham (1st ed.). Tallaght, Dublin: South Dublin County Libraries. ISBN 9780957511590. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  37. "Review: Rebellion and Revolution in Dublin by Marnie Hay and Daire Keogh". Irish Times. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  38. Daire Keogh's Twitter (@DaireKeogh) reported at twaku.com, viewed 31 July 2020
  39. "On the cover: Schott-Keogh and Keogh". South Bend Tribune. South Bend, IN. 27 May 2001. p. 2.
  40. Kelly, Olivia (21 January 2006). "Top Living Dublin award for docklands authority". The Irish Times. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  41. Keogh, Katie (1 July 2016). "There is a deep connection between our two great nations". Irish Times. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  42. "About RCBS". Rathfarnham Concert Band. Rathfarnham Concert Band Society. Retrieved 18 July 2020. Chairperson: Daire Keogh ... Treasurer: Katie Keogh
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July 2020 -		 Succeeded by
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