Farrel Corcoran

Professor Farrel Corcoran is an author and retired academic of Dublin City University. He has served as Head of Communication and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the university.[1] From 1995 to 2000 he was chairman of RTÉ, the Republic of Ireland's public service broadcaster.[2]

Farrel Corcoran was born in Borrisokane, he went to secondary school in St Finian's College, Mullingar, before entered Maynooth College as a clerical student, following his Humanities studies he left the seminary and became a teacher, in Ireland and abroad. He also worked at RTE. Corcoran went to the US to do postgraduate studies, earning a PhD from University of Oregon.[3]

References
  1. "communications: farrel corcoran". Dublin City University. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  2. "Switched on, turned off". Irish Independent. 2003-12-27. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  3. Survivors of the emotional deep freeze – Maynooths class of 66 looks back Kathy Sheridan, Life and Style, Irish Times

Published works

Books by Farrel Corcoran include: RTÉ and the Globalisation of Irish Television, Intellect Books, 2004.


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