Bríona Nic Dhiarmada is Professor Emerita at the University of Notre Dame where she was the O’Donnell Chair of Irish Studies and Concurrent Professor of Film and Television. A native of New Ross, she is a writer, academic and filmmaker. She was educated in Trinity College, Dublin and UCD. She lectured at UCD before working in television for RTÉ and TG4 before returning to academia at UL in 2006. She has been a Distinguished Visiting International Scholar at the University of Missouri and held a Senior Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame before joining the fulltime faculty as a tenured endowed professor.
She has written numerous screenplays and has produced, written and directed award winning documentaries including the multi-award winning documentary series 1916 narrated by Liam Neeson and screened worldwide including broadcasts on RTÉ, PBS and BBC. Among the awards were the American Public Television Award for Excellence and the Best Documentary Series, Irish Film and Television Academy Awards 2016. Her book 1916- The Irish Rebellion won the Foreward Prize for History. She is the creator, writer and producer of the 4-part series for RTÉ, PBS, SBS (Australia) and the award winning documentary feature film entitled From that Small Island- The Story of the Irish (2025) narrated by Colin Farrell.
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