Carmel McCaffrey
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Carmel McCaffrey was born in Dublin, Ireland and teaches Irish history and Irish literature at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...

. She is also a frequent lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...

 in Washington D.C. She founded and edited the literary review Wild About Wilde dedicated to the works of the nineteenth century Irish writer, Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...

. She was the series historical consultant for the three part PBS/RTÉ program In Search of Ancient Ireland and co-author of the book of the same title. This TV series, like the book, presents the history of Ireland from neolithic times to the English invasion of the twelfth century. McCaffrey is also the author of the book In Search of Ireland's Heroes - the story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day published in 2006.
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