Bernard O'Hara, Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 historian

Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

, born c. 1945.

Bernard O'Hara, a native of County Mayo

County Mayo

County Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...

, Ireland, is a historian and a former Registrar of the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology is a third level institute of education and is based at five locations in the west of Ireland.-Galway Campus:...

 (GMIT). One of the original members of staff when the GMIT opened in September 1972, Mr. O’Hara started his academic career as a lecturer in Business Studies, later serving for 19 years as the Head of the School of Business and Humanities. He was then promoted to Registrar of the college, where he served for 11 years until September 2010. Mr. O'Hara is also a former President of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society

Galway Archaeological and Historical Society

The Galway Archaeological and Historical Society was founded on the 21 March 1900, at the Railway Hotel, Galway. It promotes the study of the archaeology and history of the west of Ireland. Since 1900, the Society has published 60 volumes of the Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical...

 and was a director of the Galway Chamber of Commerce and Industry for over a decade. Called "one of Ireland's foremost scholars on Davitt," Bernard O'Hara has published eight books and numerous articles on Irish history. His latest historical book is a concise biography of Michael Davitt

Michael Davitt

Michael Davitt was an Irish republican and nationalist agrarian agitator, a social campaigner, labour leader, journalist, Home Rule constitutional politician and Member of Parliament , who founded the Irish National Land League.- Early years :Michael Davitt was born in Straide, County Mayo,...

, first published in 2006 by Mayo County in association with the Michael Davitt Memorial Association.

Select bibliography

• Killasser: A History, 1981 - OCLC No.: 10823631
• Touring Mayo: A Guide to County Mayo, Ireland, 1994 - OCLC No. 244642471
• The Evolution of Irish Industrial Relations Law and Practice, 1981 - ASIN: B0006EAHKI
• Mayo:Aspects of its Heritage, 1982 - ISBN 0950823309
• Michael Davitt Remembered, 1984 - ASIN: B0006EGR34
• The Archaeological Heritage of Killasser, County Mayo, 1991 - ISBN 095172701X
• Regional Technical College: The First 21 Years, 1993 - ISBN 0951727028
• Davitt: Irish Patriot and Father of the Land League, 2009 - ISBN 0980166012
• Entrepreneurship in Ireland, 2011 - ISBN 9780717149766

External links

• http://www.bernardohara.com