Beatrice Doran
Beatrice Doran | |
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| Alma mater | University College Dublin |
| Occupations | Librarian, historian, author |
Beatrice M. Doran (died 13 October 2025) was an Irish historian, author, and chief librarian at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Background
Doran was born in Donnybrook, Dublin, where she lived for much of her life.[7][8] She attended Muckross Park College and University College Dublin (UCD), where she received a Bachelor of Arts and a Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Master of Business Administration. She also holds a diploma in librarianship.[8] She obtained a PhD from UCD in 2011 with her thesis Knowledge Management: An Empirical Analysis in Relation to Irish Healthcare, which included research carried out at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.[2][9][10]
Career
Doran worked in several libraries, including at Ulster University, University College Cork, and the Royal Dublin Society. She was appointed librarian at RCSI in 1986[11][12] where she worked until her retirement in 2007.[1][2][3] She served as president of the Library Association of Ireland in 1998.[10][13]
Doran was a former vice president and council member of Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. She was a member of the Ballsbridge, Donnybrook and Sandymount Historical Society, the Irish Georgian Society, the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and the Royal Dublin Society. She wrote several books on the history of Donnybrook.[14]
Death
Doran died on 13 October 2025 as The Fern Dean nursing home in Dublin. Her funeral mass was held at the Sacred Heart Church, Donnybrook, and she was buried at Dean's Grange Cemetery.[6]
Bibliography
- From the Grand Canal to the Dodder: Illustrious Live (2021)[15][4]
- Donnybrook Then and Now (2014)[16]
- Donnybrook: A History (2013)[17]
- Knowledge Management: An Empirical Analysis in Relation to Irish Healthcare (2011)[9]
References
- ^ a b "Seeking knowledge in the realm of the digitally encoded". The Irish Times.
- ^ a b c Kelly, Kate. "Health science libraries: future trends" (PDF). An Leabharlann: The Irish Library. 18 (1). Library Association of Ireland: 12–17.
- ^ a b "RCSI appoints new Chief Librarian". RCSI.
- ^ a b "Browser: Is genius linked to childhood trauma?". The Irish Times.
- ^ "In Donnybrook, a Theatre Company Brings Local History to Life". Dublin Inquirer.
- ^ a b "DORAN, Beatrice: Death". Irish Times Family Notices.
- ^ "Donnybrook Then & Now". News Four. 26 February 2015.
- ^ a b "'Donnybrook - A History' by Beatrice M. Doran". 13 December 2013.
- ^ a b Doran, Beatrice M. (28 August 2011). "Knowledge Management: An Empirical Analysis in Relation to Irish Healthcare". University College Dublin – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "News from the stacks" (PDF). An Leabharlann: The Irish Library. 21 (1): 35. March 2012.
- ^ "Female firsts". www.rcsi.com. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Beatrice Doran Retires" (PDF). Health Information News & Thinking. Vol. 5, no. 1. July 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ https://www.libraryassociation.ie/death-of-former-lai-president-beatrice-doran/
- ^ Clements, Paul. "Local history: On the trail of the meandering Dodder". The Irish Times.
- ^ Doran, Beatrice (12 January 2020). From the Grand Canal to the Dodder: Illustrious Lives. History Press Limited. ISBN 9780750995573 – via Google Books.
- ^ Doran, Beatrice M. (1 December 2014). Donnybrook Then & Now. Pavilion Books. ISBN 9781845888381 – via Google Books.
- ^ Doran, Beatrice M. (28 August 2013). Donnybrook: A History. History Press Limited. ISBN 9781845887698 – via Google Books.