Niall O'Leary

Project Manager, DHO

Niall O'Leary is DHO Project Manager (IT) at the Digital Humanities Observatory, a project of the Royal Irish Academy. A graduate of University College Dublin's Masters in Film Studies programme, Niall was a scriptwriter in the audiovisual industry for several years. Building on his knowledge of digital media, he then participated in Trinity College Dublin's Masters in Multimedia Systems. Initially this turned his attention to writing articles on IT, creating online stories and scripting online games. However, from writing on IT he gradually became more involved in developing it, becoming Web Development Specialist at Dublin City University.

During his time at DCU, he created many of the online university systems, such as student portals and online results, while also maintaining its website and advising on best practice. Somehow he also found time to teach, lecturing in Web Technologies, programming, and screenwriting.

In his current role, he has worked on many cutting edge systems in the Digital Humanities area, including:
St Patricks's Confessio Hyperstack
DHO: Discovery
Doegen Records Web Archive
Online Archive of Irish Language Texts

He maintains a keen interest in teaching and film.
Contact: n.oleary@dho.ie and +353 1 234 2446

Talk Title:

The Path to DHO: Discovery