History of Irish Public Service Broadcasting - Bibliography

For further study on the history of RTÉ broadcasting, you should be able to access the following books through your local or university library if you are resident in Ireland. See www.library.ie for information on local libraries in Ireland.

Note that the following list is in order of publication (most recent first) and includes books which are no longer in print.

• Broadcasting and Public Life: RTÉ News and Current Affairs
  Horgan, John
  Four Courts Press, 2004
  ISBN: 1851828389

 

• Marconi: The Irish Connection
  Sexton, Michael
  Four Courts Press, 2004
  ISBN: 1851828419

 

• RTÉ Off Camera: Images from the Early Years of RTÉ Television
  RTÉ Stills Library (ed.), Introduction by Gay Byrne
  Poolbeg Press, 2004
  ISBN: 1851827323

 

• Broadcasting in Irish
  Watson, Iarfhlaith
  Four Courts Press, 2003
  ISBN: 1851827323

 

• RTÉ and the Globalisation of Irish Television
  Corcoran, Farrell
  Intellect Books, 2004
  ISBN: 1841500909

 

• The Continuing Story of Irish Television Drama : Tracking the Tiger
  Sheehan, Helena
  Four Courts Press, 2004
  ISBN: 0860290125

 

• 2RN and The Origins of Irish Radio
  Pine, Richard
  Four Courts Press, 2002
  ISBN: 1851826041

 

• Media in Ireland: Issues in Broadcasting
  Kiberd, Damien (ed.)
  Open Air, 2002
  ISBN: 1851826246

 

• Irish Media: a Critical History since 1922
  Horgan, John
  Routledge, 2001
  ISBN: 0415216419

 

• Maverick: A Dissident View of Broadcasting Today
  Quinn, Bob
  Brandon Press, 2001
  ISBN: 863222889

 

• Media in Ireland: The Search for Ethical Journalism
  Kiberd, Damien (ed.)
  Open Air, 1999
  ISBN: 1851825096

 

• Media in Ireland: the Search for Diversity
  Kiberd, Damien (ed.)
  Open Air, 1997
  ISBN: 1851823158

 

• Media Audiences in Ireland: Power and Cultural Identity
  Kelly, Mary J.; O'Connor, Barbara
  University College Dublin Press, 1997
  ISBN: 1900621096

 

• Irish Television : The Political and Social Origins
  Savage, Robert
  Praeger Publishers, 1996
  ISBN: 1859181015

 

• Dublin Calling
  Clarke, Paddy
  RTÉ, 1986
  ISBN: 0860290093

 

• Culture, Identity & Broadcasting in Ireland
  McLoone, Martin
  Institute of Irish Studies Belfast, 1991
  ISBN: 0853894094

 

• No Tigers in Africa
  Dunne, Joseph
  Columba Press, 1986
  ISBN: 948183314

 

• Communications and Community in Ireland
  Farrell, Brian
  Mercier Press, 1984
  ISBN: 0853427275

 

• Television and Irish Society: 21 Years of Irish Television
  McLoone, Martin and MacMahon, John (ed.)
  RTÉ -IFI Publication, 1984
  ISBN: 0860290018

 

• Broadcasting in Ireland
  Fisher, Desmond
  Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978
  ISBN: 071008885x

 

• Written on The Wind : Personal Memories of Irish Radio 1926-1976
  McRedmond, Louis (ed.)
  RTÉ in association with Gill & Macmillan, 1976
  ISBN: 717108023

 

• To Whom it Concerns
  Byrne, Gay
  Torc Books, 1972
  ISBN: 717106411

 

• Sit Down and Be Counted : The Cultural Evolution of a Television Station
  Dowling, Jack; Doolan, Lelia; Quinn, Bob
  Wellington Publishers, 1969
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• Forty Years of Irish Broadcasting
  Gorham, Maurice
  Talbot Press for RTÉ, 1967
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