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  • Finola Doyle O'Neill

    UCC

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    Dr Finola Doyle O'Neill is a Broadcast and Legal Historian at the School of History at UCC. Her forthcoming book, Unheralded Jurists: A History of the Female Judiciary in Ireland, will be published by Clarus Press in 2025.

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