Background
O'Grady, Deirdre Ann Daughter of Michael Patrick O'Grady and Rita Christina O'Carroll.
literature and language professor
O'Grady, Deirdre Ann Daughter of Michael Patrick O'Grady and Rita Christina O'Carroll.
Master of Arts, University College Dublin, 1967. Dott. in Lett., University Cattolica del S. Cuore, Milan, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University College Dublin, 1983.
Lecturer University College Dublin, 1980—1990, statutory lecturer, 1990—2006, associate professor, 2006—2007, professor italian and comparative studies, 2007, emeritus professor, since 2010. Conference organizer and participant European and American Universities, Paris, Milan, Rome, Naples, Budapest, New Jersey, Glasgow, London, since 1985. Speaker, chairperson, president National Center for Scientific Research/Sorbonne Paris, Universities Rome, Milan, Naples, Cagliari, Messina, since 1985.
Broadcaster Radio Telefis Eireann, Dublin. External examiner Oxford University, 1998.
Lecturer for radio, community groups, prisons, convents Radio Telefis Eireann, Dublin, 1990—2010. Member of Society Comparative History Drama, Opera, Ballet Sorbonne-National Center for Scientific Research Paris (consultant 2005-2010).