Interview: Dr Kate O’Malley, Assistant Editor, Documents on Irish Foreign Policy project

Interview date: 21 May 2009

What book do you wish you had written?
Any Harry Potter book. (Not that I’ve read them, so you know what I’m getting at.)

What would you do if you were not working for DIFP?
Teach history at second level or lecture perhaps, but I wouldn’t rule out escaping to the country and opening a rescue home for dogs.

When was the last time you looked at wikipedia?
Last week. (I’m not proud!)

What event had the greatest impact on history in Ireland?
Oh wow… that’s very broad!  As a modernist, I guess I’d have to say the Civil War. Like a lot of people in Ireland, I have family members who fought on both sides