Who I Am

Laura Fitzachary, B.A., M.A. in Art History & History

After spending many years studying art history, history and working in museums across Dublin - I have picked up a thing or two about making history accessible. From becoming a radio presenter to living in Paris as a writer on top of the day job, the last few years have been spent travelling, researching, writing, editing and presenting history.  I think the value of historical accuracy in various industries is paramount and with my company SeekClio, I have worked with a variety of clients. So far that includes:

Podcasts, Radio & TV:

• Host of Irish history radio show Dublin’s Historic South - you can catch the podcast version here, Co-host of Irish Spirits - all episodes of the podcast are here & Co-host of History Business: A Guide to Being a Historian for Hire - you can catch this new podcast right here

• Guest appearances as a historical consultant on Working Over Time on the episode: ‘The Cult of Beauty’, FMWL Podcast, Dublin City FM’s Looking Back and many more…

• TV appearances include historical consultancy for: Virgin Media’s Ireland AM, Danish TV station DK4, TG4 & RTÉ

• Most recent historical consultancy clients include: Family History Films UK , several Youtube creators including V. Birchwood, Swift and Vanessa Festival & the Irish Archaeology Field School

• Also…Publications, Conference papers & Blog posts:

• ‘A Distinctly Irish Dress: The Shinrone Gown and it’'s Legacy’ for The Humanities Guild (2023), you can read here

• ‘Touched by a Saint: Adorned body-part reliquary shrines in 12th century Ireland and Europe’ for The Historian’s Magazine (2023), which you can read here

• ‘Beauty is pain…but also Power, the influence of celebrated belles’ for History Ireland (2022), which you can now read here.

• ‘Working in Public Archaeology’ for Trowel (2015)

• ‘The role of the tour guide in Public History: Re-imagining Medieval Dublin’ for Malmo University available to read here. This work was also presented at the 33rd Irish Conference of Medievalists in 2019.

Upcoming publications will also be listed here…

For my full list of historical consultancy services, I am happy to chat and explain anything by contacting me here