{"id":17,"date":"2015-10-19T09:55:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T09:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/letters-new\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2018-07-10T17:25:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T17:25:18","slug":"featured-profiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/community\/featured-profiles","title":{"rendered":"Featured Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Meet the volunteers behind Letters 1916-1923<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Letters 1916-1923 project team is delighted to feature the profiles of some of our contributors and users. Crowdsourcing projects, like this one, rely on their users to make them a success. We are very grateful to anyone who has contributed to the archive by transcribing or uploading letters and we will be highlighting some of these contributions through personal profiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Meet the people behind Letters 1916-1923 and read our latest <a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-category\/community\">community posts<\/a>, or click on one of the links below.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you contribute to the project and would like your profile to be featured on the site, please email <\/span><b><a href=\"mailto:letters1916@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letters1916@gmail.com<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- Final Tiles Grid Gallery for WordPress v3.5.8 free --><style>#ftg-99 .tile .icon { color:#ffffff; }#ftg-99 .ftg-items .loading-bar i { background:#fff; }#ftg-99 .ftg-items .loading-bar { background:#fff; }#ftg-99 .tile .icon { font-size:12px; }#ftg-99 .tile .icon { 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;transform: ;}<\/style><a name='9'><\/a><div class='final-tiles-gallery  ftg-hover-enabled caption-inside  caption-none caption-middle caption-center' id='ftg-99' style='width:100%'><div class='ftg-items'><div class='loading-bar'><i><\/i><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Philip Costello\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/03\/06\/read-philip-costellos-contribution-letters-1916-project\/' ><img alt='Philip Costello' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/profile-photo-PC2-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/profile-photo-PC2-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Philip Costello<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Th\u00e9r\u00e8se McIntyre\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1Ml' ><img alt='Th\u00e9r\u00e8se McIntyre' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mcintyre-150x150.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/mcintyre-150x150.png' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Th\u00e9r\u00e8se McIntyre<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Tessa Finn\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/05\/26\/featured-contributor-tessa-finn\/' ><img alt='Tess Finn' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tessafinn-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/tessafinn-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Tessa Finn<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Genevieve Harden \"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/10\/28\/featured-contributor-genevieve-harden\/' ><img alt='Genevieve Harden | image Letters of 1916' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1876-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1876-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Genevieve Harden <\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"National Archives of Ireland\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/07\/01\/conserving-1916-letters-national-archives\/' ><img alt='National Archives of Ireland' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/NAI-logo-small.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/NAI-logo-small.png' width='102' height='102' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>National Archives of Ireland<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Fidelma Carroll\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1NC' ><img alt='Fidelma Carroll' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-14.52.03-150x150.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-14.52.03-150x150.png' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Fidelma Carroll<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Noreen Bowden\"  rel='ftg-99' target='default' class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/02\/25\/featured-contributor-noreen-bowden\/' ><img alt='Noreen Bowden' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/noreenbowdenpic-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/noreenbowdenpic-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Noreen Bowden<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Tammy Sellner\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/07\/16\/featured-transcriber-tammy-sellner\/' ><img alt='Tammy Sellner' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ireland-Pic-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Ireland-Pic-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Tammy Sellner<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Irish Capuchin Provincial Archives\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/05\/10\/featured-institution-irish-capuchin-provincial-archives\/' ><img alt='Irish Capuchin Provincial Archives' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Capuchin-Archive.jpeg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Capuchin-Archive.jpeg' width='128' height='128' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Irish Capuchin Provincial Archives<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Nicole Lottig\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2016\/08\/23\/featured-profile-nicole-lottig\/' ><img alt='Nicole Lottig' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NicoleLottig-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NicoleLottig-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Nicole Lottig<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Clara McDonald, transcriber\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2017\/08\/15\/featured-transcriber-clara-mcdonald\/' ><img alt='Clara McDonald, transcriber' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1206-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1206-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='title'>Clara McDonald, transcriber<\/span><span class='text'>Clara McDonald, transcriber<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Letters of 1916 interns: Mattie Ganson and Emily Blackburn\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2016\/08\/09\/featured-profile-letters-1916-interns-mattie-emily\/' ><img alt='Mattie and Emily' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3161-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_3161-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Letters of 1916 interns: Mattie Ganson and Emily Blackburn<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Michael Gorman\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/06\/12\/featured-profile-michael-gorman\/' ><img alt='Michael Gorman' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/photo-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Michael Gorman<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"MIlitary Archives\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/08\/07\/featured-institution-the-military-archives\/' ><img alt='MIlitary Archives' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/militaryarchives2.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/militaryarchives2.jpg' width='138' height='133' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>MIlitary Archives<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Willie Mooney\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2016\/01\/11\/profile-willie-mooney\/' ><img alt='Willie Mooney' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-13.31.02-150x150.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-13.31.02-150x150.png' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Willie Mooney<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Gabriel Doherty\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1Of' ><img alt='Gabriel Doherty' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-15.05.26-150x150.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-15.05.26-150x150.png' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Gabriel Doherty<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Sandra Butler\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1Sw' ><img alt='Sandra Butler, transcriber' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14484646_1214681058584654_2893833769221123782_n2-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/14484646_1214681058584654_2893833769221123782_n2-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Sandra Butler<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Emma N\u00ed Chear\u00fail\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2016\/01\/04\/profile-emma-ni-chearuil\/' ><img alt='Emma N\u00ed Chear\u00fail' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-13.31.19-150x150.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-13.31.19-150x150.png' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Emma N\u00ed Chear\u00fail<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Donna Alexander\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1OD' ><img alt='Donna Alexander' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-15.16.22-150x150.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-15.16.22-150x150.png' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Donna Alexander<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"what our contributors say.....\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1RM%20' ><img alt='what our contributors say.....' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Untitled-design-150x150.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Untitled-design-150x150.png' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>what our contributors say.....<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Joyce Timms\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1Mq' ><img alt='Joyce Timms' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-14.08.21-150x150.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-14.08.21-150x150.png' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Joyce Timms<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Dominic Price\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1Md' ><img alt='Dominic Price' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-13.41.56-150x150.png' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-13.41.56-150x150.png' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Dominic Price<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Rachel Downey\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='http:\/\/wp.me\/p7mVRO-1Qf' ><img alt='Rachel Downey' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/12-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Rachel Downey<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><div  class='tile ftg-preload  '><a data-title=\"Sam Simpson\"  rel='ftg-99'  class=' tile-inner  ' href='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2016\/06\/14\/profile-samantha-simpson\/' ><img alt='Sam Simpson' class='item skip-lazy' data-class='item' data-ftg-source='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/s_simpson-150x150.jpg' src='https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/s_simpson-150x150.jpg' width='150' height='150' \/><div class='caption-block'><div class='text-wrapper'><span class='text'>Sam Simpson<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><div class='ftg-social'><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><script type='text\/javascript'>jQuery('#ftg-99 img.item').removeAttr('src');jQuery(document).ready(function () {setTimeout(function () {jQuery('#ftg-99').finalTilesGallery({minTileWidth: 100,margin: 10,loadMethod: 'sequential',nonce: 'bb6a32c604',galleryId: '9',setupFilters: true,layout: 'final',debug: false,gridSize: 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She\u00a0also studied at Maynooth University during the Spring of 2015, obtaining a\u00a0Certificate in Irish Studies. During her\u00a0last semester of college, she\u00a0got involved in Digital Humanities and fell in love!<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"7168\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/featured-profile-letters-1916-interns-mattie-emily\">Featured Profile: Letters 1916 interns: Mattie &amp; Emily<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>In Summer 2016, the Letters of 1916 and An Foras Feasa project hosted two interns, Mattie and Emily, from Beloit College in Wisconsin, USA.<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"3170\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/new-featured-profile-added-tammy-sellner\">New Featured Profile Added: Tammy Sellner<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>We have just added Tammy Sellner&#8217;s profile\u00a0to our\u00a0&#8216;Featured Profiles&#8217;\u00a0section.\u00a0 Before emigrating to America,\u00a0Tammy Sellner&#8217;s ancestors hailed from Ireland. Last winter, Tammy decided to visit Dublin to see where they had come from originally.<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"3034\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/new-featured-profile-michael-gorman\">New Featured Profile: Michael Gorman<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Michael Gorman is the eldest son of Michael and Susan Gorman. He was born in 1927 and lived all his life, until his marriage in 1970, in the family home at 40 Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin. He was the middle child of three, with an elder sister Joan and younger brother Gerald. Michael joined the Irish Tourist Board in 1952 and worked there in various roles until his retirement in 1972. Michael heard about the Letters of 1916 project from his son and added a selection of his parents&#8217; letters which were written between 1 November 1915 and 31 October 1916. Read more about Michael&#8217;s collection\u00a0here.<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"2968\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/new-featured-profile-tessa-finn-letter-collection-contributor\">New featured profile: Tessa Finn, Letter Collection Contributor<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Tessa Finn was brought up in Dublin and describes herself as a returned wanderer, living back in Dublin since 2007, after spending 25 years abroad.She studied in UCD and then worked in medical research for many years in London and Berlin. She then worked for 10 years in a Californian Winery. Now, she works for an American medical devices company in Dublin. Tessa came to the Letters of 1916 launch in September 2013 with a folder containing around 100 letters. \u00a0These letters were written in 1916 by May Fay and James Finn, Tessa&#8217;s grandparents. \u00a0May and James were writing to each other regularly from January until they married in June of 1916.<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"2389\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/read-philip-costellos-contribution-letters-1916-project\">Featured Profile: Philip Costello<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Philip Costello retired in 2012, having completed 40 years in the Public Service. He is married to Catherine and they have four children and two grandchildren. \u00a0Since his retirement he has been volunteering at various festivals in Dublin as well as the Letters 1916 Project.<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"7224\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/featured-transcriber-sandra-butler\">Featured Transcriber: Sandra Butler<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Sandra Butler is\u00a0a former student of psychology at Maynooth University and is\u00a0planning on returning to complete a Masters next year. Sandra is from Kildare and is\u00a0a single mother of two wonderful daughters. She found out about the project on the volunteer.ie website and thought that it was definitely something that was right up her\u00a0alley.<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"6812\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/profile-samantha-simpson\">Profile: Samantha Simpson<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Sam Simpson is a graduate (masters) student studying comparative history at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Originally from Pocatello, Idaho, Sam received her\u00a0Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in History from Idaho State University in 2015. Sam is an avid traveler and has\u00a0always had a love for Irish history.<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"6983\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/profile-donna-alexander\">Profile: Donna Alexander<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>One of our Cork-based collaborators is Dr Donna Alexander (@americasstudies) from University College Cork. At our Cork launch event in November 2015, Donna gave a very interesting talk about how she uses Letters of 1916 with her MA students.<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"3799\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/contributor-profile-genevieve-harden\">Contributor Profile: Genevieve Harden<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Genevieve Harden\u00a0came to live in Ireland from England in 1998 as part of a\u00a0European Voluntary Service\u00a0programme called \u201cArtist Against Exclusion\u201d. Since then she has worked on public art projects and teaching in Dublin. Genevieve now lives in Co.Wicklow with her husband and two children. \u00a0She is currently working on a Masters in Socially Engaged Art in N.C.A.D.<\/li>\n<li class=\"img-clearfix\" data-id=\"2064\">\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/xl1916apps.mucampus.ie\/wp-post\/featured-contributor-noreen-bowden\">Featured Contributor: Noreen Bowden<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Noreen Bowden is an Irish-American living in New York who spent nearly fifteen years living and working in Ireland. She has been a web editor since 1995, mainly on sites aimed at the Irish abroad She started a website called GlobalIrish.ie about six years ago that deals with various aspects of emigration and diaspora. Noreen told us about her collection and how she got involved with the Letters 1916-1923 project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--\n<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/02\/25\/featured-contributor-noreen-bowden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noreen Bowden<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/03\/06\/read-philip-costellos-contribution-letters-1916-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Philip Costello<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/05\/10\/featured-institution-irish-capuchin-provincial-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\">Irish Capuchin Provincial Archives<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/05\/26\/featured-contributor-tessa-finn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tessa Finn<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/06\/12\/featured-profile-michael-gorman\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Gorman<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/07\/01\/conserving-1916-letters-national-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Archives of Ireland<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/07\/16\/featured-transcriber-tammy-sellner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tammy Sellner<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/08\/07\/featured-institution-the-military-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\">Military Archives<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/letters1916.ie\/learn\/index.php\/2014\/10\/28\/featured-contributor-genevieve-harden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Genevieve Harden<\/a>\n\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the volunteers behind Letters 1916-1923 The Letters 1916-1923 project team is delighted to feature the profiles of some of our contributors and users. 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