Tomás Finn is Lecturer in History at the University of Galway. He has published a book and articles on the role of intellectuals and the influence of ideas in the modernisation of Ireland. These include his monograph Tuairim, Intellectual Debate and Policy Formulation: Rethinking Ireland, 1954-75.

Kieran Hoare works as an archivist at University of Galway Library. His research interests cover urban studies in later medieval Ireland.