Carmel McCaffrey is an Irish author of books and lecturer on Irish history, literature, culture, and language at Johns Hopkins University and at the Smithsonian Institution.
[1] She was the series historical consultant for the three part PBS/RTÉ program In Search of Ancient Ireland (2002) and co-author of the book of the same title.
[2] This TV series, like the book, presents the history of Ireland from neolithic times to the English invasion of the 12th century.
[3] McCaffrey is also the author of the book In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day (2006).
[4] McCaffrey is an Irish language speaker and frequently travels to Ireland.