Educational qualifications
MPhil, Theoretical Linguistics (TCD, 2006)
BA, Communications Studies (DCU, 1989)
Training and professional development
Project Managing for Publishing (ALPSP, 2010); On-screen Editing (SFEP, 2006); Editorial Project Management (PRC, 2015); Introduction to People Management in Publishing (ALPSP, 2021)
Languages
Irish; reasonable French; passable Italian.
Experience
Over 30 years’ experience in academic publishing; most recently as Senior Editor with the Royal Irish Academy, with responsibility for editorial, production and project management work on journal and book publications across subjects in the sciences, humanities and social sciences disciplines.
Services offered
Editing, Proofreading, Project management
Media
Books, journal articles, policy documents, reports, exhibition catalogues
Subject areas
Archaeology, History, Politics (modern Irish history and politics in particular), Current/International Affairs, Heritage-related policy, non-fiction, academic publishing
Clients include
National Monuments Service; National Museum of Ireland; Wordwell Books; Gill Books
Examples of work undertaken
Knowth visitors’ guide (Royal Irish Academy; contributing author, editor)
Words on the Wave: Ireland and St Gallen in Early Medieval Europe (National Museum of Ireland; copyediting, project management)
Baltinglass and the Prehistoric Hillforts of Ireland (Wordwell Books; copyediting, proofreading)
Built and Archaeological Heritage Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2025 (National Monuments Service; copyediting)
From Crown to Harp: How the Anglo-Irish Treaty was Undone 1922–1949 (Gill Books; proofreading)
Testimonials
Working with Helena was a pleasure from beginning to end, and the standard of editing and proof-reading could not have been higher. Helena is extremely knowledgeable, vastly experienced and highly professional and delivered all this through an extremely tight timeline …. we would be very keen to work with Helena again given the exceptionally high standard of her work. Maeve Sikora, Keeper of Irish Antiquities, National Museum of Ireland.