Hugh Beckett

Position - Civilian Archivist

Hugh Beckett is Head of Database Management and Departmental Records and has worked in Military Archives since May 2008. He has a B.A. degree in Geography (through Natural Sciences) from TCD and a Higher Diploma in Archives and Records Management from UCD. Hugh’s responsibilities cover aspects of the maintenance and editing of the website and internal server, along with the creation, integration and management of the databases used by archives staff. He also focuses on the processing of the Department of Defence, the Bureau of Military History and the Allen Library collections, while assisting public researchers in the reading room in rotation with colleagues.