Beatrice Doran

Beatrice M. Doran (died 13 October 2025) was an Irish historian, author, and chief librarian at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).

Background Doran was born in Donnybrook, Dublin, where she lived for much of her life. She attended Muckross Park College and University College Dublin (UCD), where she received a Bachelor of Arts and a Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Master of Business Administration. She also holds a diploma in librarianship.

Career Doran worked in several libraries, including at Ulster University, University College Cork, and the Royal Dublin Society. She was appointed librarian at RCSI in 1986 where she worked until her retirement in 2007.

Doran was a former vice president and council member of Cork Historical and Archaeological Society. She was a member of the Ballsbridge, Donnybrook and Sandymount Historical Society, the Irish Georgian Society, the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and the Royal Dublin Society. She wrote several books on the history of Donnybrook.

Death Doran died on 13 October 2025 as The Fern Dean nursing home in Dublin. Her funeral mass was held at the Sacred Heart Church, Donnybrook, and she was buried at Dean's Grange Cemetery. Donnybrook: A History (2013) Knowledge Management: An Empirical Analysis in Relation to Irish Healthcare (2011)