Experience – Sharon Slater

Sharon Slater

Author and Award Winning Historian

Sharon has an outstanding passion for local history, combined with unbounded enthusiasm and tireless capacity for interacting with others and sharing her knowledge. Her website Limerick’s Life has become a real brand for Limerick, due to the huge amount of work she has put into identifying and bringing to light information about the city’s past. Sharon has an excellent insight into the opportunities opened by digital / social media and she is then perfect example of a modern age scholar. I met Sharon in 2011 while working on the Connected Limerick project and ever since, our collaboration has gone from strength to strength.Sharon has generously contributed her time and expertise to our research and community projects by giving invited talks, guiding historical tours, participating in recording sessions and providing us with excellent information and images from Limerick’s past

Dr. Gabriela Avram – University of Limerick, Ireland – 21 Jan 2013

Sharon has displayed a timeless commitment to her field. A multi-faceted talent, Sharon adroitly navigates between digital and print mediums to deliver a finished product or resource to satisfy the most discriminating standards. She is an effective communicator, both orally and in the written word, whose talents and capacity for detailed research have yielded top shelf publications with broad appeal. Sharon is a team player and would be a welcomed addition to any employer seeking an articulate, intelligent and driven candidate who numbers professionalism and quality amongst her highest priorities.

David Zelz – HR Generalist at Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems – 18 Jan 2013

Experience

I’ve Worked With:

My Experience

A focus on information delivery with highly transferable skills in administration and event coordination.

• Experienced in administration, researching, writing and editing articles, biographies, historical reports and books.
• Event organisation – An excellent understanding of logistics, marketing, social media, event technology, time and people management.
• Well versed in public speaking – Radio, TV, conferences/events and tours
• Strong technical command of online database, website and social media maintenance.

Worked with:

Ormston House – Historian – 2019- Present
Limerick Council – Consultant – 2013-2022
Limerick Post – Historian – 2022-Present
Limerick Leader – Historian – 2018
Limerick Life Newspaper – Historian – 2016-2017
Limerick Magazine – Historian – 2015-2016
The Wild Geese – Editorial Coordinator – 2012-2013

Volunteer & Cultural Links

Limerick City Tidy Towns (Board Member)
Ireland Genealogy Projects (Manager Limerick Section)
Elemental Arts Festival Limerick
OpenHouse Limerick
Culture Night
Heritage Week
Limerick Life Long Learning Festival
TomCat Festival

Memberships

Irish Association of Professional Historians
Thomond Archaeological and Historical Society
Economic and Social History Society of Ireland
Limerick Arts and Culture Exchange