Head of Registration/Registrar

Emer Ní Cheallaigh was appointed Head of Registration/Registrar in 2021 and has responsibility for the leadership, management and strategic direction of the Registration Department across NMI.

Emer has worked in the heritage sector for 25+ years, joining NMI in 2008 as the museum’s Archivist/ Records Manager, followed by a period as Manager/ Deputy Registrar of NMI’s Collections Resource Centre.

Emer is particular interested in facilitating preservation of, and access to, museum, library and archive collections. She supports research services across NMI and leads out on NMI’s Linking Legacy, Connection Community, a provenance research and community engagement project kindly supported by the Irish and UK Governments under the UK-Ireland Cultural Cooperation Programme 2026-2030.  

Emer holds a BA in Irish and Irish Folklore from UCD, an M.Litt in Irish Folklore also from UCD and graduate diplomas in Data Protection Law from King’s Inn and Project Management from Dublin Business School.