Tom Dillon served as the Kerry County Council historian-in-residence in 2020 and 2021. He has researched many aspects of Kerry history from the county's Big House families to the First World War and 1916 Rising. Throughout the recent Decade of Centenaries, he delivered numerous public lectures, published articles and spoke on TV and local radio on these subjects and more.

He is a graduate of the University of Limerick holding an MA in History of the Family and a Certificate in Local History. Tom is a tutor with Kerry ETB at An Tóchar Further Education Centre in Causeway delivering courses in Local History, Genealogy, Folklore and History & Heritage.