Duane Long (Dubhán Ó Longáin) is a PhD student at Ulster University, working on the role and implementation of the Ossianic tradition in Ireland (particularly the Northwest) in the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. His main research interests include Irish folklore (particularly the Ossianic tales), the manuscript tradition and modern Irish literature.

He is also a creative writer and his first collection of poetry, entitled IDEO Locator, was published by Coiscéim in 2020.