| 'A candidate who seemed tailor-made for the job' | Mitchell, Thomas | Article in Book | New Island | 2015 |
| 'An appointment to view' : the role of RTÉ's Independent Production Unit in documentary making in Ireland | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Book | Cork University Press | 2012 |
| 'An invaluable legacy to future generations of educationalists' | Hyland, Áine | Article in Book | New Island | 2015 |
| 'By today's standards it was a cramped office' | Quinn, Ruairí | Article in Book | New Island | 2015 |
| 'Denounced from Catholic pulpits all around the country' | Robinson, Mary | Article in Book | New Island | 2015 |
| 'Facile ignorance' and 'wild wild women' : religion, journalism and social change in Ireland, 1961-1979 | O'Brien, Mark | Article in Book | New Island | 2015 |
| 'Never justify. Never explain' : some thoughts in Irish political memoirs | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Book | | 2015 |
| 'The passion of particularity' : Magill, 1977-90 | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Book | | 2014 |
| A tale of 'womanly intuition' : Hector Legge at the 'Sunday Independent', 1940-70 | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Book | | 2012 |
| Bombers and mavericks : Magill magazine's coverage of Northern Ireland, 1977–1990 | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Journal | | 2011 |
| Commerce and the church : the factors that shaped new journalism in the Irish Independent | O'Brien, Mark : Rafter, Kevin | Article in Journal | | 2015 |
| Conclusion : The president of Ireland : past, present and future | Coakley, John,Rafter, Kevin | Article in Book | | 2014 |
| Democratic left : the life and death of an Irish political party | Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | Irish Academic Press | 2011 |
| Dillon rediscovered : the newspaperman who befriended kings, presidents, and oil tycoons | Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | Martello Publishing | 2025 |
| Evil literature : banning the News of the World in Ireland | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Journal | | 2013 |
| Fianna Fáil and the professionalisation of political communication in Ireland | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Journal | | 2017 |
| Fine Gael : party at the crossroads | Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | New Island | 2009 |
| George Mitchell and the role of the Peace Talks chairman | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Journal | | 2008 |
| Independent newspapers: a history | O'Brien, Mark,Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | Four Courts Press | 2012 |
| Introduction: New perspectives on the President of Ireland | Coakley, John,Rafter, Kevin | Article in Book | | 2014 |
| Irish journalism before independence : more a disease than a profession | | Monograph or Collective Volume | Manchester University | 2011 |
| Labour and the media: the promise of socialism, negative campaigning and the Irish Times | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Book | | 2012 |
| Martin Mansergh : a biography | Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | New Island | 2002 |
| Neil Blaney : a soldier of destiny | Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | Blackwater | 1993 |
| Priests and peace : the role of the Redemptorist Order in the Northern Ireland peace process | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Journal | | 2003 |
| Profits, politics and personal position : the role of the proprietor | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Book | | 2012 |
| Resilient reporting : Media coverage of Irish elections since 1969 | Breen, MichaelCourtney, MichaelMcMenamin, IainO'Malley, EoinRafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | Manchester University Press | 2019 |
| Sinn Féin, 1905-2005 : in the shadow of gunmen | Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | Gill & Macmillan | 2005 |
| Taoisigh and the arts | Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | Martello Publishing | 2022 |
| The Clann : the story of Clann na Poblachta | Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | Mercier Press | 1996 |
| The memoirs of male politicians in Independent Ireland | O’Malley, EoinRafter, Kevin | Article in Book | | 2018 |
| The politics of a 'non-political' office, 1973-1990 | Rafter, Kevin | Article in Book | | 2014 |
| The road to power : how Fine Gael made history | Rafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | New Island | 2011 |
| The state in transition : essays in honour of John Horgan | | Monograph or Collective Volume | New Island | 2015 |
| This is Charlie Bird | Bird, CharlieRafter, Kevin | Monograph or Collective Volume | Gill & Macmillan | 2006 |