Talk on Dublin since 1922 -Tuesday 8 November
Tuesday 8 November, 2016 at 6.30pm in the dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.
Talk on Dublin since 1922: A panoramic yet intimate history of Dublin since Independence.
No booking required.
Launch of Dublin Since 1922 – Thursday 6 October
Thursday 6 October, 2016 at 6:00 pm in City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin 2
Launch of Dublin Since 1922 by the Lord Mayor of Dublin Brendan Carr and Joseph O’Connor.
My Mother and Daniel J. Travanti
My Mother and Daniel J. Travanti
Broadcast on RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany 22 March, 2020
Review of Frederick Douglass in Ireland
Review of Frederick Douglass in Ireland by Laurence Fenton, published by the Collins Press
Published in Books Ireland Magazine
The Wearing of the Blue
This piece charts a personal journey of identity, the GAA and my children. This was broadcast on RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany on 22 September, 2013.
The Ha’Penny Bridge
Written about the up and down history of what is now the most famous bridge in the country. However, it might have been demolished
Blood, sweat and adrenalin
Blood, sweat and adrenalin—under the covers of the Mountains to Sea Book Festival
Creating a book festival – a behind the scenes view of the first Mountains to Sea Book Festival. Article published in Books Ireland July/August 2013
Robert Mallet
If it were only for one reason that I would say that I love the Victorians it’s that they seemed to have an almost innate fear, a deep abhorrence, of the very thought of being pigeon-holed.Broadcast on RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany on 14 April, 2013.
Splendor
Splendor
Written about an Italian movie I had seen once but which I thought was the greatest movie I had ever seen. This was broadcast on RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany on 12 May, 2013.
Berlin
Berlin
Broadcast on RTE Radio 1’s Sunday Miscellany in November 2009
This story was written one morning the week before the 20th anniversary