Authors
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Cecelia AhernCecelia Ahern was 21 when she wrote her first novel, P.S. I Love You. It was an instant best-seller. Since then she has published numerous more novels incuding, The Book of Tomorrow, The Gift ,Thanks for the Memories,Where Rainbows End and If You Could See Me Now. To date she has sold close to... |
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Bo AlmqvistBo Almqvist is Emeritus Professor and a former Head of the Department of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin. He specialises in Scandinavian and Irish folk literature and folk beliefs and has published widely on these topics. He has also carried out much collecting from Blasket Islanders, in... |
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David AndrewsDavid Andrews was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1965. However, as a vocal critic of Charles Haughey, he was confined to the backbenches during Haughey's thirteen-year period as leader. He maintained his legal practice during these years and returned to government as Minister for Foreign Affairs... |
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Karen ArdiffKaren Ardiff is an award-winning actress, regularly appearing on the Irish stage as well as starring in feature films including Evelyn and This is My Father. The Secret of My Face (New Island, 2007) is her first novel. |
Garry BannisterGarry Bannister travelled to Russia at the end of the 1970s where he helped to establish the first department of Modern Irish at Moscow State University. He has devoted many years to studying the writings of Tomás Ó Criomhthain, the literary works of Pádraig Ó Conaire and to the development of... |
Vincent BanvilleVincent Banvile is a writer, critic and journalist living in Dublin. His first novel, An End to Flight, won the Robert Pitman Literary Prize. He is also the author of children's books, the Hennessy series, along with several crime novels, including Death by Design and Death the Pale Rider. He is a... |