Authors
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Richard DownesRichard Downes was born in Dublin and left in the dog days of the 1980s to pursue a career in journalism in London. After working in the financial press for a while, he joined the BBC where he worked for a decade. For three and a half years he crossed the African continent covering wars and... |
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Roddy DoyleRoddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. His novels include The Commitments; The Snapper; The Van, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha, which won the 1993 Booker Prize; The Woman Who Walked Into Doors; A Star Called Henry; Oh, Play that Thing; Paula Spencer; The... |
Rose DoyleRose Doyle is a writer and journalist. Her novels include Fate and Tomorrow (set in the Congo in 1902) and Shadows Will Fall , both international bestsellers. Trade Names, the book of her long-running series in The Irish Times, was published by New Island in 2004. In 2005 she contributed to... |
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Myles DunganMyles Dungan is a historian and broadcaster for RTÉ. His books include Irish Voices from the Great War (1996), They Shall Not Grow Old: Irish Soldiers and the Great War (1997) andThe Stealing of the Irish Crown Jewels (2003). With New Island, he has published How the Irish Won the West (2006) and... |
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Catherine DunneOriginally a teacher at Greendale Community School, Catherine Dunne won an award at the Gerard Manley Hopkins Summer School in 1990, and issued In the Beginning, her first novel, in 1997. This was followed by A Name for Himself, short-listed for the Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award, The... |
Seán DunneSeán Dunne was born in Waterford in 1956. His books include the highly praised memoir In My Father's House and The Cork Anthology, The Road to Silence and the collection of poems, The Sheltered Nest. |