Convents are (or were) ubiquitous, often dominating towns and villages. They were such a common feature of the landscape that they became almost invisible, and it is only now, as they are disappearing, that their significance is beginning to be recognised.

I’ve made it - mentioned in the Junior Cycle History Paper 2022!

Behind the Scenes at the Museum - up close and personal with Michael Collins’ Wolf Slippers (& smuggler’s boots & a bullet in a brick).

Where is St Brigid’s Skull?

And my final bunch of #museum and #heritage sites for #MuseumWeekend. But don’t just go and see museums, this weekend…there are treasures out there waiting be discovered every weekend! #MuseumsNow

For #MuseumWeekend here’s my second list of museums and heritage sites that I think are well worth a visit.

In advance of #MuseumWeekend I’ve picked out some museums & heritage sites that I visited while researching The Darkness Echoing. Some are well-known, some are off the beaten track. All are worth visiting.

A great review of The Darkness Echoing by Niamh NicGabhann, published in Saothar.

A chat about how the pandemic makes us think differently about death…amongst many other things.

On 24 May Danny Fenster was detained in Myanmar. His arrest has changed my interest in journalistic freedom of speech from something academic and theoretical to something much more personal.

A chat about museums, heritage sites & tips on the best places to visit in Ireland

I often get asked about what I write, but rarely about how I write. Here I get to discuss my Five Rules of Writing.

In this extract from The Darkness Echoing I reflect on my first St Patrick’s Day in Chicago

St Patrick’s Day as we know it has been cancelled for a second year in a row. But it’s not the first time this has happened. In 1890s St Patrick’s Day festivities were cancelled in Chicago as a result of a horrific murder that took place there the previous year.