This Day in Irish History (eBook)

Padraic Coffey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
The O'Brien Press (Verlag)
9781788493116 (ISBN)

Infos

You may know all about the Easter Rising and the Good Friday Agreement, but did you know that the hypodermic needle was invented in Tallaght? Or that Dublin was the first city in the world to have a woman stockbroker, decades before London or New York? Or that the formula used to create the video game Tomb Raider was sketched on a bridge in Cabra in the nineteenth century? With one entry for every day of the year, this book marks the anniversaries of momentous events in Irish history: in politics, medicine, music, sport and innovation. In this accessible, comprehensive and authoritative book, discover the moments that have helped to shape the national identity of Ireland. 

Padraic Coffey was born in Sligo and grew up in Tubbercurry. He attended University College Dublin, where he received a BA in 2008 and an MA in 2010. After graduating from college, he worked in a freelance capacity for the Sunday Independent, as well as some other publications. This is his first book, which was inspired by his social media account of the same name. He currently resides in Vancouver, Canada, with his wife.

Autor

Padraic Coffey graduated with an MA from University College Dublin in 2010. Shortly afterwards, he began working as a freelance writer. He was the editor and sole researcher of the supplement 'Who's Who: Inspiring Hope in a Nation in Turmoil,' included with the 28 November, 2010 edition of the Sunday Independent. Padraic has also interviewed a range of high-profile public figures, among them former Taoisigh Dr Garret Fitzgerald and John Bruton; sportsmen Pádraig Harrington and John Giles; and novelists Joseph O'Connor and John Banville.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.9.2021
• Vorwort: Joe Duffy
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• ISBN-13: 9781788493116 / 9781788493116