sense of place


 Broadcaster Cormac Ó hEadhra launching  Digging Deeper. Monday night was a very special occasion as broadcaster Cormac Ó hEadhra, who presents the show ‘Cormac ag a 5’ on Raidió na Gaeltachta and ‘The Late Debate’ on RTÉ Radio 1, launched our new book, Digging Deeper. Cormac’s speech was both thoughtful and wide-ranging, offering much food for thought. It was extremely well received by all those present.  We are especially grateful that he took time out […]

Book Launch of ‘Digging Deeper’


Presenting President Higgins with a copy of Gombeens at the Gate. It was a great honour for me and my co-author, James Kennelly, to spend time yesterday morning at Áras an Uachtaráin where we presented President Michael D. Higgins with a copy of our book Gombeens at the Gate. We were thrilled that President Higgins spent over an hour of his valuable time discussing the contents of the book with […]

Visit to Áras an Uachtaráin



The journal Administration [Vol. 64, Issue 3-4, pp. 119-122,  December 2016] has just published this review of our book Gombeens at the Gate by Daniel Doyle: Book Review – Administration I hope you enjoy reading it!

Book Review in ‘Administration’ of ‘Gombeens at the Gate’