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Castlerea, 1963
3rd Class, Boys National School, Castlereagh, Co. Roscommon, 1963.

Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Algeria, 1976-77; Milan, 1978-79; Trento, 1979-81 Dublin 1981-2

Tutor, University College Dublin.

1977-8; 1982-5

Professional genealogist (Genealogical Office, Hibernian Research)

1982-1991

Project Manager, Irish Genealogical Project,

1991-5

Self-employed

1995 to date

Publications

Daedalus: Introductions, Dublin, Daedalus, 1990
Tracing your Irish Ancestors, Dublin, Gill & Macmillan 1992, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993
Cloverdale Anthology of Irish Poetry, Cork, 1993
Clans and Families of Ireland, Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1993, New York, Colour Library Books, 1994
The Little Book of Irish Clans, Dublin, John Hinde, 1994
The New Nation, Book Sales Inc. New Jersey, 1994
Generations, Dublin, Irish Times Books, 1996
An Illustrated History of Ireland, Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1997
Numerous stories, translations and poems in magazines and newspapers in Ireland and Britain, 1981-1992
"Irish Families" series in Ireland of the Welcomes, 1993 to 1997
Pocket Reference: Irish Families, London, HarperCollins, 1997
"The Genealogical Office and its Records" in The Genealogical Office, Dublin, Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1999.

Awards

Hennessy Literary Award 1984
Kavanagh Poetry Competition Prizes, 1984, 1985, 1987

Languages

Irish, Italian, French

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