David kenny
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David Kenny is a journalist, best-selling author, broadcaster and multi-instrumentalist living in Dublin, Ireland
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His books include: The Trib: Highlights from the Sunday Tribune 2005-2011, The Little Buke of Dublin: Or, How to Be a Real Dub, Erindipity The Irish Miscellany, and Erindipity Rides Again. The latter two are books that feature humorous essays about little-known Irish historical facts.
Kenny is originator and compiler of the 'Trib' series which was launched in mid-July 2011. The Trib: Highlights from the Sunday Tribune, Vol I is a collection of articles chosen by the newspaper's writers.
He is also author and co-originator of the Inish Turk Beg Brilliant Irish Series which was released globally in January 2011 by Warner Music. The Brilliant Irish Series is a book and CD set charting the history of Ireland's traditional instruments. The first installment, The Brilliant Irish Flute, features The Lord of the Rings
soloist, Alan Doherty
and is produced by composer and Kíla
member, Lance Hogan. It also contains written contributions from Jim Kerr, Matt Molloy, Barry Devlin, Moya Brennan and Kevin Godley.
Kenny has worked in various writing and senior editorial roles for The Irish Press
, The XPress, Evening Press, Evening News, RTÉ television news and Independent Newspapers. He was Acting Deputy Editor of the Evening Herald
from 2005 to 2007, before joining the Sunday Tribune
as Associate Editor and news opinion columnist. He is a panelist on RTÉ's The Daily Show and a regular contributor to documentaries and discussions on Irish television and radio.
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
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His books include: The Trib: Highlights from the Sunday Tribune 2005-2011, The Little Buke of Dublin: Or, How to Be a Real Dub, Erindipity The Irish Miscellany, and Erindipity Rides Again. The latter two are books that feature humorous essays about little-known Irish historical facts.
Kenny is originator and compiler of the 'Trib' series which was launched in mid-July 2011. The Trib: Highlights from the Sunday Tribune, Vol I is a collection of articles chosen by the newspaper's writers.
He is also author and co-originator of the Inish Turk Beg Brilliant Irish Series which was released globally in January 2011 by Warner Music. The Brilliant Irish Series is a book and CD set charting the history of Ireland's traditional instruments. The first installment, The Brilliant Irish Flute, features The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a high fantasy epic written by English philologist and University of Oxford professor J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work. It was written in...
soloist, Alan Doherty
Alan Doherty
Alan Doherty is a former member of Irish trad band Gráda.He plays the Irish flute, the whistles and the uilleann pipes and is best known as the Irish whistle soloist on the track Concerning Hobbits from the The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring soundtrack...
and is produced by composer and Kíla
Kíla
Kíla are an Irish folk music/World music group, originally formed in 1987 in the Irish Language secondary school, Coláiste Eoin in Co. Dublin. Kila's blend of Irish traditional music and World Music with a modern rock sensibility is generally credited with breathing new life into contemporary Irish...
member, Lance Hogan. It also contains written contributions from Jim Kerr, Matt Molloy, Barry Devlin, Moya Brennan and Kevin Godley.
Kenny has worked in various writing and senior editorial roles for The Irish Press
The Irish Press
The Irish Press was an Irish national daily newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 5 September 1931 and 25 May 1995.-Foundation:...
, The XPress, Evening Press, Evening News, RTÉ television news and Independent Newspapers. He was Acting Deputy Editor of the Evening Herald
Evening Herald
The Evening Herald is a mid-market tabloid evening newspaper published in Dublin, Ireland by Independent News & Media. It is published Monday-Saturday, and has three editions — City Edition, City Final Edition and National Edition...
from 2005 to 2007, before joining the Sunday Tribune
Sunday Tribune
The Sunday Tribune was an Irish Sunday broadsheet newspaper published by Tribune Newspapers plc. It was edited in its final years by Nóirín Hegarty, who changed both the tone and the physical format of the newspaper from broadsheet to tabloid. Former editors include Conor Brady, Vincent Browne,...
as Associate Editor and news opinion columnist. He is a panelist on RTÉ's The Daily Show and a regular contributor to documentaries and discussions on Irish television and radio.