Eoghan Corry (born 19 January 1961) is an Irish columnist, author of sports history, and founding story-editor of the Gaelic Athletic Association Museum at Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh in Dublin, Ireland is the largest sports Stadium in Ireland (fifth largest in Europe) and the principal stadium Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe.
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Early life
Corry was born in Dublin, and grew up in Ardclough, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland. Ardclough is a village and community in the parish of Kill County Kildare, Ireland, two miles off the N7. Straffan ( Teach Srafáin in Irish) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara is an Irish County located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. He was educated at Scoil Mhuire, Clane, at the Dublin Institute of Technology and University College, Dublin. Scoil Mhuire is a co-educational Post Primary School owned by the State and controlled by a Board of Management made up of 10 members Dublin Institute of Technology ( DIT) ( Irish: Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Atha Cliath) was established officially in 1992 under the Dublin Institute University College Dublin (UCD (An Coláiste Ollscoile Baile Átha Cliath - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland Dublin (An
Career
His first published work as poetry in English and the Irish language in literary magazines and the New Irish Writing section of the Irish Press. The Irish Press was an Irish Newspaper published by Irish Press plc between September 5 1931, on the eve of the 1931 Kilkenny v Cork
He began his journalistic career as a sportswriter with the Irish Times and Sunday Tribune where he won several awards and became sports editor. The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet news paper launched in the late 1850s. The Sunday Tribune is an Irish Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper published by Tribune Newspapers plc Determined to pursue a career outside of sports journalism, he joined the Sunday Press as a feature writer in 1985 and became features editor of the Irish Press' in 1986, bringing younger writers and a more contemporary, polemical and literary style to the paper. The Sunday Press was a weekend Tabloid Newspaper printed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from 1973 until He revived the literary and travel sections of the paper and was an adjudicator of the Dublin Theatre Festival awards.
When the Irish Press closed in 1995 he became Features Editor of the short-lived Evening News, storylined the GAA museum in Croke Park in 1998 and was founding editor of High Ball magazine. Since then he has been a columnist, first with the Sunday Business Post and then with the Evening Herald. The Sunday Business Post is an Irish national Sunday Newspaper published by Post Publications Limited. The Evening Herald is a Tabloid evening Newspaper published in Dublin, Ireland by Independent News & Media. As a journalism lecturer in the Dublin Institute of Technology he told students that 'journalism is about p-sing people off. '
Since 2002 he has edited Ireland's biggest circulation travel publication, Travel Extra, and is a regular commentator on travel affairs on Irish radio and television.
Personal life
He is married to Ida Milne and has two daughters, Constance (b. 1991) and Síofra (b. 1995).
Bibliography
- “Kildare GAA: A Centenary History”, CLG Chill Dara, 1984, ISBN 0-9509370-0-2 hb ISBN 0-9509370-1-0 pb
- “Barry McGuigan: The Unauthorised Biography, Magill 1985, ISBN 0-9507659-4-5
- “Kelloggs Book of Gaelic Games”, CLG, 1986. The year 1984 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1985 in literature involved some significant events and new books
- “Kingdom Come”, Poolbeg 1989. The year 1989 in literature involved some significant events and new books ISBN 1-85371-028-8
- “Catch and Kick”, Poolbeg 1989, ISBN 1-85371-063-6
- “Viva: World Cup 1990”, Poolbeg, 11990, ISBN 1-85371-085-7
- “Oakboys: Derry’s Football Dream Come True”, Torc, 1993, ISBN 1898142106
- “Going to America World Cup 1994”, Poolbeg, 1994, ISBN 1-898142-08-4
- “Goal”, Merlin Publishing 2002 (co-author), ISBN 1-903582-26-1
- “God and the Referee: Unforgettable GAA Quotations”, Hodder Headline, 2005, ISBN 0-340-83976-7
- “GAA book of Lists”, Hodder Headline, 2005, ISBN 0-340-89695-7
- “Illustrated History of the Gaelic Athletic Association”, Gill & MacMillan, 2005, ISBN 0-7171-3951-4
- “The Nation Holds its Breath”, Hodder Headline, 2006. The year 1989 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1990 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1993 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1994 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2002 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2005 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2005 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2005 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 2006 in literature involved some significant events and new books ISBN 0-340-92152-8
- “I'm Glad You Asked Me That: Irish Political Quotations”, Hodder Headline, 2007. The year 2007 in literature involves some significant new books ISBN 978-0340924525
References
- Bradley, Lara (2004). "Sports Writer May Sue Over Accusation of Sectarianism. " Sunday Independent. October 31.
- Corry, Eoghan (2007). "As Croker goes ecumenical, the real enemy now facing the GAA . . . " Irish Times. April 10.
- McWeeney, Myles (2007). "Gossamer wings, Fenian conspiracies and questions about the effin' peace process. " Irish Independent. May 14.
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