Maev Kennedy (born 1954)[1] is an Irish journalist. She has worked as a staff news writer for The Irish Times, where she wrote the Dail (parliament) sketch, and for The Guardian. She has been a columnist for the Museums Journal and is a regular contributor to the Art Newspaper. At The Guardian, she edited the diary column, and was arts and heritage correspondent.[2][3]

Biography

Kennedy's mother was the novelist Val Mulkerns, herself the daughter of the Irish revolutionary Jimmy (J.J.) Mulkerns, who was interned his involvement in the Four Courts during the Easter Rising in 1916.[4] Her father Maurice Kennedy was a short story writer.[5] Their daughter was born in Dublin and attended University College Dublin (UCD) before joining The Irish Times, where she became the newspaper's parliamentary sketch writer.[6]

Career

Kennedy is the author of the Hamlyn History of Archaeology. She broadcasts for the BBC, regularly presenting the Open Book programme on BBC Radio 4 and contributed to the Saturday Review programme.[1] She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.[7]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b "Maev Kennedy biog". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Museums' Association article". Museumsassociation.org. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. ^ "links to Maev Kennedy's articles on". Journalisted.com. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  4. ^ Enright, Anne (8 June 2016). "Memory and Desire by Val Mulkerns review: the way we lived then". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Writer and a feminist before her time". The Irish Times. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog – art: Maev Kennedy Profile". London: Blogs.guardian.co.uk. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Society of Antiquaries website". Sal.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

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