Conan Kennedy
Conan Kennedy was born in Dublin.
His novels are Here Be Ghosts (Dublin, O’Brien Press, 1982); Ogulla Well (Killala, Co Mayo, Morrigan Books, 2002);
and The Nottingham Road Hotel, (concerning his kinsman Arthur Conan Doyle) (Autumn 2008).
He is also the author of Ancient Ireland - Users Guide (Morrigan Books, 1994); and (with Daragh Smyth) Places of Mythology in Ireland (Morrigan Books, 1989).
He is author of numerous local history and specialist guidebooks, including Irish Language Ireland (Foras na Gaeilge,1998); and Glasnevin Cemetery (Dublin Cemeteries Committee, 2006). His Ancient Ireland-Users’Guide (Morrigan,1994) remains the standard guide to that subject.
He was editor of Daragh Smyth’s Dictionary of Irish Mythology (Irish Academic Press) and co-author of Places of Mythology in Ireland (Morrigan).
He edited the five volume Diaries of Mary Hayden 1878-1903 (National Library of Ireland/Morrigan, 2008); and
The Mysterious Mary H.: A Selection of Writings by Mary Hayden (1862-1942) (Morrigan Books, 2008).
He now lives in rural Ireland.
