News & Events
Upcoming events – talks and presentations
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13 – 15 February 2020 - "Heavy and Continuous Sacrifice" NZ Military History Conference,
Massey University, Wellington. I will be delivering a paper on the relationship between Eamon
de Valera and Peter Fraser.
PHANZA – Conference 2019
Past events
September 2019 - The Irish Odyssey
I spent all of September in Ireland staging various events to launch and promote True to Ireland.
It was a highly successful trip with launches at Trinity College Dublin and at the Forge Pub in
Moycullen Co Galway. As well I gave talks at the University College of Dublin and at Arras
Uilinn, the community centre in Moycullen. The first sale of the book in Ireland was to the
person who runs the Post Office at Maas in Donegal. I also had the opportunity to meet some
amazing new people and to see some new and beautiful sights in Ireland - especially in Donegal.
It was pretty special to see True to Ireland on the shelves of some of Irelands most prestigious
bookstores such as Easons and Hodges and Figgis in Dublin as well as all the major book stores
in Galway, including the one at Moycullen. For more details. visit Newsletter and Gallery
July 2019 - Preparing the launch in Ireland
Some exciting news - ‘True to Ireland’ has now been printed in Ireland by Print Dynamics and is being distributed to bookshops throughout Ireland by Gill Distribution.
Rory Sweetman and I will be launching our respective books on Wednesday 11 September 2019 at Trinity College Dublin ... read more
April 2019 - In New Zealand
Back in NZ book sales have been steady. I have undertaken a significant number of speaking engagements at genealogy and Irish society meetings around the country, and sales at these events have been good. I went to Melbourne to talk to a group of Irish historians at Melbourne University ... read more
March 2019 - The celebrations continued after the launch
As part of the celebrations of the publication of True to Ireland a number of events, apart from the launch, were held. These included a talk by myself, Fr Eamon, Geraldene O’Reilly and Lynette Wharfe at the National Library on Thursday 14 March ... read more
March 2019 - Launched in Style
True To Ireland is now a reality. It was officially launched at the Thistle Inn – Wellington's oldest pub and a watering hole for the Sons of Eire by Irelands Ambassador to New Zealand, Peter Ryan and Damien O'Connor the Minister of Agriculture ... read more
