Peter McDermott

Peter McDermott joined the Irish Echo’s full-time editorial staff in 2004. Before that he was a frequent contributor to the Echo and to Newsday, and he has written also for a variety of publications in Ireland, including the Irish Times, the Sunday Press and the Irish Examiner. He is a graduate of University College Dublin (BA, MA).

Latest Stories

Getting riled up about hell Getting riled up about hell
We are divided as rarely seen before, the pundits say. It’s true at a basic level in terms of the division between blue states and red, or at least...
February 07, 2024 by Peter McDermott
Phase 2: Securing the future Phase 2: Securing the future
“We’re seeking to offer a full night-out experience,” said Aidan Connolly, the executive director of Irish Arts Center “There’s something pulling y...
February 01, 2024 by Peter McDermott
Lives of Brigid a 'great window' Lives of Brigid a 'great window'
Saint Brigid was working in Ireland at a time “when Christianity was a relatively new and foreign religion.” That’s one of the few things, writes a...
January 30, 2024 by Peter McDermott
Podcast focuses on Jan. 30, 1972 Podcast focuses on Jan. 30, 1972
The podcast has brought about an audio renaissance. The same was said two decades ago about the weblog, AKA blogs, and text, and for the same reaso...
January 26, 2024 by Peter McDermott
Munster towns inspire mysteries Munster towns inspire mysteries
Carlene O’Connor has taken a 180-degree turn, and her fans and the critics have taken it with her. She is the author of the Irish Village Mysteries...
January 24, 2024 by Peter McDermott
Fiction on the cutting edge Fiction on the cutting edge
Few can disagree that Irish writing has been thriving as never before, and in just about every fictional genre and category. Two Irish Times opinio...
January 19, 2024 by Peter McDermott
Called to the Bar Called to the Bar
“Three Irish presidents have been barristers: Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Mary McAleese and Mary Robinson,” writes author and academic Niamh Howlin in her...
January 08, 2024 by Peter McDermott
The house on Bowne Street The house on Bowne Street
The Bowne House is “a beautiful little home.” So said Mayor Fiorella La Guardia in one of his famous broadcasts on WNYC. He said he’d been in old h...
December 13, 2023 by Peter McDermott
Glenveagh inspires debut novel Glenveagh inspires debut novel
Find a story you really, really want to write. That’s the view of Anne Madden, as we can see from her answers below, and it helps to explain how sh...
December 05, 2023 by Peter McDermott
'Enlarging idea of Irishness' 'Enlarging idea of Irishness'
[The original version of this article was published in the print edition of the Irish Echo on Wednesday, Nov. 22. It has been slightly amended sinc...
November 26, 2023 by Peter McDermott
A national trauma chronicled A national trauma chronicled
“Jacqueline Kennedy and Nellie Connally stood a few feet apart, awaiting news of their gravely wounded husbands. Both knew the President’s wounds h...
November 21, 2023 by Peter McDermott
Officers evade justice in killings Officers evade justice in killings
James Patrick “Jim” Conroy was born in Dublin in 1897 and died in Southern California in 1981. His path early in life was typical of many of those ...
November 10, 2023 by Peter McDermott

 

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