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 has bachelor's and master's degrees from University College Dublin.

Latest Stories

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
No, it's not all connected No, it's not all connected
We’re all conspiracy theorists, or at least we are in our personal lives. So argues Aoife Gallagher in her book “Web of Lies: The Lure and Danger o...
November 02, 2023 by Peter McDermott
'Always happy' 'Always happy'
“We’re going to miss her forever. And she’s always going to be in our hearts.” So said Anne Marie De Blasio-Leva on Monday afternoon about Denise M...
October 24, 2023 by Peter McDermott
A long run A long run
Repeat business. That was the measure of success for Mary Burke, the long-time banquet manager of Rosie O’Grady’s, which closed for business on Jul...
October 18, 2023 by Peter McDermott
Changed Times Changed Times
Dan Barry is waiting for that tap on the shoulder, even after 28 years at the New York Times. It would be from someone higher up, someone on the ma...
October 12, 2023 by Peter McDermott
'A true hero' 'A true hero'
“We knew all about him, always.” So said Helen Mulcahy about an uncle killed far away in New York, 107 years ago. The memory of Patrolman William M...
October 05, 2023 by Peter McDermott

 



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