Damian Corless
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Damian Corless is an Irish author, playwright and scriptwriter. He has written several works covering Irish history and culture.[1]
Corless was MTV's first Irish correspondent.[2] He was editor of the culture guide In Dublin before becoming managing editor of the monthly current affairs magazine Magill.[3] He wrote TV comedy sketches for the BBC series Big Train and RTÉ series Stew.[4]
From 2001 to 2019, he was a columnist and feature writer with Independent News & Media, initially with the Herald before moving to the Irish Independent.[citation needed] A 2003 article by Corless, published in the Irish Independent, was mentioned in a Seanad discussion in May 2003.[5] The author of a study of Ireland's climate since the first settlers arrived,[citation needed] he has delivered guest talks on the weather including to Roscommon's annual Percy French Festival,[6] Irish Meteorological Society,[citation needed] and the annual Bloom Horticultural Festival.[7]
His book on the history of Ireland's "love affair with confectionary", You'll Ruin Your Dinner, provided source material for a collaboration between the National College Of Art & Design's MA course in Design History and Material Culture and The Little Museum of Dublin, which yielded an exhibition and accompanying publication entitled The Secret Lives Of Objects - Hidden Histories Of Dublin Design.[8][not in citation given] Corless appeared as a commentator in each instalment of RTE1's 2022 history TV series "The Way We Were".[9] Corless has contributed to a number of radio programs on RTÉ and Newstalk.[10][11]
His stage comedy 'Death Wish '16 - The GPO' debuted at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival in 2015 with Ardal O'Hanlon as Padraig Pearse and Fred MacAuley as James Connolly.[12][13] In 2019, Corless was shortlisted for an An Post Book Of The Year Award, alongside singer Christy Dignam, for his work on Dignam's memoir My Crazy World published by Simon & Schuster.[14] In May 2024 Mirror Books UK published Corless'es social history of Ireland as a tax haven for British pop stars, 'Tax, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll'[15][16]
Selected works
- Corless, Damian (1995). Loose Talk: The GUBU File. Wolfhound Press. ISBN 0863275184. Search this book on
- Nugent, Michael; Corless, Damian (2003). That's Ireland: An Irish Miscellany. Blackwater Press. ISBN 978-1-84131-633-8. Search this book on [17]
- Corless, Damian (2004). Gubu Nation: Grotesque Unbelievable Bizarre Unprecedented Happenings in Ireland. Merlin Press. ISBN 978-1-903582-57-2. Search this book on
- Corless, Damian (2007). Party Nation: Ireland's General Elections : The Strokes, Jokes, Spinners and Winners. Merlin Press. ISBN 978-1-903582-71-8. Search this book on [18][19]
- Corless, Damian (2010). The Greatest Bleeding Hearts Racket in the World: Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes. Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7171-4669-7. Search this book on [20][21][22][23]
- Corless, Damian (2011). You'll Ruin Your Dinner: Sweet Memories from Irish Childhood. Hachette. ISBN 978-1-4447-2602-2. Search this book on [24]
- Corless, Damian (2013). Looks Like Rain: 9,000 Years of Irish Weather. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1-84889-181-4. Search this book on [25]
- Corless, Damian (2014). From Clery's Clock to Wanderly Wagon: Irish History You Weren't Taught at School. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1-84889-227-9. Search this book on [26]
- Corless, Damian (2016-03-26). Death Wish '16 - the GPO. Kaysons Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5306-9099-2. Search this book on [27]
- Corless, Damian (2016-10-01). Hopscotch and Queenie-i-o. Collins Press. ISBN 978-1-84889-597-3. Search this book on [28][29]
- Dignam, Christy; Corless, Damian (2019). My Crazy World. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4711-8431-4. Search this book on
- Corless, Damian (2024). Tax, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll. Mirror Books UK. ISBN 978-1-915-306-593. Search this book on [30]
References
- ↑ Interview. 'Damian Corless Vs The Irish Establishment.' Sunday Business Post 24/10/2004
- ↑ Corless, Damian (6 August 2017). "MTV Europe: We Tuned In, Turned On, Then Switched Off". Irish Independent.
- ↑ "Damian Corless Books". hachette.com.au.[better source needed]
- ↑ Corless, Damian (12 December 2011). "The Etiquette of Interviewing". writing.ie.[better source needed]
- ↑ "Seanad Debate 13/05/2003. Questions to Michael Martin, Minister for Health & Children". 13 May 2003.
In the Irish Independent last week, Damien Corless gave the historical background to the achievement by consultants of their powerful position in the health service
- ↑ Weather Events In Percy French's Time 8/7/2014 percyfrench.ie [not in citation given]
- ↑ The Weather Forecast, Banter At Bloom 2015 http://thisisbanter.com/author/jimcarrollbanter/page/6/
- ↑ "The Secret Lives Of Objects - Hidden Histories Of Dublin Design - NCAD MA In Design History And Material Culture - Edited By Lisa Godson" (PDF). ncad.ie.
- ↑ "THE WAY WE WERE ***Final*** | RTÉ Press Centre".
- ↑ "Hidden Histories: Summer of '32 Sweet Wars".
- ↑ "RTE Radio 1, Of Weather, Waves & Wireless". podpage.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ↑ "Padraig Pearse As Cross-dresser In Controversial Easter Rising comedy. Deathwish '16: The GPO to premiere with Father Ted star Ardal O'Hanlon". Irish Central. 26 May 2015.
- ↑ Corless, Damian (16 April 2015). "My 1916: History repeats, first as tragedy, then as farce, in Death Wish 16". Irish Independent.
- ↑ "An Post Book Awards Celebrate Best Irish Writing". Irish Examiner. 24 October 2019.
- ↑ Corless, Damian (30 April 2024). "How Ireland went from a land of 'police and priests' to a tax haven to Cool Hibernia". Irish Independent.
- ↑ Corless, Damian (24 May 2024). "'A tour through Ireland's complex pop culture history'". Irish Examiner.
- ↑ "You couldn't make it up ; From hilarious gaffes and the busiest priests to planet Enya and the best place to meet a man, a new book of Irish trivia is hard to put down. Brian Boyd reports". The Irish Times. Nov 14, 2003. p. 19. ProQuest 309696664.
- ↑ The Panel: General Election Special. RTE1 TV 9/5/2007 [not in citation given]
- ↑ The Bizarre Incidents That Make Elections Fun. Review Sunday Business Post 26/5/2007 https://www.businesspost.ie/legacy/the-bizarre-incidents-that-make-elections-fun/
- ↑ Take The Money And Run. Sunday Times 10/10/2010
- ↑ An Excellent Account Of A National Embarrassment. Sunday Business Post 21/11/2010
- ↑ Grubby, Corrupt, Illegal And Irish. Sunday Independent 21/11/2010
- ↑ Interview. Scannal: Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes. RTE1 TV 20/4/2017
- ↑ Bielenberg, Kim (2011-12-25). "Review: Food: You'll Ruin Your Dinner by Damian Corless". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ↑ "Make a date with these top-class page-turnersgive your loved ones something to cuddle up with in front of the fire". Irish Independent. 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ↑ Interview. Mornings With Dave Fanning. RTE Radio 2 7/10/2017
- ↑ "Interview. Ardal O'Hanlon To Star In New 1916 Farce". RTE.ie Entertainment. 30 May 2015.
Corless, whose books include From Clery's Clock to Wanderly Wagon: Irish History You Weren't Taught at School, says he wrote Deathwish 16: The GPO to "raise awareness of the 1916 Rising."
[not in citation given] - ↑ Breen, Des (2017-03-04). "Book review: Hopscotch and Queenie-I-O: A 1960s Irish Childhood". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ↑ The Way We Were: 1960s Ireland In A Moral Vice. Irish Times 10/12/2016
- ↑ O'Callaghan, Colm (2024-05-24). "Book review: A tour through Ireland's complex pop culture history". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
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