Pue’s Interviews is a regular series of short questions and answers with those who work in the history industry in Ireland – in the museums, universities, publishers, libraries, archives and elsewhere – to give an insight into the people who make it tick.
Interview date: 15 May 2009
What book do you wish you had written?
Tolstoy, War and Peace.
What would you do if you were not a historian?
TV Rugby Commentator.
When was the last time you looked at Wikipedia?
About two months ago.
What event had the greatest impact on history in Ireland?
The Reformation.
What are you reading now?
A travel book on France and Marnie Hay, Bulmer Hobson and the Nationalist movement in twentieth-century Ireland (MUP, 2009).
Tags: Ivar McGrath
29 December 2009 at 16:37 |
I loved Ivar’s interview, he would be a great sports commentator.
p.s. Love is mentioning your wife’s book as your current reading,
4 March 2010 at 06:52 |
[...] Ivar McGrath (UCD): Tolstoy, War and Peace [...]
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