Interview date: 8 September 2009
What book do you wish you had written?
Marilynne Robinson, Home
What would you do if you were not a historian?
Stone mason.
When was the last time you looked at wikipedia?
Last week.
What event had the greatest impact on history in Ireland?
The Famine.
What book are you currently reading?
J.M. Synge, Travelling Ireland Essays 1898-1908