Interview: Prof. Kevin Whelan, Smurfit Director of the Keough-Notre Dame Centre

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