Damian Corless

Damian Corless is an Irish author, playwright and scriptwriter. He has penned more than a dozen volumes on Irish history and culture. Interview. 'Damian Corless Vs The Irish Establishment.' Sunday Business Post 24/10/2004 Corless was MTV's first Irish correspondent. He was editor of the culture guide In Dublin before becoming managing editor of the monthly current affairs magazine Magill.He has written TV comedy for the BBC's Big Train starring Simon Pegg and Catherine Tate IMDB 2 episodes Big Train 2002.
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 where his reporting informed debate in public forums and the Irish Parliament. Seanad Debate 13/05/2003. Questions to Michael Martin, Minister for Health & Children The author of a study of Ireland's climate since the first settlers arrived, he has delivered guest talks on the weather including to Roscommon's annual Percy French Festival,Weather Events In Percy French's Time 8/7/2014.percyfrench.ie Irish Meteorological Society, National Library 23/5/2012 www.nli.ie News & Events May-August 2012 and the annual Bloom Horticultural Festival. The Weather Forecast, Banter At Bloom 2015 http://thisisbanter.com/author/jimcarrollbanter/page/6/
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.https://www.ncad.ie/files/san_files/Secret_Lives_of_Objects.pdf In his role as a cultural historian,Corless appeared as a commentator in each instalment of RTE1's 2022 history TV series "The Way We Were".https://presspack.rte.ie/2022/04/04/the-way-we-were-3/ Corless has contributed to national radio programs on a number of historical and cultural matters. https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/on-the-record-with-gavan-reilly/hidden-histories-summer-of-32-sweet-wars RTE Radio 1, Of Weather, Waves & Wireless www.podpage.com/the-almanac-of-ireland/of-weather-waves-and-wireless/
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. 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 26-5-2015 In 2019, Corless was shortlisted for an An Post Book Of The Year Award, alongside singer Christy Dignam, for his work on Dignam's bestselling memoir "My Crazy World" published by Simon & Schuster. An Post Book Awards Celebrate Best Irish Writing, Irish Examiner 24-10-2019
==Selected works==
* You Couldn't Make It Up. Irish Times 14/11/2003
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* The Panel: General Election Special. RTE1 TV 9/5/2007 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/
* From Heatwaves To Tornadoes: 9,000 Years Of Irish Weather. Irish Examiner 24/10/2013Interview. On Weather, Waves And Wireless. RTE Radio 1 23/6/2021
* Interview. Mornings With Dave Fanning. RTE Radio 2 7/10/2017
* Interview. Ardal O'Hanlon To Star In New 1916 Farce. RTE.ie Entertainment 30/5/2015
* Book Review: Hopscotch And Queenie-I-O: A 1960s Irish Childhood by Damian Corless. Irish Examiner 4/3/2017Interview. The Way We Were. RTE1 TV 14/3/2022The Way We Were: 1960s Ireland In A Moral Vice. Irish Times 10/12/2016
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Category:Irish people
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