Upstart
Subtitle: friends, foes and founding a university
By: Ed Walsh ; with Kieran Fagan
Contributors: Fagan, Kieran
Publisher: Collins
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cork
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781848891234
Subjects: History; Biography; University of Limerick
Description: Ed Walsh returned to Ireland in 1970 to blunder into setting up an institute of education. He found a decaying mansion on a riverside site, gathered talented young people and secured funding from the World Bank and European Investment Bank to build what became the University of Limerick. Along the way, Ed made powerful enemies as he challenged official cant, traditional academics and clerical humbug. This is an inspiring, frank and often funny memoir by a passionate educational leader.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.