Bryan MacMahon is originally from Ballyheigue, Co. Kerry, and now lives in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, where he was a secondary school teacher for thirty years. He has contributed to ‘The Irish Times’ (‘Irishman’s Diary’ columns), the ‘Irish Independent’, ‘History Ireland’, ‘The Irish Sword’, ‘The Holly Bough’ and many local historical society publications in Kerry and Dublin. He has also featured on ‘Nationwide’ (RTÉ TV), ‘Sunday Miscellany’ and ‘The Business’ (RTÉ Radio 1), and on ‘Talking History’ and ‘The Moncrieff Show’ (Newstalk). He has published six books on local and general history.