Maev Kennedy (born 1954) is an Irish journalist. She has worked as a staff news writer for ''

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'' and writes regularly for the ''

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''. At ''The Guardian'', she edited the diary column and been the arts and heritage correspondent and has written on archaeology.

Biography

Kennedy's mother was the novelist

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, herself the daughter of the Irish revolutionary Jimmy (J.J.) Mulkerns, who was interned his involvement in the

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during the

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in 1916. Her father Maurice Kennedy was a short story writer. Their daughter was born in

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and attended

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(UCD) before joining ''

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'', where she became the newspaper's parliamentary sketch writer.

Career

Kennedy is the author of the '' Hamlyn History of Archaeology''. She broadcasts for the BBC, regularly presenting the ''Open Book'' programme on

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and contributed to the ''Saturday Review'' programme. She is a Fellow of the

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Bibliography

* ''The History of Archaeology'' (1998) * ''Hamlyn History of Archaeology (Spanish Edition)'' (1998)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Maev 1954 births Living people Alumni of University College Dublin BBC Radio 4 presenters Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Journalists from Dublin (city) The Guardian journalists The Irish Times people