Eoghan Corry (; born 19 January 1961) is an Irish journalist and author. He has edited travel sections in national newspapers and travel publications since the 1980s. A former sportswriter and sports editor he has written books on sports history, and was founding story-editor of the

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Museum at

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, Dublin, Ireland.

Awards

For service to tourism Cory has been designated a

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and a freeman of the city of

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. Corry was awarded a lifetime "contribution to the industry" award at the Irish Travel Industry Awards in Dublin on 22 January 2016. He received the Business Travel Journalist of the year award in London in October 2015. Previous awards include Irish sportswriter of the year, young journalist of the year, Seamus Kelly award, MacNamee award for coverage of Gaelic Games and short-listing for sports book of the year.

Early life

Corry was born in Dublin, the third of four children of Patrick Corry (1916–1971) from Kilmacduane,

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and Anne Corry née MacMahon (1929–2009) from Clahanmore,

Milltown Malbay Milltown Malbay (), also Miltown Malbay, is a town in the west of County Clare, Ireland, near Spanish Point, County Clare, Spanish Point. The population was 921 at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. Name There is a townland on the souther ...

, both from

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. He grew up in

Ardclough Ardclough, officially Ardclogh (; ), is a village and community in the parish of Kill, County Kildare, Ireland. It is two miles (3 km) off the N7 national primary road. It is the burial place and probable birthplace of Arthur Guinness, wh ...

Straffan Straffan () is a village in County Kildare, Ireland. It is situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, the village had a population of 1,158, an over ...

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, Ireland.

Career

Corry was educated at Scoil Mhuire, Clane, at the

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(DIT) and

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(UCD). His first published work, as a teenager, was poetry in English and the Irish language in literary magazines and the New Irish Writing section of ''

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''. He began his journalistic career as a sportswriter with ''

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'' and ''

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'' where he won several awards and became sports editor. Determined to pursue a career outside of sports journalism, he joined ''

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'' as a feature writer in 1985 and became features editor of ''

'' in 1986, bringing younger writers and a more contemporary, polemical and literary style to the paper. He revived the literary and travel sections of the paper and was an adjudicator of the

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awards. When ''The Irish Press'' closed in 1995 he became Features Editor of the short-lived ''Evening News'', storylined the GAA museum in Croke Park in 1998 and was founding editor of ''High Ball'' magazine. Since then he has been a columnist, first with ''

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'' and then with the ''

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'' and ''

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''. As a journalism lecturer in the

he told students that "journalism is about p-sing people off".

Television

Eoghan Corry has fronted travel shows broadcast in Ireland and the Middle East and is a regular commentator on travel affairs to Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) and

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, and an occasional guest contributor to

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. He wrote the ten-part series ''GAA@125'', screened on Irish television station TG4 in 2009. GAA@125

Ciarán Corry

His brother Ciarán Corry (21 July 1956 – 26 April 2011) was the author of the "Last Corncrake" column in the ''

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''.

Select bibliography

*"Kildare GAA: A Centenary History", CLG Chill Dara, 1984, *"Barry McGuigan: The Unauthorised Biography, Magill 1985, *"Malachar Misnigh: Rogha Dánta – ó Iriseoir Fánach (Selected Poems in the Irish Language) Cló Morainn 1985 *"Kelloggs Book of Gaelic Games", CLG, 1986. *"Kingdom Come", Poolbeg 1989. *"Catch and Kick", Poolbeg 1989, *"Viva: World Cup 1990", Poolbeg 1990, *"Gaelsport GAA series," eleven volumes annually 1981–1991. *"Dr JKL and Mr Doyle: How James Warren Doyle invented Irish Catholicism, Old Ross Press 1992 *"Oakboys: Derry’s Football Dream Come True", Torc, 1993, *"Going to America World Cup Poolbeg 1994", *"Goal", Merlin Publishing 2002 (co-author), *"God and the Referee: Unforgettable GAA Quotations", Hodder Headline, 2005, *"GAA book of Lists", Hodder Headline, 2005, *"Illustrated History of the Gaelic Athletic Association", Gill & MacMillan, 2005, *"The Nation Holds its Breath", Hodder Headline, 2006. *"I'm Glad You Asked Me That: Irish Political Quotations", Hodder Headline, 2007. *"The History of Gaelic Football", Gill & MacMillan, 2009 *"The Irish at Cheltenham", Gill & MacMillan, 2009 *''The Savvy Traveller: How the Travel Business Works and How to Make it Work For You''. Londubh, 2010 *"The Top Ten of Ireland: 250 Quintessentially Irish Lists, Hamlyn, 2010 * "Deadlock: The Match Made in Hell" Gill & MacMillan 2011 *"The GAA & Revolution in Ireland 1913–1923 Collins Press 2015 (co-author) *"ThePress Gang New Island Press 2015 (co-author)

References

External links

on travel on ''The Today Show'' on RTÉ Radio 1 and in the Irish Language on Ghlóir an Óir on Raidió na Gaeltachta can be accessed on www.rte.ie/travel
''Travel Extra''

''Travel Extra News Stream''

"The Last Corncrake by Ciaran Corry"
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