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

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'', where she wrote the Dail (parliament) sketch, and for ''

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''. She has been a columnist for the '' Museums Journal'' and is a regular contributor to the '' Art Newspaper''. At ''The Guardian'', she edited the diary column, and was arts and heritage correspondent.

Biography

Kennedy's mother was the novelist Val Mulkerns, herself the daughter of the Irish revolutionary Jimmy (J.J.) Mulkerns, who was interned for his involvement in the Four Courts explosion during the

Easter Rising The Easter Rising (), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an ind ...

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 ''

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

Career

Kennedy is the author of the '' Hamlyn History of Archaeology''. She broadcasts for the

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, 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

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