Ian Kenneally
Ian Kenneally is a historian and author of The Paper Wall: Newspapers and Propaganda in Ireland, 1919-1921. He has held the position of Historian in Residence with Westmeath County Council, a role he maintained between 2020 and 2024. Among other recent projects are the online exhibition charting the 1921 reconnaissance mission to Mount Everest, created for Belvedere House and Gardens, and a commissioned history of AIT, now part of the Technological University of the Shannon, published in 2022. He received a PhD in Irish history from NUI Galway. Previous books include 'From The Earth, A Cry: the story of John Boyle O'Reilly' (to which the movie rights were sold to a US production company), 'The Paper Wall: newspapers and propaganda in Ireland 1919-1921', 'Courage and Conflict: forgotten stories of the Irish at War' and The Irish Regional Press, 1892–2018 (co-edited with James O'Donnell). He is currently editing a history of north Wexford and has contributed to a wide range of publications.