In 1973 Brendan O'Brien began as presenter/reporter with the prestigious Seven Days current/political affairs programme which aired four times a week on RTE (Ireland's national television station). In Autumn 1975 he moved to the RTE Newsroom and spent three years as a journalist with the Sunday programme Newsround. This was followed by 18 months as Editor/presenter of the nightly Countrywide news programme. Then, he spent two years as a general news reporter, during which time he went to Buenos Aires in Argentina to cover the Falklands war. Subsequently he became senior presenter/reporter with the thrice-weekly Today Tonight TV programme, where he carried out investigations into crime, political and current affairs issues, including investigations into the Provisional IRA, drug abuse, and the kidnapping of businessman Don Tidey by the IRA. He made two major documentaries on the IRA for Today Tonight, in 1984 and 1988. Since September 1992 Brendan has been a senior presenter/reporter on the twice-weekly Prime Time, RTE's principal political/current affairs programme. Awards: He has won the Jacobs Award for investigative reporting; the A.T. Cross National Media Award for Outstanding Journalism, the Sunday Independent 'Arts Award'. In 2008 he received the Best Newcomer Award fom the Irish Book Awards for his first Children's book The Story of Ireland and the Dublin Airport Authority Irish Children's Book of the Year Award: Senior for the same book. The Cartoon Saloon was founded in Kilkenny.
'Clever, informative and above all entertaining.'
*Eoin Colfer*
'Written in a lively, informal style, its attractive pages are full
of informative facts broken down into child-friendly, bite-sized
pieces, ideal for internet-savvy modern youngsters . . . Every
household in Ireland should have a copy, not to mention libraries
and schools. I can’t recommend it highly enough. A triumph!'
*Sarah Webb - Children’s Books Ireland, BookFest*
'This is a beautifully presented book which brings the History of
Ireland to life for young children. It is lively and colourful with
plenty of stories, people and places.'
*Mary Hanafin T.D.*
'Filled with fun facts on everything from the Stone Age to the
Celtic Tiger and is illustrated in a way that will delight
children. A great gift for any curious child.'
*The Irish Times*
'A family must-have . . . each page is a treasure of knowledge,
cleverly fragmented with illustrations, photos and brilliant
cartoons that provoke the reader to dip in and be hooked!'
*The Irish Examiner*
'Deserves a place in every school and home library . . . such a
quality that its appeal ought to endure for many years and many
readings to come’
*InTouch Magazine*
Robert Dunbar’s top 30 Books of the Year 2007. 'Some 9,000 years of
Irish history are colourfully and humorously delineated in an
ambitiously conceived and successfully executed 'story'.'
*The Irish Times*
'Most impressive in its inventiveness, wealth of witty
illustration, mixture of fun and serious history. It is great to
see work of this quality from an Irish publishing house in these
straitened times. This book deserves to be in every home and
school.'
*The Sunday Independent*
'A fun way to present history to children and O’Brien are to be
commended for doing a fine job in condensing 900 centuries worth of
history.'
*Sunday Business Post*
'A sophisticated production.'
*The Sunday Tribune*
'Absolutely wonderful.'
*The Tubridy Show, RTE Radio One*
'A joy to read and look at - bright, lively and informative.'
*The Newsletter*
'Some kids thought that Irish history would never be enjoyable, but
that’s before The Story of Ireland was written!!! With all its
funny illustrations and its cool facts, its very easy to read and
makes Irish history much more interesting.'
*Kilkenny People*
'Every house in Ireland should have it.'
*Waterford News & Star*
'Without any question this is the Children’s Book of the Year.'
*Irish Independent*
'This book is a significant breakthrough in the writing and
presentation of history to Irish children and ought to be in every
school library, if not in every home.'
*Inis Magazine*
'history is vividly brought to life … this new format will surely
make the book a hit all over again in the run up to Christmas'
*Evening Echo*
'will delight younger readers interested in history but more
importantly it will appeal to those who are not'
*Books Ireland*
'an entertaining gallop through centuries of history in a way which
will appeal to the younger reader but still manages to get
everything in'
*Books Ireland*
'Without any question this is the Children’s Book of the Year.'
*Irish Independent*
'A joy to read and look at - bright, lively and informative.'
*The Newsletter*
'Every house in Ireland should have it.'
*Waterford News & Star*
'Deserves a place in every school and home library . . . such a
quality that its appeal ought to endure for many years and many
readings to come’
*InTouch Magazine*
'Some kids thought that Irish history would never be enjoyable, but
that’s before The Story of Ireland was written!!! With all its
funny illustrations and its cool facts, its very easy to read and
makes Irish history much more interesting.'
*Kilkenny People*
'Absolutely wonderful.'
*The Ryan Tubridy Show, RTE Radio 1*
'for young fact-lovers, try the excellent stocking-sized Story of
Ireland by Brendan O’Brien, a pictorial guide to Irish history with
lively illustrations'
*Irish Independent*
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