Maev Kennedy (born 1954)
is an Irish journalist. She has worked as a staff news writer for ''
The Guardian
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'' and writes regularly for the ''
Museums Journal
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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
Val Mulkerns
Val Mulkerns (14 February 1925 – 10 March 2018) was an Irish writer and member of Aosdána. Her first novel, ''A Time Outworn'', was released to critical acclaim in Ireland in 1952, followed by a series of novels and short stories in the 1970s ...
, herself the daughter of the Irish revolutionary Jimmy (J.J.) Mulkerns, who was interned his involvement in the
Four Courts
The Four Courts ( ga, Na Ceithre Cúirteanna) is Ireland's most prominent courts building, located on Inns Quay in Dublin. The Four Courts is the principal seat of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Dublin Circuit ...
during the
Easter Rising
The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), 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 a ...
in 1916. Her father Maurice Kennedy was a short story writer. Their daughter was born in
Dublin
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and attended
University College Dublin
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(UCD) before joining ''
The Irish Times
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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
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and contributed to the ''Saturday Review'' programme.
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* ''The History of Archaeology'' (1998)
* ''Hamlyn History of Archaeology (Spanish Edition)'' (1998)