Good Times and Bad: From the Coombe to the Kremlin, A Memoir
Seamus Martin
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Paperback. 8vo. .Very good copy
'Good Times and Bad' recalls Seamus Martin's colourful life and tells fascinating stories about his childhood in a working class family. They moved house frequently from Dublin to Derry to Donegal and back to Dublin and he went to Gormanston College boarding school as a scholarship boy. Before joining the Times, Martin had an eventful career. He worked as a sports commentator in the Irish Press and the 'Irish Independent', sports editor of the 'Sunday Tribune' and as a columnist in the 'Evening Herald'. As Moscow correspondent for 'The Irish Time's, he was an eyewitness to the collapse of communism ... Read more
'Good Times and Bad' recalls Seamus Martin's colourful life and tells fascinating stories about his childhood in a working class family. They moved house frequently from Dublin to Derry to Donegal and back to Dublin and he went to Gormanston College boarding school as a scholarship boy. Before joining the Times, Martin had an eventful career. He worked as a sports commentator in the Irish Press and the 'Irish Independent', sports editor of the 'Sunday Tribune' and as a columnist in the 'Evening Herald'. As Moscow correspondent for 'The Irish Time's, he was an eyewitness to the collapse of communism ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Mercier Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856355773
SKU
KEX0286013
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Seamus Martin
Seamus Martin is a retired international editor of The Irish Times and is the brother of Diarmuid Martin, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. His career spanned The Irish Times, the Evening Herald, Irish Independent and the Irish Press. Retired since 2006 he spends about half his time in France where he has a house and small vineyard.
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