Peter McDermott

Peter McDermott joined the Irish Echo’s full-time editorial staff in 2004. Before that he was a frequent contributor to the Echo and to Newsday, and he has written also for a variety of publications in Ireland, including the Irish Times, the Sunday Press and the Irish Examiner. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from University College Dublin.

Latest Stories

‘People in search of a difficult truth’ ‘People in search of a difficult truth’
Joe Calderone’s novel “Don’t Look Back” begins at 9:05 a.m., Sept. 11, 2001. A probie double-checks his gear before leaving the firehouse. “It migh...
August 26, 2022 by Peter McDermott
A Great War veteran's 'riveting' and 'poignant' tale A Great War veteran's 'riveting' and 'poignant' tale
It’s 1979 at the outset of Joseph Goodrich’s mystery novel “The Paris Manuscript” and Ned Jameson’s daughter has persuaded him to move in with her ...
August 24, 2022 by Peter McDermott
Pirates take Royal Navy arms ship in Cork Pirates take Royal Navy arms ship in Cork
Tom Mahon remembered the grandfather for whom he was named as a “very kind, jovial man, with a great sense of humor, and a great raconteur.” He nev...
August 18, 2022 by Peter McDermott
Embracing a dangerous new label Embracing a dangerous new label
Mahatma Gandhi was a Hindu, and he was a nationalist. It would’ve been wrong, however, to describe him as a Hindu nationalist. Indeed, that was the...
August 12, 2022 by Peter McDermott
Davidson captures 'resolute, determined' leader Trimble Davidson captures 'resolute, determined' leader Trimble
“David Trimble was a giant of politics, not only in Northern Ireland but nationally and internationally,” So said Ray Hayden, a former special advi...
August 05, 2022 by Peter McDermott
Fans are ready for 2022-2023 Fans are ready for 2022-2023
All the fun begins again tomorrow night when Arsenal take on a Crystal Palace managed by former Gunners star Patrick Vieira. In 2020, the season in...
August 04, 2022 by Peter McDermott
Fox, God, guns & the NY Times Fox, God, guns & the NY Times
David Baum was the ideal person on the scene to assist and to report what he’d witnessed. He’d gone to the Hyland Park Fourth of July parade as a p...
August 04, 2022 by Peter McDermott
Mick Moloney dies at age 77 Mick Moloney dies at age 77
"An unfathomable loss," said Rachael Gilkey of Irish Arts Center. "We are shocked and heartbroken," said Elizabeth Stack of Albany's Irish American...
July 29, 2022 by Peter McDermott
Roots experts in the spotlight Roots experts in the spotlight
Paul Gorry, a prominent Irish genealogist, and Brendan Scott, manager of the website Roots Ireland, had only ever been in contact via email before ...
July 08, 2022 by Peter McDermott
A treasure hunt around Europe A treasure hunt around Europe
In the prologue to Richard O’Rawe’s second novel, Hermann Goering washes down a morphine tablet with some red wine. He puffs on but doesn’t inhale ...
June 30, 2022 by Peter McDermott
War was friend against friend War was friend against friend
Picture caption: Military representatives, from left, Seán Mac Eoin (pro-Treaty), Seán Moylan (anti), Eoin O’Duffy (pro), Liam Lynch (anti), Gearói...
June 22, 2022 by Peter McDermott
Moloney is back on Irish Rep stage as Molly Bloom Moloney is back on Irish Rep stage as Molly Bloom
"I think I ran out of something to read.” Aedín Moloney was 10 going on 11 when she picked up “Ulysses.” “We were a no-TV house,” the actor recalle...
June 17, 2022 by Peter McDermott

 



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