Dirty Linen: Martin Doyle in conversation with Freya McClements

Join editor and writer, Martin Doyle as he discusses his powerful new book, Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Own Place, with writer and journalist, Freya McClements.

Shortlisted for Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year, Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place is an intimate, personal history of the Northern Ireland conflict told through the testimony of the friends and families of more than 20 victims who died violently in the author’s own rural parish in County Down. The author enjoys access that only a trusted local could gain and layers this with the literary sensibility of a books editor, the storytelling ability of a veteran journalist and the sensitivity of a writer who has experienced personal bereavement.

Martin Doyle is Books Editor of The Irish Times, where he has worked since 2007. He is a former Editor of The Irish Post in London and also worked for The Times in London. In addition to his many works on the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process, Martin edited A History of The Irish Post in 2000 to mark the newspaper’s 30th anniversary. He was also an extra in Father Ted.
 
Freya McClements is a writer and journalist.  She is Northern Editor of The Irish Times and co-author of the award-winning Children of the Troubles: The Untold Story of the Children Killed in the Northern Ireland Conflict.