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David Hanly
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David Hanly (1944 – 21 November 2025) was an Irish writer and broadcaster.[1] He was a co-presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland from its launch in 1984 until his retirement in 2002.[2][3][4] He won a Jacob's Award in 1985.[1][5] His television show Hanly's People featured in-depth interviews with people such as Seán Boylan and David Norris.[6] In 1995, he secured the first interview with Seamus Heaney after he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.[7]
Key Information
Hanly was born in 1944.[8][9] As a writer, he wrote for serial dramas The Kennedys of Castleross, and The Riordans.[4] His novel In Guilt and in Glory was first published in 1979.[4]
In 2001, Hanly campaigned for the establishment of an arts centre on Arthur's Quay, Limerick city.[10]
David's brother Mick is a singer-songwriter known for "Past the Point of Rescue", and the brothers sometimes performed together.[11][12]
Hanly died on 21 November 2025, at the age of 81.[13]
Bibliography
[edit]- David Hanly (1979). In Guilt and in Glory: Novel. W. Morrow and Company. ISBN 0688034217.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hanley, David". <MISSING> (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2014 – via LimerickCity.ie.
- ^ McCarthaigh, Sean (6 November 2009). "25 years of waking up Ireland to news and realities of everyday life". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ "Book 6 | Mattersons". Old Photographs of Limerick, Ireland.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Battersby, Eileen (21 April 1994). "Morning Becomes David" (PDF). The Irish Times – via LimerickCity.ie.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Jacques, Alan (17 November 2001). "Limerickman Hanly leads call for new arts centre" (PDF). <MISSING> – via LimerickCity.ie.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "David Norris". Hanly's People. 1987 – via RTÉ Archives.
- ^ Burnhill, Eleanor (21 November 2025). "Former RTÉ broadcaster, author David Hanly dies aged 82". RTÉ News. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
- ^ VIAF 55406083
- ^ Hanly, David (12 November 1989). "Concentrating Citizens' Minds" (PDF). Limerick Tribune. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2022 – via LimerickCity.ie.
- ^ Quinn, Jessica (26 November 2001). "Hanly backs campaign for arts and trade centre" (PDF). Limerick Leader. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2022 – via LimerickCity.ie.
- ^ "David and Mick Hanly on 'A Family Christmas'". RTÉ Archives. 1994 – via RTE.ie.
- ^ "The Cumann Merriman Summer School 2010 – Cumann Merriman".
- ^ President leads tributes to 'gifted writer' David Hanly RTE
External links
[edit]- David Hanly at IMDb
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