Páraic Kerrigan On His New Book: Pop Culchie
What do Daniel O’Donnell, Nadine Coyle’s missing passport, Fat Frog ice cream, iodine tablets, Housewife of the Year and the television programme Alive-O have in common? They’re all part of the wonderfully strange story of modern Ireland. Alan Morrissey was joined by Páraic Kerrigan, bestselling author, researcher and Assistant Professor at UCD, whose new book, Pop Culchie: The Irish Popular Culture That Made Us, was published last week. Part cultural history, part memoir and part affectionate trip down memory lane, the book revisits the television shows, pop stars, scandals, fads and…
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