Author: Charlie McGinley

  If you were asked to name an Irish author who had written one of the first and most influential of all vampire stories, you would almost certainly reply: “Bram Stoker”. If you were told that this vampire story featured…

  Anybody who visits Ireland today will quickly see that the Irish language is given a high status. Admittedly, it is rarely heard spoken in most parts of the country. But street signs are all in Irish as well as…

  Alex Higgins was nicknamed ‘The Hurricane,’ then along came another great player, left-handed Jimmy White who became known as ‘The Whirlwind,’ because of his fluid, attacking style of play. Jimmy, was born on May 2,1962 and grew up on…

  Most writers struggle to achieve success. Even best-selling authors often have to strive for many years to make a breakthrough, and we all love stories of authors who were well advanced in years when their first book was published.…

  Between 75 million and 200 million people died from the Black Plague that swept through Asia and Europe in the 14th century. It is estimated than anywhere between 30% and 60% of Europe’s total population was wiped out. And…

  In 1972, the government of South Korea made a half-hour documentary entitled “The Sheep and Pig Farmer”, which was broadcast nationally twice that year. It highlighted the work of Fr. P.J. McGlinchey, a Columban missionary priest who had been…

  When the telephone beside her bed rang, Miss Flanagan sneaked a guilty look at the clock on her bedside locker – 9.10 am and she was still in bed! This was a scenario previously unheard of, for Benford’s finest…