The Dublin slum dweller who became Ireland’s global intellectual
by Julie Hare · Australian Financial ReviewJulie HareEducation editor
I’m meeting Fintan O’Toole – Irish writer, thinker, historian, biographer, political tragic, social observer, raconteur – on one of those indescribably wet and windy days that Sydney seems to throw up ad nauseum. It’s horrible outside.
Within minutes of arriving late, soggy and flustered, O’Toole has me in the palm of his hand – spinning yarns and recollections and prophecies so elegantly mesmerising, it is clearly apparent that I am in the presence of an Irishman with the gift of the gab.
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Julie HareEducation editorJulie Hare is the Education editor. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a writer, journalist and editor. Connect with Julie on Twitter. Email Julie at julie.hare@afr.com
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