John Creedon: 'Nothing beats a good story - or a good graveyard'

The Cork broadcaster shares how he became an author and why he can't wait to get to Kinsale next weekend
John Creedon: 'Nothing beats a good story - or a good graveyard'

Broadcaster John Creedon with his book ‘An Irish Folklore Treasury’. John will be at the Words by Water Literary Festival in Kinsale on Saturday next. Picture: Larry Cummins

John Creedon can’t help telling stories. It’s why he became an author. “What do you call a gathering of Creedons?” he asks, when I meet him on a sunny Thursday lunchtime.

The question’s an invitation into a story, and the answer comes at the end.

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