17 Facts About Frank Delaney

Francis James Joseph Raphael Delaney was an Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster.

Frank Delaney was the author of The New York Times best-seller Ireland, the non-fiction book Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea and many other works of fiction, non-fiction and collections.

Frank Delaney was born in Thomastown, County Tipperary, Ireland, on 24 October 1942.

Frank Delaney's father, Edward, was the principal of the national school in Thomastown; his mother, Elizabeth Josephine O'Sullivan, was a teacher at the school.

Frank Delaney began working as a newsreader for the Irish state radio and television network RTE in 1970.

On television, Frank Delaney wrote and presented for Omnibus, the BBC's weekly arts series.

Frank Delaney served as the Literature Director of the Edinburgh Festival in 1980, and hosted his own talk show Frank Delaney in the early 1980s, which featured many cultural and literary personalities.

Frank Delaney presented The Book Show on the Sky News satellite channel for many years.

Frank Delaney said in a 2014 interview that he had wanted to be a novelist since childhood.

Frank Delaney wrote and presented the six-part documentary series The Celts for the BBC, and wrote the accompanying book.

Frank Delaney subsequently wrote five books of non-fiction, ten novels, one novella, and a number of short stories.

Frank Delaney wrote the screenplay for an adaptation of Goodbye, Mr Chips, which starred Martin Clunes and was shown on ITV in Britain, and in the Masterpiece Theatre series in the United States.

Frank Delaney's articles were published by newspapers in United States, the UK and Ireland, including on the Op-ed pages of The New York Times.

Frank Delaney was a frequent public speaker, and was a contributor and guest on NPR programmes.

On Bloomsday 2010, Frank Delaney launched Re:Joyce, a series of short weekly podcasts that went page-by-page through James Joyce's Ulysses, discussing its allusions, historical context and references.

Frank Delaney was married firstly to Eilish Kelliher, with whom he had three sons, Frank, Bryan and Owen.

Frank Delaney died on 21 February 2017 at the age of 74 in Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA.