‘To have one book shortlisted Mr. Dungan, may be regarded as good fortune; to have both nominated looks like carelessness’ as Lady Bracknell might have observed!

Despite her ladyship’s palpable disapproval I’m delighted and honoured to have had The Plot Against Ireland (Head of Zeus/Apollo) and A Timeline of Irish History (Gill) shortlisted in the History and Children’s (Senior) section for the 2026 An Post Irish Book Awards. The results will be announced on 1 December and in the meantime members of the public can vote for the books of their choice in a variety of different categories by visiting the An Post Irish Book awards website voting page.

https://www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

Far be it from me to suggest that you might vote for either of my shortlisted books but obviously I would be very glad of your support.

And here they are – my beautiful twins.