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Mary Kenny

Mary Kenny

Mary Kenny is a veteran journalist, with long experience in Fleet Street, and her native Ireland. She's written for over 25 newspapers and periodicals and authored half a dozen books, mainly on social-history themes. She identifies with Wendy Cope's apercu: 'She never made the same mistake again/She always made a new mistake instead'.

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RIP Rod Liddle, aged 66. Mary Kenny considers what makes a great columnist – and the enduring art of the newspaper opinion piece
Blog | By Mary Kenny | Aug 03, 2026

RIP Rod Liddle, aged 66. Mary Kenny considers what makes a great columnist – and the enduring art of the newspaper opinion piece

RIP Rod Liddle (1st April 1960 - 2nd August 2026). Rod Liddle knew how to command a column: opinionated, entertaining and unmistakably himself. Mary Kenny explores the enduring craft of the newspaper columnist
Postcards from the edge: The Maeve Binchy Guide to Wills — Mary Kenny
Regulars | wills, Mary Kenny, Maeve Binchy | By Mary Kenny

Postcards from the edge: The Maeve Binchy Guide to Wills — Mary Kenny

The Irish novelist made 40 wills – better than not making a will at all, says Mary Kenny
My deaf sentence – Mary Kenny
Regulars | By Mary Kenny

My deaf sentence – Mary Kenny

When her hearing aid packed up, Mary Kenny was suddenly confined to an isolated, miserable world
Postcards from the Edge - When Irish eyes are really smiling. By Mary Kenny
Regulars | By Mary Kenny

Postcards from the Edge - When Irish eyes are really smiling. By Mary Kenny

Why do writers make Ireland out to be so gloomy? I had a gentle, uplifting childhood in Dublin, says Mary Kenny
Postcards from the Edge. A loaf of bread, a flask of wine and Omar. Mary Kenny
Regulars | By Mary Kenny

Postcards from the Edge. A loaf of bread, a flask of wine and Omar. Mary Kenny

As Iran burns, Mary Kenny finds solace in the Persian classic, the Rubáiyát
Mrs Jellyby’s charitable side. Charles Dickens was wrong to mock do-gooders, says Mary Kenny
Regulars | By Mary Kenny

Mrs Jellyby’s charitable side. Charles Dickens was wrong to mock do-gooders, says Mary Kenny

Mrs Jellyby’s charitable side. Charles Dickens was wrong to mock do-gooders, says Mary Kenny
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