Manchán Magan Books

Manchán Magan is a writer and documentary-maker, and has made dozens of documentaries on issues of world culture for TG4 & RTÉ. He lives in an oak wood, with bees and hens, in a grass-roofed house near Lough Lene, Co Westmeath. He has written books on his travels in Africa, India and South America and two novels.

He writes occasionally for The Irish Times on culture & travel, presents the RTÉ podcast The Almanac of Ireland, and is author of the award-winning, best-selling Thirty-Two Words For Field, and the children's book Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and other Irish Words for Nature.