Séamas O'Reilly

Séamas O'Reilly

From Better Known by Ivan Wise

May 31, 2026 · 30 min

About this episode

Séamas O'Reilly discusses six things that should be better known.

Séamas O'Reilly discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Séamas O'Reilly is a writer and author who has worked as a columnist for the Observer, the Irish Times and the Irish Examiner. He is Features Editor of London satirical magazine, The Fence and his writing has appeared in The Guardian, the New Statesman and the New York Times. His memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died topped the Irish Times Bestseller List for seven weeks, and won Best Biography at the 2021 Irish Book Awards. Séamas currently lives in Walthamstow, London with his family. His new novel is Prestige Drama, which is available at https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/seamas-oreilly/prestige-drama/9780349727899/ . The book "On Bloody Sunday" by Julieann Campbell https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/30/on-bloody-sunday-by-julieann-campbell-review-the-most-powerful-account-of-a-brutal-day The writer Flann O'Brien/Myles na Gopaleen https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v41/n07/clair-wills/anti-writer The Dyatlov Pass Incident https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solved AI Is A Scam…

People in this episode

Host: Ivan Wise

Guest: Séamas O'Reilly

Topics covered

  • writing
  • memoir
  • literature
  • film
  • history
  • culture

Keywords

  • Séamas O'Reilly
  • memoir
  • literature
  • film
  • history
  • culture
  • writing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Observer, Irish Times, Irish Examiner, The Fence, The Guardian, New Statesman, New York Times

Books & works: Did Ye Hear Mammy Died, Prestige Drama, On Bloody Sunday, AI Is A Scam, Alan Moore's Top Ten comics series, John Carpenter's The Thing

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