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John Moran

John Moran

John Moran is a senior sub-editor in the features department of the Irish Times with 25 years’ experience in national newspapers. While his work is chiefly editorial, he also contributes occasional articles on an eclectic range of interests, which include highlighting the life and work of the 19th century Irish writer Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, looking at the changes taking place in Cuba, accounts of his travels to favourite cities such as New Orleans and one-off projects such as an investigation into the legend of the missing ship, the Ouzel Galley.

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