Kevin Toolis is an BAFTA award winning & EMMY nominated writer and film maker. Born in Edinburgh the son of two Irish immigrants from Achill Island, he studied English and Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh before becoming a journalist. Over the past three decades he has contributed to the Guardian, New York times and the Daily Mirror.
He is also the author of several novels, the most recent being "Nine rules to conquer death" released in 2020. His first book "Rebel Hearts - Journey's within the I.R.A's soul was released in 1995 & was a bold departure from the norm. In it Kevin sought to gain an understanding as to why young men and women become embroiled in radical terrorist organizations such as the Provisional I.R.A. To this day Rebel Hearts is considered to be the finest factual book ever written on the conflict in Northern Ireland.
These day’s Kevin resides on Achill Island, off the west coast of Ireland. There he conducts walking tours of Edward Nangles Colony and produces bardic poems on the themes of the Irish wake and death and its relevance for us all. You can find out more here.
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