| Title : | In good company : conversations with Irish leaders / | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Ivor Kenny, Author | | Publisher: | Dublin : Gill & Macmillan | | Publication Date: | 1987 | | Pagination: | 334 p. | | Layout: | ill. | | Size: | 23 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-7171-1508-2 | | Class number: | 658.4094 | | Abstract: | This is a book about fifteen successful leaders, all of whom have made a substantial and enduring contribution to Irish life. It is an honest book based on searching conversations with Ivor Kenny who went below the public image to discover the private personality of his chosen subjects. The call for leadership is a common one when old certanities are questioned and new theories found wanting. Here are the testimonies of fifteen people who have risen to the challenge of of leadership in their chosen field. What motivated them? How important was their background? What talents did the bring to bear? What do they think of the Ireland of today? What can we learn from them? The conversations have been skilfully constructed to provide an autobiographcial portrait of unusal candour of a group of outstanding people. | | Contents note: | Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Eamonn Casey, 2. Gay Byrne, 3. Denis Brosnan, 4. Paddy McGrath, 5. Brendan O'Regan, 6. Michael Dargan, 7. Louden Ryan, 8. Tony O'Reilly, 9. Douglas Gageby, 10. Michael Smurfit, 11. Niall Crowley, 12. Tom Barrington, 13. Frank O'Reilly, 14. Ken Whitaker, 15. Don Carroll, Index |
In good company : conversations with Irish leaders / [printed text] / Ivor Kenny, Author . - Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 1987 . - 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN : 978-0-7171-1508-2 | Class number: | 658.4094 | | Abstract: | This is a book about fifteen successful leaders, all of whom have made a substantial and enduring contribution to Irish life. It is an honest book based on searching conversations with Ivor Kenny who went below the public image to discover the private personality of his chosen subjects. The call for leadership is a common one when old certanities are questioned and new theories found wanting. Here are the testimonies of fifteen people who have risen to the challenge of of leadership in their chosen field. What motivated them? How important was their background? What talents did the bring to bear? What do they think of the Ireland of today? What can we learn from them? The conversations have been skilfully constructed to provide an autobiographcial portrait of unusal candour of a group of outstanding people. | | Contents note: | Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Eamonn Casey, 2. Gay Byrne, 3. Denis Brosnan, 4. Paddy McGrath, 5. Brendan O'Regan, 6. Michael Dargan, 7. Louden Ryan, 8. Tony O'Reilly, 9. Douglas Gageby, 10. Michael Smurfit, 11. Niall Crowley, 12. Tom Barrington, 13. Frank O'Reilly, 14. Ken Whitaker, 15. Don Carroll, Index |
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