Education: 1967-72 St Flannan's College, Ennis, Co Clare. 1972-75 NUI, Maynooth (BA arts). 1976 master's in sociology. 1988 PhD on local development and community enterprise.
Married to: Ethel.
Children: Eoin 16, Doireann 14, and Aedin 12.
Home: Dunsany, Co Meath.
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Hobbies: theatre, reading, organic farming on a small scale
Favourite book: Declan Kiberd's Inventing Ireland.
Holidays: Italy.
