Anthony J. Jordan Explained

Anthony "Tony" J. Jordan is an Irish biographer. He is a native of Ballyhaunis, County Mayo.^[1] Jordan is a graduate of NUI Maynooth, University College Dublin, and St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra. He initially specialized in writing 'first' biographies. His early interest centered on the interaction between the figures of Major John MacBride, W. B. Yeats, and Maud Gonne. After discovering the MacBride Papers in the National Library of Ireland, he has made them available through his books in elucidation on MacBride from the criticism by W. B. Yeats and his admirers.

Publications

• Tell my Mother I... A Novel of Adoption. 2020
• MAUD GONNE'S MEN Westport Books 2018.
• James Joyce Unplugged Westport Books 2017
• "William Thomas Cosgrave", in Dublin City Council and the 1916 Rising, Gibney John Ed. Dublin City Council 2016.
• A Jesus Biography 2015 Westport Books 2015
• Arthur Griffith with James Joyce and W.B. Yeats – Liberating Ireland. Westport Books. . 2013.
• Eamon DeValera 1882–1975 Irish: Catholic: Visionary. Westport Books. . 2010.
• The Good Samaritans, Memoir of a Biographer. Westport Books. 2008.* '
• John A Costello 1891–1976 Compromise Taoiseach. Westport Books. 2007.
• WT Cosgrave A Founder of Modern Ireland. Westport Books. 2006.
• "Christmas 1987 in The Quiet Quarter" Anthology of New Irish Writing Edited by Eoin Brady, New Island 2004. .
• W.B. YEATS Vain, Glorious Lout. A Maker of Modern Ireland. Westport Books. . 2003.
• The Yeats/Gonne/MacBride Triangle Westport Books 2000.
• Christy Brown's Women – a biography. Westport Books. 1998
• Willie Yeats and the Gonne-MacBrides. Westport Books. . 1997
• Churchill a founder of modern Ireland. Westport Books. . 1995.
• To Laugh or To Weep A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien. Blackwater Press. 1994
• Sean A Biography of Sean MacBride Blackwater Press. 1992
• Major John MacBride 1865–1916 MacDonagh & MacBride & Connolly & Pearse. Westport Historical Society. 1991

External links

• Review of Arthur Griffith with James Joyce and WB Yeats – Liberating Ireland (paywalled)
• Review in the Sunday Independent

Notes and References

1. Book: Jordan. Anthony. JAMES JOYCE & WB YEATS WITH ARTHUR GRIFFITH – LIBERATING IRELAND. 17 July 2014. westportbooks. 9780957622906. back cover.