About the Author

Darach MacDonald is an experienced journalist, editor and writer who has written for the Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, Belfast Telegraph, Belfast Newsletter, the Independent (London), the Washington Times and the Irish Voice (United States). He is the author of three published books: The Sons of Levi (Drumlin Press 1998); The Chosen Few: Exploding Myths in South Armagh (Mercier Press, 2000) and Blood & Thunder: Inside an Ulster Protestant Band (Mercier Press, 2010).