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Manchán Magan

Born

in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland

August 20, 1970

Died

October 02, 2025

Website

http://www.manchan.com

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Travel

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Manchán Magan was a writer, traveller and television presenter. He grew up in Donnybrook, Dublin 4 and was the great-grandnephew of Mícheál Seosamh Ó Rathaille (aka: The O'Rahilly) He has made over 30 travel documentaries focusing on issues of world culture and globalization, 12 of them packaged under the Global Nomad series with his brother Ruán Magan. He presented No Béarla, a documentary series about traveling around Ireland speaking only Irish. He wrote a travel column for the Irish Times and his show The Big Adventure, on RTÉ Radio One explored adventure holidays. He has written two books in Irish, 'Baba-ji agus TnaG' (Coiscéim 2005) and 'Manchán ar Seachrán' (Coiscéím 1998), and his English travel books include ‘Angels & Rabies: a jou ...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 2,298 ratings · 331 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape 4.24 avg rating — 1,193 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us 4.22 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Irish Words for Nature by Manchán Magan, Steve Doogan (Illustrator) 4.59 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolf-Men and Water Hounds: The Myths, Monsters and Magic of Ireland by Manchán Magan, Steve Doogan (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 60 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brehons and Brahmins. Resonances between Irish and Indian cultures 4.13 avg rating — 48 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truck Fever: A Journey Through Africa 3.95 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angels and Rabies: A Journey Through the Americas really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Focail na mBan: Women's Words by Manchán Magan, Annmarie Ní Churreáin (Contributor), Tadhg Mac Eoghain (Contributor) 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sea Tamagotchi 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manchán's Travels: A Journey Through India 3.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The bogs, rivers, mountains, and shorelines are more than preservers of old myths, bones, and memories. They are energy banks and time sponges, and what is held within them seeks release.”
― Manchán Magan, Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us

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