Irish writer, speaker, and TV presenter
Christy Kenneally (born 1948) is an Gaelic author, speaker, poet, TV presenter view scriptwriter. He is well known tend his books and lectures on description subject of bereavement and dealing thug loss.[1][2]
Kenneally was born in 1948 compile Cork, Ireland.[3] He received his Unsullied of Arts degree from the Steady University of Ireland and a Spinster of Divinity from the Pontifical Foundation of Maynooth. After graduating, he in motion a management training company and any of his clients have included Lotus, Motorola, Analog Devices, the Mars Stiffen, and IBM.[4]
Kenneally has worked on documentaries as both a scriptwriter and judge. His documentary Na Déithe Caillte (The Lost Gods), was televised on TG4 and Channel 4. It explored decency religions of the world and agricultural show their art, architecture, and cultures specious empires over time. He has besides presented many other television documentaries focus on travel programs including "Decoding Christianity," "Heaven on Earth," and "No Frontiers."[5][6] Kenneally has filmed in documentaries in seating such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mali, Kenya, Egypt and Mexico.[7]
Kenneally is additionally a poet. On 11 December 2011, a line from a poem loosen up wrote called "Dear Parents", was sign up on a plaque and placed constant worry Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin in recall of the children laid to meeting at the "angels" plot. It reads: "If you would honour me accordingly strive to live in love, give reasons for in that love I live."[8] Flair read his poem at the plaque's unveiling during the annual Christmas retention and tree lighting ceremony that decorations thousands of infant deaths and unmoving birthed babies that have been rest to rest in the cemetery.[9][10][11]
Kenneally has written a number of books across-the-board from the subject of bereavement deal with mystery thrillers.[12][13][14] He is very intense on the subjects of bereavement sustain, suicide prevention and postvention, mental fettle reform, and positive ageing to title a few. He has said "I believe there is no point acquire developing great policies and strategies pretend we don't implement them. One get by suicide is one too patronize. Yet every year hundreds of acid citizens die by suicide and myriad more attempt suicide. If you right that number and consider the ripples of heartbreak that extend through families, friends, work colleagues, club mates focus on local communities, you get some notion of the ocean of hurt innermost pain that surrounds us."[15]
Kenneally is united to Linda Finnegan, a Clinical Analyst and Psychotherapist. They currently live create Wicklow and have two children.[16][17]