John Bowman
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Dr. John Bowman (born 1942, Dublin) is an Irish historian and broadcaster.
He was educated at Belvedere College and Trinity College Dublin where he received his PhD. He joined Radio Éireann in 1962, becoming the presenter and commentator on numerous current affairs programmes, as well as an analyst of political developments and interviewer of politicians on radio and later on television. In the 1980s, he presented the very popular current affairs programme "Today Tonight", the precursor to "Prime Time".
He has chaired the audience-participation political programme "Questions and Answers" on RTÉ television for a number of years and presented "Bowman Sunday Morning" (previously "Bowman Saturday") on radio, a weekly compilation of material from broadcasting archives at home and abroad.
He has also co-anchored RTÉ election coverage since the early 1980s.
Bowman is author of "De Valera and the Ulster Question 1917–1973" (1982) and was also the President of the Irish Association for Cultural, Economic and Social Relations in 1993. He is the father of the journalist Jonathan Philbin Bowman, a television and radio presenter who died accidentally in March 2000. He is also the father of the columnist and comedian Abie Philbin Bowman.
[edit] Publications
- De Valera and the Ulster question, 1917-1973 (1982) - ISBN 0-19-822681-0
- Portraits: Belvedere College, Dublin, 1832-1982 (1982) - ISBN 0-7171-1235-7
- Jonathan: Jonathan Philbin Bowman - memories, reflections, tributes (2002) - ISBN 0-9541488-0-0
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News & Current Affairs: Charlie Bird | John Bowman | Barry Cowan | Donagh Diamond | Sean Duignan | Brian Farrell | Mark Little | John O'Donoghue | Bill O'Herlihy | Olivia O'Leary | Sean O'Rourke |
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