Breda Joy

Breda Joy is an author and journalist based in Kerry. Breda has been a journalist with 'Kerry's Eye' newspaper since 2000 and prior to that worked with 'The Kerryman' for thirteen years. Breda is also the author of The Wit and Widsom of Kerry and her latest title Hidden Kerry The Keys to the Kingdom. She has been awarded Provincial Journalist of the Year and was given a Certificate of Merit in the Justice Media Awards. She has also been shortlisted for the Francis MacManus Short Story...See more

Breda Joy is an author and journalist based in Kerry. Breda has been a journalist with 'Kerry's Eye' newspaper since 2000 and prior to that worked with 'The Kerryman' for thirteen years. Breda is also the author of The Wit and Widsom of Kerry and her latest title Hidden Kerry The Keys to the Kingdom. She has been awarded Provincial Journalist of the Year and was given a Certificate of Merit in the Justice Media Awards. She has also been shortlisted for the Francis MacManus Short Story Competition and the RTÉ/Penguin Ireland Short Story competition. She has lived most of her life in Kerry with brief interludes in Dublin and Cork. See less