Salvador Ryan

Salvador Ryan (Ph.D. National University of Ireland Maynooth) is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth and Editor-in-Chief of Irish Theological Quarterly. He has published extensively on popular religion and ritual from the medieval to the modern periods, and on Irish social, cultural, and religious history. He is a frequent media contributor (RTE radio and television, Virgin media, Newstalk, Today FM, etc.) and has written columns and reviews for the Irish Independent and the Irish Times since 2013. He lives in his native village of Moneygall, County Offaly.