Michael Feeney Callan Harris. His biography of Robert Redford ("Robert Redford: The Biography"; Knopf, 2011) was chosen by the "Sunday Times" as one of its recommended Best Books of 2011. In 2013, he published his second volume of poetry, "An Argument for Sin". Callan was born to Michael Callan, an engineer, and Margaret (née Feeney) in Drumcondra, Dublin. After living in London, Callan resettled in Dublin with his wife Ree and their two children. He frequently spends time at Châteauneuf de Grasse, where he paints and sculpts. Callan started writing in his teens, publishing poetry in David Marcus' "New Irish Writing". His first
Callan (barony) from north of the county, Fassadinin, Gowran, Ida, Kilculliheen, Iverk, Knocktopher, Kells, Callan, Shillelogher, Crannagh, Galmoy. Callan lies to the west of the county, with the baronies of Shillelogher to the north and Kells to the south. Unusually for a barony, it contains only two civil parishes Callan and Killaloe. It is made up of 65 townlands. The Kings River flows through it, and was previously called the Callan River. Places of interest include Callan Motte and Callan Augustinian Friary. Today it is part of the Roman Catholic Church diocese of Ossory and the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel